JohnnyD 1,223 Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 What film scores has John Williams utilized a chorus?How many cues throughout his grand career have utilized any amount of choral elements?Who can name the most cues and films?From the most well known pieces to the less well known, all done by the most accomplished composer of our time.Go!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Schindler's ListESB (synthesized?)RotJTPMAotCRotSHarry Potter (all 3)Indiana Jones (all 4)LincolnJurassic ParkFamily PlotSleepersRosewoodHookSPRSupermanThe TerminalThomas and the KingPenelopeWar of the WorldsJohn Goldfarb Please Come HomeHow to sTeal a MillionNot With My Wife You Don'tMonsignorHome AloneHome Alone 2HeartbeepsGoodbye Mr. ChipsCall of theChampionsAIAmistadEmpire of the Sunand I think that's it? MaxMovieMan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyD 1,223 Posted August 16, 2013 Author Share Posted August 16, 2013 Okay, okay. You named the films...name the exact cues, though. Try that.Oh, and nice job mentioning Call of the Champions.I guess I can include concert pieces in the challenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 The Last Crusade uses a synth choir.Tintin uses a sampled choir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Okay, okay. You named the films...name the exact cues, though. Try that.No thanks...I think I'd be here all day if I tried that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyD 1,223 Posted August 17, 2013 Author Share Posted August 17, 2013 indy4, in your list of films, you forgot A Guide for the Married Man.Alright, I think indy4 has named the most films / TV / concert works of the Maestro where he utilizes choir.Now, for the second part of the challenge. Who can name the most cues from each of these projects that make use of a chorus or choir?Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TownerFan 4,984 Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Will I win a prize? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyD 1,223 Posted August 17, 2013 Author Share Posted August 17, 2013 It is just for good fun. I would not know what prize to give out, let alone HOW to send said prize out, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,365 Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 ESB (synthesized?)In 1980!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylan345 3 Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 I thought that was a real choir, I think the tape is just really messed up so it sounds fake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyD 1,223 Posted August 17, 2013 Author Share Posted August 17, 2013 I think it might have been. Can we get a rain check on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TownerFan 4,984 Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Wrong. He used a 6-women treble choir for the cue underscoring the arrival at Cloud City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyD 1,223 Posted August 17, 2013 Author Share Posted August 17, 2013 Wait, now I am confused. Who is saying that it was a synthesized choir?If you are right, Maurizio, then you just brightened my day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Wrong. He used a 6-women treble choir for the cue underscoring the arrival at Cloud City.Your source? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TownerFan 4,984 Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 I remember something was written in the 1997 RCA edition liner notes. Also, the sheet music of this cue has a part for "voices". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 The SE mentions "Angelic women's voices" but nothing about there being 6 of them.This is important! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TownerFan 4,984 Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Sorry, I was confusing with the Superman blue box liner notes (which mentions a 6-women choir for the Krypton sequences). My bad!However, listening to that cue, it's likely Williams used a very small women ensemble for the Cloud City cue as well. It's definitely not a synthesized one. #SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Always sounded like a small group of singers to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyD 1,223 Posted August 17, 2013 Author Share Posted August 17, 2013 Excellent. Looking back on that cue, I always thought that there was a chorus in that section. I cannot believe that slipped from my memory. So many cues! Actually, it has been a while since I listened to Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylan345 3 Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Doesn't it say he used a real choir on the OST notes for empire? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyD 1,223 Posted August 19, 2013 Author Share Posted August 19, 2013 From the liner notes to Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (2 CD Special Edition) -"Angelic women's voices are heard over the first images of Cloud City..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,556 Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Maurizio is right: "TESB" uses a real choir.JohnnyD, check-out "Gloria" from "Monsignor". Magnifcicent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandor 797 Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 And don't forget Satellite Celebration..! Some of Williams' most powerful choral writing. If only a proper recording existed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyD 1,223 Posted August 20, 2013 Author Share Posted August 20, 2013 Satellite Celebration? What did the Maestro compose it for? I never heard of that piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,529 Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 "Satelite Celebration" is perhaps better known as "Song for World Peace" today and was released on the AMERICAN JOURNEY compilation. There's no choir in that version, though...was there really choir in the original version? It's been a long time since I listened to it so I can't remember.Edit: Listened to it now. Right you are. Some discrete, but pretty choral harmonies in the original version. Hard to discern in the abysmal sound quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TownerFan 4,984 Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Satellite Celebration? What did the Maestro compose it for? I never heard of that piece.'Satellite Celebration' (original version, 1994) / 'Song for World Peace' (reworked version, also revised in 2007)Composed in 1994 for the 1995 New Year’s Day special broadcast, at the request of Seiji OzawaPremiered on January 1, 1995 in Tokyo and other cities via satellite (Seiji Ozawa/Saito Kinen – Isaac Stern, Violin and Yo-Yo Ma, Cello)‘Song for World Peace’ available on American Journey (2002)(John Williams/Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles)http://www.jwfan.com/?page_id=3750 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyD 1,223 Posted August 20, 2013 Author Share Posted August 20, 2013 I have the American Journey album. I did not know that Song for World Peace was a reworked version of Satellite Celebration.It originally had a chorus, huh? Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Maurizio is right: "TESB" uses a real choir.Again, source? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyD 1,223 Posted August 20, 2013 Author Share Posted August 20, 2013 From the liner notes to Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (2 CD Special Edition) -"Angelic women's voices are heard over the first images of Cloud City..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 The booklet doesnt mention 6 singers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyD 1,223 Posted August 21, 2013 Author Share Posted August 21, 2013 Sorry, I was confusing with the Superman blue box liner notes (which mentions a 6-women choir for the Krypton sequences). My bad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,378 Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 ESB uses a real choir. You can tell just by listening, but it's also called for in the sheet music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyD 1,223 Posted August 21, 2013 Author Share Posted August 21, 2013 That is correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,532 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 How many times has JW gone a capella? I can think of two cheats, possible overlays from Azkaban presented on their own: and Anthem of Evil: and Rosewood: Not sure if something like Duel of the Fates' opening should be counted because of how short it is and the rest doesn't follow it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,383 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 In opposite to John Williams song writing I find his choir work really brillant. Apart from using choir more or less as an instrument in an orchestral piece I would find it more interesting listing the choir woorks that are more or less songs and have actually lyrics like Dry your tears, Africa Somewhere in your memory Star of Bethlehem Christmas Star Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas Look down, Lord Light my Way Double Trouble Hymn to Hogwards Thomas and the King What else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 I would add: Gloria The Temple of Doom GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,383 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Right. And probably one could add Immolation from Schindler's List And, ah, Duel of the Fates has some sunskrit lyrics. Probably, it could count as well? Is this more an instrumental with choir support or really a choral piece? I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,378 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 6 hours ago, Holko said: How many times has JW gone a capella? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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