by Jason LeBlanc 2015 has been a great year to be a John Williams fan. For the 40th anniversary of Jaws, Geffen Records reissued the original LP program on vinyl and digital. For the 25th anniversary of Home Alone, Sony…
Month: November 2015
La-La Land Releases HOME ALONE 2CD Set – Complete Score Remastered, Including Previously Unreleased Tracks
Now available at www.lalalandrecords.com HOME ALONE 25TH ANIVERSARY: LIMITED EDITION (2-CD SET) LLLCD 1374 Music by John Williams Limited Edition of 5000 Units RETAIL PRICE: $24.98 La-La Land Records, 20th Century Fox, Fox Music and Sony Music present HOME ALONE…
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Soundtrack Track List
Sources: Amazon France and Amazon Italy. (UPDATE: Track list no longer available at the Amazon sites). 01. Main Title and the Attack on the Jakku Village 02. The Scavenger 03. I Can Fly Anything 04. Rey Meets BB-8 05. Follow…
Celebrating Star Wars Themes, Part 3: The Emperor’s Theme
In his score for Return of the Jedi, John Williams introduced a handful of new memorable themes into the Star Wars saga including that for the Ewoks, Jabba the Hutt, and Luke and Leia. But the only one to have…
‘Star Wars’ Recording Engineer Eric Tomlinson Dies
Recording engineer Eric Tomlinson, who collaborated with John Williams during the ’70s and early ’80s, passed away earlier this week at age 84. Tomlinson worked with Williams in the recording of the scores for Fiddler of the Roof, Star Wars,…
New Clip from ‘The Force Awakens’ Contains John Williams’ Score for the Film
The first glimpse of John Williams’ action scoring for Star Wars: The Force Awakens was heard for the first time Sunday night during the American Music Awards telecast. The music can be heard in a new, 15-second clip featuring a…
John Williams’ 2016 Tanglewood Concerts Announced / ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ Live with Orchestra
John Williams will return to Tanglewood in 2016 for his annual ‘Tanglewood On Parade’ and ‘Film Night’ performances, which this year will take place on August 2 and August 13, respectively. Additionally, on Agust 26, Keith Lockhart will conduct the…
Disney Music Group President Talks ‘The Force Awakens’ Soundtrack
In an interview published on Billboard Magazine Nov. 20, Disney Music Group President Ken Bunt talks briefly about the music for Star Wars: The Force Awakens and the planned “collectible vinyl releases” of the soundtrack album: Have you heard any…
Celebrating Star Wars Themes, Part 2: Darth Vader’s Theme
In the second of a series of six posts on the themes from the Star Wars films (the first being on the Force theme), JWFan member Mark Richards examines The Imperial March (Darth Vader’s Theme), first introduced in the saga’s…
Intrada Releases Complete JAWS Score + Original Album Remastered (2CD)
JAWS Composed and Conducted by JOHN WILLIAMS INTRADA INT 7145 Retail Price: $29.99 SHIPPING NOW For track listing and sound samples, please visit: http://store.intrada…it.A/id.9909/.f One of cinema’s most famous soundtracks finally gets the deluxe 2-CD treatment it deserves! John Williams…