From: "Ernest Lilley" <elilley at mindspring.com>
To: <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Cc: "EJ McClure" <e.j.mcclure at navy.mil>
Subject: [WSFA] 1812 Overture at the Washington Monument ... and a trip to the moon.
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 10:14:07 -0400
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

(note: Keith, feel free to add to this for the journal)

EJ and I made the Army Band concert, last night, but we were a bit late,
getting there from Alexandria (by Metro) at 8:30, a half hour later than
the start. I'm sure others were there, but it was too dark by then to
find anyone.

But we got most of the program, the highlight of which (for fans) was a
showing of the 1902 "Le Voyage dans la lune", the early adaptation of
the Verne novel,  with live orchestral accompaniment using a host of
music themes from SF and Popular music. For the first time I got the
feeling that I knew what it was like for early audiences, listening to
music that had contemporary cultural significance while watching the
film. They should make it available with the sound track.

I think there were supposed to be fourteen musical references, and I've
got a possible 13 here. One more went by and I "almost" recognized it.
It was a popular love song from the forties, I think.

Thanks to Nikki for alerting me to it.

I remember hearing,
Star Trek(tos)
We Can Work it Out
A Little Help From My Friends (can anyone tell me what other SF project
used this tune as background music?)
So Long (Sound of Music)
Fly Me to the Moon
Also Spake Zarathustra (sp?)
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Age of Aquarius
Vaders March(Star Wars)
Mission Impossible
Under The Sea(?)
Moondance (finale)

Ernest

ern at e357.net / (703) 371 0226 hm/cell