brenn 1 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Which is your favorite John Williams piece that is very emotionally moving to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,353 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Olympic Fanfare and Theme ShowUStheHOOK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Andrade 1,263 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Incanus and mahler3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tannhauser 101 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Horn Concerto and theme from the Eiger Sanction (the trumpet solo variation) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jocores 96 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Elegy for Cello and Orchestra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilal 569 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 "The Reunion" from War Horse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uni 306 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 "E.T. and Me" (from the OST).- Uni mahler3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandor 797 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Born On The Fourth Of July, End Credits mahler3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 "Jazz Autographs" from The Terminal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShowUStheHOOK 8 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 You Are The Pan From HOOK brenn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 4,654 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Seemingly anything featuring the cello, but with priority given to The Chairman's Waltz from the memoirs suite for cello and orchesta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uni 306 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Born On The Fourth Of July, End CreditsAlmost went there. (The suite, though, more than the end credits.)- Uni Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brenn 1 Posted February 22, 2013 Author Share Posted February 22, 2013 Mine personally is Farewell Neverland, especially the children's chorus and the ending section mahler3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Aproaching the Summit from Seven Years in Tibet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Theme from Angela's Ashes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Marcus 390 Posted February 22, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted February 22, 2013 Most of what Williams writes tends to resonate deeply with me, but his concert works perhaps even more profoundly. Especially "Five Sacred Trees" (particularly first, second and fifth movements), as well as "Treesong", "Cello Concerto" (particularly first and last movements), first and second movements of the Violin concerto, and the final movement of the Horn concerto....I'm chickening out; it's impossible to settle for just one piece. Rather, there's an emotional core in all of his output that simply stirs me more than most other music; a sense of empathy, wisdom and even kindness (perhaps "humanity" is more accurate) that I find uplifting and comforting, as well as aesthetically and intellectually stimulating. Incanus, brenn, Joni Wiljami and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Well put. Naming just one single composition is extremely difficult if not impossible. E.g. I think I could name just about every piece mentioned in this thread as moving or even supremely emotional to me. brenn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. K 12 Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Angela's Prayer from Angela's Ashes or The Ballroom Scene from Witches of Eastwick.Years ago it would have been the finale from E.T., but I've over-listened to it... desensitized. Mr. K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 The Throne Room from Star Wars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 "E.T. and Me" (from the OST).- UnidittoalsoLiberation: Exultate Justi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 That secondary theme in ET never really did click with me. It's nice as gentle underscore, but in pure musical melody terms it doesn't stir the blood in my arms and shoulders.Jonathan Kent's funeral (as the camera retreats up into the air), the strings there are so achingly lush and the pay off is just devine. Followed of course by Clarke's farewell as the camera once again takes flight, but this time going up and forward toward his destiny.For me Williams is at his most emotionally effective when he brings his deep understanding of operatic mythology with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,495 Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 You Are The Pan From HOOKYeah, that....and any other piece where he taps into the "religious" (or spiritual sound) -- usually minor-mode and on solo woodwinds. My favourite sound of his and the main reason I'm a fan, really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 It's a stunning piece, but I'm surprised people are happy to overlook that it's lifted wholesale from Georges Delerue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,495 Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 It's a stunning piece, but I'm surprised people are happy to overlook that it's lifted wholesale from Georges Delerue.Stylistic-wise, maybe, but hardly more than that. I rather think it's more a matter of both composers having a knack for the bittersweet and melancholic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Maybe. I do like really like You Are the Pan, but I can never shake the feeling that its an inspired by temp track piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieC 13 Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Well, the day that I found out that I had secured a place at university I played the Throne Room and End Title from Star Wars in celebration of the fact. I have to say that With Malice Towards None is absolutely one of the most moving pieces, despite its brevity. Actually, perhaps its brevity is why it works so well.I've also always liked I Could Have Done More from Schindler's List and I think that The Reivers suite, with narration, is very moving too. Being moved to smile is just as valuable as being moved to something more sombre of course.In terms of pieces written expressly for the concert hall I have always enjoyed The Five Sacred Trees.JCPS: this is a nicely impossible task. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahler3 478 Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Toy Planes, Home and Hearth from Empire of the Sun. Joni Wiljami 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Maybe. I do like really like You Are the Pan, but I can never shake the feeling that its an inspired by temp track piece.Yes, but the most stunning part of the piece (the choir section) is wholy, original, I reckon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 True. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,346 Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Anything Williams really poured himself into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Hymn to the Fallen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 "David and the Supermecha" from Artificial Intelligence is one of them. That score also has my favorite love theme that Williams has ever done: Monica's theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p0llux 398 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 "Confluence" from Memoirs of a Geisha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuttersteps 1 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Omaha Beach (dare I say, the main theme of Saving Private Theme). To me, conveys the weight and dignity of the soldiers w/o being overly sentimental. Incanus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Sean and Lara from MINORITY REPORT.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qT0qO_IIk4sHonourable mentions to E.T. Is Alive from E.T., The Reunion from A.I., Arlington from JFK, Hatching Baby Raptor and Remembering Petticoat Lane.from JURASSIC PARK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tedfud 38 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 too many.....but i am very fond of the map room...and call of the crystal is pretty nifty tooT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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