Jediwashington 59 Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 Yeah, Paul Lavender is a composer who constantly takes Williams work and makes band arrangements for High School and lower bands. Chris Curnow also does/did this. As for the recording, with the current state of technology, I would not be surprised if it was synthesized, but I think this is live, just close miced to the point of fakeness.~JW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Barnsbury 8 Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 I just wonder how many people on here would really like the 1st clip if they heard it and didn't know JW wrote it. I like to give praise where praise is due, and it bugs me when praise is showered on things that don't necessarily deserve it.As it's written in an obviously Williams-esque style, I'm sure it would've been pretty safe to assume Williams wrote it even if you didn't know for sure. And I could say the same thing about people discrediting music that doesn't deserve any such thing, but I won't. Ray Barnsbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Cat 0 Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 is a Hal Leonard studio band performing the arrangement in order to give buyers an idea of what the piece they are ordering will sound like.Hey I want to buy Celebration Fanfare then,but only if i know how it sounds like first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 KM, congratulations! I've always wondered how old Darth Vader actually is . . . This is really great. Now, I've got a couple of questions. Is this not the original recording conducted by JW? Who is this guy called Levender? Did he arrange the recording, or just the musical score from HalLeonard? Are these pieces complete . . . or is there large chunks of it missing? Otherwise, I'm listening to it on my iPod shuffle right now and it sounds great!Paul Lavender is a professional arranger of concert band music for elementary school thru college level ensembles. He arranged this version of the themes, probably for marching band. This is NOT an original recording by Williams, it is a Hal Leonard studio band performing the arrangement in order to give buyers an idea of what the piece they are ordering will sound like.All right, thanks. That's what I wanted to know. I think it's a pretty good arrangement--sounds great, anyway--but, of course, not even close to Summon the Heroes, which is what the first piece reminds me of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Brausam 214 Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 is a Hal Leonard studio band performing the arrangement in order to give buyers an idea of what the piece they are ordering will sound like.Hey I want to buy Celebration Fanfare then,but only if i know how it sounds like firstHaha I don't know if I've ever seen a listing for that. If it is a signature edition then there isn't a recording aside from the REAL recording. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thx99 1,740 Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 FYI, there are over four dozen other John Williams mp3s available at the Hal Leonard Online site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 Hmm,how did we miss this?I hear beeps in them every minute or so.Just found Voldermort's Theme..coolaaargh they all have beeps in them,F**k because some are really goodJust found an absolutely georgeous woodwind version of Monica's Theme from A.I.This is going to be fun tonight.Not sure if there fake orchestra but they sound fantastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 now the football theme is full of bleeps if you were too lazy to download it yesterday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Brausam 214 Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 Yeah...it sounds like its on life support now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 Are you Josh 500's little brother? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Brausam 214 Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 Haha no. I just recently decided to be social. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Barnsbury 8 Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 There's a lot of cool stuff on that site. I love hearing the JW marching band arrangements, especially the Far and Away one. That's one of the pieces we played in high school for the show that got me into Williams in the first place. And speaking of Far and Away, there was this nice passage written by Williams about the score I found at another sheet music site. I hadn't read it before.He forgot the inspirational "Westward, Ho!" theme, though. Typical. Ray Barnsbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 That has to be the second or third time I've heard Williams use "donnybrook".Not a common word that you hear these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 I didn't even know that was a word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 Yeah you are a little too young to have heard it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 Along with melange and cornucopia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 I know what cornucopia means. It's a trademark word of Williams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Barnsbury 8 Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 And the Pilgrims.Ray Barnsbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 The 3rd piece is the best but the tempo sounds a little slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHerrera83 0 Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 Ahhh, darn! Got here too late... Anyway to get this sans those annoying beeps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 Maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 Trading Board, here? I must warn the others...Oh no I've been shot!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHerrera83 0 Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 To all who responded, thanks a ton! I can feel the love... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 YAY! Great find!And this small fade outs are less intrusive than the blips on the American anthem... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurgaFlippinMan 7 Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 now the football theme is full of bleeps if you were too lazy to download it yesterdayThey have been watching us... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckM 1 Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 All right. I just finished piano transcriptions of all three NFL pieces. They're added to my site (the one in my signature).Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckM 1 Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 I also made a version with all three together like the Hal Leonard piece is. PM me if you would like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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