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Hi, everybody! A friend is having his birthday in a couple of weeks and I wanted to give him something original, cause I don't like giving the tipical presents. So, as he's a Star Wars fan and loves the music of the six-logy, I was thinking of giving him a CD that combines the best music of the six films. I searched in Amazon for a CD like that, but I doensn't exist, so I was wondering if you people could help me to choose the best 10 themes for this CD. This is what I have so far... 1. Star Wars Theme 2. Duel of the Fates 3. Battle of the Heroes 4. Imperial March 5. Cantina Band Could you recommend me other five themes? Oh, and the order of the ten themes... I don't know if you understand me. For example, the first theme stays for the Main Theme. Thanks in advance.

Fellas, please don't enter the typical Williams Vs. Zimmer thread. They both have different styles, and can't be compared. It's like comparing Spielberg with Uwe Bowl (I'm not saying that Zimmer is Bowl), they are WAY different. But despite what we think, we must learn to tolerate others people tastes. I know it's easy to bash someone because we are protected by a screen and separated by thousands of kilometres. For example, I like Zimmer's music, because he writes catchy and easy listening themes. But I don't consider him a top quality composer, I think he's good but overrated. That's my opinion. Boy, I'm afraid I'm going to be critisied after this post

I'm not sure if this has been discussed before. If it has, I apologise. I searched for this but I couldn't found anything. So, here it goes... Is Chris Columbus still working with John Williams? Because there are two Columbus projects that could be appropiate for John Williams: - Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (2010) - Mythologic stuff, perfect for Williams http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0814255/ - Ripley's Believe it or not! (2010) - Adventure stuff, also appropiate for Williams http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0492445/ The main question is if they are still working together, because since the HP films, Williams hasn't scored any of the Columbus films. Anybody has got any info?

Hi, everybody! Recently, I was wondering why comedies in this days are so critically bashed, except for those ones which only have sex jokes. I'm not talking about the series, but the films. For example, in the past we had brilliant comedies, like "Airplane!", the "Naked Gun" trilogy and the Monty Python movies, like "The Holy Grail" (my favourite), "Life of Brian" and "Meaning of Life". Those comedies were simply brilliant, and make me laugh so much I can't believe it. Also, they have good response from the audience and the critics. But if in nowadays someone made a movie like those, probably would be hated. My question is... WHY?

I would like also a good audio version of the piece. If someone could send it to me privately, I would be more than grateful.

Scores: - Michael Giacchino - Alan Silvestri - John Powell - Ennio Morriconne - Howard Shore - Giorgio Moroder (only in Scarface) - Bill Brown - Henry Mancini - Nino Rota - Elmer Bernstein - Vangelis Non-scores: - Louis Armstrong - AC/DC - Billy Joel - Les Luthiers - Monty Python - Queen - Stravinsky - Elvis Presley And more, but I don't remember right now...

Silvestri was a far better choice for POTC than any of the Media Ventures family. It's a shame we can't listen to any of the demos he composed...

Well, the idea for this topic is preety simple... What films would have like Williams to make the score? I mean, it can be past films or future films. For example, I'll start: PAST - The Godfather - Gladiator - The Da Vinci Code - Back to the Future films - Jurassic Park III - Pirates of the Caribbean films FUTURE - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Parts 1 and 2) - Angels and Demons - Star Trek - Tintin (although it's preety obvious he will) What about you?

The Russians Theme! Just kidding, man (read that in Tony Montana's voice) I'm really glad that Williams won an award for "The Adventures of Mutt". He really deserves it!

Richuk did a great edit of the russians theme! If anyone is interested in hearing it, ask to him or me for it. We'll be more than glad to share it!

Congratulations, genius! Nothing more is needed to say

That's great! Could you post a link to listen to it? I don't know if you prefer to post it here or privately... It makes the same for me.

Yes. Everything depends on the final result, which I'm confident will be very good.

That's great! Thanks a lot for offering! Well... If it fits, you should leave it. But if doesn't, we can remove it. After all, that cue lasts less than thirty seconds, so it's not really that important. It's true, but represents the evilness of the russians in the film. I think we could give it a try. If we don't like the result, we remove it. One thing I was wondering... Which sould be the order of the edit? I mean, which would go first, second, etc...

I was wondering... If nowbody wants to create a MIDI of the Russians Theme, how about a music edit of all the russians parts mentioned in the first post? Anyone here is a good music editor?

Sorry. I forgot to search about it. It's a shame nothing has been found out about it...

By the way, here's a piece that reminds me to "Cantina Band": (Studio version) (Live version)Its name its "Doctor Bob Gordon Shops Hot Dogs From Boston (fox-trot... or not)". It was composed in 1974 by argentinian composer Ernesto Acher. The piece is a tribute to the old dixeland and to Eddie Condon. Could it be possible that Williams was making a homage to the same piece or a homage to Ernesto Acher? PS: I know here Ernesto Acher isn't known, but he's a great jazz composer. One of the best of our country.

Hi, everybody! Recently, checking John Williams profile at IMDb, a credit showed up that intrigued me: "Warner at War". If you go to the complete cast, the credit for original music appears to be credited to John Williams. Here's the link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1323555/ Anybody knows anything more about this?

What main site? I meant here: http://www.jwfan.com/index.php?option=com_...view&id=897 (Scroll down to where it says "unreleased music" and click on "Russian motif") Really? Interesting... Where can I see or listen to that? True. I should add it to the list.

Hi, everybody! (again) Recently, listening to the KOTCS soundtrack, I wondered why a concert piece for "The Russians Theme" isn't featured in the soundtrack or anywhere else. So I was wondering if it could be possible to create the concert version of that theme. Here are the russians themes we should take into account: - The unrelesed motif (which is on the main site in MIDI format) - The horns part in "Irina's Theme" - The jazzy version of the theme in "Jungle Chase" (the complete one) - The dark march in "Jungle Chase" - "Ants!" features a lot of variations of the theme - The "Finale" part If I'm forgetting of another let me know. My idea is to create a MIDI of it or something in that style. But my problem is that I'm not really good at the keyboard (I've created a couple of pieces, but I have problems with the rythm), so I was wondering if a good musician could help to create the concert version of "The Russians Theme". Thanks in advance. PS: If you couldn't understand me, I'll try to explain myself better.

Great concert! Sadly, it's too far for me I hope in the interview they managed to ask something to Williams about his future projects.

It is rather simple. Steven Spielberg even whistles both seperately in Disk Five of the Indiana Jones Box Set, or the Bonus Disk found in the 2003 DVD Box Set. Do you have either? Actually... No, I don't But I think that thanks to indy4 I understood it. Thanks a lot. Wouldn't be interesting to hear both themes separately? Imagine in a concert, if Williams conducted only the "A" theme. Everyone would be like: "What the...?"

Really interesting. Thanks a lot, guys! <_<

I know this question is a bit out of place, but... Could someone tell me which are Indy's A and B themes? Sorry if is an obvious question for you people, but I'm really curious about it. Thanks in advance.

Hi, everybody! I was wondering if someone could answer this questions about the jazz song named in the title of the topic. Here they are... 1. Was it composed before or after "Sing, Sing, Sing"? 2. Why "Sing..." and "Swing..." are so similar? 3. Was the song composed by John Williams? Because on IMDb it lists someone else as the composer of the song. Thanks in advance. If I have any other doubt I'll ask you.