Thanks for the eight year old post on “Swan Lake!” It was a kick to read the comments on that one. So, I guess I’ve been reading you for at least eight years.

Tchaikovsky was brilliant! I literally, continuously have a song in my head through all waking hours (and I often find they are in my dreams when I’m awoken abruptly) and Tchaikovsky plays frequently. Aside from being brilliant his music is very hummable.

Regarding Newman, I had no idea it was the family trade but I recall him saying in an interview that he was pretty sure his folks wanted him to grow up to be a musician because they put a piano in his childhood bedroom!

https://freebeacon.com/national-security/biden-admin-takes-major-step-to-roll-back-trumps-jerusalem-embassy-move/

Not only did Randy Newman write the score for “The Natural,” but composing music for films is the family trade:

The paternal side of his family includes grandparents Luba (née Koskoff) (July 21, 1883 – March 3, 1954) and Michael Newman (Nemorofsky) (1874–1948), and three uncles who were Hollywood film-score composers: Alfred Newman, Lionel Newman and Emil Newman. Newman’s cousins, Thomas, Maria, David and Joey, are also composers for motion pictures.

Where Beato mentioned R. Vaughn Williams’ Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis which showed up in the soundtrack of one of my favored films Master and Commander, the music of which in totality was very well handled; fit to service of the film, so to say. Anyhow, here’s the Tallis theme: Why Fum’th in Fight?

https://youtu.be/lD5TG8z3-SM

I don’t know whether you remember this post, but it seems relevant to me.

“The Natural” score did stir me when I saw the movie in theaters, many years ago. I thought it was very well done. I did not realize it was Randy Newman. Although I know Newman has scored many movies, I didn’t recognize his work there.

https://youtu.be/i94ldGNNSQ0

When I clicked one of your YouTube links YouTube put this in the margins: https://youtu.be/8IX1jSVmaAs

Neo favorite, Rick Beato comparing Gustav Holsts’ “The Planets” with John Williams’ “Star Wars” score!