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Movies and music mix well for W.Va. Symphony
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Music makes movies work. Imagine the opening of Spielberg's "Jaws" with the music from "Beaches," instead of John Williams' menacing shark rumble and thump. Not quite so scary is it?
The West Virginia Symphony wanted to do a best of movies' music for its pops series, so it let the audience vote on the compositions in categories ranging from drama to science fiction to comedy to fantasy to Westerns. Starting Friday night at the Clay Center (and continuing tonight), it revealed the winners in concert.
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Movies and music mix well for W.Va. Symphony
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Music makes movies work. Imagine the opening of Spielberg's "Jaws" with the music from "Beaches," instead of John Williams' menacing shark rumble and thump. Not quite so scary is it?
The West Virginia Symphony wanted to do a best of movies' music for its pops series, so it let the audience vote on the compositions in categories ranging from drama to science fiction to comedy to fantasy to Westerns. Starting Friday night at the Clay Center (and continuing tonight), it revealed the winners in concert.
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