Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Which cues of his cause the hairs on your back stand on their end every time? One that hits me really hard is the track 'No Road Home' from EMPIRE OF THE SUN. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1-a5OCIYgs 0:00-2:19. Joni Wiljami and Incanus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 The opening choral segment of Stored Memories. Hell, the whole cue.When Sir Richard's sarcophagus is revealed to a solemn reading of the grail theme, and the earlier statement when Marcus and Indy are in Henry's study.The Force theme at the start of Tales Of A Jedi Knight. You've already heard it during the binary sunset, but this setting is the one that made the biggest impression on me the first time. It's very haunting; it sounds distant, archaic, steeped in history, and makes the imagination run wild envisioning what that history could be. Bespin and DarthDementous 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,915 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Haunting is JW's middle name. Which of his scores does NOT have a haunting idea? For example: Jaws, when the orca leaves doc. Close Encounters when the people on the hill think they see UFOs (that are in fact helicopters) plus the first time they see devil mountain or the UFOs at the end, Star Wars Force, Raiders Ark, Empire (throughout), etc. Mr. Shark, I think what you describe as haunting, I describe as "sense of wonder" and who else encapsulates that spirit better than JW? It is his DNA. Seriously, who else comes close to that sense of haunting wonder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,722 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Just a few off the top of my head:Hatching a Baby Raptor from JPSearch for the Blue Fairy from A.I.Hester's Theme and the House from The Fury (the harp reading of the main theme always gets me)As the Water... from Memoirs of a GeishaThe Face of Pan from Hook (yes yes the opening has that Delerue quote but the main flute melody is just one of the most sublime pastoral things JW has ever created. The concert version wonderfully expands the original ideas). Williams really captures the mythical dimension of the character and his meaning and even a bit of Pan, the piper god himself, in the music. publicist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 The choral passage from "Farewell Neverland". Incanus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Still sends chills down my spine every time I hear it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,308 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,376 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 JAWS: Into the Estuary, when Brody is watching the Shark swimming away (I think)Raiders: Reunion In the Tent, love the Ark theme statements in this.AOTC: End of Finale and Across the Stars.ROTJ: The Levitation, the statements of the Force theme are the best in the saga IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,553 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Well, one would need to define 'haunting', I guess. It's a pretty wide word.But one of my main reasons for having Williams as a favourite composer is his particular penchant for what I call 'the religious sound' (alternatively 'the spiritual sound'). So all of the tracks in that category also fall in the 'haunting' category, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,376 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Well, one would need to define 'haunting', I guess. It's a pretty wide word.I would define it as:Emotionally resonant, distant, or fragile sounding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted January 23, 2014 Author Share Posted January 23, 2014 Mr. Shark, I think what you describe as haunting, I describe as "sense of wonder" and who else encapsulates that spirit better than JW? I wouldn't really use 'sense of wonder' to describe the track I posted. Instead, I hear a potent mix of desperation, horror and sadness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,915 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Mr. Shark, I think what you describe as haunting, I describe as "sense of wonder" and who else encapsulates that spirit better than JW?I wouldn't really use 'sense of wonder' to describe the track I posted. Instead, I hear a potent mix of desperation, horror and sadness.Makes sense. You're right I think your track is haunting and some I proposed are more "sense of awe/wonder". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Yes, I retract my Indy/Star Wars examples as they stray a bit beyond haunting in a depressing sense. But the AI one embodies that completely for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 I add DRACULA's end titles, especially the yearning-yet-lonesome oboe reading, which always resonated with me as the most elegant romantic depiction of 'haunting'. Incanus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Perhaps a bit too dark to fall under "haunting", but this always sends the chills down my spine: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Recently. The Visitor on Himmel Street and Rudy is Taken haunted me for a couple of hours after I saw the film .Those scenes hit me pretty hard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 edit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,068 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 In Prisoner of Azkaban there is this wonderfully haunting moment where I think the camera is flying over the Hogwarts Express as it winds around the misty scene and you have these distant and incomplete echoes of A Window to the Past.It's genuinely my favorite John Williams haunting moment. And it's about 5-7 seconds tops.The music itself is misty. What's more haunting than mist?! Incanus and Once 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Yoda lifting the X-wing is a contender for top spot of all times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,591 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 I add DRACULA's end titles, especially the yearning-yet-lonesome oboe reading, which always resonated with me as the most elegant romantic depiction of 'haunting'. That's a good one, Pub! Speaking of oboes, I really like "Return To The City".I think that the first part of "Brody Misunderstood", is really haunting. The soft horns are really nice. Incanus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Some stuff on Munich is pretty haunting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 389 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPqF3zpmhmg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,376 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Tractor Beam from SW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,591 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Do you mean the track that used to be called the first part of "Inner City"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,376 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 No, I mean the first part of the 97 SE track Tractor Beam/Chasm Crossfire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,591 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 I'll check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted January 24, 2014 Author Share Posted January 24, 2014 It's the bit you thought it was, Rich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,591 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Ah! Thanks, Sharkey. BTW, and while we are on that particular subject...is there a synthesiser in that track, or is some sort of brass? