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Happy 80th Birthday John Williams!!!
Started by Incanus, Feb 08 2012 08:30 AM
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Posted 08 February 2012 - 04:13 PM
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Posted 08 February 2012 - 04:15 PM
Oh no need for the sorry. Anyway, Happy John Williams Birthday 80th Edition Celebration Day!
"If you are a movie fan (and who isn't) you may sit in a movie theater three times a week listening to the symphonic background scores which Hollywood composers concoct. What happens? Your musical tastes become molded by these scores... You see love, and you hear it. Simultaneously. It makes sense. Music suddenly becomes a language for you, without your knowing it."
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Posted 08 February 2012 - 04:46 PM
Happy 80th birthday, John Williams!
And, not to forget a jwfan member also celebrating today …
Greetings and good cheer
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Happy birthday, Alan!
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Mari's annual birthday post! As always, thanks for the good wishes, Kathy, and hope you have a great rest of 2012!
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Posted 08 February 2012 - 04:46 PM
Happy Birthday, Maestro!
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Posted 08 February 2012 - 05:20 PM
Many , many happy returns Maestro!!!!
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Posted 08 February 2012 - 05:39 PM
Happy Birthday, Mr. Williams!!! Hope you have many, many more. Thank you for your music, and I can't wait for "Lincoln"! 
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Posted 08 February 2012 - 05:48 PM
Many happy returns to our beloved maestro!
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Posted 08 February 2012 - 06:06 PM
The newest Composer Spotlight at [Music Behind the Screen] just happens to be John Williams posted today....what a coincidence!!
http://musicbehindth...ams-master.html
http://musicbehindth...ams-master.html
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Posted 08 February 2012 - 06:21 PM
Happy Birthday! Here's to 80 more years of fantastic music!
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1. Nightwatch/Killer By Night - Johnny Williams and Quincy Jones 2. Diamond Head/Gone with the Wave - Johnny Williams/Lalo Schifrin 3. Mass - Leonard Bernstein 4. Bernstein with the New York Philharmonic - Leonard Bernstein
1. Nightwatch/Killer By Night - Johnny Williams and Quincy Jones 2. Diamond Head/Gone with the Wave - Johnny Williams/Lalo Schifrin 3. Mass - Leonard Bernstein 4. Bernstein with the New York Philharmonic - Leonard Bernstein
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Posted 08 February 2012 - 06:26 PM
Happy birthday, Johnny. You'll get close to Jerry someday!
Repeat the JWFan pledge after me: 'I hereby recognise John Towner Williams' place in the world as the great composer there has ever been, and I therefore renounce the works of Rozsa, Korngold, Herrmann, Horner, Kamen, Giacchino (unless the prophecy is fulfilled and he becomes the heir to JTW) and Goldsmith, especially Goldsmith. I understand that if I ever refer to Jurassic Park as anything less than "a masterpiece sixty-five million years in the making" I will be resigned to living out my days at the Zimmershrine.'
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Posted 08 February 2012 - 06:56 PM
80 years and, as proved this last year despite fears (even my own) still going strong. A very happy birthday indeed.
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Posted 08 February 2012 - 06:58 PM
I hope I can still do things at 80 just as well as I will do them in my 30s.
Happy birthday maestro. Truly an inspiration. Not to mention without you I wouldn't have met some really cool people.
Happy birthday maestro. Truly an inspiration. Not to mention without you I wouldn't have met some really cool people.
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Posted 08 February 2012 - 07:49 PM
Happy birthday! I'm retiring by age 65 but there are plenty of able accountants to fill my shoes. I can only hope John Williams is still having fun after all these years!
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Posted 08 February 2012 - 08:20 PM
Have one on me, Johnny T!
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Posted 08 February 2012 - 08:28 PM
Happy Birthday maestro.. to your good health... and many many creative years to come!
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Posted 08 February 2012 - 08:59 PM
Happy Birthday JW
I hope he stays healthy and bring us new scores form many years still
I hope he stays healthy and bring us new scores form many years still
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Posted 08 February 2012 - 09:14 PM
Happy birthday John Williams!
My short tribute to him here: http://alainmayrand.com/?page_id=553
I am feeling kind of emotional. I wish he could live for another 80 years. One day we will not have JW scores to look forward to, but for now, let's celebrate!
My short tribute to him here: http://alainmayrand.com/?page_id=553
I am feeling kind of emotional. I wish he could live for another 80 years. One day we will not have JW scores to look forward to, but for now, let's celebrate!
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Posted 08 February 2012 - 09:18 PM
Happy birthday Maestro!
For me, you are the greatest living composer of music for films and concert halls. Here's to you....!
