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...third track, "Anakin's Theme," is one of the finest examples of Williams' genius in film music. Anakin Skywalker, of course, will become the Darth Vader of the original films (if that's a spoiler for you, then you probably don't care anyway). Having to work backward from the other three Star Wars soundtracks, Williams has embedded the familiar notes of "Darth Vader's Theme" (also known as the "Imperial March") within the slow, thoughtful piece. One can easily imagine the notes solidifying more and more over the next two films and into the familiar, thundering music of Darth...

Author: By Jason F. C. clarke, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Album Review: Star Wars Soundtack | 5/14/1999 | See Source »

...gives his life to the empty and futile myth of the western bullrider, the memory of his abandoning father inescapable. Like the bareboned land from which they grew, the Close Range stories open themselves up entirely to the reader, exposing naked nerve. In becoming one of our finest short story writers, Proulx has learned to strip away the enigma that shields personality, to expose memory and personality, somehow in her search for the authentically tragic to remain as dispassionately powerful, and as intimate, as nature...

Author: By Josh A. Perry, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Proulx' Gruesome Wyoming | 5/14/1999 | See Source »

...gives his life to the empty and futile myth of the western bullrider, the memory of his abandoning father inescapable. Like the bareboned land from which they grew, the Close Range stories open themselves up entirely to the reader, exposing naked nerve. In becoming one of our finest short story writers, Proulx has learned to strip away the enigma that shields personality, to expose memory and personality, somehow in her search for the authentically tragic to remain as dispassionately powerful, and as intimate, as nature...

Author: By Josh A. Perry, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Proulx's Gruesome Wyoming | 5/14/1999 | See Source »

...third track, "Anakin's Theme," is one of the finest examples of Williams' genius in film music. Anakin Skywalker, of course, will become the Darth Vader of the original films (if that's a spoiler for you, then you probably don't care anyway). Having to work backward from the other three Star Wars soundtracks, Williams has embedded the familiar notes of "Darth Vader's Theme" (also known as the "Imperial March") within the slow, thoughtful piece. One can easily imagine the notes solidifying more and more over the next two films and into the familiar, thundering music of Darth...

Author: By Jason F. C. clarke, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: STAR WARS | 5/14/1999 | See Source »

Rushdie is the author of seven novels, including Midnight's Children, which won the 1981 Booker Prize, England's most prestigious literary award and is widely considered his finest work. It was also named the "Booker of Bookers"--the best single book in the prize's 25-year history...

Author: By Daniel G. Habib, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Salman Rushdie Reads, Jokes for Square Audience | 5/12/1999 | See Source »

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