Jilal 569 Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Argh, not again.It shall be corrected! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,271 Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Feel free to create a thread for non-Williams short musical moments in GD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,509 Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 2:08 - 2:10The orchestral equivalent of dragging your nails down a chalkboard.3:05 - 3:11Simply 'WTF'. ins and CapitalJ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Those dissonant brass chords at 2:09 and then again at 3:17 4:16 to 4:50 One of the most beautiful JW sequences ever 4:19 to 4:36 one of my favorite passages from Raiders 00:17 to 00:46 It's the sort of track that exemplifies how Williams clearly gave each planet in TPM a very strong musical indentity, not necessarily thematic, but in terms of instrumentation and orchestral color. This passage perfectly conveys Theed and its culture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilal 569 Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 00:17 to 00:46 It's the sort of track that exemplifies how Williams clearly gave each planet in TPM a very strong musical indentity, not necessarily thematic, but in terms of instrumentation and orchestral color. This passage perfectly conveys Theed and its culture Yes, one of my favourite passages in TPM. Very eloquent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnome in Plaid 219 Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 A little longer than the "15 seconds" requirement, but 2:32-2:59 are awesome. 1:04-1:51. Bone-chilling. And to keep it short I even had to leave out the Sith chorale bit! Actually while I was looking for the last clip I was watching this video trying to find the right cue and watching it reminded me that this entire scene is a goosebumps moment for me. I know some people are not huge fans of the movie and the score (as compared to the original trilogy), however, I think that this is one of the best examples in the entire Star Wars Saga that shows Williams' brilliance in writing a piece that gives the scene the exact feel that Lucas wanted the audience to feel while watching it. The whole "Rise of the Empire" sequence might well be my favorite all-time five minutes in film music history. CapitalJ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,232 Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 0:42 - 1:04 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 You could almost pick any 15-20 seconds in that score and it's pure magic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,232 Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 That bit is orchestrated with almost infuriating subtlety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Though it was done before...almost ad verbatim...in THE PAGEMASTER. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,232 Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 I know exactly the part you mean. It is definitely very similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 I love the fanfare in that plays in "I am the Senate" when Anakin cuts off Mace Windu's hand.Starting at 4:19 MaxMovieMan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,509 Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 I like the whistling strings from 2:15 to 2:29.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UQ5a-tAj58I also like the fanfare addition from 4:30 to 4:42 (was this new ending done by William Ross?): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,271 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Hell no, John Towner Williams wrote that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Are you sure about that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Wojo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 The beautiful harp reading of the main theme from The Fury in Hester's Theme and the House on the OST, 1:53-2:15 (Before Dinner in the film score, 0:37-0:58). There is some ghostly tenderness there that gets me every time. publicist and ins 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 I know exactly the part you mean. It is definitely very similar.Interesting. Can you post a link and time stamp for the page master due? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,232 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkBj3Rg3Ixg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 The Arrival of Baby Pagemaster Gruesome Son of a Bitch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyy38 21 Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 I don't know why but I absolutely love this part of the Battle of Hoth in Empire, such a great climatic moment (4:01-4:23). I have not watched Empire in quite some time but I do believe this part is not in the actual movie itself, but I could be wrong.Correct, that bit was dialed out of the final film. Always loved that part!That intro gave me chills the first time I heard it and it was a total waste that it never appeared in the final film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilal 569 Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 1:18Absolutely gorgeous writing up until the very end. There's a chord progression in there reminding me of Shore's History of the Ring theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 The dissonant brass note as heard in 4:25 or so of "The Face of Voldemort" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,509 Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 The horns at 0:47 - I vividly remember watching and listening to that very moment the first time I saw HP1 14 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,509 Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 1:27 - I know Williams likes to make the winds sweat but this is just taking the piss! Gnome in Plaid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,232 Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Let's hear those LA slobs play like that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 I know everyone prefers the film version of The Departure AKA Saying Goodbye, but Williams' original version with the clarinet/oboe/whatever playing E.T.'s theme there is pretty magical, especially on the Erich Kunzel Star Tracks recording. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 No rerecording has ever been able to match or even get near the OST version! