arathornion33

fantastic milestone. Keep writing!

LotR blows Star Wars (although I love star Wars too) out of the solar system, better yet the Milky Way Galaxy... But don't get me wrong, I love Star Wars and I love Jw's scores for them a ton, but LotR IMO is still much better, both from a movie point of view and musical aspect.

Ugh... horrible!

definitely Crystal Skull Theme

You'll probably go deaf first. That'll help Haha... Wow. When John Williams ultimately does leave, he won't be forgotten. He'll be remembered through his music, and since so many of the films bearing his scores will be treasured forever, so too will John Williams remain atop the pantheon of 20th/21st century music. That, and he's made some damn catchy tunes in his life. Besides, monasteries are built on top of mountains in remote places with no electricity. Without electricity, you would not be able to listen to his music (unless you take an old phonograph and some LPs and spin them by hand to produce the sound...how droll). Will you go for one year and mourn him by not listening to his music? Well now everything dies baby that's a fact / But maybe everything that dies someday comes back / Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty / And meet me tonight in Atlantic City Ah, very true... As far as the monastery goes, I think that description borders just a tad on stereotype

I used to be a chronic LimeWire guy. I quite about a year ago for two reasons: a) The quality of the music was absolutely horrible (I am an audiophile...) b) It was illegal If you don't have the money RIGHT AWAY then you WAIT and save up a little until you can afford it. So what if you can't get a hundred Cds a week now; pirating and illegal downloading is depriving someone of the reward they deserve for their honest work. I realize that a lot of music people (and movie people) are already rich enough, but that's beside the point. Btw, by chronic I mean CHRONIC! I downloaded 178 entire albums from LimeWire, burned them to Cds and everything. I have since sent all those Cds through the shredder, and file shredded the files on my computer. Now, even still I am slowly gaining my collection back by getting a CD here, a CD there. Illegal obtaining of material, and pirating is a serious blow against justice.

OMG, when John Williams dies, I am going to go through depression! I am going to go hide away in a monastery for a year in mourning. Oh...It's too horrible to think about.

One of Williams all time best. This is what got me going on film music in the first place, like so many others here. Just wish there was more on the CD...

As far the Raiders march itself goes, I find that the recording from "By Request..." is the best available, due mostly to Boston Symphony Hall acoustics. The recording of it in KotCS seems a bit "small", though the rest of the score sounds fine. (weird). There are also some performance things in the By request... that I like better than the KotCS.

Had a Question about AotC: Where is that 14th track coming from? The OST only has thirteen tracks...

I know, but I am just looking for a "suggested listening order" like Jason LeBlanc and John Takis did for the Indy IV soundtrack in their analysis pages (listening sequence without editing).

Can anybody make a list of the first three HP soundtracks (original release) with the tracks in chrono order? I can't stand it when everything is out of order like they usually are, and I can't find a list anywhere. Any help would be appreciated!

1. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 3. Revenge of the Sith Of course, that's being unfair to the others because I love them all (even WotW), but some of them had to go.

Absolutely Not! I want to hear it in uncompressed glory first.

Conductors: (in no particular order except for the 1st) Gustavo Dudamel Herbert von Karajan Furtwangler Zubin Mehta Jamie Laredo Pierre Monteux Michael Tilson-Thomas Lorin Maazel (occasionally he can be a little dead-pan, but most of the time I like him) John Williams (actually learned a lot of my own technique from him because he has such a clear pattern) Pianist: I like a lot but for some reason I can only think of two: Ashkenazy Malcolm Frager

Wow, I could make a pretty long list here. I would say Tchaikovsky's 4th, Enigma Variations by Elgar or Beethoven's 9nt. I'd love to see how he conducts the Last two minutes of Beethoven's 9th!

Oh, sorry. :cool:

Sibelius all the way. I've been using Sibelius for years, and I can say it is the best. The learning curve in Finale is insanely difficult, and Sibelius is so much for "free", feels like your working with pencil and paper. Sampling could be better, but if you upgrade with Garritan or something, it sounds great.

Sounds Williams-esque, but not completely. 0:42 - 0:52 does not sound like Williams at all. Sounds nice, but I doubt it's from Indy IV.

Erm.... O my God!! Wow, that is really embarrassing! What I REALLY meant, was that it was written for the AURAL stimulus alone!!!!! Wow, I would never post anything inappropriate like that! A thousand apologies!

I do understand where you come from. I am sympathetic with you to a certain degree. While I think Williams' concert works are completely acceptable in a case like yours, I do believe that his film music would not. (Please don't kill me for saying this) Classical music is on a higher level than film music, because it was written for the oral stimulus alone, and is not a slave to anything but itself. Film music tends (not Williams!) to be "crowd pleaser" music that doesn;y really have true musical depth. Classical follows set rules and patterns, and can not just "do it's own thing". I think that if you were to perform a concert with film music in it, it should be ALL film music, instead of mixed with classical. (The ONE exception could be mixing The Planets and the Star Wars Suite. All classical, or all film music. Concert pieces should not, however be discarded based on the sole assumption that it is written by a film composer. Now the academians have problems with film music sometimes, simply because it is not music. (Does some of Hans Zimmer's action cues ring a bell...?) It might be a pleasing conglamoration of sound, but you probably shouldn't classify it as good music. Plagiarism (yes, I know) is another thing that turns down a lot of classical music purists. A lot of classical musicians do like Williams' music however, because it basically is classical music in essence. (Takes a few freedoms, but pretty close.) While I sympathize with your coordinator, he did make a HUGE blunder by NOT realizing that it wasn't film music. Don't get me wrong, I love film music (or else, why would I be here) and I think it is a great medium for composers to still "exist", but composers shouldn't abuse the priviledge by writing "music" that is nothing but synths and electric sounds. In all seriousness, though, classical music does take great precedence over film music.

Perhaps he wasn't feeling well that night and wanted to get back to his hotel room. After we don't know, so we might as well give him the benefit of the doubt. Although I really hope he doesn't do that at Tanglewood this summer. (It's my first Williams concert!)

Wow, That is really pathetic George. Why did you hire Williams again?

Listen to soundtrack first. I want to have the soundtrack memorized before I go to the theatre. But, that's just me...

None of the options are viable. I will probably listen (for the first time), on the sofa, with my eyes closed, blasting it on my 7.1 surround system. Then I will do it again, and again and again... <_< No, seriuosly, I will probably listen the first time, on the couch not doing anything, but from then on, probably while I'm driving or working.