Popular Post Balahkay 629 Posted July 26, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted July 26, 2015 I'm sure I'm not the only one who repeats short musical moments (15 seconds or less) of a Williams' piece. I've discovered probably a close to hundred of these moments in Williams music, especially in his Star Wars scores... a few of them I enjoy more than the full cue. 2:36 - 2:47 Cerebral Cortex, WilliamHorne97 and Xinau 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Dutton 7,714 Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 That's a Williams trademark, creating mini one-off bits of music that could be epic standalone themes to carry an entire score. Oomoog the Ecstatic and Mitth'raw'nuorodo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerebral Cortex 3,359 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 I always really liked this little bit from 1:23 to 1:49. As far as I can tell, it doesn't show up anywhere else in the soundtrack. darkspine10 and Ricard 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,895 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 You reminded me of a great one from CoS3-30 to 3:42 It's some sort of Russian dance or march on cocaine. I love it! Cerebral Cortex and Gnome in Plaid 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,542 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 You reminded me of a great one from CoS3-30 to 3:42Yes! A thousand times yes!Though I'd include 03:16 - 03:30 with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,163 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 One from recent memory: Star Ship Escapes (1:34 - 2:16) from Superman. Love that little bit and another <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-ekfJbWrnGM"frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> 2:07 - end For some reason, it's really a warm, fuzzy ending in the film as the scene of Grant and the kids are sleeping in the tree changes to Ellie watching Hammond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 41,198 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 It's some sort of Russian dance or march on cocaine. I love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Psycho Pianist 218 Posted July 27, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2015 I've always loved the string line from 1:54-2:15 on this track from Philosopher's Stone. So much so that one day I had to transcribe it. Oomoog the Ecstatic, Pando, Cerebral Cortex and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamTheater 131 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 There are way too many little moments in Williams' scores that give me goosebumps, but the one part of Superman I ALWAYS become emotional to is the gorgeous melody for when Jor-El and Lara are saying goodbye to Kal-El, putting him in the crystal ship and the planet is moments away from destruction. Jamie Dutton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerebral Cortex 3,359 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 You reminded me of a great one from CoS3-30 to 3:42 It's some sort of Russian dance or march on cocaine. I love it!That's an amazing one! Excellent choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code 000. Destruct. 0. 4,260 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 The "Sith History" chorale, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JWfangirl1992 18 Posted July 27, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2015 I don't know why but I absolutely love this part of the Battle of Hoth in Empire, such a great climatic moment (4:01-4:23). I have not watched Empire in quite some time but I do believe this part is not in the actual movie itself, but I could be wrong. One goosebumps moment that comes to mind right now is this part of Revenge of the Sith which is actually not on the OST (which kills me). Someone on youtube must agree with me on how great this moment is because they made a short video of just it. It kinda cuts off the beginning part that's not on the OST but you all get the idea. Actually while I was looking for the last clip I was watching this video trying to find the right cue and watching it reminded me that this entire scene is a goosebumps moment for me. I know some people are not huge fans of the movie and the score (as compared to the original trilogy), however, I think that this is one of the best examples in the entire Star Wars Saga that shows Williams' brilliance in writing a piece that gives the scene the exact feel that Lucas wanted the audience to feel while watching it. I know I have many others, however, Star Wars ones are only coming to mind right now. CapitalJ, Not Mr. Big, Gnome in Plaid and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 41,198 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 I don't know why but I absolutely love this part of the Battle of Hoth in Empire, such a great climatic moment (4:01-4:23). I have not watched Empire in quite some time but I do believe this part is not in the actual movie itself, but I could be wrong.Correct, that bit was dialed out of the final film. Always loved that part! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code 000. Destruct. 0. 4,260 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Yeah that middle one you posted is badass. Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balahkay 629 Posted July 27, 2015 Author Share Posted July 27, 2015 Yeah that middle one you posted is badass.Fortunately, we have a clean version of that piece. I remember listening to a DVD rip of that small segment for years.That spiders bit from CoS has been stuck in my head all day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code 000. Destruct. 0. 4,260 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 And unfortunately the "Sith History" chorale I mentioned before is still elusive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Balahkay 629 Posted July 27, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2015 There are still so many great unreleased cues from many of Williams' scores. This cue from POA has been burned in my memory since I first saw the film 10 years ago, especially :32 - :40. Can't wait for a clean version some day. Cerebral Cortex, Not Mr. Big and Darth Mulder 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BloodBoal 7,542 Posted July 27, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2015 Mandatory clip in a thread like this:01:00 - 01:22 Not Mr. Big, Gnome in Plaid and curlytoot 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,779 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Mandatory clip in a thread like this:01:00 - 01:22One of John Williams' best ever tracks if you ask me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeallen01 2,181 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 1:04 - 1:18 of The Catamaran Race from Jaws 2. Stunning. Classic frantic and explosive Williams. The whole piece is one of my absolute favourites of Williams from anything he's done. Total Wild Western adventurousness. Jamie Dutton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,542 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Mandatory clip in a thread like this:01:00 - 01:22One of John Williams' best ever tracks if you ask me.And a good companion piece:01:33 - 01:58 Xinau 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeallen01 2,181 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 0:19 - 0:32 of The Asteroid Field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWfangirl1992 