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[Mark Olivarez]

Apparently not.

[Red Rabbit]

Bah. This is a musically gifted cat:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrY1GZNOGT4

LOL This is the kind of stupid / cute stuff that you just can't help but laugh at.

[Quint]

Don't know if this has been posted yet:



Williams conducts Itzhak Perlman, Schindlers List.

Note how Williams instructs the supporting orchestra to show constraint at 02.50. For a moment, there is a noticable difference in their volume. I like seeing little things like that. It reminds me why he also a superb conducter.

[Red Rabbit]

Great clip, TheGreatEye. The appearance of Gene Shalit was slightly strange, but the concert footage makes up for it.

[king mark]

Pretty soon you won't be able to make a video using some JW as background music,or post those concert recordings:

http://www.technewsw...tory/53635.html


k.M.

[Mark Olivarez]

I wouldn't worry too much. Someone will come up with another way to broadcast files or create another site to host files.

[Red Rabbit]

Duel of the Fates:

[Quint]

Duel of the Fates:

I like that Lucas shows his sense of humour. Even if it was begrudgingly contrived no doubt. But you have to appease your critics somehow.

Also, methinks Lucas has been on the Stella lately. Check out that lumberjack/A-Team henchmans gut.

[GoodMusician]

I just ran into this.

It's from a brittish tv show called "The Vicar of Dibley"

It's a spoof of Episode I lol.. Watch it because it's funny... but it makes more sence if you're familiar with the show ;-p

http://www.youtube.c...related&search=

[Maurizio]

Hadn't seen this before: Williams hosts a tribute documentary to Alexander Courage. Apparently this was put together last year.

Part 1:
Part 2 (Williams discusses his collaboration with Courage):
Part 3:
Part 4:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oppn9BT6XM

This is brilliant! A great documentary, absolutely recommended!

[king mark]

So,it seems that sometimes Williams claims all the orchestrations in his scores are his,but in this doc he says the Superman score sounds like it is because of Courage?

Was this doc. on TV?It seems recent,why haven't we heard of it?

K.M.

[Maurizio]

So,it seems that sometimes Williams claims all the orchestrations in his scores are his,but in this doc he says the Superman score sounds like it is because of Courage?

Concerning Superman, I don't think he's saying it's like that. He's simply explaining to the casual guy how it works the collaboration between the composer and the orchestrator. And if you listen well, he's saying that for a particular scene he wanted the love theme played on oboe with the strings doing the harmonization, so he gave Courage precise indications on how to do that.

If you look at Williams' handwritten sketches of Superman, you'll see that Williams left almost nothing to the creativity of the orchestrator... it's all there.

[Pieter_Boelen]

Has anyone seen this one yet? If George Lucas would make Lord of the Rings:

[KingPin]

Click here for some impressive classical guitar renditions of Williams music (mostly Star Wars):

http://www.youtube.c...s?user=atikatak

[Quint]

This is suprisingly good:

The Phantom Menace of the Opera!



The ending is a cracker

[Red Rabbit]

Very strange, but good nonetheless.

[Dr.ZacharySmith]

Look at, and listen to, what might have been the theme for "Gilligan's Island" (Pilot episode).


Here's an interesting Trek mixture:
http://youtube.com/w...related&search=

[Morlock]

Click here for some impressive classical guitar renditions of Williams music (mostly Star Wars):

http://www.youtube.c...s?user=atikatak

Fantastic stuff!

[Red Rabbit]

Indeed. Very impressive considering he's only using one instrument.

[Mark Olivarez]

Has anyone seen this one yet? If George Lucas would make Lord of the Rings:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv4Potdpjhw

Yes that was posted a few pages back.

[GoodMusician]

I remember a while back people were asking for this video, I just had someone subscribe to me on youtube and this just happends to be their only video lol...

enjoy

John Williams and Yo Yo Ma playing on Jay Leno

[DMK]

I remember a while back people were asking for this video, I just had someone subscribe to me on youtube and this just happends to be their only video lol...

enjoy

John Williams and Yo Yo Ma playing on Jay Leno

that´s funny, because I am the one who posted it oO

[Stefancos]

A nice one for Marc.

[JMan]

Hysterical!!!!! I wish I heard some "Escape from the City" on there.

[Mr. Breathmask]

A nice one for Marc.

Nice.

This one is even cooler: click!

[robthehand]

A deleted scene from Superman IV. Listen to the music!!!!!



- Rob, LOL at the utter lameness of that scene

[Mark Olivarez]

LOL


I wonder who came up with that music? That can't be music actually composed for S IV.

[robthehand]

Obviously not, but even as temp-tracking goes, that's pretty awful. I'd have thought they'd at least temp it with Williams Superman music.

[Trumpeteer]

This is suprisingly good:

The Phantom Menace of the Opera!



The ending is a cracker  

Darth Vaaaaaaaaaaaaader is my father and he's heeeeeeeeere
Inside my mind!

Great. I'm going to be singing that all day.

Better than this, which I've been playing a lot as I prepare for "Dreamgirls."

In other news...I've been transferring my recordings of the Academy Awards onto DVD, and it's gotten me interested in finding some past Oscar moments on YouTube.

I found some, but this one is my favorite. I'd post the link to Barbra Streisand singing "Evergreen" at the Oscars, but I'll spare you.

Anyway, I couldn't find any links to John Williams acceptance speeches. I thought I would find lots from the 80s and 90s, but found very, very little.

If you have old Oscar tapes sitting around collecting dust, either a) post some great moments on YouTube or B) send me the tapes!

Jeff -- who really wants the 1990 show where Howard Ashman accepts his Oscar, because it's his last Oscar show and he told Alan Menken after the speech that he had AIDS.

[Morlock]

I've got that one on DVD, as well as several others.

[Greg1138]

I just ran into this.

It's from a brittish tv show called "The Vicar of Dibley"

It's a spoof of Episode I lol.. Watch it because it's funny... but it makes more sence if you're familiar with the show ;-p

That's not "The Vicar of Dibley", which is about a Vicar.......

....but it is still the delicious Dawn French - this time with her comic partner Jennifer Saunders in "French and Saunders" - one of many movie great lampoons they did (and still do, from time to time)......their take on "Silence of the Lambs" is a cracker.....

Related - anyone know if there is an "Idiot's Guide" type thing out there for taking a DVD and putting part of it on YouTube?

[Trumpeteer]

I've got that one on DVD, as well as several others.

Ooooh! Gimme, gimme, gimme!!!!!

[GoodMusician]

Better than this, which I've been playing a lot as I prepare for "Dreamgirls."

I love that song... "And I'm Telling You (I'm Not Going"...anyone seen 'Camp?' hehehe

[Red Rabbit]

I'm going to revive this thread (yet again) with a video game concert video. The piece is from a little PS2 game called Shadow of the Colossus. Enjoy:

[KingPin]

A deleted scene from Superman IV. Listen to the music!!!!!



- Rob, LOL at the utter lameness of that scene

WTF???

[KingPin]

I stumbled upon this one and thought it was kinda funny.

[Red Rabbit]

Um, OK.

[QuestionMarkMan]

I'm going to revive this thread (yet again) with a video game concert video. The piece is from a little PS2 game called Shadow of the Colossus. Enjoy:

Some amazing music in the game, I've been wanting to buy the soundtrack

[Red Rabbit]

It is also probably one of the best games that I have ever played.

[Greg1138]

A preview of the Lucasfilm restoration of Singing in the Rain.....


.....yeah, ok, it ain't YouTube, but it's close enough.....