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It must be Mod - short for moderato, an indication of the tempo.  Either that or Moo - to play the music as if you were a cow. 

It must be Mod - short for moderato, an indication of the tempo.  Either that or Moo - to play the music as if you were a cow. 

I recall it was a Japanese fan club, and it coincided with Williams visiting  and performing in Japan in June 1993

Hey guys,
 
Been a while since I posted here, but I just thought I’d drop by to let you know of a soundtrack concert report site that I started recently. I’ve actually just posted my report of John Williams in Milan! Here’s the link:
 
https://soundtracks-in-concert.com/concerto-straordinario-john-williams-2022/
 
You can also find these reviews (previously posted by me on JWFan):
 
JW in Tokyo
https://soundtracks-in-concert.com/deutsche-grammophon-125-years-special-gala-concert/
 
Boston pops tribute to JW (Tokyo)
https://soundtracks-in-concert.com/boston-pops-on-tour-2023-john-williams-tribute-2023/
 
Thanks for looking 😎

Two Hisaishi concerts in Paris!
02.03.2025, 6.00 p.m.
03.03.2025, 8.00 p.m.
https://philharmoniedeparis.fr/en/activite/27162
 
+ meeting
03.03.2025, 6.45 p.m.
https://philharmoniedeparis.fr/en/activite/27946
 
PROGRAMME:
 
Joe Hisaishi
Adagio
Concerto pour harpe
Suite symphonique « Kiki la petite sorcière »

Maurice Ravel
La Valse

Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine
Joe Hisaishi, conductor
Emmanuel Ceysson, harp

Sometimes called the Chinese lute, but it isn't really. Like a cross between a guitar and an oversized viola. But it has a more reverberant sound so I can play stuff like the Bach cello suites and some of Williams stuff and it sounds decent (for someone who is just sitting enjoying playing it without an audience). The three piece from Memoirs of a Geisha, which lends itself more to the instrument, but I like playing the Elegy for Cello and am trying to record both parts of the Duo Concertante.
 
 

Oops, yes.
 
Love this bit:
 
 

Oops, yes.
 
Love this bit:
 
 

Robert Townsend's Facebook post has that as the Elegy for Cello and Piano - the piano version of Elegy for Cello and Orchestra 
 
And wow, that track list has me so excited!

Oops, yes.
 
Love this bit:
 
 

And the Filmmusicreporter post omits the release date, which is August 23

And the Filmmusicreporter post omits the release date, which is August 23

Oops, yes.
 
Love this bit:
 
 

Williams on Williams 

I would venture to guess it is Williams’ arrangement of By the Beautiful Sea listed in this program I pulled from the BSO Archives, the lyrics of which go “By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea…” This piece was played at multiple performances that week, one of which I had actually attended back when I was in high school. I don’t remember much about the arrangement other than that it was in a similar vein as his Hooray for Hollywood arrangement and that (you guessed correctly!) it featured a brief quote of the Jaws bass line at the very end of the piece. Anyone curious about how the tune sounds (though not the same arrangement) can listen to The Ferris Wheel Sequence from Williams’ score to 1941.
 

What I would give to be in that room now...
 

It gets better

Shees... Episode 5 down.
 
First episode that made me really emotional. The end was truly heartbreaking and quite honestly an almost unbearable gut punch.
 
The battle scenes, if you can call them that, it was more of a slaughter were probably the best yet. The way how fast all the planes got taken out after they dropped the bombs succesfully was a hard thing to watch.
Then the dogfight between the last plane of the 100th and the fighter pilots from the Germans was very well done. That slow motion shot was brilliant as fuck. I actually went back after the episode to watch it again. It was so cool and made such an impact.
 
So Bucky is now also on the ground. And we never officially saw what happened to Buck, so I'm holding out a glimmer of hope. Rosie is indeed a great character, can't wait to see more of him.
 
And it's funny, it took me 5 episodes to notice that the actor playing Colonel Harding also plays Prince Andrew in The Crown. He's great here btw. Lot's of presence and a real sense of command.

