Favorite short musical moments in Williams scores?

[SteveMc 2,675]

Delightful

[Ricardo Mortimer 43]

 

Yeah, this belongs here!!!

[Loert 2,740]

 

0:58 - 1:06  - notice how the strings start out a little rough, before coming together in perfect synchronization by about 1:03. There's nothing in the score to suggest the strings "come together" in this way. So, if this wasn't planned, then it's a "happy accident", because to me it almost perfectly represents the last few seconds before the attack of an army, as they enter final position.

[Martinland 361]

On 1/5/2016 at 8:21 PM, Loert said:

unrelated ideas [at the beginning of end credits to '1941']

You do know that this relates to the parade of cast members presented during the end cast frame by frame? ;-D

[Loert 2,740]

If John Williams were ever to write a "Star Wars opera", then this short track would make a great opening to the 2nd or 3rd act:

 

 

You can almost hear the tenor coming in at the end: "Yooooodaaaaa haaaas faaaaaaaaaaaallen!!!"

[Sunshine Reger 3,609]

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[Arpy 4,159]

I can't describe how warm and nostalgic this little part of 'They Will Come' from The Rise of Skywalker is. One of my favourite parts of the entire score and it's barely 10 seconds long!

0:28-0:38

Just a brief moment for woodwinds and harp that evokes memories of Williams' Prequel writing, but cuts deeper into something which feels intrinsically, undeniably 'Williamsy'.

[Will 2,254]

 

2:35 - 2:48

 

Utterly delicious harmonies. It's little moments like these that make TPM probably my favorite SW score. 

[Loert 2,740]

 

1:20 - 1:27 - that moment when you forget you aren't writing the score for A.I. today

[Jurassic Shark 13,360]

It's an easter egg.

[Bellosh 3,941]

Amistad - 'Adam's Summation'  (1:44 - end)

 

 

[Sir Hilary Bray 235]

 

 

 

0.55 to about 1.05/1.07

 

rewatching Ep1 last night and always like the Force Theme here. Qui-Gon as he tries to break through, the hint of desperation as the droids attack. 

[Loert 2,740]

 

2:33 - 2:41 Gotta love those juicy brass hits in the low register.

[Bellosh 3,941]

Keeping with TFA and specifically, 'Torn Apart'

 

1:29-1:58, after Kylo kills Han.  Reminds me of some of the dramatic sequences in ROTS when everything is going to shit for the heroes.  Just has an awfully dreadful feeling to it.

 

 

[Loert 2,740]

Again keeping with 'Torn Apart':

 

 

3:26 - 3:40: I love this short moment of tension, especially the rustling strings, which give the impression of the music floating upwards.

 

 

[mrbellamy 6,797]

1:11-1:19

 

Also those five flute/xylo (?) hits at 0:18 as the X-Wings are cruising into Starkiller have always been a big fave

 

 

[Bellosh 3,941]

0:51-1:10. The Stormtrooper motif here just makes me want to shake my hips. 

 

 

[Bellosh 3,941]

2:36-2:58; with 2:49 being one of my favorite transitions the Maestro has ever scored.

 

 

[Oomoog the Ecstatic 314]

On 1/30/2020 at 7:58 PM, Ricardo Mortimer said:

 

Yeah, this belongs here!!!

 

Anything by Bruce Broughton belongs here. If you post it in the Non-JW Moments thread you're breaking the rules.

[Bellosh 3,941]

5 Indy fanfares (film version) is better than 3 (Concord release)  

 

 

[Bellosh 3,941]

0:26-1:33 of 'A Legend is Born' - The Terminal.  Has some real 'seafaring' vibes.

 

 

[Bellosh 3,941]

The coda in the 1941 end credits always makes me happy. 

 

 

 

0:00-1:20 of 'Journey to the Island'.  With a cue that has both of the major themes from the score, the opening of this track is just so fucking beautiful, that sometimes I forget to appreciate it.

 

 

 

1:50-2:08 of 'Revisiting Normandy'. The movie and score have just begun and I already want to cry.

 

 

[Bellosh 3,941]

Was gonna select a portion of this cue, but screw it, the whole cue is perfect.

 

 

[Edmilson 9,122]

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[Jay 39,755]

It's the other way around; It's a unique fanfare in that one film cue, that he later decided to incorporate into the concert arrangement

[crlbrg 382]

On 4/3/2020 at 9:32 PM, Bellosh said:

Keeping with TFA and specifically, 'Torn Apart'

 

1:29-1:58, after Kylo kills Han.  Reminds me of some of the dramatic sequences in ROTS when everything is going to shit for the heroes.  Just has an awfully dreadful feeling to it.

 

 

For some reason this section from TFA always reminds of this...might be the timpani pounding the same note.

 

[Cerebral Cortex 3,358]

0:40-0:42 is if Williams was asked to score Breath of the Wild. 

