stewdog1 50 Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 The Enterprise Sent from Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 I think this is to pick a whole cue, not a 10 seconds moment of oneIt's a difficult choiceMaybe Theme from Jurassic ParkYoda and the Force is probably one of the most awesome in the filmHere's a list if I were to make a c d compilation of "JW Most Beautiful Pieces" (which should be the proper topic title instead of "pick just one" which is impossible.-Song for World Peace 2008 revised edition-Marion's Theme 2008 Concert Version-Regaining a Son from 7 years in tibet-Back to America from Angela's Ashes-A New Beginning from Minority Report-Exit Music from Hook-In Orbit from Spacecamp-Princess Leia's Theme-Yoda's Theme-Han Solo and the Princess Concert Version-Anakin's Theme from The Phantom Menace-JAWS 2 End Title-The Ballroom Scene from Witches of Eastwick-Leaving Home from Superman-Fawkes the Phoenix from CoS-Reading Lesson from Stanley and Iris-Thoughts of Home from Munich-Santoni's Compassion from Monsignor-The People's House from Lincoln-Harry's Wondrous World from HPSS-For Gillian from The Fury-The First Seance from Family Plot-Adventures on Earth from E.T.-Finale from CE3K-The Reunion from AI-American Collection Theme Jay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Too many to narrow it down to one. Goodbyes and The Landing from Amazing Stories, Among the Clouds, Listening to Carson and Mom Returns/Finale are some I haven't seen mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 -Song for World Peace 2008 revised editionI love this piece but I prefer the original version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Theme from Sabrina anyone?I prefer "Growing Up in Paris." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Well, this must be due to my bad English but I consider the 'beautiful' with some beauty in there.Many of the suggestions are festive, heroic and adventurous.My choice for beautiful is and always will be The Returnees from CE3K. But I wouldn't play it as show piece for the non Williams fan...For those who don't know it, please check it out. The second part of it especially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 -Song for World Peace 2008 revised editionI love this piece but I prefer the original version.Do you mean the original Satellite Celebration or the one on the Unfinished Journey/American Journey album? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF1_freeze 131 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Too many to narrow it down to one. Goodbyes and The Landing from Amazing Stories, Among the Clouds, Listening to Carson and Mom Returns/Finale are some I haven't seen mentioned.Mom Returns/Finale and Listening to Carson are excellent choices! I also have to agree with most cues on King Mark's list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,352 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 -Exit Music from HookYea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanner251 17 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 You are the Pan.... By the way, guys, thank you all for the amazing playlist... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 -Song for World Peace 2008 revised editionI love this piece but I prefer the original version.Do you mean the original Satellite Celebration or the one on the Unfinished Journey/American Journey album?Oh, the one in the American Journey album, cause I thought it was the original... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShowUStheHOOK 8 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 My personal pickHan Solo and the PrincessShumway has spoken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 -Song for World Peace 2008 revised editionI love this piece but I prefer the original version.Do you mean the original Satellite Celebration or the one on the Unfinished Journey/American Journey album?Oh, the one in the American Journey album, cause I thought it was the original...i think he means the original original with Japaneses lyrics and percussions plus a choir at the end. It's beautiful but no available good recordingBut I especially like the Film Night 2012 performance, hence my rant about the crap bitrate of online streams. I'd give anything to have this in 320k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TownerFan 4,983 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Here's the "Most Beautiful John Williams" playlist (so far) according to the JWFans"Theme" From Schindler's List"Cadillac Of The Skies" from Empire of the Sun"The Dinosaurs" from Jurassic Park"Blue Fairy" theme from A.I."Remembrances" from Schindler's List"The Homecoming" from War Horse"Love Theme" from Superman"Growing Up" from The River"End Credits" from Born on the 4th of July"The Visitors/Bye/End Titles: Special Edition" from Close Encounters (special mention to