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From: steve@alberta.UUCP (Steve Sutphen)
Newsgroups: net.music.classical
Subject: Re: Holst & "2001" & public domain
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Date: Mon, 17-Dec-84 14:19:16 EST
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> The other day I listened to "The Planets" for the first time in six
> months (this corresponds directly with how long I've had my CD player).
> When I got to Neptune (I think) (Whichever one is the Mystic), I started
> feeling 'deja vu'.  It sounded just like part of the music from 
> "Raiders of the Last Ark".  It may have just been the instrumentation but
> did any one else notice this?  It wouldn't surprise me any considering
> that Williams wrote the score for Raiders as well as "Star Wars".  I never
> did understand how he could so blatantly plagerize 'Mars' for "Star Wars", -
> or is Holst considered public domain now?  This may have been discussed
> here before but I'm new to the net and would appreciate any comments on this.
> 
I have also noticed similarities between some of the "new" movie music and
some older classics. Try part of the Star Wars music and Glazanov's
"Seasons". Although I do not have the Star Wars album to compare with they
seem virtually identical.
	Steve Sutphen