mcdaid72000 0 Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 sometimes he goes as far as to state that a certain theme appears in a certain track, when in fact it doesn't.You mean you can't hear the "great crescendo" of Buckbeak's theme in Saving Buckbeak??Ray BarnsburyYes,and i clearly hear Dark side Beckons in Anakin's DreamYou can also hear "Zam the Assassin and the Chase through Coruscant" in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets during the Quidditch Match. Did anybody else notice this? Link to post Share on other sites
pthompso 0 Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 A while ago on this site somebody posted the videos for when John Williams made an appearance speaking at USC for all the film composer graduate students. He fielded questions and there was a 6 part video I downloaded.One of the guys sitting in the audience was the audio editor or mixer for ET and he makes a comment saying "I remember there was a piece that was very difficult to play on piano and you came up and played it on stage. You are the only composer I know who could both compose and play the material you composed." So I guess that doesn't directly answer the question but it seems to imply John williams played this difficult piece from ET on the soundstage at least. So that leads me to believe it is him on the recording. Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Breathmask 456 Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 sometimes he goes as far as to state that a certain theme appears in a certain track, when in fact it doesn't.You mean you can't hear the "great crescendo" of Buckbeak's theme in Saving Buckbeak??Ray BarnsburyYes,and i clearly hear Dark side Beckons in Anakin's DreamYou can also hear "Zam the Assassin and the Chase through Coruscant" in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets during the Quidditch Match. Did anybody else notice this?Yes. Lucius Malfoy's theme is also a direct lift of one of those mystery motifs from AotC. Link to post Share on other sites
mcdaid72000 0 Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 Check this site out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPvhO7Ypw7k. See if this helps anybody. Tell me if it is reliable or not reliable too. I'll watch it tomorrow. Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Breathmask 456 Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 It's a featurette from the E.T. DVD. And it's been up at the Main Page for a while as well. Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Adameus 8 Posted April 9, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 9, 2018 This is him--on the right. Ralph Grierson played the end credits piano solo on the ET score. Ralph is an amazing guy and I had the privilege of utilizing his recording studio last week for a session. Ralph Grierson was an amazing pianist in his prime. Check out "Angel Artistry" where he appears with Michael Tilson Thomas. The playing is mind-boggling. In his hay-day, Ralph was one of the top Hollywood session players. Working at the level of legends like Artie Kane--who played with Sinatra, Streisand, and everyone else who was a superstar. Jediwashington, John, Naïve Old Fart and 5 others 8 Link to post Share on other sites
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Patrick 2 Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 The session pianist on the film E.T. is Ralph Grierson, a first-call recording musician for many years. Ralph talks about those E.T. sessions on the video interview Studio Legends Part 1 at: FilmMusicFoundation.org/interviews. Other session players featured in the interview are Tommy Morgan (harmonica), Louise Di Tullio (flute) and Gene Cipriano (woodwinds). The interviewer is conductor Richard Kaufman, himself a former studio violinist on over a dozen John Williams' scores. If you click on the photo, you'll see a ten-minute highlight. Click under the photo for the full 2 1/2 hour interview. Marc and thx99 2 Link to post Share on other sites
pete 384 Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 And this!https://thelegacyofjohnwilliams.podbean.com/e/la-studio-legends-4-ralph-grierson/ Link to post Share on other sites
QuartalHarmony 19 Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 I listened to the Legacy... podcast with Grierson a few weeks ago and was delighted with what a nice guy he sounds like, interested in the way he said he moved from straight piano to keyboard work over the years and finally very saddened to hear that he fell and permanently ruined one of his playing hands just after the rehearsal for the L2P ET recording (is that the one on the DVD?). Very sad. One day I'll be able to play Over the Moon. I can currently manage about three bars before my fingers end up tied in knots. How Grierson played it at that speed, even with the extra rehearsal time he said Williams gave him on the OST recording sessions, I'll never know. Respect. Mark TownerFan 1 Link to post Share on other sites
bruce marshall 337 Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 50 minutes ago, QuartalHarmony said: I listened to the Legacy... podcast with Grierson a few weeks ago and was delighted with what a nice guy he sounds like, interested in the way he said he moved from straight piano to keyboard work over the years and finally very saddened to hear that he fell and permanently ruined one of his playing hands just after the rehearsal for the L2P ET recording (is that the one on the DVD?). Very sad. One day I'll be able to play Over the Moon. I can currently manage about three bars before my fingers end up tied in knots. How Grierson played it at that speed, even with the extra rehearsal time he said Williams gave him on the OST recording sessions, I'll never know. Respect. Mark Are there two pianos being played on " E.T.'s Halloween"; The part just before they take off? Link to post Share on other sites
bruce marshall 337 Posted November 16 Share Posted November 16 Fascinating interview. Check it out# Link to post Share on other sites
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