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On 10/16/2017 at 3:59 AM, igger6 said:

Anybody hear of this?  Apparently the unpronounceable virtuoso who released Star Wars, Jurassic Park, and Harry Potter 1-3 for two pianos in the last few years has an album doing the same with Close Encounters, E.T., Stargate, and Independence Day?!  Is this only available overseas?  The interview on this page makes it sound like his most recent work...

 

http://www.polymnie.net/pages/cds/E.T.html

 

EDIT: Here's a year-old YouTube clip of a solo version of "Over the Moon," which is apparently on the album:

 

 

He's on Spotify.

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Oh wow, another Schindler's List recording...

 

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https://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/classical/products/8422916--memoire-et-cinema

 

Okay, it also includes JW arrangements he wrote for Yentl and Fiddler on the Roof... :)

 

It may be the first recording of this violin with piano reduction of "Papa, can you hear me?"... @Miguel Andrade?

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A 1 438th recording of Schindler's List Theme, wow. 🤣

 

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Tracklisting of the upcoming album:

  1. “Cinema Paradiso” / Andrea &Ennio Morricone
  2. “The Mission” from "Mission" / Ennio Morricone
  3. "I Had a farm in Africa" from "Out of Africa" / John Barry
  4. Theme from "Schindler's List" / John Williams
  5. "Camille" from "Le Mépris" / Georges Delerue
  6. “La vita è bella” / Nicola Piovani
  7. "Romance" from "The adventures of Robin Hood" / Erich Wolfgang Korngold
  8. Dead Poets Society / Maurice Jarre
  9. "Papa, Can You Hear Me ?" from "Yentl" / Michel Legrand
  10. "Aria" from "Joyeux Noël" / Philippe Rombi
  11. Medley from "Amélie Poulain" / Yann Tiersen
  12. Calling You * / Bob Telson
  13. "Le Concerto de Berlin" from "la 7e Cible" / Vladimir Cosma
  14. "Moon River" from " Breakfast at Tiffany's" / Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini
  15. The Godfather / Nino Rota
  16. "Twilight Love Theme" from "The Twilight Saga : New Moon" / Alexandre Desplat
  17. Legends of the Fall / James Horner
  18. A Summer of 42 / Michel Legrand
  19. Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire / Vladimir Cosma
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A new CD grouping older live recordings from London Philh O conducted by Dirk Brossé.

 

Belgian Dirk Brossé who was recommended by John Williams to conduct the Official "Star Wars Tour".

Genius Of Film Music, Vol. 2
Hollywood blockbusters 1980s to 2000s

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https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8495607--genius-of-film-music-vol-2

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On 10/17/2017 at 8:02 PM, Jurassic Shark said:

[Drumroll]

 

In November, probably to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Star Wars, there will be three CD-album releases from Walt Disney Records of what seems to be the original soundtrack releases of the original trilogy. All three will probably be single disc releases, as each of the original CDs and LPs had a running time of less than 80 minutes. Hopefully the Empire CD will include the missing LP tracks.

 

Also in November, there's two different LP releases of A New Hope: A 3 LP version titled Star Wars: A New Hope and a single LP version titled Star Wars: A New Hope (40th Anniversary) (Rsd). I can't see there's any new LP releases of Empire or Jedi.

 

In January, Sony Classical will release a 20 CD box named John Williams Conductor (with emphasis on conductor to distinguish him from John Williams the guitarist). This will most likely include both JW soundtracks, concert works, and music by other composers.

 

 

Here's my sources:

 

Star Wars CD-releases:

https://www.imusic.dk/cd/0050087364243/o-s-t-2017-star-wars-a-new-hope-compact-disc

https://www.imusic.dk/cd/0050087364267/o-s-t-2017-star-wars-the-empire-strikes-back-john-williams-compact-disc

https://www.imusic.dk/cd/0050087364229/o-s-t-2017-star-wars-return-to-the-jedi-john-williams-compact-disc

 

Star Wars LP-releases:

https://www.imusic.dk/lp/0050087360627/the-london-symphony-orchestra-2017-star-wars-a-new-hope-40th-anniversary-rsd-lp-vinyl

https://www.imusic.dk/lp/0050087368197/soundtrack-2017-star-wars-a-new-hope-lp-vinyl

 

John Williams Conductor, 20 CD box

https://www.imusic.dk/cd/0889854177928/john-williams-2018-john-williams-conductor-compact-disc

 

 

Welcome to the board, @Jurassic Shark!

 

Thanks for the breaking info! ;)

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Maybe this is stretching the definition of "non-concert works," but the deluxe re-release (pause to boo/hiss at this exploitative development in the pop music industry) of Lindsey Stirling's year-old Christmas album contains a decent reading of the Home Alone Main Title.  It's novel in Stirling's typical manner, noodling around with the melody in generally pleasant ways.  Enjoy!

 

 

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I'm continuing to beat the drum on this thread because I don't think we have one for general covers even of concert pieces, but here's a pianist who apparently specializes in music for ballet dancers, covering (what else?) Hedwig:

 

It's basically impossible to mess this theme up!

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The Cincinnati Pops’ latest release, Voyage, includes ‘The Jedi Steps and Finale’ from The Force Awakens, as well as both the 1965 and 1967 Lost in Space themes.

 

 

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7 hours ago, Thor said:

I had no idea that the Cincinatti Pops was still doing film music albums. I thought it ended in the 90s.

 

Haven't you got their Rozsa album with choral suites from his epic film scores, from the 00s? It's one of the very few Kunzel/Cincinnati Pops album I really like.

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Great cover, it really look like a quality recording! Thanks!

 

EDIT: If I remember well, you are blind. So the smile-less Bearded guy, almost bald, wear Harry Potter glasses, white skirt, Hogwart tie... and he's holding his baguette on his shoulder, and they added a spark at the end of it. That's creepy.
 

J. Williams, P. Dukas: Harry Potter I-III, L'apprenti sorcier Product Image

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7 hours ago, bollemanneke said:

That is a nice recording.

 

He also recorded the almost complete soundtrack of the first Jurassic Park for two pianos. Alone.

THAT listen is a little bit challenging. He is a good player, but he doesn't seem to know that there is something called legato. 

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I'm so glad this guy exists and have been beating his drum forever (just see the top of this page!), but yeah, I wish he had more of a focus on listenability than comprehensiveness.  Not every cue works well in reduction.  I still Google him every few months to see where his JW fixation will lead him next, though.

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