P.S. Despite everyone's predictions, I have a feeling you are going to win another Oscar this year...
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For me, you are the greatest living composer of music for films and concert halls. Here's to you....!
P.S. Despite everyone's predictions, I have a feeling you are going to win another Oscar this year...
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Posted 08 February 2012 - 09:24 PM
Ah yes, our other former member who only returns to post once a year, on the maestro's birthday
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Posted 08 February 2012 - 09:24 PM
Great tribute Alain, I must say I feel the same way to Williams. I'll always love his music for always whisking me away to a different world for a different adventure. Right now, I'm listening to E.T. God, I love this score....
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Posted 08 February 2012 - 09:30 PM
Happy Birthday mr. Williams and have a nice day my fellow JWFans!! 
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Posted 08 February 2012 - 09:30 PM
I just realized... John's birthday is only a week apart from mine.
So I'm breaking out the wine and peach nectar early. Happy birthday to US!
So I'm breaking out the wine and peach nectar early. Happy birthday to US!
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Posted 08 February 2012 - 09:47 PM
Ah yes, our other former member who only returns to post once a year, on the maestro's birthday
I know, I can't believe how young I was those 10 years ago when I started here! I'll be returning more often. Gosh I hate it that people have to grow old. At least Some of us (Maestro) would deserve to live forever though! Hopefully the next Nobel Prize will go to the one who finds a gen to achieve immortality.
Great tribute Alain, I must say I feel the same way to Williams. I'll always love his music for always whisking me away to a different world for a different adventure. Right now, I'm listening to E.T. God, I love this score....
Tell me about it! Which one are you playing? I love the original MCA CD that I got -- ironically -- at a used CD store for a dime in 2000.
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Posted 08 February 2012 - 09:59 PM
Great tribute Alain, I must say I feel the same way to Williams. I'll always love his music for always whisking me away to a different world for a different adventure. Right now, I'm listening to E.T. God, I love this score....
Tell me about it! Which one are you playing? I love the original MCA CD that I got -- ironically -- at a used CD store for a dime in 2000.
As much as I love the MCA CD original, I'm currently relishing the great 2002 20th Anniversary edition. Simply awesome!
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Posted 08 February 2012 - 10:14 PM
As much as I love the MCA CD original, I'm currently relishing the great 2002 20th Anniversary edition. Simply awesome!
I still lack the 1996 MCA expanded and 2002's SACD print that is a must considering how much I love this score...
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Posted 08 February 2012 - 10:59 PM
Happy Birthday Maestro!
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Posted 08 February 2012 - 11:30 PM
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Happy Birthday and thanks for E.T., Star Wars, Jaws, Superman, Indy, Hook, Close Encounters, Jurassic Park, Home Alone, NBC News, Amazing Stories, the OIympics and, of course, Harry Potter. Thank you for everything (but especially those).
Get it. John Williams' greatest score the best it's ever sounded. The 20th remaster isn't as good, in my opinion.
As much as I love the MCA CD original, I'm currently relishing the great 2002 20th Anniversary edition. Simply awesome!
I still lack the 1996 MCA expanded and 2002's SACD print that is a must considering how much I love this score...
Happy Birthday and thanks for E.T., Star Wars, Jaws, Superman, Indy, Hook, Close Encounters, Jurassic Park, Home Alone, NBC News, Amazing Stories, the OIympics and, of course, Harry Potter. Thank you for everything (but especially those).
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Posted 09 February 2012 - 12:54 AM
Happy birthday Maestro! Many thanks for half a century of music, and as always, looking forward to your next work.
I've celebrated this day by listening to a track from every JW score I own, from 1966 to 2011. Nearly 5 hours of music, and I must say, it has been quite a journey. I first became aware of John Williams in the mid 90s and the first OST of his I bought was Jurassic Park in 1997. Listening back through all these scores made be very nostalgic for the late 90s to mid 2000s when I was discovering his music and eagerly awaiting his next new score or my next delivery from Amazon of his older work. No other composer's music connects to me on as many levels as JW. His music has been a constant in my life for over 15 years, and will be for many decades to come.
Happy birthday!
I've celebrated this day by listening to a track from every JW score I own, from 1966 to 2011. Nearly 5 hours of music, and I must say, it has been quite a journey. I first became aware of John Williams in the mid 90s and the first OST of his I bought was Jurassic Park in 1997. Listening back through all these scores made be very nostalgic for the late 90s to mid 2000s when I was discovering his music and eagerly awaiting his next new score or my next delivery from Amazon of his older work. No other composer's music connects to me on as many levels as JW. His music has been a constant in my life for over 15 years, and will be for many decades to come.
Happy birthday!
