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Did you compose this? Yes I did, who did you have in mind ?

Below is something you might be interested in : http://your-sicmu.zftp.com/The_Wondrous_World_Of_JW.mp3

The style of John Williams, though impossible to mistake for another is a combination of a lot of classical composers styles : if you listen to a few seconds of Walton's second symphony you will agree. It's dangerous to be an imitator indeed, that's why I concentrate much more on concert pieces now (including chamber music), to develop my own style while the concert music of JW doesn't impress me a lot. thanx for listening.

I agre with you that Barber's Essays and Symphonies clearly influenced Williams but you can't deny the similarities between the love theme of Korngold and those by Williams (Indiana Jones) as for the Kings Row Overture and the Superman and StarWars main theme, etc... To me Williams is closer to Prokofiev's last period and of course William Walton (symphonies, Partita, marches). Williams has a good knowlege of english music and american composers like Peter Mennin and Hanson. I can't also understand why Richard Strauss and JW are associated and only a fool could think that Williams doesn't konw Barber for years !

Thank you for the kind words Fiery Angel, The choir is "Advanced Choir" from Peter.S : it's a pretty old library but it still works good with syllables. I already post this song on the EWQL forum just for fun : just to show that it's still possible to use old libraries and give the feeiling of words, it's almost impossible to understand words when the choir blends with the orchestra. Anyway that's one reason that does not make this song an entry for the monthly contest but there are others reasons : - The contest is judged by members so it's much a matter of how popular you are in the forum than musical considerations. - I already won a contest in december for a christmas song (pretty much in the Home Alone style), the price was the Upgrade for the Gold lib (not released yet !) and that's my point : the fast repetitions on brass sound fake simply because it's the same sample repeated again and again, the Upgrade should come with fast recorded repetitions but I'm suspicious because of tempo issues. - I entered the notes directly with the Sequencer and it's quantized : that's why sometimes you can feel the lack of rubato. Usually I just play the notes on keyboard regardless of the tempo : it's more natural but the midifile becomes a mess and I had some latency issues with record and playback. Thank you for your interest.

Thank you for listening, Who is Lundquist ? You were right,this almost entirely done with EWQLSO Gold but the muted trumpet. I agree that "battle of the Heroes" is not the best Williams we can hear but because he is a professional he never did a bad score. It's kind of paradox that to me, this film music is better enjoyed as a standalone (since I was ten).

Thank you guys for listening and for your comments, I'm now more in concert music and I just wrote this piece for fun and because I really admire JW, I try to do something different when writing "pure" music. You know the sound libraries limitations and no doubt that it would be more powerful with real chorus and orchestra, you could also notice exactly the opposite with the original "Battle of the Heroes" played by computers. King Mark, you deserve your avatar ! Stewdog 1 , I can't find the quotation you mention, maybe because my piece is almost entirely in minor mode where Superman theme is in C major, can you tell me the timing ?

Hi ev'rybody, to pay tribute to JW and SWIII I wrote this piece : http://your-sicmu.zftp.com/Battle_of_the_S...uper_Heroes.mp3 Ive been a huge fan of JW for many years(having deconstructed alot of his scores) and I can now imitate easly his style, just for fun. Wat think the experts of this pastiche ?