SpaceHorseRider

If you're willing to take the time I'd love to hear more about the unused stuff. We're there any tracks or ideas you really regret losing when the production shifted the emphasis away from what should have been the heart of the movie (due to budget reasons unfortunately)? The film was temped with a lot of Starship Troopers, but also one key quieter piece from the Fifth element for some of the Pilgrim Motifs, and I guess I'm asking if there was a similar idea you had for Blair's internal struggle with his heritage. I'd call it "the Pilgrim cross theme" I guess.

Hi Kevin, first question, to keep it star Wars related: both in wing commander and with your Star Wars work, you started off with paths tread by others. With WC David Arnold wrote the Overture and with star Wars your obviously had to a degree make your work fit the shoes with at first but John Williams. Similarly your SG1 work played off Arnold's work. What kind of challenges does this present for you as a writer to make those works stand out as your own?

Next question:. With wing commander the final movie was edited down tragically to it's barest bones. When you were brought in to work on the film, were your starting from essentially the theatrical cut or did you come up with motifs and other unused pieces for scenes that were ultimately cut from the movie? In test t footage I I've seen there were what seemed like possibly unused tracks that I couldn't identify as being temp cues, such as a more somber opening song for the main titles.