Manakin Skywalker 4,890 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Post 21st century Willilliams sure does like to use a lot of xylophones! Would be interesting to hear all his famous themes played by a 100-piece orchestra consisting of only xylophones! Loert and Cerebral Cortex 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Williams should write a symphony for each and every instrument in existence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,463 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Concerto for kazoos! But yeah, I'd love to see Williams write a xylophone piece, or -- in fact -- a piece for percussion of any kind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Not a whole symphony, that would be silly. But a piece highlighting the xylo...sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 A concerto for percussion, with an Orff Schulwerk-style idiophone ensemble. Concerto for Idiots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 John Williams's Silly Symphonies! But if my experience with the local xylophone playing street musician would be any indication I would be grinning at the silliness of a whole orchestra of xylophones performing a symphony. The clickity-clack of the instrument is so absurd it is bound to bring a smile on my face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,643 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 I have this app on my phone that makes fart noises, and I think John could really do something special with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 2 minutes ago, MikeTroxell said: I have this app on my phone that makes fart noises, and I think John could really do something special with that. If it is a smartphone the chances are he won't know how to use it. I hear he is unreconstructed techology-wise. Antediluvian one could say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,643 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Dreams crushed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 I am sorry to be the one to dash them man! I really am! But it is cold in the real world, where also John Williams lives. Such dreams are so easily crushed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artguy360 1,843 Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 I don't know about xylophone specifically but I think JW could do wonders with a percussion focused concerto. I had super high hopes for his harp concerto but the supporting music ended up sounding very stilted and unfulfilled. The harp is featured nicely but also sounds more kinetic than melodic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 It should have at least been the focus of one piece in the Harry Potter Children's Suite! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 A Williams Timpani concerto would be fantastic, I would think. artguy360 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artguy360 1,843 Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 And now I'm looking up Timpani Concertos on youtube. Philip Glass' one is pretty interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datameister 2,037 Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Love me some xylophone. But no. A broader "percussion" concerto, though? I'd love that. Williams has an unusual approach to writing percussion features that I never tire of. (See the sand people music in ANH, for instance, or some of the chess music in HPSS.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,800 Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 8 hours ago, KK. said: A Williams Timpani concerto would be fantastic, I would think. The closest we got is that delightful duel between the Viola and the Timpani in his Viola Concerto, which is probably one my favorite movements in his concert works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,510 Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 steb74 and Jilal 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,463 Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 3 hours ago, Michael said: The closest we got is that delightful duel between the Viola and the Timpani in his Viola Concerto, which is probably one my favorite movements in his concert works. Good catch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,172 Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 16 hours ago, KK. said: A Williams Timpani concerto would be fantastic, I would think. Indeed. 15 hours ago, artguy360 said: And now I'm looking up Timpani Concertos on youtube. Philip Glass' one is pretty interesting. That's a great one. Be sure to check out Michael Daugherty's Raise the Roof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,903 Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 I would like to see what Williams would do with forces like this (6 sets of timpani too!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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