Smaug The Iron 517 Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 On 5/27/2020 at 8:12 AM, Smaug The Iron said: They are playing Home Alone on the 18th of December in my hometown. I have already booked my ticket Unfortunately thanks to the pandemic it has changed date to the 16th of December 2021. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,362 Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Just listen to the score for now. It's amazing how it can make me forget all the current misery in the world. crlbrg and Smaug The Iron 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,355 Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 I've had the LLL for over 2 years and still haven't given it a listen. This Christmas it will happen! bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smaug The Iron 517 Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 I just saw it and it was great. Wonderfull performance of the Malmö Symphony Orchestra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,355 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 On 03/11/2020 at 11:14 PM, crumbs said: I've had the LLL for over 2 years and still haven't given it a listen. This Christmas it will happen! Finally heard disc 1 of the LLL. Great score! I can see why this would be riotous live. Holko and bollemanneke 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,441 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 It's one of the most fun Live to Projection shows I've attended Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,441 Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 In the latest episode of Maurizio's The Legacy of John Williams podcast, Mike Matessino reveals that this past December, John Williams attended a Home Alone: Live To Projection concert at Disney Hall in LA, was in the audience for the entire movie and was introduced at the end! https://thelegacyofjohnwilliams.com/2022/01/29/remembering-leslie-bricusse/ The Home Alone: Live To Projection discussion is about 1 hour, 35 minutes in, but the entire episode is well worth a listen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post crocodile 8,033 Posted December 10, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 10, 2022 Finally managed to catch one of these. It's about to start. Karol Tom, GlastoEls, TSMefford and 8 others 7 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brando 1,870 Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 I'd love to see Home Alone in concert, but haven't seen any in Florida lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan95 66 Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 This concert was a pretty big hit for Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in 2019, so they're doing it again. Conducted by Nicholas Buc crocodile and Brando 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Datameister 2,056 Posted December 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2022 Finally experienced my first LTP concert, and it was Home Alone at the Walt Disney Concert Hall last night. David Newman led the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra through a fun, vigorous, technically superb performance. I love the variations on "Somewhere in My Memory" leading into the intermission—hadn't heard those before. My only musical disappointment was the drum set in "Setting the Trap." I think they just used the drum machine stem from the original recording. I don't mind the cheesy electronic drums at all, but they lacked a certain "oomph" alongside the live orchestra. I think playing it on a real drum set would have been more effective. But it's all good. Loved hearing the celeste and organ played live. crocodile, Brando, bollemanneke and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,441 Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 Interesting, I'm pretty sure when I saw it in Boston they had a live drum kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,362 Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 Does the orchestra play the carol source music when Kate is trying to get home? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,441 Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 No bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondheim 1,157 Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 Is there any music heard at this that isn’t on the LLL? What about that intermission music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,441 Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 Tooth Stinger should also be present, though I don't recall if they play it live or it comes out of the speakers. Harry's whistling comes out of the speakers of course They play Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas from HA2 as an encore Here's more: On 27/12/2014 at 8:39 PM, Jay said: I'm at the show right now, intermission just started. The concert started with the orchestra playing the 20th Century Fox Fanfare that opens the film live, which was a nice bonus! "Hard Count" wasn't played, and Run Run Rudolph was played over the speakers instead of the orchestra playing Making The Plane, unfortunately. The combination of "Drug Store" and "Escape Across The Ice" was really well-done live, like it was always one cue! The intermission point is right after Listening To Carson, which was extended to have a cool concert-like ending. (The screen fades to black after the scene and "intermission" appears on the screen, but the music keeps going straight through until the piece is done). Wish I had known and tried to record that. I didn't notice any other score changes yet. Choir wasn't on stage for the entire first half - I never noticed before that choir doesn't enter the score until the second half of the movie (probably because we're only a third of the way through the score). On 27/12/2014 at 10:06 PM, Jay said: Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas had only the Mel Torme vocal coming from the speakers; the orchestral accompaniment and backing vocals were live! The end credits had the We Wish You A Merry Christmas vocal! After the end credits, they played / sang Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas from HA2! Brando and bollemanneke 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datameister 2,056 Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 That's all consistent with the performance I saw. @blondheim the intermission music definitely isn't on the LLL album. Unless it's from some later concert suite or something, I think it must have been written for the LTP. If I