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Be it a gentle piano interlude or a glorious orchestral fanfare, no element of filmcraft sets a movieโs tone and identity quite like the musical score. Film music has the power to underline a filmmakerโs narrative ideas, forge our bond to a heroic character, and move us to the point of tears. Join us all year long as we showcase cinemaโs iconic composers whose musical talents enrich the images we see on screen and have us humming their unforgettable melodies as we exit the auditorium. The series continues in October with the iconic monster flick GODZILLA! ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐: princetongardentheatre.org/specials๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฒ: The roaring granddaddy of all monster movies. A 400-foot fire-breathing kaiju comes to life in the wake of nuclear testing and makes a beeline for an unsuspecting Tokyo, causing unwanted destruction along its path. Presented in its original Japanese version, this undisputed classic is a remarkably humane and poignant film, made at a time when Japan was still recovering from WWII. Presented in a new restoration with subtitles.
๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ: In some ways, composer Akira Ifukubeโs GODZILLA score feels like a piece with many other scores from mid-century Japanese cinema; in that historical sense, it is worthy of inclusion in our series. But it is that banner theme for the great prehistoric monster, which accompanies this movieโs opening credits with such grandeur, that truly sets this score apart. The Godzilla theme relies heavily on menacingly low-octave brass and woodwinds. There is a steady drumbeat, suggestive of the Godzillaโs footsteps. The result is no less than a musical personification of the King of the Monsters. There is a relentless, lumbering, droning quality, suggesting impeccably that a city-ending cataclysm is nigh. The main theme of GODZILLA has proven so iconic in its seventy years, it has been repurposed for a more triumphant context as recently as the 2023 international hit Godzilla: Minus One, proving why this timeless movie monster will never go extinct.
๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ป๐ผ๐ป๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป $๐ญ๐ฌ!Become a member of our nonprofit theater for as little as $40 a year. Learn more at princetongardentheatre.org/membership
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