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Well, you could have saved a phone call if you've read my first post on this thread... Williams: Witches of Eastwick Not my fault the KCET Web Correspondent lied to me. He sounded very convincing. I still think we need to flood them with Emails until we get the videos released. I learned in life that if you want something bad enough, you have to keep asking for it. The squeaky wheel gets the grease. The guy didn't lied to you, don't be so negative, man. He was just missinformed, as most time they are. You can say that is just plain incompetence... haven't you ever noticed how easy everyone on stores makes a mess with the two most well know JWs? How many times I see Williams scores on the guitar section... is somewhat the same thing. this guy hears you saying John Williams, famous guy, and sure, he must have videos released. Or better yet, John (Christopher) Williams, the guitarrist, des have a couple of videos, and he, as so many times happens, thought the two JW were teh same. Call it misinformation or call it lie- whatever you call it, he was not helpful. Also, sorry Miguel, but you are wrong about your theory that he confused him for John Williams the guitar player. If you read the original post, you will see that he states "There are quite a few things that John Williams has done for PBS that are available for purchase accept Live From Lincoln Center: Julliard Celebration as the distribution rights are not being released for this program". So he knows who John Williams is and that he performed Live From Lincoln Center. Also, he says to visit "www.johnwilliams.org", so he is familiar with the (correct) John Williams website.

Well, you could have saved a phone call if you've read my first post on this thread... Williams: Witches of Eastwick Not my fault the KCET Web Correspondent lied to me. He sounded very convincing. I still think we need to flood them with Emails until we get the videos released. I learned in life that if you want something bad enough, you have to keep asking for it. The squeaky wheel gets the grease.

OK thanks for the detailed info guys. I appreciate your help. I am trying to find video of actual performance (showing the musicians in the recording studio or onstage). Looking for something like the wmv file of John Ottman conducting the Superman March with the orchestra that was posted somewhere around here. Only I'm looking for video of John Williams. I think I will try calling the phone number that PBS /KCET gave me for John Williams video of Great Performances or Evening at Pops. The only thing is, I don't know the names of any of the concerts, so if I call- I won't know what I'm asking for (laugh). I suppose I would take anything they have. Maybe they can give me a list of all the John Williams videos that are available. I will let you guys know if I learn anything useful. Well I just called both phone numbers that KCET gave me to their video distributors and they searched their entire computer system and could find no John Williams videos of any kind available. So evidently the information that the KCET Web Correspondent gave me was false. I think I will just periodically check the TV schedule and set the DVD recorder and see if I can catch something. :cry:

Has any one here seen "Live at the Shrine! John Williams and the World Premiere of 'E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial': The 20th Anniversary"? I heard this was on the E.T. 2 Disc set. But I'm confused if it is video or audio only? Also, does John Williams perform the majority of the soundtrack, or is it only a short suit? If it's video, I may check into it, but I'm not interested if it's audio only. Thanks for you help!

I Emailed PBS at their website and they have quite a few videos available for purchase, they say. But not sure if they are VHS or DVD. Here is my question and then their answer... >Hello, I notice that your channel broadcasts a lot of concerts by >Composer/Conductor John Williams. Is there any chance you will offer any >of these performances on DVD in the future? Are there any broadcasts >scheduled for the future? > >Thank you for your time. > >-Adam Dear Adam, Thank you for your program inquiry. There are quite a few things that John Williams has done for PBS that are available for purchase accept Live From Lincoln Center: Julliard Celebration as the distribution rights are not being released for this program. Currently there are no programs featuring John Williams at this time. For more information about John Williams, please visit his website at www.johnwilliams.org. For video information regarding Great Performances, please call WNET Video Distribution in New York at toll free 1(800) 336-1917. For video information regarding Evening at Pops, please contact WGBH Boston Video at toll free 1(888) 255-9234. I hope this is helpful to you. For the most up to date information on our programming, please continue to check your television listings or visit our KCET web site at http://www.kcet.org/schedule. Or, you may also contact our Viewer Services Department at (323) 953-5238, Monday through Friday, between the hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Thank you for taking the time to communicate your thoughts with us. Thank you for your interest in KCET. Your loyalty is greatly appreciated. Above all, keep watching! Sincerely, J. Anderson KCET Web Correspondent

PBS sometimes airs John Williams concerts on TV. If you check http://www.pbs.org and do a search on John Williams, you will see a number of listings of past performances, but nothing on the agenda for the near future. But we know they have the broadcast tapes. They have a PBS shop were they are selling DVD's for all their other shows. Perhaps if enough of us Email them, they might consider releasing something?

