[[GAME] Sheet music extract : find the score]

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Here are 10 sheet music extracts, all from JW scores.

Can you find the names of the movies and cues ? 

 

1ST BATCH

 

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[What do you think about the score for ALWAYS (1989)?]

 

[Marc Papeghin's Horn/Trumpet Covers]

Still one of the most gorgeous openings I've heard in a movie !

 

 

[French Horn Tribute to John Williams [ 2016 REMASTERED ]]

Here's a different way of listening to the Bike Chase !

French Horns and Trumpets only 

 

 

[THE LAST JEDI - Complete Isolated Score stream available via Movies Anywhere and 2020 Blu Ray edition]

2 hours ago, kelliwisethebrave said:

This is where it is in the US iTunes version 

 

Okay that's what I thought !

Quite frustrating for us europeans 

[THE LAST JEDI - Complete Isolated Score stream available via Movies Anywhere and 2020 Blu Ray edition]

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 ?

 

[Home Alone 2: Lost In New York - 20th Anniversary 2CD Edition by La-La Land Records (2012)]

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 

[Home Alone 2: Lost In New York - 20th Anniversary 2CD Edition by La-La Land Records (2012)]

2 hours ago, MikeH said:

The sheer amount of notes in a score like Home Alone or Home Alone 2 is just exhausting to me (from a composer’s POV). That’s a lot of work. Hours and hours spent with only paper and a pencil. These scores are straight-up ear candy to me but I start to sweat if I think too much about it haha. 

 

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 

[Home Alone 2: Lost In New York - 20th Anniversary 2CD Edition by La-La Land Records (2012)]

Thanks guys !

I must say those are really fun to play 

[Favorite short musical moments in Williams scores?]

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

[Home Alone 2: Lost In New York - 20th Anniversary 2CD Edition by La-La Land Records (2012)]

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 ^^ )

 

 

[The Rise of Skywalker - Final day of recording sessions]

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 

[The Rise of Skywalker - Final day of recording sessions]

35 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said:

Especially horns, because they easily fuck up. Sorry, @hornist and @Marc!

 

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 

[The Rise of Skywalker - Final day of recording sessions]

  

33 minutes ago, toothless said:

He seems genuinely happy on theses photos. And that makes me happy. 

 

Indeed

[The Phantom Menace is 20 years old.]

The 8-horn section on this score was phenomenal !!

 

Here's my transcription and cover of 6m3 "Take to your ships" 

 

 

[Harry Potter - The John Williams Soundtrack Collection 7CD boxset from La-La Land Records (2018)]

Just released a horn cover of 7m3, 7m4, 7m5, 7m6 and 7m6A from HP3 !

All thanks to this wonderful boxset 

 

 

[HOOK: Complete Cue List and Chronological Editing Guide]

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 !

 

 

[Marc Papeghin's Horn/Trumpet Covers]

 

[Marc Papeghin's Horn/Trumpet Covers]

Great cue by Harry Gregson-Williams !

Horn solos rarely go that high ^^

 

 

[Transcriptions of JW French Horn solos]

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 :

 

 

[Marc Papeghin's Horn/Trumpet Covers]

One of Kamen's masterpieces 

 

 

[Transcriptions of JW French Horn solos]

Thought some of you guys could enjoy these

 

 

 

[The Throne Room and End Title]

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 

 

[Empire Of The Sun - La-La Land 2CD]

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 

 

 

 

[The Patriot (John Williams)]

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 :