BloodBoal 7,538 Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Reading the comments just made me feel all warm and teary.That is an outstanding article from Empire, written with a lot of love and reverence for the maestro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy 4,119 Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Here was last night's birthday cake.We celebrated with cake, pizza, and my "Best of Williams" playlist. What's not to like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Did you make a cake sacrifice to Our Lord John Williams while you were celebrating John-mas? I approve thy shrine and obvious devotion to the Master Brother Hedji. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Nicely done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSM 126 Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 It should be in this thread http://www.jwfan.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=21312&pid=784028&st=0entry784028 It's a wonderful cake! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Nice article! Although it would've been nice to see a few more modern works, it was still neat. Never thought I'd see Presumed Innocent on a "Best of" list from a major magazine!A few tidbits that I found interesting:fore starting Williams had restrictions imposed on him; it had to include an opening fanfare to be played by herald trumpets and it needed to cut into bite-sized pieces that could work as stings to bookend ad breaks.The film's big anthem is Dry Your Tears, Afrika, a life affirming setting of a 1967 poem by Bernard Dadie that mixes 50 authentic voices with strident brass.The second one suggests that the picture posted of JW in his office with the book of "Negro poetry" was during Amistad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck 154 Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 http://www.empireonline.com/features/john-williamsCool list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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chuck 154 Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Yeah sorry dude... Didn't know that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pieter Boelen 740 Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 I just noticed this video that they linked to that I hadn't seen before:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggZVJ5a5dMQIt is John Williams and Steven Spielberg talking about the music for the Indiana Jones films; quite interesting really, if you haven't seen it before.I especially like Spielberg's comment on the Nuking the Fridge scene and how perhaps it didn't work so well. But what is he going on about on the number of times the Raiders March is stated in the films?According to Spielberg, Temple of Doom contains the least statements due to its darker nature, but Last Crusade had a lot again.But I remember ToD having quite a LOT of statements, some of them truly epic as well, while they decided to tone it down for Last Crusade.Uh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,346 Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 I just noticed this video that they linked to that I hadn't seen before: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggZVJ5a5dMQ It is John Williams and Steven Spielberg talking about the music for the Indiana Jones films; quite interesting really, if you haven't seen it before. I especially like Spielberg's comment on the Nuking the Fridge scene and how perhaps it didn't work so well. It's been talked about before, here: http://www.jwfan.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=20629 But what is he going on about on the number of times the Raiders March is stated in the films? According to Spielberg, Temple of Doom contains the least statements due to its darker nature, but Last Crusade had a lot again. But I remember ToD having quite a LOT of statements, some of them truly epic as well, while they decided to tone it down for Last Crusade. Uh? Your memory is correct, their memory is wrong. I think it was discussed in the thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 But what is he going on about on the number of times the Raiders March is stated in the films?According to Spielberg, Temple of Doom contains the least statements due to its darker nature, but Last Crusade had a lot again.But I remember ToD having quite a LOT of statements, some of them truly epic as well, while they decided to tone it down for Last Crusade.Uh?Your memory is correct, their memory is wrong. I think it was discussed in the thread.It is funny as Spielberg himself states in the liner notes of TLC that they wanted to use Raiders March only at key points so it was more sparsely used. But I guess years have turned the anecdote on its head for him as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Quintus 5,399 Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 He even stated it in some making of documentary. Possibly the one on the DVD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uni 306 Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 This was a fun list. I made it a point to listen to each piece (out of my own library) as I went through it.And #81 for this year? "The Ballroom Scene" from WOE.- Uni Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,514 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 I don't know if JW is the man, but I can tell why he is a man: he has XY chromosomes. If in doubt, just look for the dangly bits. Hope this helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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