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Posted 09 February 2012 - 02:46 AM
Here's a lenghty piece I wrote as a tribute for JW's 80th birthday for the Italian film music website ColonneSonore.net (it's in Italian, so you have to use those pesky automated transaltors if you want to grasp something of my blabber
http://www.colonneso...n-williams.html
Bravo, Maurizio! This is a fantastic, heartfelt tribute. I enjoyed it very much.
Mari's annual birthday post! As always, thanks for the good wishes, Kathy, and hope you have a great rest of 2012!
Thanks Alan! I hope 2012 is equally great for you.
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Posted 09 February 2012 - 03:45 AM
Happy birthday!
His music led me on the path to a career that I love every moment of, it has been a wonderful gift.
His music led me on the path to a career that I love every moment of, it has been a wonderful gift.
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Posted 09 February 2012 - 03:50 AM
Happy Birthday Maestro! You are my worldly inspiration. Without you, I wouldn't be the composer/director/actor I am today. Hell I don't think I would even love movies.
Johnny is the man.
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Posted 09 February 2012 - 04:09 AM
Happy Birthday, Mr. Williams. Your music has underscored my life since I saw Star Wars when I was 4 years old.
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Posted 09 February 2012 - 09:29 AM
Happy Birthday Maestro! You are my worldly inspiration. Without you, I wouldn't be the composer/director/actor I am today. Hell I don't think I would even love movies.
Every time I see your avatar pic, I am like, "Wait! When the heck did I write that!"
And then I see it wasn't me at all...
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Posted 09 February 2012 - 09:44 AM
Small lovely tribute from music critic extraordinaire Alex Ross:
http://www.therestis...iams-at-80.html
Really touching, Alain. I feel the same in many ways. Thanks for sharing it!
http://www.therestis...iams-at-80.html
Happy birthday John Williams!
My short tribute to him here: http://alainmayrand.com/?page_id=553
I am feeling kind of emotional. I wish he could live for another 80 years. One day we will not have JW scores to look forward to, but for now, let's celebrate!
Really touching, Alain. I feel the same in many ways. Thanks for sharing it!
"It's still baffling to me. I sit down with a pencil and a piece of paper and do my best... The remarkable thing is that my music is heard by billions of people." --John Williams
"Let me say, however, there is no "next" John Williams. Sadly, he is unique--- a figure who simultaneously embodies and transcends the music of all the masters of film music who preceded him (much like Brahms and Wagner of the Romantic era). He comes from a time when the craft of music in film was still one of the ear, heart and mind. Today, sadly, the craft is largely technical. Most composers do not conceive their music "inwardly" but rather at the computer--- and with rather limited skills, musically, at that. The inner spirit knows no boundaries--- our plastic abilities, sadly, do. John is a man of spirit, heart, intellect and soaring music." -- Conrad Pope about John Williams
"Let me say, however, there is no "next" John Williams. Sadly, he is unique--- a figure who simultaneously embodies and transcends the music of all the masters of film music who preceded him (much like Brahms and Wagner of the Romantic era). He comes from a time when the craft of music in film was still one of the ear, heart and mind. Today, sadly, the craft is largely technical. Most composers do not conceive their music "inwardly" but rather at the computer--- and with rather limited skills, musically, at that. The inner spirit knows no boundaries--- our plastic abilities, sadly, do. John is a man of spirit, heart, intellect and soaring music." -- Conrad Pope about John Williams
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Posted 09 February 2012 - 11:39 AM
Ad multos annos, Maestro!
I only listened to JW's music for the whole day yesterday. ^_^
I only listened to JW's music for the whole day yesterday. ^_^
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Posted 10 February 2012 - 12:00 AM
If you put John Williams in a dryer, you get Jerry Goldsmith! You get the downside version!
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Posted 10 February 2012 - 12:07 AM
Great videos! Thank you!!!
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Posted 10 February 2012 - 12:11 AM
Here's one more, beautiful arrangement in piano of Maestro JW's scores.
If you put John Williams in a dryer, you get Jerry Goldsmith! You get the downside version!
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Posted 10 February 2012 - 12:39 AM
That was amazingly terrific!!!!!!!!! Spectacular playing and spectacular arrangement
It actually caused to pause and remind myself that: Even though lately my film score time has been spent mostly trying to track down every last note of every last cue that makes up his entire film score, there's so much to admire about just the main THEMES of these scores that I sometimes forget about. My god, the man has written amazing themes in his lifetime. Truly incredible.
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Posted 10 February 2012 - 03:52 AM
That was awesome!
But when he was playing "Jaws", he actually played Dvorak. I don't know if it was a joke, or an honest mistake
But when he was playing "Jaws", he actually played Dvorak. I don't know if it was a joke, or an honest mistake
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