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  1. 16 hours ago, Benvincible said:

    I’ve also been trying to track these down! I actually recently heard one of the tracks in an episode of the Mr Bean animated series. 


    this is piece! I believe it plays during the bit about fossil hunting.

    Thanks for your response, and the helpful lead! I can't believe it's been 6 years since I posed this question. I'll check out the rest of Tony Hymas' released music to see if I get lucky.

  2. Wow! Am I incredibly late on this thread?????

    I very recently discovered the recorded album. I was certainly bemused by how 'unremarkable' the writing is with much of the music, and the better numbers still have a real cheesiness to them. But actually, my favourite track is 'Sincerity'. I actually listen to the song on loop - the performances of the singers are actually funny, and I love their diction and sarcastic delivery. I look forward to researching the musical further because it seems the whole work has been deliberately suppressed. Still, a bit of a hidden gem!  

  3. The Signature Editions are invaluable to me, first and foremost as a direct study guide of JW's prodigious orchestration skills. I have a large collection of them - over 30 titles. As mentioned above, it's very rare for film music to be published like this for a consumer market, and I'm delighted that it serves as a mean for fans to make a collection. Importantly, they're available to purchase by collectors just for the score, or (presumably for commercial performances) in full orchestral sets. I'm a collector and use them for reference and perusal. Therefore it does annoy me that some pieces are substantially re-arranged for concert, sometimes with little semblance of their original form. I'm quite indifferent to how orchestras choose to program the suites - usually I'm just glad to hear any of it performed at all.

    If one day the rights holders care to commercially publish the entirely of the score for a given film, I would be absolutely delighted. I know Omni Publishing does this for certain movies, which is fantastic. I'd love to see the Harry Potter and Star Wars scores released in this format.

  4. 1 hour ago, Thor said:

    Seeing the 2002 ceremony live was great too, but at this point, I had already acquired a great deal of Williams videos on VHS, CD-R and video discs. So the 'novelty' value wasn't there quite as much. On the other hand, it had a closer, personal connection. Norway has always been a winter sports country (and subsequently won the medal statistics at the 2002 Olympics), so it was as if Williams created music to something that was far closer to home -- even though the games themselves took place in the US. Cool connection.

     

    Plus, it was Williams' way of celebrating his own 70th birthday. That's neat too.


    I certainly think this version will be considered the definitive, given the official Olympic channel is hosting it, and it remains uncluttered by inane network commentary. Of course it's not high resolution - HD was a still a long way off, but it looks very clean. This is as good as it'll ever be.

  5. Just now, carlborg said:

    Love the deconstructed parts, even though I can't understand one word of Hungarian

    Indeed, I *adored* hearing the separate winds and string in isolation for the Nimbus 2000 theme. Just shows how unfathomably layered and intricate the theme is, even when the trumpets dominate. Most contemporary film composers could only dream of writing as complex as that. 

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