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Becoming human

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Becoming human
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the signifying elements of 'orga' vs. 'mecha' in John Williams' score to A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001)
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Swanson
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Stefan
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1981-
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Stefan Swanson
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author
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Kemper
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Steven
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Steven Kemper
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Advisory Committee
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chair
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Christopher
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Christopher Doll
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Advisory Committee
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internal member
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Fussell
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Charles
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Charles Fussell
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Advisory Committee
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internal member
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Sadoff
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Ronald
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Ronald Sadoff
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Advisory Committee
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outside member
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Rutgers University
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degree grantor
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Graduate School - New Brunswick
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theses
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2017
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2017-01
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2017
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xx
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eng
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Steven Spielberg’s 2001 film A.I.: Artificial Intelligence is a futuristic reworking of the Pinocchio story that substitutes a robot boy (David) for the wooden puppet as the protagonist. David is given advanced artificial intelligence that enables him to love, but this causes him endless conflict in a human world. The film addresses complex themes about humanity, love, and creation, and the conflicts these themes create between orga (humans) and mecha (lifelike, human-created robots). One of the most important factors in this exploration is the score composed by John Williams. This paper shows how the music explores the dichotomy of ‘human’-related subjects and ‘artificial’-related subjects present in the story. Williams draws from a plethora of styles and techniques which are organized into signifier categories representing mecha and orga. These signifiers are then examined using in-depth music analysis focusing primarily on the major, recurring themes in the score.
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Music
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Rutgers University Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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1 online resource (iv, 78 p. : ill.)
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Ph.D.
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Includes bibliographical references
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Music--Scores
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Williams, John, 1932-
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A.I. artificial intelligence (Motion picture)
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by Stefan Swanson
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Graduate School - New Brunswick Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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doi:10.7282/T3K64MJK
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ETD doctoral
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Swanson
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Stefan
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2016-12-03 09:54:58
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Stefan Swanson
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Rutgers University. Graduate School - New Brunswick
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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