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POPS 4 Life in Naples | March 2016
W ithout music, movies would feel different. Jaws isn’t as terrifying without the
nearly claustrophobic theme music. Gone With The Wind would seem much less
epic without the sweeping Tara’s Theme. Up would be less, well, uplifting without
its jazzy score.
“For so many of us, the music is how we remember so many famous scenes,” says pops
conductor Stuart Chafetz, who leads the Naples Philharmonic in a celebration of movie
music on March 29-April 2. “Can you imagine Jaws with different music? It wouldn’t be
the same.”
“Actually, one of the pieces we are performing is Also Sprach Zarathustra from 2001:
A Space Odyssey. That wasn’t the original music for the movie. It had this other score
that was scrapped. When I heard that music, I thought about how it would completely
change the landscape of that film.”
When coming up with the repertoire for the Hooray for Hollywood concerts, Chafetz
and Artistic Operations Vice President David Filner spent a lot of time to create a
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