Great recollections... sounds like we were at the same event when he talked about The Edge! And yes, the director (Lee Tamahori) was indeed there. Great to have gone with your mum too! 

I remember just seeing his name a lot on movie credits at movies and on TV growing up in the 80s - I was born in 1972. I remember noticing the name when I saw Rambo First Blood part 2 in a theater and for many movies on TV: Capricorn One and I think Alien was another one, and there were quite a few more. Maybe Twilight Zone and Gremlins I think as well. Strangely, I don't remember paying extra attention to the music - just that I kept thinking, oh there's that name again. Like all fans my age, Williams brought film music to my attention, so I think that had me noticing composer credits, but all this was in my early teens when I didn't think to buy a soundrack. But I realize I was drawn to instrumental music in a form back then - the long guitar solos of Mark Knofler on the dire straits double live album, and his Going Home piece from Local Hero on the CD, come to mind. 
 
I saw Total Recall (1990) and Medicine Man (1992) in theaters, and it was between those that I bought my first soundtrack - Varese's Star Wars Trilogy and Superman. And back then in Australia, you could rent CDs, and I borrowed Kamen's Robon Hood and fell in love with that. And then I kept seeing Goldsmith's name on CDs so I got more of an idea of his output. 
 
I knew he had written the music for Medicine Man before seeing the movie - I saw it with my mother who was a Sean Connery, and I went into the theater with the intention of paying attention to the music. The Trees piece had me mesmerized, and I bought the CD either that same day or the next one. And that set me on the path! Although I remember thinking most of Star Trek The Motion Picture was weird. Now I know it's just utterly brilliant! 
 
And then while living in the UK between 1997 and 1999, my parents visited, and Jerry Goldsmith gave a talk about The Edge with the director (maybe). And my mum went along as well, and she enjoyed Jerry's anecdotes about the Hollywood stars he mentioned. Hearing him speak, I really felt I was in the presence of a genius. It just occured to me that in the future when my mother is no longer with us, I'll probably associate some of Jerry's music with my memories of her. Damn, I hope that's far into the future!
 
Thanks GerateWohl for the topic and the resulting trip down memory lane!

It gets better!

I remember just seeing his name a lot on movie credits at movies and on TV growing up in the 80s - I was born in 1972. I remember noticing the name when I saw Rambo First Blood part 2 in a theater and for many movies on TV: Capricorn One and I think Alien was another one, and there were quite a few more. Maybe Twilight Zone and Gremlins I think as well. Strangely, I don't remember paying extra attention to the music - just that I kept thinking, oh there's that name again. Like all fans my age, Williams brought film music to my attention, so I think that had me noticing composer credits, but all this was in my early teens when I didn't think to buy a soundrack. But I realize I was drawn to instrumental music in a form back then - the long guitar solos of Mark Knofler on the dire straits double live album, and his Going Home piece from Local Hero on the CD, come to mind. 
 
I saw Total Recall (1990) and Medicine Man (1992) in theaters, and it was between those that I bought my first soundtrack - Varese's Star Wars Trilogy and Superman. And back then in Australia, you could rent CDs, and I borrowed Kamen's Robon Hood and fell in love with that. And then I kept seeing Goldsmith's name on CDs so I got more of an idea of his output. 
 
I knew he had written the music for Medicine Man before seeing the movie - I saw it with my mother who was a Sean Connery, and I went into the theater with the intention of paying attention to the music. The Trees piece had me mesmerized, and I bought the CD either that same day or the next one. And that set me on the path! Although I remember thinking most of Star Trek The Motion Picture was weird. Now I know it's just utterly brilliant! 
 
And then while living in the UK between 1997 and 1999, my parents visited, and Jerry Goldsmith gave a talk about The Edge with the director (maybe). And my mum went along as well, and she enjoyed Jerry's anecdotes about the Hollywood stars he mentioned. Hearing him speak, I really felt I was in the presence of a genius. It just occured to me that in the future when my mother is no longer with us, I'll probably associate some of Jerry's music with my memories of her. Damn, I hope that's far into the future!
 
