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Thread #121167   Message #2642482
Posted By: VirginiaTam
28-May-09 - 02:50 AM
Thread Name: Getting folk music into cinema
Subject: RE: Getting folk music into cinema
Hmmmmm. Interesting proposal. As an aside, I would be interested to know how many people started seeking "folkish" music upon hearing the score for Lord of the Rings.

Back to the proposal, I would worry that directors and producers might corrupt the music, or misapply it. Would we like to hear a pub session as a regular element on The Archers? I am not making a judgement here, just exploring the potential negatives and positives of that association.

I am remembering how my girls (one in particular) avid medieval re-enactors reacted to the film Elisabeth (Kate Blanchett). The costuming was wrong. The ladies in waiting wearing same fabric like a Von Trapp family curtains into clothes rerun.   But what really got my Andie was the playing of Mozart's Requiem at the end of the film. Historically i8ncorrect for the film's time placement.

A peculiar and maybe not perfect example but lends to what I mean. I would hate to see people/corporations cashing in on the music simply for the sake of its obscurity and novelty.

Well,I/m done playing devil's advocat.

If in cinema, telly and radio, why not in video games as well?

I want a Wii virtual pub session.