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balahkay 627 Posted October 17, 2015 Author Share Posted October 17, 2015 The horns at 0:47 - I vividly remember watching and listening to that very moment the first time I saw HP1 14 years ago.Can't believe the score/movie is almost 15 years old now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilal 569 Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Love this little low brass progression.0:00 - 0:03 0:51 - 0:54 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerebral Cortex 3,357 Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 The horns at 0:47 - I vividly remember watching and listening to that very moment the first time I saw HP1 14 years ago.Can't believe the score/movie is almost 15 years old now.Holy cow! That IS hard to believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 No rerecording has ever been able to match or even get near the OST version!Kunzel's is spectacular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 Link! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 Williams' brass writing is always something special. That break in "Hymn to the Fallen" is transcendent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilal 569 Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 2:30 - onward.Perfect. Just perfect. All the way from the superimposed triads to the quartal RAIDERS/STAR WARS blend at 2:46. CapitalJ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post nightscape94 965 Posted October 30, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted October 30, 2015 1:41 - 2:09 We've all heard the Star Wars "theme" and the concert suite so many times that I think it can be easy to forget how wonderfully effective Williams' scoring is in the moments immediately after the crawl and its weight and power in the actual movie experience. This is an incredibly important section in terms of setting the transitionary tone out of the bombastic title march and into the movie proper. The way it shifts with the strings climbing up frantically as the words disappear into a series of ominous chords, heightening the tension, only to allow us momentary pause as we reflect on the stars. This fleeting meditation gives way to more rushing strings, giving us yet another pang of unease as they rise rise but we descend. A new alien planet system is then announced with a massive timpani roll and gong hit before ramping up into a fanfare flourish which is abbreviated due to the sudden overhead appearance of visual chaos. All of this juking around purposefully puts you off balance and is musically striking at the same time. Williams prepares you so perfectly for all of this in the span of about 25 seconds that it's ridiculous. Romão, Jay, CapitalJ and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Fantastic exampel, nightscape, could not agree more. It's one of those moments and tones totally carried by Williams. It's brilliant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,271 Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 1:41 - 2:09We've all heard the Star Wars "theme" and the concert suite so many times that I think it can be easy to forget how wonderfully effective Williams' scoring is in the moments immediately after the crawl and its weight and power in the actual movie experience. This is an incredibly important section in terms of setting the transitionary tone out of the bombastic title march and into the movie proper. The way it shifts with the strings climbing up frantically as the words disappear into a series of ominous chords, heightening the tension, only to allow us momentary pause as we reflect on the stars. This fleeting meditation gives way to more rushing strings, giving us yet another pang of unease as they rise rise but we descend. A new alien planet system is then announced with a massive timpani roll and gong hit before ramping up into a fanfare flourish which is abbreviated due to the sudden overhead appearance of visual chaos.All of this juking around purposefully puts you off balance and is musically striking at the same time. Williams prepares you so perfectly for all of this in the span of about 25 seconds that it's ridiculous.Quality post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 This version of the Imperial theme. LOVE THOSE STRINGS.0:37 - 0:46 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,509 Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 2:11 (caution: adults only) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post nightscape94 965 Posted November 10, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted November 10, 2015 Love the versions of the Force theme and Yoda's theme during this stretch and the fluid connection between the two. The underlying rapid strings strike again. Flawless. 10:58 - 11:28 CapitalJ, Cerebral Cortex and SingeMoisi 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,271 Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Yes! If you never heard any cue from the score first, you'd assume Yoda's theme there is actually the B Section of the Force Theme, it so fluidly flows from the main Force Theme. But knowing its Yoda's theme, it works freaking great that way too!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balahkay 627 Posted November 18, 2015 Author Share Posted November 18, 2015 I've always loved this short transition piece at 1:06. Cerebral Cortex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,509 Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 7:52 - 7:59 That horn + pizz celli voicing gives me wood everytime I hear it. CapitalJ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilal 569 Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Love the contrapuntal trombone line .The Alex North-esque chords at 8:45 do it for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,509 Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Ah yes, almost forgot about that trombone! I also really like the fanfare at around 5:57, and the "mayhem" bits at 6:45 and 7:04. TLC score is full of so many little surprises! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Not exactly short, and not especially long, but this version of the "Somewhere In My Memory" theme, without chorus (the Walking Home cue) is hands down my favorite in the entire score. Great orchestration0:00 - 1:00 CapitalJ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,509 Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 1:52 - 2:18 - My favourite rendition of the Raiders March! Jilal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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