Thanks GerateWohl for the topic and the resulting trip down memory lane!

I remember just seeing his name a lot on movie credits at movies and on TV growing up in the 80s - I was born in 1972. I remember noticing the name when I saw Rambo First Blood part 2 in a theater and for many movies on TV: Capricorn One and I think Alien was another one, and there were quite a few more. Maybe Twilight Zone and Gremlins I think as well. Strangely, I don't remember paying extra attention to the music - just that I kept thinking, oh there's that name again. Like all fans my age, Williams brought film music to my attention, so I think that had me noticing composer credits, but all this was in my early teens when I didn't think to buy a soundrack. But I realize I was drawn to instrumental music in a form back then - the long guitar solos of Mark Knofler on the dire straits double live album, and his Going Home piece from Local Hero on the CD, come to mind. 
 
I saw Total Recall (1990) and Medicine Man (1992) in theaters, and it was between those that I bought my first soundtrack - Varese's Star Wars Trilogy and Superman. And back then in Australia, you could rent CDs, and I borrowed Kamen's Robon Hood and fell in love with that. And then I kept seeing Goldsmith's name on CDs so I got more of an idea of his output. 
 
I knew he had written the music for Medicine Man before seeing the movie - I saw it with my mother who was a Sean Connery, and I went into the theater with the intention of paying attention to the music. The Trees piece had me mesmerized, and I bought the CD either that same day or the next one. And that set me on the path! Although I remember thinking most of Star Trek The Motion Picture was weird. Now I know it's just utterly brilliant! 
 
And then while living in the UK between 1997 and 1999, my parents visited, and Jerry Goldsmith gave a talk about The Edge with the director (maybe). And my mum went along as well, and she enjoyed Jerry's anecdotes about the Hollywood stars he mentioned. Hearing him speak, I really felt I was in the presence of a genius. It just occured to me that in the future when my mother is no longer with us, I'll probably associate some of Jerry's music with my memories of her. Damn, I hope that's far into the future!
 
Thanks GerateWohl for the topic and the resulting trip down memory lane!

Why am I asking this? Because for me this wasn't love at first sight.
Since the age of 11 I was visiting record stores and scrolling through the soundtrack department.
I was the greatest Star Wars fan on earth and a big science fiction fan, too.
So I recognized the compoer name on records like Alien or Star Trek TMP, which probably was the first movie with a Goldsmith score, that I had ever seen.
Later I saw Logran's Run (on TV) and Gremlins. But his scores more or less did their job.
Different from John Williams, who's scores made me immediately want to listen to them outside the movie.
Tbh, the first time I actually recognized the Goldsmith Star Trek theme was at the title credits of the Star Trek Next Generation TV Show, so little of an impression it made on me, when I watched the movie.
 
I neither watched Alien nor The Omen or Poltergeist. I was too young at the time.
The score that made me want to dig deeper into his work was "Legend".
I bought the record more or less by the cover.
I had iked The Last Unicorn, this was again a fantasy story with unicorns and a red bull, I like Ridley Scott's previous movie "Bladerunner", so I was hooked and really fell in love with the score. Luckily I didn't watch the movie at that time.
 
For a long time Legend was the only Goldsmith score I owned. Finally a broader interest in Goldsmith was woken up by my first discussions with two other movie score conaisseurs, which I met in my 20s. Studs Lonigan, the two Poltergeists, The Omen, Mom and Dad Save the World, Total Recall, Planet of the Apes and a big deal was later L.A. Confidential. And the Alien expansion.
 
Still I would say, that I admire much of his music, but I don't necessarily love it.
Overall I would call his movie music brillantly operational.
 
Or to say it differently:
 
Is he one of my favourite composers? No.
s he one of my favourite movie composer? Yes.
 

I’m loving it. Each episode seems to “fly by” in what feels like 5 minutes. And I have been enjoying the music more - there have been a few scenes where the music really stood out for me in a good way in recent episodes. 
 
i haven’t seen Band of Brothers since it was released, so it’s been a while but I really think the quality is similar.