crocodile 7,984 Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Got it this morning. Can't wait to give it a listen.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 It's a really solid score, full of ok to very good writing. I like suspense and action Williams of the 70's so there's something for me in here. Not one of his more striking works though, apart from the last two tracks. I was surprised to see that the Midway march was barely used in the score at all.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryant Burnette 654 Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Apart from the two marches, there's nothing overly impressive here. I'm happy to have it, though; no Williams score should be unreleased! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,289 Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 This is currently on sale at Varese for $14.99!!http://www.varesesarabande.com/servlet/the-956/Midway/Detail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,289 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 SOLD OUT!!!!!!http://www.varesesarabande.com/servlet/the-956/Midway/DetailCopies are still left here:http://www.moviemusic.com/soundtrack/M08141/midway-vclub/http://www.screenarchives.com/title_detail.cfm/ID/16528/http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B005Z5E1BO/ref=tmm_acd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&sr=1-1&qid=1418790064Buy buy buy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Not a big deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Can't believe this sold out before Family Plot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,289 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Family Plot was limited to 5,000 copies! This was 3,000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Family Plot could be listened to more than once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 And Family Plot came out like a year before midway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,289 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 indy4, the extra 2,000 copies is a HUGE difference! There simply isn't a lot of film score fans on this planet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,625 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 It's worth getting if your a Williams completist but I haven't listened to it that much either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 indy4, the extra 2,000 copies is a HUGE difference! There simply isn't a lot of film score fans on this planet!We are a proud race! And we are here today because we wish to continue being proud! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 It's worth getting if your a Williams completist but I haven't listened to it that much eitherIt has a few stand-out cues but since they decided to not to have much music in the film and Williams's music is delegated to such a supporting role the score doesn't really offer lengthy pieces to develop ideas. I was truly surprised when I first heard the score (the Varese re-recording) that the march was only hinted at in the score and was heard only at the end credits really. Same goes for the Men of the Yorktown March. Both superb concert pieces but one can only dream what kind of cool variations JW would have written for the film if he had been given half a chance to score the action more fully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,625 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 yeah, and it's a super long movie too. I'm surprised it wasn't scored wall to wall with a more grandiose scoreMaybe if it came out post 1977... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Men of Yorktown is great, but I think I prefer JWs take on it in Song for World Peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,625 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 I think Yorktown sounds like an early draft of Throne Room from Star wars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis 244 Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 I made a 15minute suite which I regularly listen to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,340 Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 I enjoy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,823 Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 Interesting name (Churchill version). KittBash 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BrotherSound 2,242 Posted February 25, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 25, 2022 The cue list: 1M1 Prologue 1M2 Doolittle's Raid 2M2 Yamamoto's Choice 3M1 The Signal Corps Con 3M2 Yamamoto's Second Meeting 3M3 Japanese Call 4M1 Hiroshima Harbor 4M2 Haruko's Dilemma 5M1 By Order of Nimitz 6M1 Canceling Operation K 6M2 Strawberry 5 6M3/7M0 The Attack Begins 7M1 Missing the Flatlands 7M2 Morning of the Battle 8M1 Red Parks Fighters 9M1 Scout Four 10M1 Ensign Gay Afloat 11M1/12M0 The Burning Carriers 12M1 Crash Landing 12M2 Good News for Nimitz 13M1 Matt Takes Off 14M1 Matt's Crash 14M2 End Title (Churchhill Version) 14M2 Churchhill Version Ext. 14M2 Alt. Coda 14M2 Alt Album Insert 14M2 End Title (Men of Yorktown Version) MrJosh, Raiders of the SoundtrArk, crumbs and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 Quite possibly the worst film ever made about WWII. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,792 Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 With a williams score? I doubt it. Ricard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 905 Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 I was listening to this yesterday and I hadn't realized (or I had forgotten) that "The Attack Begins" (coupled with "Matt's Crash") is the last score track before the credits on the varese release of the original recording. I saw the movie years ago on TV, and yesterday I was a little confused.. I don't remember the movie ending with the battle beginning? Most of the movie was about the battle! Maybe it was mentioned, but I just noticed a little error in a track title on the original recording CD: 16. Good News For The Nimitz (1:18) Should of course be "Good News for Nimitz". Sounds like someone at Varese confused the person, Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, with the aircraft carrier and the class of aircraft carriers later named after him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,792 Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 Well he is THE Nimitz pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,301 Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 Was this release a Mike Matessino project? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,429 Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 Well he wrote the liner notes and he mixed and edited the tracks 17 & 18 from Monaural Music Stems. The rest is mastered by Erik Labson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,289 Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 5 hours ago, May the Force be with You said: linear notes liner notes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,429 Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 40 minutes ago, Jay said: liner notes Jay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConorPower 148 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 On 25/2/2022 at 9:15 PM, BrotherSound said: The cue list: 1M1 Prologue 1M2 Doolittle's Raid 2M2 Yamamoto's Choice 3M1 The Signal Corps Con 3M2 Yamamoto's Second Meeting 3M3 Japanese Call 4M1 Hiroshima Harbor 4M2 Haruko's Dilemma 5M1 By Order of Nimitz 6M1 Canceling Operation K 6M2 Strawberry 5 6M3/7M0 The Attack Begins 7M1 Missing the Flatlands 7M2 Morning of the Battle 8M1 Red Parks Fighters 9M1 Scout Four 10M1 Ensign Gay Afloat 11M1/12M0 The Burning Carriers 12M1 Crash Landing 12M2 Good News for Nimitz 13M1 Matt Takes Off 14M1 Matt's Crash 14M2 End Title (Churchhill Version) 14M2 Churchhill Version Ext. 14M2 Alt. Coda 14M2 Alt Album Insert 14M2 End Title (Men of Yorktown Version) Where does one find these cue lists? I watched the film again recently and was struck by the use of "Midway March" segueing into the credits. It didn't really fit for me — seemed too bombastic after the somewhat understated ending. Now that I see there might be at least four different (14M) cues for this finale, I'm curious as to how the decision was made to use "Midway March"? Doubtless, I'll never know. But it seems odd to use a new bombastic march when "Men of the Yorktown" was used throughout the film, and too varyingly expressive degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 4,639 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 I have never seen the whole film. For whatever reason I get about halfway done and get stuck there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,500 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Oddly, it's a film that works best when it's not showing any battle stuff, simply because we have - literally - seen it before There's a nice, extra on the DVD about JW, as well as an extra about the creation of Sensurround. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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