18 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Mandatory clip in a thread like this:01:00 - 01:22One of John Williams' best ever tracks if you ask me.And a good companion piece:01:33 - 01:58 I agree with both of these! When I was listening to Bloodboal's clip I immediately thought of those few seconds in the Battle Over Coruscant, which is such a great opening piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Dutton 7,714 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 0:55 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWfangirl1992 18 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 This is an excellent thread topic because I always appreciate these little moments but I don't think it has ever been brought up other than here or there so it is nice to have an entire thread dedicated to it. I do find it very interesting that a lot of the ones everyone is mentioning are from the Star Wars scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 41,198 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Mandatory clip in a thread like this:What Williams does with The Force Theme in the prequels is just awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 9,069 Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 I'm terrible at remembering and/or obsessing over micro details like this unless I'm doing actual academic analysis. For me, the whole 'journey' is the thing, at least on a 'track level', at a bare minimum. That's not to say there aren't invidivual, small moments with great beauty that I treasure, but they tend to be part of a whole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter.anschutz 43 Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 I've always liked the part of Imperial Attack where the droids escape in the pod (4:20-4:55). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,630 Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Thats just beautiful Code 000. Destruct. 0. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 41,198 Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Great example!Keep em coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,542 Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 04:17 - 04:40Love the creepiness. Muad'Dib 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 41,198 Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 YES!!Such a great moment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricard 2,276 Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 I've always liked the part of Imperial Attack where the droids escape in the pod (4:20-4:55). A personal favorite since day one. I think most of my choices last more than 15 seconds, but I'll keep thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code 000. Destruct. 0. 4,260 Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 2:42 - 2:50 10:19 - end 2:44 - 2:58 3:06 - 3:22 1:22 - 1:32 2:20 - 2:33 2:39 - 2:56 2:46 - 3:06, 3:19 - 3:35 4:20 - 4:50 7:12 - 7:32 And, as always, the Sith chorale from the Darth Plagueis story scene. Cerebral Cortex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balahkay 629 Posted July 30, 2015 Author Share Posted July 30, 2015 One of many I enjoy from TLW - 6:51 to 7:05 CapitalJ and ins 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balahkay 629 Posted July 31, 2015 Author Share Posted July 31, 2015 1:13 - 1:20, 1:30 - 1:40, 1:52 - 2:00, & 2:58 - 3:11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crossfader 618 Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 EDIT: I somehow didn't realize this was a thread reserved for Williams's music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,864 Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Few excerpts from Temple of Doom: 2:02 - 2:20I've noticed that whenever Williams goes aleatoric like this, with the strings going crazy, he decorates around it by adding short phrases and 'snippets' to make the music more interesting. For example here, on top of the strings you hear the bassoon, then clarinet, then horns...all of which give entirely different sounds, and keep the listener engaged. 0:30 - 0:37This is like some sort of tribal dance on acid...(and I should also give special mention to those orchestral slides down, which are also great snippets!)And a couple more from the Harry Potter series: 1:39 - 1:45If there's one snippet of music in Harry Potter that sounds definitely 'wizardly', it's this! (this also appears in "Cornish Pixies" in CoS) 2:09 - 2:15I like the counterpoint in this one! CapitalJ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 41,198 Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Great examples from Indy 2!Also yes, pretty cool how he has those different other instruments do stuff behind the aleotoric strings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,779 Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 I absolutely love the string interlude at 0:54 or so of this clip, particularly in the context of the film. Cerebral Cortex and MaxMovieMan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurkensalat 355 Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 I always get goosebumps at the first 30 sec of this Schindlers LIst Track.For me the most beautiful music of John Williams is 2:22 to 2:55 in this Always compilation:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bmdIjSh4cA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oskar 80 Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Two of my absolute favorite short musical moments are from Jane Eyre: 2:03 to 2:33 and 3:31 to 3:41. Gnome in Plaid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrScratch 296 Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 That brief action cue from the Battle of Endor. I don't know the exact track and time, but the cue right before The Final Duel. That music was always memorable from watching the movie and I remember hoping it would be on the 1993 Anthology Box Set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 41,198 Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 They called it "Overtaking The Bunker" on the 1997 set.Original cue title: "The Battle Rages" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,864 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 A very short snippet: 0:10 - 0:12There's literally no better way to orchestrate that "Ta DA" chord at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,895 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 I mentioned it in another thread but I love Stepping Stones from KOTCS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 967 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 1:09 - 1:26THOSE CELLOS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 41,198 Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 How about that glorious fanfare that opens "Swordfight" on LLL's Hook CD?The one at 12:11 in this video The B section of Luke's theme in Main Title / Ice Planet Hoth (4:25-4:43) That little run-through is so unlike the way Luke's theme is ever handled anywhere else...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crossfader 618 Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 1:24Horn section playing parallel major chords. Brilliant! CapitalJ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 41,198 Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 This is a thread for JOHN WILLIAMS short musical moments....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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