#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 We don't hear them so much any more.Williams has done some really great ones. BOT4OJ, Nixon. Goldsmith's immortal The Homecoming from First Blood, Horner's Apollo 13.One of my all time fav is in To Live Forever from Star Trek Generations. McCarthy has always used the instrument well in his Trek scores, but here it really shines.What are YOUR favourites? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Luke's theme in Ice Planet Hoth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,347 Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Does Johnathan's Death from Superman: The Movie count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 24, 2011 Author Share Posted September 24, 2011 That's a great one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonesy 55 Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Burning Homestead from Star Wars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,347 Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Don't Father and Son from Jaws and Deserted from The Cowboys have trumpet solo's?and then there is the opening to 'Burning Homestead" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 24, 2011 Author Share Posted September 24, 2011 Also love that rendition of Luke's theme when we first see Mark Hammil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,347 Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Is "Marty's Letter" a Trumpet solo or French Horn solo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Il Triello. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tannhauser 101 Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Walk don't Rango Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Brausam 214 Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Is "Marty's Letter" a Trumpet solo or French Horn solo?Can't tell? It's a horn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,012 Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 While not exactly a solo (but trumpet section), this is one of my all time favourite bit (at 1:20):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2S5mGPkT_gYou can recognize it from Horner's ST II.A fantastic piece btw.Also a trumpet opening of The Godfather's waltzSome great stuff in Chinatown, L.A. Confidential, The Black Dahlia and in scores of all that sort. I'm a sucker for noir.Does Johnathan's Death from Superman: The Movie count?Always preferred this cue to Leaving Home. It's fantastic.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 oh wait I got oneAmistad , The Long Road to Justice at 0.45 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 oh wait I got oneAmistad , The Long Road to Justice at 0.45This is a great and underrated theme. It expresses so perfectly what this character is all about: calmness, dignity, wisdom.(Rewatched Amistad the other day. Not crazy about the movie, but the score's pretty good.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docteur Qui 1,544 Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Miles' solo in "So What", from Kind of Blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg1138 3 Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Miles' solo in "So What", from Kind of Blue.I had to study that solo for an entire year as part of my degree.....ripped apart every note, every inflection, every millisecond of timing, every idea.....a fascinating task, but it ruined the magic for me.As a trumpet player I have many favourites from film and outside.....but Dances With Wolves, Summon The Heroes, Apollo 13 (previously mentioned - though it's in a stupid key for normal Bb trumpet....better played on a C Trumpet by a mile....), are all standouts....favourite piece for an entitre section would quite easily be Shostakovich's Festive Overture, closely followed by - yep - Star Wars main Title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,286 Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 I'm a trumpet player, so this topic is huge, for me. Silvestri's BTTF inspired me to pick up the instrument in the first place, when I was a kid, so anything from those scores, solo or not. From John Williams, I've always loved playing JFK and BOTFOJ, but when I was younger, I always liked to use the short solo in "Scammed by a Kindergartener" from Home Alone as a tonal warm-up . I've also always liked the theme from "Letters from Iwo Jima".As for non-film scores, I love the solo in Copland's "Hoedown", and the "Promenade" from the Ravel-orchestrated version of Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibiton". And the piccolo trumpet solo in The Beatles' "Penny Lane", of course. And lots and lots of jazz, anything from Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Bix Beiderbecke. My favorite would be the one on "Take the A-Train", by the great Ray Nance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 He's My Friend > all of the above ^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,347 Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Does the end of "Theoden King" count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TownerFan 4,983 Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 John Williams has written many gorgeous trumpet solos, it's hard for me to pick just one. "Jonathan's Death" from Superman is probably one of my very favourite, as it is the End Credits from BOT4OJ and the opening of Summon the Heroes.But I always had a soft spot for a very specific moment: at the end of the cue "Flight from Peru", when Maurice Murphy's golden trumpet intones the Raiders theme while the plane goes off into the sunset. Goosebumps every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 153 Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 Even though there have been splendid, exquisite, etc. trumpet solos by all composers, for some reason this is not really my favourite solo instrument. Someone who's more musical-savvy than me should do a poll 'what's your favourite solo instrument in filmmusic' (with as much instruments as possible, and good examples next to it) - I would be curious to know the outcome.Oh, and I love that trumpet solo in Amistad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 How about the JFK Prologue theme? