tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6608328763829731453.post4475281045991307593..comments2023-04-26T07:00:37.788-07:00Comments on bebopified: Battleship Potemkin with the Minnesota OrchestraPamela Espelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17239608155646396942noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6608328763829731453.post-48418897718801724692012-10-10T09:28:48.233-07:002012-10-10T09:28:48.233-07:00The selection of Shostkovich works normally put to...The selection of Shostkovich works normally put to 'Potemkin' was actually assembled in 1955-56 as a new soundtrack for a revised print of the film issued to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the 1905 Revolution. I have a theory (thus far, untested) that Shostkovich was actually asked to write new music for the film and got as far as music for the Odessa Steps sequence before abandoning it, running out of time or finding something better to do. The fit of the music from the 11th Symphony (which he actually programmatically linked to the 1905 Revolution) to the Odessa Steps scenes is so obvious; I'd spotted it before I even came across the 1955-56 print of the film!Robert Dayhttp://www.robertdayimages.co.uknoreply@blogger.com