remember correctly, it's fairly similar to the end of "Somewhere in My Memory," but still very noticeably different. If it wasn't JW's handiwork, it was arranged by someone who really understands his idiom. blondheim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,362 Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 It seems really weird that that airport music is not performed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 Was Home Alone the first Williams LTP score to be widely available for renting/licensing by any orchestra in the world? I know ET had the anniversary concert in 2002, but was it being played in cities around the world before Home Alone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,441 Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 I think it was among the first. But for Williams scores I believe I saw ET and maybe Raiders before it? And the LOTR LTPs were the big breakthroughs of the medium I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondheim 1,157 Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 Well, I guess I need to wait for this to come back around so I can hear that arrangement. I'm sort of a Home Alone completist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Biodome 714 Posted December 3, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 3, 2023 John Williams is being performed live in London once again: https://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/events/2023/home-alone-in-concert/ I'm just waiting for today's concert to begin! Omen II, Martinland, crocodile and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,033 Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 A lot of fun. I attended one recently and it was great. Have fun! 😀 Karol Biodome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,559 Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 41 minutes ago, Biodome said: I'm just waiting for today's concert to begin! You really get around, Biodome. I'm envious of your financial possibility to do so -- especially now with the weak krone. Biodome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,362 Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 I went yesterday! Review coming up shortly. Biodome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biodome 714 Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 Here's the ending! They also played Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas! 4 hours ago, Thor said: You really get around, Biodome. I'm envious of your financial possibility to do so -- especially now with the weak krone. It does make a dent in my finances, and now especially with the krone, it's very noticeable, and a full-time job is barely enough. Nevertheless, I think it's worth it. I wasn't even going to London because of Home Alone, though. It was an afterthought, as I noticed that there luckily was a concert today at RAH. I went with some family to see Phantom of the Opera yesterday. That one was also a great experience. Here's the conductor doing a little performance for us after the end: VID_20231202_220226_HLG.mp4 rpvee and Brando 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brando 1,870 Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas was awesome!! bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igger6 894 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 That piece is a masterwork. The lyrics are insipid, but it's my vote for the best melodic Christmas work Williams ever wrote. There's hardly a Christmas movie in existence that couldn't benefit from having that theme play in its climax. It's like the Lost Boys and the T. rex are having a wassail together. bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,362 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 17 hours ago, Biodome said: Here's the ending! They also played Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas! It does make a dent in my finances, and now especially with the krone, it's very noticeable, and a full-time job is barely enough. Nevertheless, I think it's worth it. I wasn't even going to London because of Home Alone, though. It was an afterthought, as I noticed that there luckily was a concert today at RAH. I went with some family to see Phantom of the Opera yesterday. That one was also a great experience. Here's the conductor doing a little performance for us after the end: VID_20231202_220226_HLG.mp4 266.41 MB · 0 downloads Ah, thank you SO much for the video! This will be a good memory! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mrbellamy 6,331 Posted December 9, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 9, 2023 Got to see my fifth JW LTP after HP 1 and 3 and SW 6 and 7. I think this was my favorite in some ways because the movie is less noisy than those action-packed movies so the music is almost never competing with the sound mix. It was especially a pleasure to hear some of the soloists, like the trumpet at 0:51 or French horn at 3:35 One fun bonus was that the actress who played the cashier at the grocery store was present in our audience -- apparently she participated in the pre-concert conversation which I missed -- and Richard Kaufman made us all aware at the beginning of the concert. She got a deserving round of applause at the beginning and end of her scene MikeH, bollemanneke, Biodome and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 80sFan 108 Posted December 21, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 21, 2023 Interesting article https://slate.com/culture/2023/12/home-alone-orchestra-live-concert-2023.html bollemanneke, SyncMan and Brando 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 4,682 Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 2 hours ago, 80sFan said: Interesting article https://slate.com/culture/2023/12/home-alone-orchestra-live-concert-2023.html Statements like this is what snobs always miss: the musicians themselves appreciate the qualities of Williams's pieces: “I’ve been looking forward to playing John Williams scores for a long time,” said Sonia Mantell, a cellist with the Minnesota Orchestra. “No one has a bad part. It just feels very easy to be engaged the whole time when playing his film scores.” Sometimes I don't think these writers have any real understanding of what they are writing about: "Home Alone has a famous set piece in its last act that features a Rube Goldberg machine–esque sequence of booby traps, and naturally it’s all choreographed to match the score perfectly." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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