Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 On 13/12/2022 at 7:32 PM, rough cut said: We’re visiting family in Madrid, Spain, when I noticed this playing in the background for the kids. Cool! weird as more or less is a literal translation of the english song while the official film version sung by a spanish singer in the end credits had a different translation Jay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rough cut 1,714 Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 Cool, right?! Especially since the parents who picked the video/playlist purely did it with the purpose of entertaining their two kids (age 3 and 1). All videos have is accompanied by a ‘cute’ animation and the playlist compiles a selection of christmas songs with some traditional Spanish christmas music as well. And then, suddenly, I hear Johnny! It’s incredible what reach that man has. Here’s the full playlist: (JW at 48:22, same animation as above) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Marian Schedenig 8,200 Posted December 25, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 25, 2022 On 02/12/2022 at 11:39 AM, BB-8 said: I've only got the expanded HA2 and the HA OST. Am I missing anything significant? It's absolutely essential. It's a rare case of an expansion where an unused alternate is actually one of the very best cues from the entire score: Holko, Tom, Marc and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,079 Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 2 hours ago, Marian Schedenig said: It's absolutely essential. It's a rare case of an expansion where an unused alternate is actually one of the very best cues from the entire score: Do we know whether JW did this arrangement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve 593 Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 7 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said: Do we know whether JW did this arrangement? Yes, he also did the one from the OST. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trope 527 Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 On 25/12/2022 at 12:41 AM, Holko said: Maybe that they're trying to count them, Buzz is interfering, and they're miscounting them because the neighbour kid "stands in for" Kevin? Okay, so the "hard" in "Hard Count" refers to the difficulty of the counting process, and is not a typo or misreading of "head" (as in "head count"). Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-8 3,478 Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 Perhaps it should be "Herd Count". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igger6 894 Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 Not exactly concert-related, but I just found this and it's fantastic: fommes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,349 Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 I have to say this and I have to say it now: I love, LOVE that moment around 2:04 in the album version of Have Yourself a MLC and how he sings the first line after that crescendo. Ah, the joy of winding down with Christmas music in February. Once 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,349 Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Question: Why did a track like Setting the Trap not need an (extended version) as it's a bit longer than on the OST? Also, it's a bit unfortunate that in the end credits, the cue after Holiday Flight starts a bit too late, the first note should clearly overlap with the end of HF. Finally, it seems a bit strange that phone machine could not be its own track. BB-8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Steve 593 Posted December 23, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2023 A very nice video from 1991 with Williams playing some of "Somehwere in my memory" on the piano and talking about scoring the film: KittBash, Trope, crumbs and 11 others 11 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Marian Schedenig 8,200 Posted December 23, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2023 Oh, excellent! I came across a short version of that recently, but that was an article embed. The YouTube version is longer, and allows me to download it - for next year's pre-Christmas film night, I'm (already) planning to do Home Alone (which I haven't seen in forever), and now I can play the Williams video as an opener (never miss a chance to educate and enlighten your film audience about film music!) bollemanneke, BB-8 and Once 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,349 Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Do we know where this comes from? Is it on a Blu-Ray? BB-8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,369 Posted December 23, 2023 Author Share Posted December 23, 2023 It's a piece made for the US television program Entertainment Tonight. bollemanneke and BB-8 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve 593 Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 1 hour ago, Jay said: It's a piece made for the US television program Entertainment Tonight In 1990. It is from 1991 according to the video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom 4,661 Posted December 23, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2023 I did not realize how little time and how close to the premiere that Williams scored this. Crazy how good he is when he is pure instinct. BB-8, crumbs, Brando and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-8 3,478 Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Amazing how JW is able to transform a profane slap-stick childrens' movie into something of ever-lasting value that one simply cannot say no to. Tom and Brando 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brando 1,864 Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 I remember reading in the booklet that he said he was “enchanted” by it when he was at that screening held at Amblin I think it was? It’s cool how he sees a (on the surface before release) a relatively small movie and thinks it’s magical and wants to retell it musically and then creates something that people remember upon the first watch. BB-8 and rpvee 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,200 Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 38 minutes ago, Brando