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 Tim Morrison's trumpet solos for JW scores are all quite exquisite. E.g. all Oliver Stone collaborations contains such beautiful playing, the tone of Morrison's playing attracting Williams to his sound in the first place during his tenure with the Boston Pops.Prime examples:The Prologue from JFK: such a stately, noble and warm sound. Morrison's playing captures the idealistic feel the Prologue perfectly. The sound is beautifully rounded and the tone so serene.Growing Up in Whittier from Nixon: Warm, nostalgic, Americana at its best. The tone of the trumpet is dreamy and rich, the solo evoking nostalgic longing in the best possible way. It seems to sing of the age of innoncence the character has inevitable left behind.Prologue from BOTFJ: The lonely theme on solo horn, the soul of a scarred veteran, howls loneliness and desolation and fatefulness. The tone is harsher or more pinched than in the two previous examples, the change very audible.End Credits from BOTFJ: Almost an antithesis of the Prologue with an Americana edge to it in the middle portion, warmer and idealistic, noble and lyrical. The same slightly tortured sound of Prologue returns in the finale as the Ron Kovic's theme calls out again on the solo trumpet, the cadenza being a JW classic the winding into different direction than before but ending the score with a somber note.In this same vein I also adore the brass in Patriot where two great trumpet players Tim Morrison and Malcolm McNab joined forces. Besides the elegaic solos similar to the above mentioned ones Morrison has some excellent fast athletic trumpet work in this score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,347 Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 How about TPM, arrival to theed, when the cue opens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 I love Pandora's Fanfare from Goldenthal's Sphere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 I love Pandora's Fanfare from Goldenthal's SphereSpeaking of Goldenthal, Final Fantasy features several excellent trumpet fanfares, most likely by Maurice Murphy since it is LSO we are talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 Another great one is the one featured at the end of Refugee Status from War of the Worlds. Very ominous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 Talking of Superman, how about the impossibly magical one from the pre-credits prologue? There's a nice one, albeit minor, later on as well during the journey to Earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilal 569 Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 Is "Marty's Letter" a Trumpet solo or French Horn solo?Again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggeth 1 Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Dracula Soundtrack.Track: "For Mina""For Mina" starts with a wonderfully slow and haunting solo trumpet theme. I used to always use this as a warm-up when i played Euphonium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TownerFan 4,983 Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Dracula Soundtrack.Track: "For Mina""For Mina" starts with a wonderfully slow and haunting solo trumpet theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Not a trumpet solo, but I love the short melancholy trumpet bit (almost a cry) at the beginning and halfway through Hymn to the Fallen.Always gives me pleasurable goosebumps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 The trumpet solos in Monsignor. Maurice Murphy is quite unbeatable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 The trumpet flourishes in the action track "Revenge of the Sith." Oh man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,359 Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 I fixed the thread title. It's "trumpet solos" not "trumpet solo's" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 27, 2011 Author Share Posted September 27, 2011 I can't remember asking you to change my title... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 I fixed the thread title. It's "trumpet solos" not "trumpet solo's"Damn, now you've changed the whole meaning of the title! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 27, 2011 Author Share Posted September 27, 2011 Spelling Nazis! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,504 Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 There's a whole bunch. Agree about the Oliver Stone anthems, for example; they're gorgeous. Williams is really da man for this stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STORM 1 Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Almost all the maurice murphy solos! and tim morrisons solos born on the fourth of july,jfk.and solo in alien original main title.Toss up with maurice murphys and tim morrisons playing,both superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Blade Runner Blues by the New American OrchestraCopacabana by Barry ManilowLet's All Chant by Michael Zager Band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandor 797 Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 One of my favorite trumpet solos ever is from the Born On The Fourth Of July soundtrack, the track Homecoming. The beautiful melody is expanded, I think the only time in the score.It starts at 2.21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 I think that particular melodic development is also heard in the title track Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandor 797 Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 I think that particular melodic development is also heard in the title trackNo. It's shorter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 3, 2011 Author Share Posted October 3, 2011 People get put of by that track because of the synth drum, but it's amazing. I like the way it goes from optimism into despair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AI 0 Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I think that particular melodic development is also heard in the title trackNo. It's shorter.I like your post Roald 'cause I felt your anger..A sense of indignant outrage about how film scores don't have those kind of cues anymore?I share it, and indeed participate in this slow burning, angsty ennui. One could look to Goldsmiths' Hoosiers for similar evocation of wistful Americana (when dreams where a possible dream, hope was yes hope) but it's not the same, is it.Truth is, there is only one Homecoming, the one John T. Williams sonically framed and expressed so piquantly in the motion picture Born on the Fourth of July.Oh and btw, for all its Top-Gun and sounding suchly, the percussion is not synth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandor 797 Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I think that particular melodic development is also heard in the title trackNo. It's shorter.I like your post Roald 'cause I felt your anger..Wha..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 For Gillian from The Fury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maglorfin 196 Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Thank you to everybody for such great ideas, though I thought of many same answers before reading all the replies. :-) My favourites would have to be So What trumpet solo, Jonathan's Death, Prologue from JFK, Apollo 13 main theme, Il Triello, the pyrotechnic "2 trumpet battle" in TGtBatU Main Title, Arturo Sandoval's solo in I Remember Clifford (with the GRP All-Star Big Band), definitely also Cliffhanger main theme and stuff in Superman and all LotR soundtracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,527 Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 I rather like the solo in "BOT4thOJ" , on the track where Tom Cruise goes to visit the family of the man that he shot (forget the track's name - sorry). It also features a nifty fretless bass. Nice!Also, and yes, "For Mina" is fantastic!!The trumpet solos in Monsignor. Maurice Murphy is quite unbeatable.I met Maurice Murphy in 1982. He told me that his favourite JW score, up to that time, was "Dracula". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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