I hope that the line between movie and classical music doesn't go away entirely, because I don't think there would be an equal merger. The entertainment world would simply swallow up classical music; then Sony will see its strategy of re-defining classical music reach fruition. The music to the Red Violin was quite good in my opinion, much better than the movie itself. My wife and I have watched it twice and fallen asleep both times. We are an exciting duo. Could someone please explain to me the appeal that the John Williams film scores for those "larger than life" movies possesses? I hear nothing in them but the usual swashbuckling scores of yesteryear. I had enough of that when I was growing up. The minimalism of film scores has been an excellent trend. It can add much to a good movie such as with American Beauty. Still, take away the movie, and the music quickly loses all appeal; that's the basic problem with movie music. Most of it can't stand on its own, and that's essentially why it irks me when the two are spoken of at the same time. Don Satz [log in to unmask]