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted January 24, 2014 Author Share Posted January 24, 2014 All you're hearing is what you hear in the rest of the score - 6 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones (occasionally a 4th on bass trombone) and 2 tubas, along with 2 bassoons and 1 contrabassoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 The entire score to Images, but more specifically when the strings flutter in at 3:18 of "In Search Of Unicorns." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,591 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Good choice, Koray.Howzabout the end title to "Presumed Innocent"?Actually, "Ghostbreaker" is pretty haunting. Ghost? Hanuting? Get it? It's the way I tell 'em Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwig 1,120 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Mr. Shark referred drew my attention to the haunting sounds in this cue and they've been faves ever since. The first 15 seconds are especially bone chilling, and the resolution to a minor chord at 0:12 sounds like inevitable doom:http://youtu.be/bbJOiI3vLB4 Sharkissimo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Secrets of the Castle from PoADeath of ----- from War Horseanything from Dracula - the End Titles, Lucy's Abduction especiallyAnakin's BetrayalConfluenceCinque is CapturedLeaving Ingrid...and of course "Crimebuster" from Heartbeeps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,722 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Death of ----- from War Horse...and of course "Crimebuster" from Heartbeeps!You can freely mention the Death of Topthorn indy4. The film has been out for 2 years. No need to avoid spoilers in this case.Oh and yes Crimebuster haunts me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Am I the only one who can't listen to Stored Memories without massive mental preparation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,722 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Am I the only one who can't listen to Stored Memories without massive mental preparation?I think The Search for the Blue Fairy is even more so to me ( I am in the minority who likes the solo soprano over the film version though) but yes Stored Memories demands that from me too. It is in itself such a wonderful musical journey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandor 798 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Any track from Schindler's List. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Am I the only one who can't listen to Stored Memories without massive mental preparation?I think The Search for the Blue Fairy is even more so to me ( I am in the minority who likes the solo soprano over the film version though) but yes Stored Memories demands that from me too. It is in itself such a wonderful musical journey.I prefer the soloist too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,376 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Do you mean the track that used to be called the first part of "Inner City"?Its in The Last Battle also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balahkay 627 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 This one has always given me the willies. Joni Wiljami 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Once 605 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Most of Images, Memoirs of a Geisha and Azkaban has a very special meaning to me, and as a result I find there to be a lot of haunting moments in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 This one has always given me the willies.This greatest soundtrack ever is a synonym to the haunting music, sometimes little bit scary but always somehow haunted.I tried also to post some tracks from it but it didn't work. Again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted January 24, 2014 Author Share Posted January 24, 2014 Mr. Shark referred drew my attention to the haunting sounds in this cue and they've been faves ever since. The first 15 seconds are especially bone chilling, and the resolution to a minor chord at 0:12 sounds like inevitable doom:http://youtu.be/bbJOiI3vLB4This is the kind of thing I'm talking about - especially the build up between 1:40 and 2:22.BLACK SUNDAY is another incredibly haunting score from the maestro.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYRsrfJZvhI&list=PL1DF0FC837D85DE50&index=5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 I'm not very good in English but these(and the EOS one) are very good definition what I understand the word haunting means.And one of the greatest gifts of Mr. Williams is to create these kind of atmospheres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Missed this till today (because it's in here). How about the part where an unusual little explorer wanders in awe through the dark and vast woods of a strange alien world in E.T. The Extra Terrestrial? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,591 Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 I've always loved that bit. It's almost religious in feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,376 Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Mola Rams Speech/The Evil Potion from TOD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,591 Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 The begining of "Padme's Ruminations". That solo female voice gets me every time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,227 Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 It might be an obvious choice, but no other John Williams piece (and few other pieces of film music) can make the hairs on my back stand on end as much as this. Its stark intensity somehow manages to remain fresh and devastating despite its familiarity.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFmoVfi9ie4 indy4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,591 Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 I am unable to access this. What piece is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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