Popular Post jimnova 37 Posted December 19, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted December 19, 2017 Pittsburgh Symphony Trombonist Releases Star Wars Album James Nova, trombonist in the Pittsburgh Symphony orchestra, has released a new album for trombone choir, A Fall from Light to Dark. Through the chosen moments of John Williams’ masterful scores, this album musically chronicles the rise and descent of Anakin Skywalker as he transforms into Darth Vader. Jim has had a lifelong love of John Williams’ film scores since his Dad took him and his brother to see The Empire Strikes Back in the theater. Throughout his career he has performed and recorded with John Williams on several occasions, with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Symphony, the Boston Pops as well as the Utah Symphony. In 2012, Jim was preparing for another season with the Pittsburgh Symphony and thought a fun way to get into shape would be to overdub (or “Novadub”) one of his John Williams trombone choir transcriptions. He chose his transcription of the Superman March as his first effort. He posted it on SoundCloud. Fast forward to now and his SoundCloud page has passed 600,000 listens! He decided it was time to make an actual commercial album and set out learning the art of mixing and mastering, which brings him to this project: A Fall from Light to Dark. Some of you may think, “trombone choir?” Trombone choir is a rich and varied color ensemble capable of powerful, crushing, devastating and also tender, introspective, delicate moments. This album demonstrates the power of John Williams’ scores and how they translate so well to this medium. All transcriptions, playing, recording, editing, mixing and mastering by James Nova. To hear some clips and learn more about Jim, visit jimnova.com karelm, John, Jurassic Shark and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,901 Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 His arrangements are excellent! He is a fine musician and a huge fan of John Williams. Well worth supporting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimnova 37 Posted December 20, 2017 Author Share Posted December 20, 2017 18 minutes ago, karelm said: His arrangements are excellent! He is a fine musician and a huge fan of John Williams. Well worth supporting. Thanks for the kind words! Miguel Andrade and John 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Andrade 1,260 Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Wonderful addition to the discography! Listening to it now. Thank you Jim, for all the hard work in writting all this amazing arrangements and getting them recorded! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 Great, but why does James/Jim refer to himself in the third person? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,326 Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 Either a copypasted press release-esque thing or this account was made by a representative. (Or both, or neither) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 Could be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricard 2,242 Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 It's the press release for the album, which is also available on the main page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Wow, this is fantastic! @jimnova, I'm curious to hear to what extent JW was involved, before, during or after the piece was recorded? Any reactions or guidance from him? I love how you included less prominent pieces, like Anakin's Betrayal, Immolation Scene, and the opener from Revenge of the Sith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jimnova 37 Posted December 26, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 26, 2017 On 12/23/2017 at 6:07 PM, Miguel Andrade said: Wonderful addition to the discography! Listening to it now. Thank you Jim, for all the hard work in writting all this amazing arrangements and getting them recorded! Thank you so much! At it's heart, this is a fan project of my highest attempt! On 12/24/2017 at 1:51 AM, Stefancos said: Great, but why does James/Jim refer to himself in the third person? I just wanted to be more formal as I'm new to this forum. I've been respectfully reading it for years. On 12/24/2017 at 2:01 AM, Fal said: Either a copypasted press release-esque thing or this account was made by a representative. (Or both, or neither) It was done by me! The originator of this project. Sorry if it came off as impersonal. On 12/24/2017 at 2:10 AM, Stefancos said: Could be. See above... On 12/24/2017 at 2:15 PM, Rick said: It's the press release for the album, which is also available on the main page. Yes! And thanks Rick, for your willingness to support something, which on the surface, may seem weird, but if you dig deeper, is yet another example of a serious artist's work, in honor of JW. 2 hours ago, indy4 said: Wow, this is fantastic! @jimnova, I'm curious to hear to what extent JW was involved, before, during or after the piece was recorded? Any reactions or guidance from him? I love how you included less prominent pieces, like Anakin's Betrayal, Immolation Scene, and the opener from Revenge of the Sith. If you look here: https://jimnova.com/about/ You'll hear about my history with JW. I sent him a recording of my Superman recording: and JW sent me this letter: I agree with you that much of the less prominent pieces JW wrote, are quite potent and powerful to the narrative. I hope you all enjoy this project! Please let me know your thoughts and of course I understand some may not approve of this. I hope you all view it in the lens it was viewed and recorded: as a musician who loves JW's artistry and even though I play in a major orchestra, I wish I could play his music much more often than I do! MrScratch, idril, indy4 and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimnova 37 Posted January 26, 2018 Author Share Posted January 26, 2018 Hello all! You may remember last month I released a new album of John Williams' music: Well...the Pittsburgh Post Gazette just did an article on my project! Be sure to watch the short "Behind the scenes" video in the article! Click here to see the article! karelm and Miguel Andrade 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,489 Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Ooh. I like a nice bit of tromboning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimnova 37 Posted January 30, 2018 Author Share Posted January 30, 2018 For your perusal... Miguel Andrade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,266 Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 @karelm has interviewed @jimnova for the main page, check it out! http://www.jwfan.com/?p=10525 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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