Damien F 1,742 Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 I attended a John Williams concert in Dublin on Thursday. All the old favourites were played with the noticeable exception of Jaws and the Imperial March. I didn't take the programme with me so I can't remember the exact order of the music, but I do remember that the first 3 or 4 pieces were little known scores to the general public. These include the 10 minute overture from The Cowboys (great performance), JFK (wasn't impressed by the opening trumpet solo performance), Memoirs of a Geisha and the 1941 march (again great energetic performance). The next piece was ET which got a great cheer at the end from the audience, presumably because it was the first piece most of them recognised.Schlinder's List and Close Encounters finished the first half. The second half saw a succession of classics from Superman, Raiders, Jurassic Park and the four movement suite from The Phantom Menace (sans choir for DOTF, but it sounded great). It was also great to hear Lincoln and War Horse live also, but I would have also liked to have heard Tintin. Luke's theme formed the encore. A good evening, but it was a pity David Brophy wasn't conducting. He usually conducts score concerts in Dublin and he always tells little anecdotes or factoids about each score.My eavesdropping of people's conversations about John Williams was hilarious. I overheard the following gems:"JW has won 23 Oscars""JW is nominated for at least two Oscars every year""My favourite JW theme is The Great Escape""Spielberg hired JW for Jaws because he was impressed with his music for the shower scene from Psycho""I'm surprised he doesn't play his guitar in more of his scores" and at the end of the concert"it all sounds the same except for Star Wars" Smeltington 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,452 Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 He, he....regular folks. Gotta love 'em! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,254 Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 No wonder the Academy doesn't want to give JW an Oscar. He has 23 of them already, quite enough for one man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,452 Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 No wonder the Academy doesn't want to give JW an Oscar. He has 23 of them already, quite enough for one man.The amazing thing to think about is that Walt Disney had one less Oscar than that -- FOR REAL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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