Word: sea
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Ruby, oh Ruby. She sits cross-legged on a rug in her room and watches the wallpaper slide. In her mind are the sorts of things dreamt by sea creatures. But the things she hears! Music that hasn't been made with such an air of vintage and heartfelt wist since America came down from the frantic high of the '60s and the outrageous trip of the '70s. No more Lucies in the skies, no more fields of strawberries; only Ruby walking alone through her wallpaper tracks with the ghosts of a faded age, shaking hands with Kinks, Beatles...
...friend was accusing Williams of being a shameless sell-out, a hack who borrows from a hundred other works, including his own soundtracks on occasion. The Star Wars soundtracks steal voluminously from Holst and Wagner, as well as Stravinsky; the soundtrack for JAWS is an amalgam of numerous traditional sea themes from dozens of sources. But while I attempted to make a comparison of Williams' use of so many different sources to that of Milton's insertion of classical references in Paradise Lost, it occurred to me that both of us were missing the point: these soundtracks weren't meant...
...sealed, and misery descends on both parties. The mutual hatred bound up in a loan under the laws of Venice boils over. Shylock's daughter Jessica falls in love with the Christian Lorenzo and abandons her father. As reports trickle in that Antonio's ships are all lost at sea, Shylock becomes more and more wrapped up in his desire for vengeance and his determination to exact his grisly bond from the merchant...
...friend was accusing Williams of being a shameless sell-out, a hack who borrows from a hundred other works, including his own soundtracks on occasion. The Star Wars soundtracks steal voluminously from Holst and Wagner, as well as Stravinsky; the soundtrack for JAWS is an amalgam of numerous traditional sea themes from dozens of sources. But while I attempted to make a comparison of Williams' use of so many different sources to that of Milton's insertion of classical references in Paradise Lost, it occurred to me that both of us were missing the point: these soundtracks weren't meant...
Rudenstine then introduced Hays by quoting fromMy Old Man and the Sea, the 1995best-selling book Hays co-wrote with his son abouttheir sailing adventures. He discussed Hay'snumerous accomplishments, including designing setsfor over 50 Broadway shows...