[Kalla]

Sorry, been away for a week with school and whatnot. Thank you Arwen...the university would be proud hehe. I had completely forgotten the Ocarina...lol. And you know...as for this war of instruments...you gotta have all of them to make an orchestra and for those of you who think violins always have the melody haven't played many really large works, esp those with choral parts and musicals/operas. Second, hey, if you want to play those stupid scales...go for it! It's not like our part is interesting, it's just a real....to play! lol. Most of us who play violin play it cuz that is the instrument most appropriate for our hand size...and if you get any degree in music, at least at my school, you get to learn all the different instruments anyway. (And trumpet is an EVVVVVVVVVVVVIL instrument to me:P ) Composers wrote the melody in the upper voices cuz it carried...but they gave us all that scale crap too cuz of the logistics of the instrument (not just vlns, but fl and cl and tpt, etc). I'd like to see a tuba player play the trumpet runs sometime...there are sometimes reasons things are composed the way they are. I dunno, it jsut sounds like you guys are getting a little heated about this and it concerns me, being the nut that I am, music is something to be experienced, not argued about. *gets off soapbox* I don't mean to offend anyone, and I'm probably saying what you already know so if you've read this far thanks! lol. Personally I like hearing all teh different tone colors in the orchestra, that's one reason I think we all loved this soundtrack so much. Musicians all come together to create music, otherwise the composer would have written solos in place of symphonies. That's another great thing about tone color is it can give you the best...waht's the word...character? sounding (I can't think of a better word...lol) theme. The theme is repeated, but each time with different families of instruments, giving each time a different meaning and feeling behind the music. And when they added voices at the end (No. 17 I believe illustrates this well), it just all comes together...the innocence, the sorrow, the bewilderment, the strength, the courage, the purity...the soundtrack is just beautifully orchestrated!