The single greatest unrecorded John Williams composition

[Sandor 918]

Satellite Celebration, 1994.

I know this piece was reworked as Song For World Piece for the American Journey album, but believe me; the arrangement of its original conception, the Satellite Celebration, is simply from another world.

I have a very poor bootleg recording of the piece (that has been floating around for some time now) and even in this mutilated form I can hear what is actually one of Williams' greatest and most powerful achievements.

The choral parts are massive, the whole concept of the piece ingenious. There used to be information on the work found on the web, but somehow even the internet seems bend on making the Satellite Celebration a long lost memory.

I hope there are some more fans of this piece on the board.

[Thor 9,362]

It's a great piece, no doubt (both versions), but there are several other unrecorded NON-film pieces that I'd rather see recorded properly first.

[King Mark 3,975]

Original satellite celebration is awesome

Right now the unrecorded pieces I want most are the KotCS concert versions, Marion's theme update and Irina's theme

[indy4 160]

It's a great piece, no doubt (both versions), but there are several other unrecorded NON-film pieces that I'd rather see recorded properly first.

Wait, was Satellite Celebration written for a film?

[WilliamsStarShip2282 327]

where can i find the bootleg?

[Miguel Andrade 1,727]

It's a great piece, no doubt (both versions), but there are several other unrecorded NON-film pieces that I'd rather see recorded properly first.

Wait, was Satellite Celebration written for a film?

No, it wasn't. Satellite Celebration (aka Song for World Piece) was written for Seiji Ozawa, who through satellite connection conducted the Saito Kinen Orchestra in Japan with choir and soloists spread around the globe. This was for a special television event that took place on new year's day 1995.

The bootleg, called "Concert Works" includes the premiere performances of the Tuba Concerto and Cello Concerto, along with vinyl rips of Prelude and Fugue and a broadcast of the Essay for Strings. Sound quality varies greatly even within pieces. Sadly, Satellite Celebration is the one in the worst condition.

I've had this bootleg for over a decade now, and to my knowledge, it was only available as a CD-R.

[Thor 9,362]

It's a great piece, no doubt (both versions), but there are several other unrecorded NON-film pieces that I'd rather see recorded properly first.

Wait, was Satellite Celebration written for a film?

No, no....sorry for the misunderstanding. I was just underlining NON because I wanted to focus this on the non-film work.

Since there already is a bootleg version of this (albeit crappy-sounding) and a reworked version that has been properly recorded, I would much rather see a proper (commercial) recording of other things, some of which don't even have bootleg availability. However -- by 'composition' are you talking about a single track (like a fanfare) or does that also encompass unrecorded concert works?

[Incanus 5,890]

The Symphony.