Elliott Carter versus John Williams

[Joe Barron]

You forgot aesthetic radiance.

And its deep and cathartic impression.

[Mark G. Simon]

And its deep and cathartic impression.

Cathartic? More like the insertion of a catheter.

[Mark G. Simon]

My wife considers earworms to be a curse. I guess she wants control of what plays on her inner iPod.

When I find a tune that plays over and over in my head, I just roll with the punches, enjoy it while it lasts, and something else always comes along to take its place.

The Superman march sounds so much like the Star Wars march and the Indiana Jones march that I don't know if I could keep it straight in my head. I'm sure the director of the movie specifically told Williams to come up with something that sounded just like the Star Wars march. And so he did.

[sound67]

The Superman march sounds so much like the Star Wars march and the Indiana Jones march that I don't know if I could keep it straight in my head.

That doesn't say much about the music, but a lot about your head. 

Thomas

[karlhenning]

My wife considers earworms to be a curse. I guess she wants control of what plays on her inner iPod.

I don't blame her!

I seem to have developed a reliable strategy for exiling ear-worms, so they don't trouble me. 

[Sergeant Rock]

How did I go from my top favorites - Wagner, Debussy, Bruckner, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Richard Strauss, Tchaikovsky and Brahms to the  Superman  soundtrack ?

Jeez, what is happening to me ?

Relax, Mr. Pink. Williams composed a stirring, emotional score with beautiful, memorable melodies. There's no reason not to enjoy the music. Wagner, Debussy, et al., aren't going away. They'll be waiting for you when you tire of Superman. Me, I hadn't heard the soundtrack in quite a while. I'm playing it now...it's like the return of an old friend, and I'm thoroughly enjoying its company after a heavy day of opera and Roussel symphonies.

Sarge

[karlhenning]

. . . after a heavy day of opera . . . .

Counting on sympathy, eh? 

[Mark G. Simon]

I don't blame her!

I seem to have developed a reliable strategy for exiling ear-worms, so they don't trouble me. 

Earworms simply don't trouble me. My head has enough tunes rolling around in it that nothing gets stuck for long. Any music that's memorable enough to get stuck in my head deserves a pat on the back. And I find that Schubert and Prokofiev are two of the stickiest and most earworm-prone composers that ever lived. Can you really complain about getting the Andante from the Great C Major Symphony stuck in your head?

[Joe Barron]

I seem to have developed a reliable strategy for exiling ear-worms, so they don't trouble me. 

Do share.

[karlhenning]

Do share.

I concentrate on some other powerful tune;  it overpowers the worm, but is not the annoyance that the worm was . . . and my sanity remains intact.

(I think.)

[Sergeant Rock]

Counting on sympathy, eh? 

I tells ya, Karl, that Bizet fella takes real hard listenin' Exhaustin' I tells ya.

Sarge

[karlhenning]

Dancing the Habañera sure do take it out of you, dunnit!?

OTOH, it is Deeply Cathartic . . . .

[Joe Barron]

I concentrate on some other powerful tune;  it overpowers the worm, but is not the annoyance that the worm was . . . and my sanity remains intact.

Yeah, I've tried that. It doesn;t work for me as well as sitcking my hand into the garbage disposal.

[Sergeant Rock]

Dancing the Habañera sure do take it out of you, dunnit!?

It do, Karl...but clogging along to them catchy tunes is the only way I can really git it, know what I mean?

[Szykneij]

I seem to have developed a reliable strategy for exiling ear-worms, so they don't trouble me. 

Do share.

High voltage electrical shock applied separately to each ring segment is the only known way to kill and preserve them. No wait ... sorry ... that's for sandworms.   

[Dancing Divertimentian]

High voltage electrical shock applied separately to each ring segment is the only known way to kill and preserve them. No wait ... sorry ... that's for sandworms.   

I had a brother-in-law who used to think (probably still does) that shocking himself with the metal claws of jumper cables while the other ends were attached to a car battery was good for the heart.

In small doses.

[Szykneij]

I had a brother-in-law who used to think (probably still does) that shocking himself with the metal claws of jumper cables while the other ends were attached to a car battery was good for the heart.

In small doses.

To what did he attach the ends that weren't attached to the battery?   

[karlhenning]

To what did he attach the ends that weren't attached to the battery?   

Someone else.

[Dancing Divertimentian]

To what did he attach the ends that weren't attached to the battery?   

I never had the courage to ask.

[karlhenning]

ANY music can be compared for its aesthetic/cognitive qualities & values. Does the vision embody a deep spiritual quest? artistic truth? a true free inner voice? real meaning for ages? etc.

Well, but you see, all this is exactly what the OP is claiming to be true for John Williams.