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Williams's Most Daunting Cues


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Which cues of his (if any) cause you to shake your head at the level of musicianship required to pull (aspects of) them off, in terms of performance?

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I'd say aside from THE LOST WORLD, Williams's most technically demmanding cues are from 83-84. The level of swag in the action material from RETURN OF THE JEDI and TEMPLE OF DOOM is off the charts. I chalk this down to the Boston Pops and the Olympic Ceramony comission bringing out a more extroverted side to Williams's personality.

 

The Nightclub Brawl by John Williams on Grooveshark

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Just understanding how your part fits in with the rest of the orchestra. I don't think the conducting would be that much harder than most JW action cues

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The level of swag in the action material from RETURN OF THE JEDI and TEMPLE OF DOOM is off the charts.

Yea, good way to phrase it! Love it!

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Gloin in the Dark? care to nominate The Map Room: Dawn?

The musical essence of dauntingness. You can read me like a book!

In case anyone doesn't know this cue, here's a recording of it I just found on YouTube. Only the dauntless should dare to listen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFmoVfi9ie4

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A pitiful effort! The unfortunate result of posting during that window between the departure of sobriety and the onset of unconsciousness. I do my best posting during that window between the onset of unconsciousness and the onset of consciousness though, as a rule, the aforementioned posts never seem to make it onto the forum.

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