Treatyman

dont no if this has been mentioned but check it out. http://halleonard.com/item_detail.jsp?item...d+simple+gifts+ amazing how fast it went into publication

im hoping the same, i remember when POA came out the signature edition came right after but maybe JW's done making signature editions=( Im kinda hoping for something with a decent cello solo like Seven Years in Tibet, that would be perfect. But i wouldnt mind a Suite from Jurassic Park, A.I., War of the Worlds, or even something from The Last Crusade.

Does anybody have a clue of any new signature editions coming out either this year or next?

im pretty sure tickets are completely sold out. im sad now i really wanted to go=(. and theres a concert at tanglewood on the 26 and all the decent seats are sold out.

im not a fan of the version on the soundtrack maybe because the sound of renaissance music puts me to sleep and then gives me nightmare but i think the concert version is genius and also i like the rendition of it on Mischief Manages but the track is edited terribly.

very true. not trying to argue you have a valuable point but that could possibly just be the style he wanted.

From what i have seen and heard I thinks instruments he really likes to use are: WW: Clarinets Most commonly used woodwind in his writing. BRASS: F Horns Most commonly used instrument in the orchestra! To be honest the man is a genius, i just think he uses the horn way way too much. IMO PERC: Timp, Piatti's, Glockenspiels. BOOMTZZZZ DING, DA, DINGLY, DING, DING KEYBOARDS: Piano, Celeste. Pianos and the Celeste a usually never ever used in classical repertoire, well at least not as extravagantly as JW thats y i think he really appreciates the effect the instruments have on an orchestra. I would say this would be his favorite because its his primary. HARPS:Harp(altho may not be used alot in a piece you can tell by his scoring he really does love the instrument)he puts Harps in every piece. Now studying Schindler's List you can really see his love for the harp come throughout the score. STRINGS: Cello(WOOOHOOOO baby!!!) you can commonly see how JW uses the cello to really create most of his moods. pitch and sound-wise they relate to the horns very much, so you commonly see them doubled together quite oftan.

please o please explain this comment back on topic i think Hercules isn't a bad score, i honestly think it is far better than beauty and the beast IMO. But i think Go the Distance is one of the best disney songs ever produced. its uplifting and has great orchestration, the reprise of the wierd menken-like fanfare close to the end could have not been included but besides that the song is great. I must say Pocahontas and Hunchback cannot be touched.

Kurt Masur and Leonard Bernstein. More leonard because you could tell he put his heart into each piece

Hopefully that'd turn out better than Kamen's rendition. o geez he butchered that piece.

-Tchaikovsky-Serenade for Strings -Dvorak-Cello Concerto(Yo-Yo Ma soloist) -Smetana-Ma Vlast -Stanford-Irish Rhapsody No. 4 5 and 6 -Dukas-Sorcerer's Apprentice -Wagner-Ride of the Walkure -Brahms-Academic Festival Overture -Gliere-Russian Sailer Dance -Grainger-Colonial Song -Grieg-Piano Concerto in A(Jw the soloist) -Rossini-William Tell Overture -Stanford-Down among the Dead Men -Saint-Saens-Symphony No. 3 -Beethoven-Symphony No. 9 -Copeland-Hoedown from Rodeo -Faure-Pavane -Sibelius-Finlandia -Sarasante-Carmen Fantasy Those are just off the top of my head but a few others too