[Milsurplus] RE: Victory at Sea

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At 10:36 AM 11/2/06, Don Merz wrote:
>"Victory at Sea" certainly does not come off well
>after 50 years. It's great to have all that marvelous
>footage. But the jingoistic editing and stirring
>martial theme music with planes and tanks constantly
>and repeatedly shown rolling off the assembly lines is
>all a bit much.

Forgot to add:

Not really "martial" theme music...
(that would be marches and nationalistic songs)
Guadalcanal March is the only listed march, but not a true march movement.

In the Classical sense it tells a story in about 6 movements or so.
(If you hear it on the actual LP recording)
In the Movie business it typically follows the action.

However, I would have the Clarinetist toot ACTUAL CW, not the random dits.
But Richard Rodgers did not have a Navy radioman as a consultant....:-)

(Now I've got it humming in my head and I'm stuck with it for at 
least half the day... :-))

Perry