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muffinssnuffims (09/20/2015) [-]
Have any of you ever listened to the whole thing though? The beginning is quite beautiful, and extremely different from what you are probably thinking of.
Similarly, the second half of Ride of the Valkyries is really good and different from what you'd normally think of when somebody mentions it. In fact, do you think about the original Star Wars soundtrack when somebody mentions Ride of the Valkyries? Probably not. But it borrowed heavily from it - just the second half.
More people need to listen to the beginning of the 1812 overture and the end of Ride of the Valkyries.
Similarly, the second half of Ride of the Valkyries is really good and different from what you'd normally think of when somebody mentions it. In fact, do you think about the original Star Wars soundtrack when somebody mentions Ride of the Valkyries? Probably not. But it borrowed heavily from it - just the second half.
More people need to listen to the beginning of the 1812 overture and the end of Ride of the Valkyries.
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Hreidmar (09/20/2015) [-] Well, the Star Wars soundtrack was by John Williams, and he borrowed VERY heavily from all sorts of classical music. The main theme from ET, for instance, is almost directly taken out of Sibelius' 5th symphony, and Star Wars borrows really heavily from Wagner, Dvorak, and some of the other late Romantics.