The Emperor's Theme from Episodes I, II, III and VI.

Sorry GoodMusician, I didn't mean it that way (to question what you were saying)... I just meant in addition to what you said, if someone with perfect pitch could tell us what key it's in or what key changes occur. I'm am curious about that. I also read that it alternates between major and minor chords, so I'm wondering if that is true also.

Thanks KingPin. Now that I think about it, I recall reading somewhere that the melody is major played over minor chords or vice versa, so maybe that is part of the issue too. I guess it would take someone with perfect pitch to listen to it and tell us.

If I may branch out on this topic a little...does anyone know what key this piece is in? I have the piano sheet music for it and it's in an unmarked key (either C Major or A Minor) but it has lots of flats and so I suspect it is really in C Minor or another key. Also, it seems it is going through modulations or changing keys rapidly? Anyone know? There is a sample of the 1st page here: http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.a...VF0NSM50SWR05N6 Thanks.

Sorry BurgaFlippin Man, but I fail to see any logic in your argument "But not every piece of music sounds good live does it?" A variation on that could be "But not every piece of music sounds good recorded by individual microphones and then mixed by an audio tech does it?" Not sure the relevancy. I was a little skeptical myself before, so I can understand a couple skeptics here. But after I heard my first binaural recording, ""Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra; Saint-Saens: Symphony No3" recorded by the Pasadena Symphony I was amazed by the outstanding quality. Shocked by it, actually. I'm just sharing my experience so that others not familiar with the technology may learn about it and possibly experience the same joy as I did. I do think if you are a serious audiophile, you should have at least one binaural recording in your collection and then you can hear and judge for yourself.

The dummy head is usually placed in the best seat in the concert hall and not where the conductor is standing. I think maybe you misunderstood that part. Another reviewer, (that listened to the recording I spoke of) said it best "You are now hearing the orchestra AS it sounded EXACTLY as it was played. Soft parts are soft- loud parts are loud. What this means is that you will hear the composer's music AS it was meant to be heard- and all the fine details between instruments and their accurate positions and dynamics. The result brings the music alive as the composer intended, and not how some audio tech decides it should sound like. -Michael John"

In a perfect world (or my dream world) all soundtracks would be recorded with the binaural dummy head. With this process, the left and right channels are kept separate and recorded on an artificial or dummy head. The listener is placed exactly where the performance or sound originated, with sounds localized in a 360-degree sphere. The live ambience of the hall in which a musical performance takes place is preserved more precisely. If some of you reading this have never listened to a binaural recording, I urge you to listen to "Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra; Saint-Saens: Symphony No3" recorded by the Pasadena Symphony. The recording can be found at Amazon.com at this link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00003Q02...7222511?ie=UTF8 The first time I heard it, I was blown away. The low bass notes on the organ sound like a jet engine or something- I can't describe it in words. It really does sound like you are sitting in the best seat in a concert call. I had my friends listen to it and they were startled by it too. I wish there were more recordings like this, but sadly, most people don't even know about the technology or they resist using it because it's something different. I keep hoping one day they will record a "Best Of John Williams" CD with this technology. You can read more about this technology here: http://www.binaural.com/

Yep, I predict a 4 note danger motif played on the shakahuchi flute, with a wailing female vocal and the string section beating and clacking there sticks for good measure. LOL

I'd like to hear John Williams do Harry Potter 6 or 7, but I know I'm dreaming...Well there lived a composer named Leo Ornstein that lived to be 109 years old and composed music into his late 90's. You can read about him here: http://www.otherminds.org/shtml/Ornstein.shtml So if John Williams is 74, then I hope he's got at least another 30 years in him.