 

 

[Jay 39,755]

[Pando 147]

On 3/30/2020 at 10:25 AM, Fabulin said:

I you want to hear a Star Wars opera, try the Holiday Special:

 

 

Holy crap. Wookiees wearing gowns is the funniest thing I've seen here for a while.

[bruce marshall 1,378]

There is a short interlude during " Love Theme from SUPERMAN( end title) where the strings play a beautiful passage with plucked bass😍 before returning to the main melody.

2:02-2:15

Pure BBlBliBlisBlissBliss.

 

[Bellosh 3,941]

:00-:33

 

 

[Bellosh 3,941]

1:11-1:18

 

 

[toothless 985]

It's been a while I haven't posted in this thread and I'm sure this has already been share but, hell! This moment gives me a big smile and, to me, screams like Williams is saying

 

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"I'm enjoying the hell out of this last last Star Wars"

 

1:09 - 1:26

 

 

[Bellosh 3,941]

been listening to Home Alone recently, for obvious reasons.

 

:08-:14

 

:51-1:03 of the same track.

 

[Jay 39,755]

Such a cute theme

[Bellosh 3,941]

:23-:43

 

 

[artguy360 1,909]

On 8/17/2020 at 8:13 PM, bruce marshall said:

There is a short interlude during " Love Theme from SUPERMAN( end title) where the strings play a beautiful passage with plucked bass😍 before returning to the main melody.

2:02-2:15

Pure BBlBliBlisBlissBliss.

 

I might be crazy for thinking this and completely misreading the JW fandom, but the Love Theme from Superman seems like an underrated JW theme. It's so perfect and speaks with a directness and simplicity that makes it one of JW's most concise themes.

[bruce marshall 1,378]

JW fans tend to gravitate towards more ' manly' music.

Hence, the obsession with ' Tank Chase' and the desire to own every action cue from SW and IJ.

[Bellosh 3,941]

Probably my favorite moment in the Close Encounters score.

 

2:53-3:20.   The dissonant strings leading into the surreal 5 notes theme at 2:59, followed by powerful strings.

 

 

 

[Holko 10,396]

 

This brand new midsection for the Grail Knights theme for the credits, which i think of as representing the Joneses having now written themselves into a new chapter of their history.

[Jay 39,755]

Makes me wish he had made a standalone grail knights theme concert arrangement track!  Imagine the slow quiet intro he could craft to build up to the first main statement of the theme....

[Loert 2,740]

9:06 - 9:14

 

 

Love the strings here.

[Antonb 119]

I dont now about short, but I love the whole freezing in carbonite music and the final scene in The Empire Strikes Back.

[Jurassic Shark 13,360]

I like the 20th Century Fox fanfare.

[Jay 39,755]

On 13/11/2021 at 7:54 PM, Loert said:

9:06 - 9:14

 

 

Love the strings here.

 

Yes!  Sounds like a family sitting down around a cozy fire on a cold winter's day

[Bellosh 3,941]

:35-1:08

 

this is what makes JW so good.  this part in the cue has no business being so good.  its a freaking movie about tom hanks stuck in an airport and we still get cues like this.  it's unreal.

 

 

[The Illustrious Jerry 3,357]

Seven Years in Tibet is my favourite John Williams score and it's chock-full of these great moments. I've been listening to it a lot over the past few weeks and I notice something new every time. 

 

I love how stretched the main theme is here, and those impending strings are soooo good! Absolutely chill-inducing when paired with bells + piano at 2:25, and that's before the big finish! Can't really think of anything quite comparable in JW's career to the genuinely epic conclusion at 3:08.

 

 

It's a smaller thing but I've always loved how particularly pronounced the bells are at the start of this cue: 

 

 

I know there's been some speculation about whether an expansion is in store, and while I have no doubts that the specialty label treatment would be kickass, I personally find that the OST is flawless and leaves nothing to be desired. I'm not even sure how much more music there would be to discover but I'll certainly pick up a copy (should it come to fruition) out of obligation to my favourite score and the work of the label alone. In any case, it's awesome stuff!

[Holko 10,396]

23 minutes ago, The Illustrious Jerry said:

while I have no doubts that the specialty label treatment would be kickass, I personally find that the OST is flawless and leaves nothing to be desired.

Even I agree! Not that I know the film or a missing cue list well or at all, but a lot of other OSTs feel badly assembled to me regardless of that. Not this piece of perfection.

[Jay 39,755]

1 hour ago, Bellosh said:

:35-1:08

 

this is what makes JW so good.  this part in the cue has no business being so good.  its a freaking movie about tom hanks stuck in an airport and we still get cues like this.  it's unreal.

 

 

 

Great post

[Edmilson 9,122]

When I first listened to the OST, prior to watching the movie, I heard this part and thought "Hey, this is a very Schindler's List-like choir! It must underscore something very tragic and dramatic!".

 

Then I watched the movie and discovered it was just for a shot of Rey lifting some CGI rocks.