Muad'Dib 1,876 Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 As the title says, a lot of times people diss Williams' because they consider him too complicated (musically, so to speak) and not personal enough... But we're gonna prove those folks wrong! In your opinion, what piece/s of him are the most personal? The ones you hear and you can hear Williams very own soul.For me, is this one:[media=]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqxrMa7eUAUWhen I hear this, I can actually hear our dear own John Williams speaking to me, telling me about his life, his beliefs, his music... There's something so gorgeous about this particular piece of music that just connects with me, and probably lots of other people. This particular piece represents everything he talks about when he refers to movie music, particularly the Golden Age of Hollywood, charged with so much innocence and a lot of nostalgia.What about you, what do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandor 846 Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 John Williams' most personal pieces are his concert works, especially those dealing with trees and nature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,730 Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 The Whomping Willow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJosh 895 Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 I wonder if John Williams has to fast-forward LOTR when saurumon is chopping all the trees down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Jane Eyre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 389 Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Lapti Nek Joni Wiljami 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Dex's Diner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Holdo 16 Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Training Montage (SpaceCamp) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 8,505 Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 John Williams' most personal pieces are his concert works, especially those dealing with trees and nature.I think so too. Or the violin concerto, which was dedicated to his late wife Barbara Ruick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,953 Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 For Celie and Shug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,904 Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Escape from the Basket, Alternate II. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,820 Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 I do believe that Williams expresses always something personal on some level in his film work as well but his concert works, uninhibited by the constraints of the celluloid and programmatic connotations outside the composer's own associations to poetry or nature or a soloist, seem to often speak with a clearer voice when it comes to his personal feelings and ways of expressing himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tannhauser 101 Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 I wonder if John Williams has to fast-forward LOTR when saurumon is chopping all the trees down.I bet he would have loved writing music for the ents and Fangorn. In fact, if he had scored LOTR, the main theme for the trilogy would have probably been dubbed "Treebeard's Theme". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,820 Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 I wonder if John Williams has to fast-forward LOTR when saurumon is chopping all the trees down.I bet he would have loved writing music for the ents and Fangorn. In fact, if he had scored LOTR, the main theme for the trilogy would have probably been dubbed "Treebeard's Theme".You can bet his music for the Ents would have sounded very similar to his bassoon concerto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TownerFan 5,267 Posted July 2, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted July 2, 2012 Music critic Richard Dyer said it more eloquently than any other could:"Even when he's being a ventriloquist, as he sometimes has to be as a film composer, I don't think he's ever written a dishonest note. Like everybody else, some things worked out better than other things did. But I don't think it's a mechanical process for him. He can write music of heroic resolve because he feels heroic resolve. He's drawing on his own inner life and creating additional dimensions in the movies. And that's what makes the concert music work too." KK, Incanus and Muad'Dib 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,741 Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 John Goldfarb Please Come Home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,820 Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Music critic Richard Dyer said it more eloquently than any other could:"Even when he's being a ventriloquist, as he sometimes has to be as a film composer, I don't think he's ever written a dishonest note. Like everybody else, some things worked out better than other things did. But I don't think it's a mechanical process for him. He can write music of heroic resolve because he feels heroic resolve. He's drawing on his own inner life and creating additional dimensions in the movies. And that's what makes the concert music work too."Well said indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJosh 895 Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 I don't think Williams will show us his most personal "pieces" until he's had a few drinks in him.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,820 Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Teheheee, you said "pieces". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSM 126 Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 As the title says, a lot of times people diss Williams' because they consider him too complicated (musically, so to speak) and not personal enough... But we're gonna prove those folks wrong! In your opinion, what piece/s of him are the most personal? The ones you hear and you can hear Williams very own soul.For me, is this one:[media=]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqxrMa7eUAUWhen I hear this, I can actually hear our dear own John Williams speaking to me, telling me about his life, his beliefs, his music... There's something so gorgeous about this particular piece of music that just connects with me, and probably lots of other people. This particular piece represents everything he talks about when he refers to movie music, particularly the Golden Age of Hollywood, charged with so much innocence and a lot of nostalgia.What about you, what do you think?You picked my favorite JW piece of all time Muad'Dib 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWfangirl1992 18 Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 As the title says, a lot of times people diss Williams' because they consider him too complicated (musically, so to speak) and not personal enough... But we're gonna prove those folks wrong! In your opinion, what piece/s of him are the most personal? The ones you hear and you can hear Williams very own soul.For me, is this one:[media=]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqxrMa7eUAUWhen I hear this, I can actually hear our dear own John Williams speaking to me, telling me about his life, his beliefs, his music... There's something so gorgeous about this particular piece of music that just connects with me, and probably lots of other people. This particular piece represents everything he talks about when he refers to movie music, particularly the Golden Age of Hollywood, charged with so much innocence and a lot of nostalgia.What about you, what do you think?You picked my favorite JW piece of all time Agreed, this piece is by far my favorite. It just brings such a sense of calm and also a bit of happiness of young naive love like in the movie. I'm kind of surprised Schindler's List has not been mentioned, there is no way someone can write such a powerful and genuinely moving score without it meaning something to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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