untouchables 0 Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 Does anyone know if the the track of Star Trek tv theme performed by John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra is arranged by Alexander Courage or John Williams? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,017 Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 Good question, given that Courage orchestrated some Boston Pops material for Williams albums. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,715 Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 The version found on Out of This World Boston Pops compilation is marked arranged by Jerry Goldsmith himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 7 minutes ago, Incanus said: The version found on Out of This World Boston Pops compilation is marked arranged by Jerry Goldsmith himself. Star Trek: The Motion Picture, that is. The Alexander Courage TV theme recorded by Williams and the Boston Pops was indeed arranged by Courage. Awesome album! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 31 minutes ago, Incanus said: The version found on Out of This World Boston Pops compilation is marked arranged by Jerry Goldsmith himself. Next time, read first! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,715 Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 41 minutes ago, Nick Tatopoulos's Beret said: Star Trek: The Motion Picture, that is. The Alexander Courage TV theme recorded by Williams and the Boston Pops was indeed arranged by Courage. Awesome album! Quite right! I should have read more carefully. 16 minutes ago, Stefancos said: Next time, read first! I will! Once 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 19 hours ago, untouchables said: Does anyone know if the the track of Star Trek tv theme performed by John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra is arranged by Alexander Courage or John Williams? Funny, I was just wondering this myself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
untouchables 0 Posted May 30, 2016 Author Share Posted May 30, 2016 On 29/5/2016 at 0:55 PM, crocodile said: Good question, given that Courage orchestrated some Boston Pops material for Williams albums. Karol Williams and Goldsmith never orchestrate the music. Except for Schindler List and JFK Williams never orchestrate an album! Anyway Alexander Courage original theme is different from Pops Boston version but it seems his arrangement, a brilliant theme and orchestration that symbolize fraternity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilal 569 Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 18 minutes ago, untouchables said: Williams and Goldsmith never orchestrate the music. Except for Schindler List and JFK Williams never orchestrate an album! Anyway Alexander Courage original theme is different from Pops Boston version but it seems his arrangement, a brilliant theme and orchestration that symbolize fraternity. Goldsmith did and Williams does a proverbial 99% of the actual orchestration themselves, and Williams pens an entire cue down on 30+ staff paper himself from time to time. In their case, the orchestrator's job is/was more of a formality than an art on its own, really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocelot 508 Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 3 hours ago, untouchables said: Williams and Goldsmith never orchestrate the music. Except for Schindler List and JFK Williams never orchestrate an album! Anyway Alexander Courage original theme is different from Pops Boston version but it seems his arrangement, a brilliant theme and orchestration that symbolize fraternity. What are you talking about. Williams orchestrates everything himself. Conrad Pope calls himself a glorified copyist when working with Williams because he says it's all there in the notation and notes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 I was under the impression that Williams writes piano songs and then the orchestrators make it for symphonies, isn't that right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Sounds about right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manakin Skywalker 4,894 Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 2 hours ago, TheWhiteRider said: I was under the impression that Williams writes piano songs and then the orchestrators make it for symphonies, isn't that right? Not at all. SOME composers do that, but not John Williams. He does pretty much everything himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Does he play all the instruments himself too? Loert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,802 Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 35 minutes ago, Manikin Skywalker said: Not at all. SOME composers do that, but not John Williams. He does pretty much everything himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted May 31, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted May 31, 2016 It's amazing to me how many times I can play dumb on that point and still get corrected. I pretty much only continue doing it for scientific and statistical purposes at this point. Jilal, Loert and Pieter Boelen 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 No, John Williams did not write the Star Trek theme. Pieter Boelen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 3 minutes ago, Not Mr. Big said: No, John Williams did not write the Star Trek theme. What other enlightenments can you share this evening? Pieter Boelen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 It's not that hard to understand. Arthur Morton wrote the Star Trek fanfare. John Williams wrote the Star Trek theme. Alexander Courage wrote the Star Wars fanfare which was orchestrated by Jerry Goldsmith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Sacrilege! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manakin Skywalker 4,894 Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 2 hours ago, Muad'Dib said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieter Boelen 740 Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Thank goodness for JWFan comedy gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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