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    Aunt Marge's Waltz

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    I'm constantly listening to it right now, I think it's one of the best pieces JW wrote in recent years!!! It's so funny, ingenious, and uplifting! (If you ask me JW deserves an Oscar just for this waltz, along with Double Trouble). Has JW ever written a classical waltz like this before? Nothing comes immediately to mind . . .

    LOL

    RotS vs. WotW

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    RoTS opens May 19th, WotW on June 29th. It's a really tight schedule, especially if WotW requires an almost-two-hour score (like I assume). I wonder whether JW has already started making sketches for WotW. . .

    Also, has anyone seen the original WotW? Who wrote the music for that movie? I don't think JW will reuse any of the old material, but it would be interesting to compare the two of them.

    :thumbup:

    TJ Poll #6: What you would prefer?

    in General Discussion

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    I would have to vote for option 1, because I'd really love to see the soundtrack of the Indiana Jones trilogy . . . with all the concert versions, alternate cues, and album versions. Kinda like with the original Star Wars trilogy or the expanded Superman release. An isolated score is okay, but only when there are decent soundtracks to go with the movies . . .

    Somewhere In My Memory

    in General Discussion

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    I agree. I am constantly in awe of Williams's three Home Alone songs (I'm excluding Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas), Christmas carols every bit as good as the best of them (and far better than most).

    What have you got against "Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas", Morlock???

    :)

    Is Williams a person?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    He is just a man, like anyone else around here. A simple, common man, who just happens to do what he does better than anyone else.

    I agree with most of what you said, but I don't think he just "happens" to do what he does better than anyone else. I think he's someone who is EXTREMELY ambitious, who is constantly trying to become better at what he loves to do. And that shows. He's now reached the pinnacle of his career, he's the most talented and influential (not to mention successful) film composer ever, and that's what makes him to his fans god-like. But, to my mind, he is still a person . . . and thank God he is.

    :thumbup:

    Kennedy Center Honors photo of JW

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I think JW is healthy and he will continue working for quite some time. He looks pretty good to me, too, so what's this discussion about his health, anyway (being thin is not a sign of illness, by the way)???

    And, by the by, I don't really think JW will ever retire, he will continue scoring until the very end . . . which will be in about twenty years (at least).

    :music:

    John Williams TOP 10 themes

    in General Discussion

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    The 25 best for me (in no particular order, it's impossible for me to rank them, they're all so good):

    Star Wars Main Theme

    Force Theme

    Imperial March

    Duel of the Fates

    Across the Stars

    Hedwig's Theme

    Harry's Wondrous World

    Fawkes the Phoenix

    Double Trouble

    Raiders March

    AI: Abandoned in the Woods

    Monica's Theme

    E.T. (Flying Theme)

    Over the Moon

    Jurassic Park (Main Theme)

    Schindler's List (Theme)

    Jaws (Main Title)

    Somewhere in my Memory

    Superman (Theme)

    Far and Away (Love Theme)

    Hymn to the Fallen

    Angela's Prayer

    Born on the Fourth of July (Theme)

    Hook (Peter's Theme)

    Dry Your Tears Afrika

    Boy, and that's just the best of the best!!!! :music:

    P.S. Try to play each one in your mind as you go through the list!!!

    For Your Consideration, John Williams, HPPOA

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I think the best unreleased cues of PoA after watching the movie on DVD are (names by John Takis):

    Grave Danger

    A Word of Caution (one of the best uses of Double Trouble)

    Winter Comes

    Meddling With Time

    Sirius Black's Escape (Buckbeak's Theme once again)

    Also, I have new appreciation for the cues:

    The Snowball Fight (I love it the way it starts all of a sudden)

    The Werewolf Scene (the Best action cue of the film)

    Saving Buckbeack (the way it starts as Harry is sent by Hermione to save Buckbeak -- perfection!!!)

    Attack of the Clones - Limited Edition

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    Posted

    I think it WAS limited in Europe, only there were so many copies it might as well have been NOT limited. Because now I see more and more copies WITHOUT the bonus track . . .

    So no one knows HOW MANY COPIES exactly . . .?

    P.S: I REALLY love "On the Conveyor Belt". Most bonus tracks (not necessarily from JW) are unremarkable, but this one is arguably one of the best cues JW wrote for the film (a shame Lucas didn't include it in the final cut) . . . a short section thereof can also be found on the Across the Stars-music video, which was how I came to love it in the first place.

    :wave:

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