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May 3, 2012 · The most prominent material I remember is some of the music after the Prologue and pre-assassination footage, that uses both the Main Theme and the Assassination motif, then there is the David Ferrie music when he gets all upset in the hotel, a piano variation on the Garrison Family Theme and a couple of other cues.
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- Some observations about the OST: . "Prologue" is a kind of concert suite created editorially--the first 2 minutes is the actual prologue as heard i...
- Thank you very much Maurizio for those corrections and info. Btw where did you dig the information that these pieces were specifically written for...
- Well, I do not have actual written proof, but it seems quite clear. The fact that the "Prologue" track is an edit job of two separate cues was prov...
- Well duh! I should have re-read the article again.
- The deepest ... and the broadest! Never heard anything like it.
- If I remember correctly, Williams did not write the Drummer's Salute? Except for the use of the main theme, of course.
- That's correct. The soundtrack album does not even indicate that Williams' theme was included in the piece.
Mar 6, 2020 · Williams described the theme as: “grinding away at you, just as a shark would do, instinctual relentless, unstoppable.”. The theme, rather unusually, features a tuba as the solo instrument in the first half of the theme. Williams enlisted tuba player Tommy Johnson to play on the score.
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Jan 25, 2024 · By Classic FM. @ClassicFM. He’s the most successful film composer of all time, with over 120 film scores to his name. Here are the 10 greatest soundtracks by movie music maestro, John Williams.
The 2021 updated and revised edition of Emilio Audissino’s groundbreaking volume takes stock of Williams’s creative process and achievements in music composition, including the most recent sequels in the film franchises that made him famous, and an entire new chapter devote to the music for the 1979 film Dracula.
- The Reivers
- The Long Goodbye
- Jaws
- Star Wars
- Close encounters of The Third Kind
- Superman
- Raiders of The Lost Ark
- E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
- JFK
- Schindler’s List
With this glorious slice of Americana, Williams deftly evoked the heady, carefree days of youth, beautifully complementing William Faulkner’s wry coming-of-age story about young men infatuated with a new motor car in 1905 Mississippi.
For this offbeat, contemporary Philip Marlowe mystery, Williams devised his wittiest, most versatile score, in which the same main theme recurs in numerous amusing guises throughout the film (eg arranged for tango, Mexican mariachi, hippie sitar – and even as a doorbell chime), suiting both the private eye’s obsessive quest and director Robert Altm...
Williams has scored all but one of Steven Spielberg’s feature films, and for their momentous second collaboration, full of sun, sea and teeth, the composer provided a stealthy soundtrack rich in primal menace, the music prowling and striking with the lull-and-shock rhythms of a great thriller.
At a time when disco scores were in vogue, Williams confidently swept filmgoers back to Hollywood’s orchestral golden age with his lustrous music for George Lucas’s dazzling space adventure, recalling the swashbuckling flair of great film composers such as Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Max Steiner and Dimitri Tiomkin.
Famed for its unforgettable five-note tune of alien communication (Spielberg’s pick from the dozens Williams suggested), this engrossing UFO visitation odyssey boasts one of cinema’s most spellbinding scores, a layered, atmospheric symphonic suite that builds magnificently to an ordinary working man’s Moses-like mountaintop rendezvous with otherwor...
Richard Donner’s spirited comic-book escapade owed much of its verve to Williams’s dynamic, propulsive score. When Williams asked the filmmakers what kind of music they needed, screenwriter Tom Mankiewiczsaid he imagined the marching band at the next Super Bowl final parading onto the field playing the Superman theme – and Williams immediately knew...
The rollercoaster adventures of Indiana Jones showcase Williams’s expertise in matching the pace and atmosphere of on-screen action with music that fits the visuals like a glove. The brilliantly crafted Raiders score hurls us through jungles, deserts and catacombs with energetic aplomb.
Spielberg’s captivating fantasy about a boy and his homesick alien friend soared on the wings of Williams’s innocent, exhilarating, Oscar-winning music.
Oliver Stone’s riveting (if fanciful) polemic controversially portrayed the assassination of President Kennedy as a widely-planned coup d’état, and Williams brought coherence and drive to its edgy narrative kaleidoscope, underlining America’s grief and bewilderment with a plaintive, patriotic trumpet opening, unsettling military percussion and an i...
Spielberg’s intense account of a German entrepreneur’s unexpected heroism amid the unspeakable events of the Holocaust drew from Williams some of his most nuanced, luminous and resonant work.
Jan 21, 2024 · Rhythm in John Williams' Music – In this three-part blog series, we will explore some fascinating rhythmic techniques commonly employed in the music of John Williams. John Williams, a musical genius, not only excels in employing harmonic devices but also showcases his expertise in employing captivating rhythmic tactics that truly elevate the music. These techniques may appear simple, but ...
Dec 6, 2023 · Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969) Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Herbert Ross’ 1969 musical starring Peter O’Toole and Petula Clark, is one of John Williams’ earlier films, as well as one that would serve as a ...
