Popular Post Omen II 1,235 Posted December 24, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted December 24, 2014 Henry Mancini recorded an album of film music in 1976 with the London Symphony Orchestra which included a Disaster Movie Suite made up of Earthquake, The Towering Inferno and Jaws. While I knew of the album I had never heard any of it, but noticed today that someone has posted a few selections on YouTube. Given that it features rare cover versions of Johnny's two 1974 disaster main titles, I thought you might enjoy hearing it if it is new to you too. I think it's rather good. Jurassic Shark, Incanus and The Five Tones 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,462 Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Thanks. Nothing from POSEIDON, but that's understandable. There isn't really a whole lot of interesting score in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uni 306 Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Is Jaws a disaster movie. . . ? (I know—only 38 years too late to be picking this particular nit.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Its not!If they would have cast Chuck Heston as Brody is might have been though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,462 Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 It's not, really, but you can justify it in that direction. Same with BLACK SUNDAY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 Technically, I guess you can shoehorn Jaws in as a disaster film, but we all know that Williams' famous disaster trilogy in the 70s was comprised of the following: The Poseidon Adventure, Earthquake and The Towering Inferno. He should have ended this suite with The Rescue from Poseidon Adventure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 John Williams' only real disaster epic was the Star Wars prequels. Gruesome Son of a Bitch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricard 2,242 Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 One of the first Williams-related albums I owned. A wonderful listen.Is Jaws a disaster movie. . . ?It was considered as such by many, in the context of the era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 Well it is not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Technically, I guess you can shoehorn Jaws in as a disaster film, but we all know that Williams' famous disaster trilogy in the 70s was comprised of the following: The Poseidon Adventure, Earthquake and The Towering Inferno. He should have ended this suite with The Rescue from Poseidon Adventure.No you can't. There is no disaster in the film? No technically about it. Next E.T. will be a disaster movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 E.T. is a romance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 E.T. is SS most cross-genre film. It transgenred. John's score is too. Yes new word transgenre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uni 306 Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 E.T. is SS most cross-genre film. It transgenred.Well . . . there was that scene when E.T. cross-dressed, so you may be onto something there. . . . 1977 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 That's the CGI'd E.T. from the 20th Anniversary! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilal 569 Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Jaws is a schwanzbuchler! Stempel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,475 Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Sorry to come late to the party, but I just read on the Grammy's website, that this arrangement for the "Disaster movie suite" got a nomination in 1976 for "best intrumental arrangement". Ordered the CD! 1977 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,493 Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 On 12/24/2014 at 3:52 PM, Omen II said: Henry Mancini recorded an album of film music in 1976 with the London Symphony Orchestra which included a Disaster Movie Suite made up of Earthquake, The Towering Inferno and Jaws. While I knew of the album I had never heard any of it, but noticed today that someone has posted a few selections on YouTube. Given that it features rare cover versions of Johnny's two 1974 disaster main titles, I thought you might enjoy hearing it if it is new to you too. I think it's rather good. Thanks, Omen. That suite (or one very much like it) was performed at Filmharmonic '76, at the Royal Albert Hall, and was televised by ITV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omen II 1,235 Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 That must have been quite something - I wonder if the tapes for the TV broadcast still exist. I have seen a scan of the programme for the Filmharmonic '76 concert and the concert also included The Poseidon Adventure amongst the other disaster movie selections. Incidentally, I believe that Filmharmonic '76 was the first of four occasions to date on which John Williams has conducted at the Royal Albert Hall. The orchestra was the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,493 Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 I saw JW conduct the last time he was at the Royal Albert Hall: Filmharmonic '86, where he shared the bill with John Scott. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977 1,743 Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 On 29 January 2018 at 5:41 PM, Bespin said: Sorry to come late to the party, but I just read on the Grammy's website, that this arrangement for the "Disaster movie suite" got a nomination in 1976 for "best intrumental arrangement". Ordered the CD! Wow! Who did the arrangement? Was it JW? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,023 Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Here's the Spotify playlist: Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,475 Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 1 hour ago, JTWfan77 said: Wow! Who did the arrangement? Was it JW? I'm asking myself the same question, I hope it will be written in the booklet of the CD, I'll tell you! 1977 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,475 Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 @JTWfan77 It is not specified on the CD nor on the original LP. Mystery! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MikeH 768 Posted February 7, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted February 7, 2018 I have the manuscript. It says "Orchestrated and Arranged by Henry Mancini" I like the segue note into JAWS: Jay, 1977 and Bespin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Five Tones 302 Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 I'm now realizing I have two sets of memories for this recording - one from childhood, listening to a library copy of the vinyl in about 1981/2 and forgetting most details except that it was Earthquake and Towering Inferno and an uncompressed concert style recording, and one from adulthood, where the CD was stocked in the classical music shop where I worked (and where I met JW the same year this reissue compilation came out, 1993) - but I hadn't put them together. I think I must've dismissed the CD without looking closely at it or forgotten about it after it sold out so never made the connection. Thanks for helping me recall! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieMusicMaestro 33 Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 This piece, minus the "Jaws" segment, will be performed in Austria on June 27, 2020: https://www.grafenegg.com/en/programm-tickets/once-upon-a-time-in-america?set_language=en Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Norris 18 Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 On 29/1/2018 at 10:37 PM, Omen II said: That must have been quite something - I wonder if the tapes for the TV broadcast still exist. I have seen a scan of the programme for the Filmharmonic '76 concert and the concert also included The Poseidon Adventure amongst the other disaster movie selections. Incidentally, I believe that Filmharmonic '76 was the first of four occasions to date on which John Williams has conducted at the Royal Albert Hall. The orchestra was the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. i was at this concert and the Disaster Movie suite was as recorded by Mancini but with Poseidon ‘bolted’ onto the beginning Omen II 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,023 Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 Mancini's recording of the suite is part of Dutton Vocalion's February sale. https://www.duttonvocalion.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=CDLK4558 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Mulder 153 Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 On 24/12/2014 at 5:31 PM, Thor said: Thanks. Nothing from POSEIDON, but that's understandable. There isn't really a whole lot of interesting score in it. It's good music for a claustrophobic interior upside down. When you think about it in this way, you can admit that it's great. Ricard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,462 Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 On 04/03/2022 at 10:05 PM, Darth Mulder said: It's good music for a claustrophobic interior upside down. When you think about it in this way, you can admit that it's great. Yes, it serves its purpose in the film. But I've never been thrilled with it as a standalone listening experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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