the last 45 sec. by Blumenkohl)"You Are the Pan" - Hook"Cinque's Theme" - Amistad"Across the Stars" - Attack of the Clones"Confluence" - Memoirs of a Geisha"Princess Leia's Theme" from Star Wars"E.T. and Me" from E.T."End Credits" from E.T."Leaving Hogwarts" fro Harry Potter "The Reunion" from A.I."As the Water" from Memoirs of a Geisha"Adventures on Earth" from E.T."American Collection Theme" from Masterpiece Theatre American Collection"Jazz Autographs" from The Terminal"Short Round's Theme" from Temple of Doom"Dartmoor 1912" from War Horse"The Fountain Scene" from The Terminal"Dry Your Tears, Africa" from Amistad"Buckbeack's Flight" and "A Window to the Past" from Harry Potter"The Peterson House and Finale" from Lincoln"Love Theme" from The Missouri Breaks"Remembering Emile and Finale" from War Horse "Dogs, Ponies and Old Ruins" from Images"Journey to the Island" from Jurassic Park"Song" from Cello Concerto"The Ballroom Scene" from The Witches of Eastwick"End Titles, End Cast" from Jaws 2"Back to America" from Angela's Ashes"Nocturne" from Horn Concerto"Chairman's Waltz" from Memoirs of a Geisha - Suite for Cello and Orchestra"Give me Your Names" from Schindler's List"The Early Days" from Born on the 4th of July"End Titles" from Dracula"Yoda and the Force" from The Empire Strikes Back"Luke and leia" from Return of the Jedi"Theme" from Angela's Ashes"Making the List" from Schindler's List"With Malice Toward None (Piano Solo)" from Lincoln"Theme" from Sabrina"The Miracle of the Ark" from Raiders of the Lost Ark"Audience with the Holy Father" from Monsignor"The Levitation" from Return of the Jedi"Finale and Theme" from JFK"The Flight to Neverland" from Hook"Hide and Seek" from A.I."A Christmas Quilt" from Stepmom"A Change of Season" from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"Hatching Baby Raptor" from Jurassic Park"A Tree For My Bed" from Jurassic Park."Jim's New Life" from Empire of the Sun"Song for World Peace" (2008 revised edition)"Marion's Theme" (2008 Concert Version)"Regaining a Son" from 7 years in tibet"A New Beginning" from Minority Report"Exit Music" from Hook"In Orbit" from Spacecamp"Yoda's Theme" from The Empire Strikes Back"Han Solo and the Princess" (Concert Version) from TESB"Anakin's Theme" from The Phantom Menace"Leaving Home" from Superman"Fawkes the Phoenix from CoS"Reading Lesson" from Stanley and Iris"Thoughts of Home" from Munich"Santoni's Compassion" from Monsignor"The People's House" from Lincoln"Harry's Wondrous World" from HPSS"For Gillian" from The Fury"The First Seance" from Family Plot"Goodbyes" from Amazing Stories"The Landing" from Amazing Stories"Among the Clouds" from Always"Listening to Carson" from Home Alone"Mom Returns/Finale" from Home Alone"Growing Up in Paris" from Sabrina"The Returnees" from CE3KQuite an impressive list KK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandor 797 Posted December 18, 2012 Author Share Posted December 18, 2012 Here's the "Most Beautiful John Williams" playlist (so far) according to the JWFans"Theme" From Schindler's List"Cadillac Of The Skies" from Empire of the Sun"The Dinosaurs" from Jurassic Park"Blue Fairy" theme from A.I."Remembrances" from Schindler's List"The Homecoming" from War Horse"Love Theme" from Superman"Growing Up" from The River"End Credits" from Born on the 4th of July"The Visitors/Bye/End Titles: Special Edition" from Close Encounters (special mention to the last 45 sec. by Blumenkohl)"You Are the Pan" - Hook"Cinque's Theme" - Amistad"Across the Stars" - Attack of the Clones"Confluence" - Memoirs of a Geisha"Princess Leia's Theme" from Star Wars"E.T. and Me" from E.T."End Credits" from E.T."Leaving Hogwarts" fro Harry Potter"The Reunion" from A.I."As the Water" from Memoirs of a Geisha"Adventures on Earth" from E.T."American Collection Theme" from Masterpiece Theatre American Collection"Jazz Autographs" from The Terminal"Short Round's Theme" from Temple of Doom"Dartmoor 1912" from War Horse"The Fountain Scene" from The Terminal"Dry Your Tears, Africa" from Amistad"Buckbeack's Flight" and "A Window to the Past" from Harry Potter"The Peterson House and Finale" from Lincoln"Love Theme" from The Missouri Breaks"Remembering Emile and Finale" from War Horse"Dogs, Ponies and Old Ruins" from Images"Journey to the Island" from Jurassic Park"Song" from Cello Concerto"The Ballroom Scene" from The Witches of Eastwick"End Titles, End Cast" from Jaws 2"Back to America" from Angela's Ashes"Nocturne" from Horn Concerto"Chairman's Waltz" from Memoirs of a Geisha - Suite for Cello and Orchestra"Give me Your Names" from Schindler's List"The Early Days" from Born on the 4th of July"End Titles" from Dracula"Yoda and the Force" from The Empire Strikes Back"Luke and leia" from Return of the Jedi"Theme" from Angela's Ashes"Making the List" from Schindler's List"With Malice Toward None (Piano Solo)" from Lincoln"Theme" from Sabrina"The Miracle of the Ark" from Raiders of