ricsim88
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I agree, I love this new performance.
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On 3/18/2019 at 10:50 AM, Iron_Giant said:
Which composers do you prefer to perform?
John Williams, JS Bach, Mahler...beautiful trumpet writing.
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33 minutes ago, Matt S. said:
The Kojian album. The Skywalker Symphony album has still photos from the movies.
Indeed, I can’t help but wonder how much better it would have been if Williams had recorded it in Boston with the Pops.
There's no doubt in my mind that it would have been much better. To me the Skywalker symphony recording just sounds like a quickly put together project, with not much attention to details. There's a terrible Tuba "cack" in Forest Battle which is inexcusable. Happens at around 0:57, there's no way it should have stayed there.
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32 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said:
Mahler and Strauss aren't bad!
That’s good way to describe it 😃
I wish we played more of it here. I think Mahler 4 is up in a few months. But it’s the smallest one.
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19 hours ago, hornist said:
Why to take any breaks? JW is the only composer I am interested in and there is so much to explore. Generally I hate film music and been playing too many years in the orchestras so never listen to classical music at home.
I feel the same about classical music. I play it at work so why would I listen to it. Especially that my orchestra is small. We won’t be playing Mahler and Strauss anytime soon...might as well listen to JW.
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5 minutes ago, Not Mr. Big said:
Oh no!
Maybe it was those Belgian beers I had before bed..
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1 hour ago, King Mark said:
I was worried he wouldn't make it to Indiana Jones 4 way back then .Now were getting a hew SW score in 2019
As much as I share your enthusiasm for a new JW SW score in 2019, the guy is 87, with fairly severe hearth issues. Let’s stay realistic gents. There’s still a chance he won’t ever write another movie score. Let’s make sure that we don’t live in the future, but we appreciate the decades of incredible music he wrote for us to enjoy.
I hate to be such a Debbie Downer, but he won’t live forever. Like all of us.
And I won’t tell you about the nightmare I had last night..
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1 hour ago, Locrius said:
Isn't it actually the fifth of the chord?
Yes, absolutely, high D, not B. Which to my ear makes it even worse. Not an excuse, but I really don’t listen to this recording much. Although I love Phil Cobb’s playing.
Thanks for waking up my memory
For what it’s worth, the third on the last chord of ESB works great. The 5th on that LSO SW recording, not so much.
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I’m ok with the SW Gerhardt’s. Definitely not a fan of the other 2. JW and the LSO have those 2 covered by a large margin in my opinion.
I definitely find the playing of the Utah symphony far superior than Skywalker symphony, which is basically a freelance orchestra. Although some tempi are too fast on some cues. Imperial march for one.
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26 minutes ago, rough cut said:
Am I the only one drawing parallels between this release and the LSO’s A Life In Music?
On paper, they’re kind of the same, but this release has just enough subtle changes to get the even the old guard excited (even though Han Solo & The Princess 2.0 clearly should have been included).
Curious how it’s such a hit-and-miss game with us JWfan:ers.
I was actually thinking the same earlier today. I don’t dislike the LSO recording, obviously it’s an amazing orchestra and a very good recording. Although I don’t like the high B natural (third of the chord) in the first trumpet part on the last chord of the SW main title. I find it in very poor artistic taste.
I only listened to the Dudamel recording once, in my car...but I already find a lot of incredibly nice musical things about it. I can’t wait to listen to it again with my headphones.
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Same here.
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Me too. There’s something a little odd about that Skywalker symphony CD.
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7 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said:
Same! And Kojian's album.
My first version of this was a cassette tape....I killed it by playing it so much. Great album.
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52 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said:
I've never liked Mehta's recording.
Not a big fan either.
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11 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said:
The LA recording with Mehta is also different than the suite.
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6 hours ago, Monger7 said:
I was looking on the JW website to try and find any score of the battle of Yavin. The only one that looks like would have it is near the bottom of the Conductors scores section of his website, titled the Star Wars Symphonic Suite. However, I can't find it anywhere. Anyone know where to find a good conductors score for a full orchestra?
That suite is no longer available as far as I know. It's been replaced by the Hal Leonard signature edition.
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35 minutes ago, TownerFan said:
It’s interesting to note that Dudamel used the “Vienna Philharmonic layout” for the orchestra in this recording. Perhaps this also had a role in giving instruments a different balance.
This would definitely create a different blend for sure.
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5 minutes ago, KingPin said:
Yes, this is the Signature Edition.
Awesome, thanks. I guess I have to get it now. This version is really nice, I’m hearing so many lines that are sometimes buried.
It actually happens on many tracks on this release. On Raiders march, I heard a little snare drum roll that I never heard before, it was awesome. Seems like the brass are somewhat distant, definitely not as “in your face” as the LSO versions, but overall I’m liking the clarity. It’s nice to hear details in percussions and harp that are missed on many other recordings. And I’m a trumpet player...but I can appreciate hearing as many of the notes JW wrote.
And there’s no doubt about the sincerity of Dudamel and the orchestra in performing those pieces.
I definitely heard that “strange” note in the horn in ET, but I haven’t checked with the score yet. My gut feeling tells me it’s wrong and they left it by mistake. But maybe it’s a revision.
Overall I’m really liking this release a lot.
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Can someone who has the CE3K signature score confirm if it matches the Dudamel recording?
Thanks
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9 minutes ago, TownerFan said:
It's the 2012 revision he's regularly performing since then and that it's available from Hal Leonard
Great, now I can follow along with my Signature score.
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Download the high rez from presto. Thanks for the links. Looks like it won't be finished downloading before I leave for work.
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5 hours ago, KingPin said:
It was only a matter of time...
The Adventures of Han: https://www.halleonard.com/product/4492354/the-adventures-of-han?subsiteid=1
Han Solo and the Princess: https://www.halleonard.com/product/4492295/han-solo-and-the-princess?subsiteid=1
Thanks for the heads up. I'll be ordering those as soon as they're out.
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John Powell's SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY (2018) - Deluxe Edition release coming November 2020
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Nice interview. I actually really like what Powell has done. I really enjoy this score and have listened to it quite a bit. Probably more than TLJ actually...