Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 You ever find yourself singing a character name or thing to their respective theme from a Williams-scored film? For example, Superman is the obvious one. But another is the ToD Slave Children's Crusade where you can pretty much sing: "Indiana Jonnnnes... Indiana Jonesss Indiana Jonnnnnes... and the Temple of Dooooom!" A more obscure and less obvious one is the Ark motif from Raiders. You can literally sing it as "Thhhhhe... Lossssst Arkkkk... Thhhhhe... Losssst Arkkkk" Don't forget Harry's Wondrous World, where like Superman, it's essentially a fanfare where you can sing "Harry Potter! Harry Potter!" And one you probably never thought about, Hook. Yep, the main theme is really "Peterrrr... Peterrrrr... Peter Banning". I'll never forget years ago, someone on this forum made up lyrics to Jurassic Park that went: "It's Jurassic Park, It's Jurassic Park, Where the dinosaurs livvvve." Do this and you'll never hear Williams music the same way again. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Holy fucking shit it's a dinosaur ruined everything for me. Arpy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted June 18, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted June 18, 2017 "A.IIIIIII A.IIIIIIII A.I Artficial Intell-i-gence" mrbellamy, curlytoot, Loert and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BloodBoal 7,538 Posted June 18, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted June 18, 2017 Rey Rey-Rey-Rey, Rey Rey-Rey-Rey Rey-Rey Rey Rey-Rey-Rey, Rey Rey-Rey-Rey Rey-Rey Rey Rey-Rey-Rey... Rey-Rey-Reyyyyyy Rey-Rey-Reyyyyyyyyy.... Reyyyyy Rey-Rey-Rey Rey-Reyyyyyyy... Rey-Rey-Reyyyyyyyy Rey-Rey-Reyyyyyyyyyyy Reyyyyyyyy Rey-Rey-Rey-Reyyyyyy Reyyyyyyyy Rey-Rey-Rey-Reyyyyyy Reyyyyyyyy Rey-Rey-Rey-Reyyyyyy Reyyyy Rey Rey Reyyy Rey-Rey Rey Rey Rey Rey Reyyy Rey-Rey Rey Rey Rey Rey Reyyy Rey-Rey Rey Rey Rey Rey Reyyy Rey-Rey Rey Rey... John, Bilbo, Not Mr. Big and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,272 Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Finn, Finn, Finn, Finn, Finn-Finn-Finn Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 taa ta ta ta taa ... taa taa taa ... taa ta ta ta taa ... Superman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Poooooooooooee Poe Poe Pooooooeee Poooooooooooeee Poe Poe Poe-Poe-Poe Poooooooooooooooooooe Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Jaws Jaws Jaws Jaws Jaws Jaws Jaws Jaws JAWS Jaws Ja-ws JAWS Jaws Ja-ws Nah. All this proves is Jaws should have been called Dun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,499 Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 EEEE.TTTT. E.T.-E.T.-EEEE.TTT. Darth Va-Der is a rea-lly bad guy Tiiiin-tintin tiiin-tintin tiiiin-tin-tin-tin-tin-tin-tin-tin Bllis-tering Bar-na-cles, it's Captain Had-dock! Some-where in my meee- wait a minute... Most of this is just our brains filling in lyrics which it knows will fit, but the Superman one must have been intentional. Another (non-Williams) example where it couldn't have been an accident is the '58 Hammer Dracula, where the main theme literally shouts DRAAA-CULAA over and over, in the beginning even fitting the americanized title hor-ror-of-DRAAAA-CULAAAA. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datameister 2,037 Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 A couple of these have popped into my head over the years, much more so with Williams than with anyone else. The first phrase of Rey's theme sounds like "Rey is on a journey" to me, and the Rebel fanfare can be easily interpreted as, "The Rebels/The Rebels/The Rebels are coming!" There's even a phrase in the island fanfare that sounds like "to the island we must go." All silly lyrics, of course, but it's spooky how well they fit. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 1 minute ago, BloodBoal said: Hook's theme also works with "Kiss my ass, kiss my ass, Smee my dear". It also works with the "Ru-fi-o Ru-fi-o Ru Fi oooooo" chant ironically enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 18, 2017 Author Share Posted June 18, 2017 I'm convinced Williams does this on purpose. It's the secret to his compositional success in melody. I've never heard it so frequently from any other composer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 He just whistles it into a tape recorder and sends it to the orchestrators John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerebral Cortex 3,357 Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 That's why he likes to wait until after filming has mostly wrapped to start the scoring process. That way all the character names are finalized. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,510 Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 A musical based on John Williams' themes seems like a good way of becoming filthy rich... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 2,032 Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 On 6/17/2017 at 11:29 PM, Sally Spectra said: A more obscure and less obvious one is the Ark motif from Raiders. You can literally sing it as "Thhhhhe... Lossssst Arkkkk... Thhhhhe... Losssst Arkkkk" Thanks a lot. Now every time I hum or whistle the Ark theme, I can't help but think of those lyrics. Will and Unlucky Bastard 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 For me it's always been War Horse where I imagine lyrics to the themes. Not character names. Not even related all that closely to the plot. But the themes of that score just seem to beg to be put to text (particularly the Dartmoor theme). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 43 minutes ago, Will said: For me it's always been War Horse where I imagine lyrics to the themes. Not character names. Not even related all that closely to the plot. But the themes of that score just seem to beg to be put to text (particularly the Dartmoor theme). Joey's theme in the trailer sort of match up with the text ("Faaaaar from home" "Across all boooor rders" "Hope Suuurrrvives"). Also, it reminds me of "It's a Hard-Knock Life" from Annie (maybe that's what they were going for). Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,801 Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aviazn 273 Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 When I was a kid and went to bible camp, we were taught to thank the Lord before dinner by singing the Superman Prayer: Thank you Gooooood for giving us foood Thank you Gooooood for giving us foood For the food that we eeeee-eat And the friends that we meeeee-eet Thank you Gooooood for giving us foood There was some choreography too, punching the air with our fists on each line. A family friend taught me one for Mission Impossible: God. is. great and God. is. good and Let. us. thank him For. our. foo-ood Dooooooooooooooo Doo-doo-doooooooo Doo-doo-doooooooo A-men Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Funny, when I was young at those things we sang the "God is great" blessing to the Jeopardy! think music melody. aviazn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,507 Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 I've recently discovered FLYING translated into Judoon. Here goes: TOOOO-ROOOO...DO-SO-MO-HO-JOOOO-KOOOO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 25, 2017 Author Share Posted June 25, 2017 On 2017-6-18 at 2:50 PM, Not Mr. Big said: "A.IIIIIII A.IIIIIIII A.I Artficial Intell-i-gence" You could also do: Davvvid, he's Davvvvid... He's David the mecha robotic boyyyy.... Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 My favorite isn't Williams, it's Silvestri's Judge Dredd: I am.. The law! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew 590 Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 I'm surprised no one brought up The Imperial March yet. Darth Va-der Darth-Vader Darth-Vader Darth Va-der Darth-Vader Darth-Vader Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igger6 894 Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 See, for me, because of that trailer dialogue that wasn't actually in the movie, my first stab at Rey's Theme in words was, Who are you? I'm no one! Waaaaaiit-ing I knooow a-booouuuut... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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