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Booklet Note From James Cameron
"Our goal in making Avatar was to transport you to another world, not just a planet in another star system, but the primeval world that has existed in our dreams since before our history began.
To watch Avatar, especially in 3D, is to dream lucidly, with your eyes open. The music had to match the images with its own power to transport us to a world of powerful emotions. It had to reach deep into our hearts, to allow us not only to see but to feel. The Na'vi say "no one can teach you to see," by which they mean that understanding must come from within.
The music is our key to the emotional understanding of this film. James Horner knew when he took on the scoring of Avatar that it would be the challenge of a lifetime. He would need to reach deep within himself, to explore musical ideas he had dreamed of for many years. He knew that the fate of the movie rested on his shoulders, and his ability to take us to the exultant highs and heartbreaking lows of Jake Sully's epic journey. The music is both classic in its orchestral power, but also connects us to the soul of the Na'vi through the use of indigenous rhythms and vocals.
The raw intimacy of the human voice is unequalled in creating the heartbreak of Hometree's destruction. These aching solo vocals give way to the might of low strings and superb high brass writing, as the orchestra sweeps us into battle, and through the tumult of defeat and ultimate salvation. When I listened to the score, it brings tears to my eyes as I visualize the gatherings of the clans, the mighty armies riding to battle, the charge of the direhorses, then the fall of the heros, and Jake's final desperate struggle to save the alien woman he loves and the world he has come to call home.
And despite the awe and majesty in James' music in these scenes, it is the scenes in which Jake learns to fly that, to me, are the heart of the film. And James' music for those flight scenes combines with the images to create a magical moment of pure cinema, in which the heart and imagination take flight. Bravo James and thank you. Your music is the heartbeat and spirit of the world of Avatar." - James Cameron.
Thanks to AMZ Forum Member Jonmc for transcribing this note.
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