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Roger Hecht <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 5 Aug 1999 21:13:07 -0400
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Karl Miller wrote:

>Many years ago I had a radio program on film music.  On one of my programs
>devoted to Williams' music I started off with..."See if you can tell me
>what Williams score this is." I then played the opening of King's Row by
>Korngold.  Point being, it sounded like Williams.

At least I'm not the only one.  (I mentioned this same comparison in a
previous post.) It's one of my favorite get-together tricks.  The opening
sounds just like the score to Superman (though once listener contended that
it's Star Wars).

Roger Hecht

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