Marc

Here's a different way of listening to the Bike Chase ! French Horns and Trumpets only

Okay that's what I thought ! Quite frustrating for us europeans

Wish I'd read this thread sooner ! Just bought it on Itunes France and the score-only version doesn't appear anywhere... I suppose it should be in this menu ?

Just saying it's impressive to look at And to think that JW wrote all of these notes one by one, and that later they were all written again by orchestrators/score preparators...seems like such a daunting task ! I remember JoAnn Kane saying they'd copied something like a million notes for a certain JW project

Yeah it's quite insane and fascinating how intricate these scores can be...especially that kind of action cues ! So many things going on, so many ideas, so many layers, so many notes

Thanks guys ! I must say those are really fun to play

2:38 - 2:46 Those chords he used with those little flute motifs on top, as Kevin slowly turns towards Harry and Marvin ! Brilliant scoring

Always loved the horn solo in Duncan's Toy Store, and of course the whole "To the plaza, presto" cue ! So here it is, all transcribed by ear ( as far as I know there isn't a lot of Home Alone 2 sheet music out there ^^ )

I'd say they do yeah ! Any time a big "epic" sound is needed you can be sure there'll be a 4 or 6-horn section playing in unison, and when it's in the high range that's when it gets risky ^^ Especially if the horn players have been playing for quite some time during a session or concert and suddenly they have to play a high part...in that case you can never be 100% sure the right note is gonna come out

Haha, well you are absolutely RIGHT ! Especially when the whole horn section is playing in unison and one of them misses a note...there are so many cues in which this happened and it was nonetheless kept in the final mix And I've heard it countless times live, well I even heard it a few times during the LSO show last year at the Royal Albert Hall ! Yeah...the french horn is no easy instrument to play

Indeed

The 8-horn section on this score was phenomenal !! Here's my transcription and cover of 6m3 "Take to your ships"

Just released a horn cover of 7m3, 7m4, 7m5, 7m6 and 7m6A from HP3 ! All thanks to this wonderful boxset

Here's my horn cover of 15m3 "The Lost Boys", which as you know was partly replaced by "You Are the Pan" in the movie. It really gives the scene a totally different vibe !

Great cue by Harry Gregson-Williams ! Horn solos rarely go that high ^^

All of these solos were performed by legendary horn player James Thatcher, who's actually part of the facebook group I originally posted these in ! And here's the comment he made about the JFK one The original part :

One of Kamen's masterpieces

Thought some of you guys could enjoy these

This may have been discussed in here already but I just realized something by studying the handwritten full score... So right after the Throne Room sequence ends we hear the Main Title's theme played by the horns, but I just saw it actually wasn't what JW originally wrote ! It looked like this : And a 9-bar insert was created to add the Main Theme : I find it interesting that JW's first take on it didn't include that Main Theme ! Knowing that it was used for every episode afterwards ( played by the trombones in V and VI ) and has become so iconic ! Couldn't imagine any SW movie not having it when the "Written and directed by GEORGE LUCAS" appears

Toy Planes, Home And Hearth is such a gorgeous piece... When the horns enter at 0:58 and are joined by the choir at 1:17, oh man the goosebumps

Sure, many things in these score seem reminiscent of other scores such as Far & Away and Amistad ( sometimes it also reminds me of Seven Years In Tibet ) and the movie itself might not be the best movie ever.. Yet, I actually really like this score ! Especially some of the slow cues which I find really poignant, plus all of those gorgeous horn moments of course This one for example :

Listened to this score this morning...and I still love everything about it ! The choirs, the guitar, the harmonica, the horn solos Just read this great article about the score and John Singleton (RIP) https://thelegacyofjohnwilliams.com/2019/04/30/john-singleton-rosewood/

Oh I know that one of course ! I meant it'd be cool to see like an hour-long or so video of him today, playing anything he wants

He could even record it in an hour ! Just a simple video of him playing anything he wants and I'd be in heaven