What are your "I know it's JW but I can't remember from where?" moments?

[artguy360 1,843]

I assume any avid listener of JW has these moments, at least I know I have many, many times.

 

You're walking down the street or sitting on the bus or cooking and suddenly a particular bit of JW music pops into your mind. You can hear it almost as clearly as you could the real thing, you can hum it or whistle it to yourself, but you just can't remember where it's from. Then you have to dig into your memory, hum it again five more times, maybe even breakout your JW collection or look up his discography until you eventually turn to this forum for help or recall it on your own.

 

What are your "I know it's JW but I can't remember from where?" moments?

 

Most recently I randomly starting humming some JW string music, kind of dark, rising and falling, something from one of his historical dramas for sure. At first I thought it was this:

 

 

But it turned out to be this:

 

 

[Marian Schedenig 8,191]

I...

...can't remember.

[Will 2,215]

I remember once I was running some errands and I had this catchy, lilting melody running through my head:

 

 

I initially had a ton of trouble figuring out even roughly where it was from. IIRC I even thought at one point it might be from Indiana Jones! 

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

3 hours ago, Marian Schedenig said:

I...

...can't remember.

 

Can't you remember anything?

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

You're not supposed to remember film scores anyway.

[King Mark 3,631]

happens a lot to me

[mrbellamy 6,278]

Lol I remember this happening a couple times with The Terminal, found myself humming these and couldn't work it out. I think I thought the second one might have been Catch Me If You Can.

 

 

 

[Naïve Old Fart 9,514]

9 hours ago, Marian Schedenig said:

I...

...can't remember.

 

6 hours ago, Horner's Dynamic Range said:

 

Can't you remember anything?

 

I don't remember, I don't recall. I have no memory of anything at all.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

I don't sense anything.

[Naïve Old Fart 9,514]

I have this ringing in my ear, an agreeable ringing. Its only five notes... Damnit, I know what this is!

[Arpy 4,145]

I heard a piece from Munich on the radio and I haven't seen the film or listened to the score, but knew it must've been Williams before it ended and they said it was from Munich. 

 

[phbart 609]

One day The Imperial March was playing and I thought "Is that from Williams or Giacchino?". It was Vangelis.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

Sounds like ya'll need a remembrall.

[Bespin 8,480]

Sorry if I'm not into the subject, but when I hear a JW March or Fanfare, I usually don't recall the name of the work, Midway March, 1941 March, Olympic fanfare and theme, Olympic Spare rib, I mixed them.

[King Mark 3,631]

On 8/26/2018 at 4:38 PM, Arpy said:

I heard a piece from Munich on the radio and I haven't seen the film or listened to the score, but knew it must've been Williams before it ended and they said it was from Munich. 

 

 yeah there's music you hear with no context you know it's Williams

 

I remember "knowing" the theme from Amazing Stories was Williams even if his name wasn't in the credits

 

or "knowing" the last 30 seconds of Dice and Roll in Solo is Williams before it was confirmed

[Joni Wiljami 1,206]

On 9/4/2018 at 12:29 AM, King Mark said:

 

 

or "knowing" the last 30 seconds of Dice and Roll in Solo is Williams before it was confirmed

 

Is that a fact? 

[Jay 37,346]

Yes