the Lost Ark"Audience with the Holy Father" from Monsignor"The Levitation" from Return of the Jedi"Finale and Theme" from JFK"The Flight to Neverland" from Hook"Hide and Seek" from A.I."A Christmas Quilt" from Stepmom"A Change of Season" from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"Hatching Baby Raptor" from Jurassic Park"A Tree For My Bed" from Jurassic Park."Jim's New Life" from Empire of the Sun"Song for World Peace" (2008 revised edition)"Marion's Theme" (2008 Concert Version)"Regaining a Son" from 7 years in tibet"A New Beginning" from Minority Report"Exit Music" from Hook"In Orbit" from Spacecamp"Yoda's Theme" from The Empire Strikes Back"Han Solo and the Princess" (Concert Version) from TESB"Anakin's Theme" from The Phantom Menace"Leaving Home" from Superman"Fawkes the Phoenix from CoS"Reading Lesson" from Stanley and Iris"Thoughts of Home" from Munich"Santoni's Compassion" from Monsignor"The People's House" from Lincoln"Harry's Wondrous World" from HPSS"For Gillian" from The Fury"The First Seance" from Family Plot"Goodbyes" from Amazing Stories"The Landing" from Amazing Stories"Among the Clouds" from Always"Listening to Carson" from Home Alone"Mom Returns/Finale" from Home Alone"Growing Up in Paris" from Sabrina"The Returnees" from CE3KQuite an impressive list Hey thanks for compiling that..! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 It is also a very varied list in styles and moods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uni 306 Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 It is for me impossible to name that single particular piece that would top everything else in this man's bountiful career. Too tough a challenge.what a wishy washy answer. It is not impossible, you simple pick a piece of music that you keep going back too over and over. What harm is there for you to name one, or several is so be it but it's not a difficult or life and death question.Who said anything about "life and death?" One of the reasons this is such a challenge is because it's a great question—and (as so many have demonstrated) it's too easy to let yourself off the hook by listing your top three or five or twelve, because you can't make up your mind. (I thought for a second that Maurizio was just blatantly thumbing his nose at the rules, until I realized what he was actually doing. )So I'm up a stump as well. So many to choose from, most of which have already been grabbed up. (Though I don't think anyone hit on "Theme from Always" as presented on The Spielberg/Williams Collaboration album, which is another top contender in my case.) But if I had someone in front of me who was going to make an end-all decision about opening themselves up to the music of John Williams based on one piece that I might play for them. . . .Much as I hate to be a copycat or coattailer, it would come down to two pieces: either the greater part of "Visitors/Bye/End Titles" from Close Encounters (sans the first 1:51 or so—the "Visitors" part—and including the section inside the Mothership), or the final seven minutes of Adventures on Earth. And, since I want to honor the rules of the game, I've gotta settle on one or the other. No exceptions.So the winner is . . . Adventures on Earth. Barely.- Uni Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,346 Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 The Ranch - The Cowboys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 The Ballroom Scene from Witches of Eastwick has to be close to the top of my list. I can find many more, but that one I didn't even have to think about.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggFWbJ7Q0MgDamn you, Pixie, I was going say that! As it is, I agree with you: "The Seduction Of Suki, And The Ballroom Scene", is, in point of fact, the most beautiful, and most romantic thing that JW has ever written. What brain-dead suit decided to replace it with Turandot????!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. K 12 Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 The love scene (with the weird bats & red laser fx) from Dracula was damn cheesy to look at, but had one of the maestro's most beautiful pieces. The ballroom scene from Witches of Eastwick was another good one. "Among the Clouds" from Always is also one of his best. So many to choose from!Mr. K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantus Venti 13 Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 If I'm looking for 20 seconds of tears from heaven, the beginning crecendo of Reunion of Friends from Harry Potter (:22 - :42). The string melody with flute counter-melody breaks the scale.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkzCkjM1mE8If I want something more naturally remarkable in beauty, there's the lush wistful strings of Bait for E.T. from 1:22 - 1:36. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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