Word: wierd
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...this method some very unusual scores, notably that of Swiss Family Robinson, which was built up on Schubert quartets. But the method had obvious disadvantages. To those who knew the music being played, it was harrowing to hear it repeated over and over again, piecemeal, in wrong keys, with wierd and incorrect harmonies affixed to it, distorted and tortured to fit the varying moods of the plot. A score like this can never represent any very important emotional contribution on the part of a composer; at best it is a facile hashing-up of some admittedly marvelous themes. Other Hollywood...