said: It’s cool how he sees a (on the surface before release) a relatively small movie and thinks it’s magical and wants to retell it musically and then creates something that people remember upon the first watch. The question is, of course: How magical was it before Williams worked on it? How "big" (in narrative scope, not commercial success) was it without music? bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom 4,661 Posted December 24, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 24, 2023 1 hour ago, Marian Schedenig said: The question is, of course: How magical was it before Williams worked on it? How "big" (in narrative scope, not commercial success) was it without music? The movie had a lot of heart, so there would have been something. However, in terms of what other composers might have done, the melancholic/Christmas/fun combination is really hard to nail. Guaraldi did it perfectly, but that is about it. I think Williams was essential in this case. BB-8, Holko and Brando 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Edmilson 7,466 Posted December 24, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 24, 2023 I love that in the early 90s JW had his telephone right above his piano, so when it rang (and I imagined it rang all the time) he didn't need to get up to answer it Also, I'd like to think that this made easier for him to play some notes on the piano during a phone call with Spielberg or any director/producer he happened to be working with. Marc, rpvee, BB-8 and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tydirium 1,167 Posted December 24, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 24, 2023 12 hours ago, Steve said: A very nice video from 1991 with Williams playing some of "Somehwere in my memory" on the piano and talking about scoring the film: “…in all my 30 years of writing." It’s kind of surreal to hear him say that, and then think of the fact that he’s been writing another 30(+!) years since that statement. Also wild to think that when Home Alone came out, around the same amount of time had passed between Heidi and it (22 years), as has passed between HP1 and DOD… Really puts things into perspective, and makes those late 60s/early 70s scores feel not quite so long ago. BB-8, Jay, Marc and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,370 Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 4 hours ago, Tom said: The movie had a lot of heart, so there would have been something. However, in terms of what other composers might have done, the melancholic/Christmas/fun combination is really hard to nail. Guaraldi did it perfectly, but that is about it. I think Williams was essential in this case. From the kind of movie I would have said, Home Alone could have been typical Alan Silvestri territory. And I am sure, he could have provided a fine score, too. Of course not on the level of Williams. But that would not have been necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BB-8 3,478 Posted December 24, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 24, 2023 4 hours ago, Edmilson said: ET home phone... Andy, Edmilson and Brando 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuartalHarmony 543 Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 BBC Radio 3 has just played a track from HA1 as part of their live Christmas Eve programme. It wasn’t an obvious choice of track - anyone care to guess which they played? Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,483 Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 9 minutes ago, QuartalHarmony said: BBC Radio 3 has just played a track from HA1 as part of their live Christmas Eve programme. It wasn’t an obvious choice of track - anyone care to guess which they played? Mark 'The Man of the House,Police Check'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuartalHarmony 543 Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 Well done - Man of the House, it was. Interesting choice, when there are so many ‘obvious’ tracks they could have chosen. bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,466 Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 4 hours ago, QuartalHarmony said: BBC Radio 3 has just played a track from HA1 as part of their live Christmas Eve programme. It wasn’t an obvious choice of track - anyone care to guess which they played? I'm pretty confident it was this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rpvee 805 Posted December 24, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 24, 2023 Cute interview! And always so nice to hear Williams play his own famous themes. I was able to filter out the talking and combined the two bits of playing to put together a whole little statement of the theme. JW Plays Home Alone Theme on Piano (Entertainment Tonight Interview Filter-Combo).mp3 Trope, Jay, Tydirium and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,349 Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 Classic FM played a horrid RSNO arrrangement of Somewhere in my Memory. Can we please ban these kinds of things and play the originals? And now Christmas at Hogwarts played by Prague. Even better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc 768 Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 Merry Christmas everyone !! 📯🎁🎺 Tom and MikeH 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igger6 894 Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 The Chicago PBS affiliate played a Christmas concert from DePaul Univerty the other night, which ended with “Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas!” blissfully transitioning to instrumental for the credits. I commented to my brother that it sounded like Dustin Hoffman swordfighting a T. rex on Christmas, which I proceeded to input into an AI image generator, and here’s what I got. I also highly recommend “Merry Christmas, Ya Filthy Animal” by the Black Flamingos if I haven’t shared it here before. A surf guitar Home Alone medley—what’s not to love? Merry Christmas to the filthy animals of JWFan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 What is protruding from the trex elbow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,369 Posted December 26, 2023 Author Share Posted December 26, 2023 AI has a very hard time with fingers and hands on people, I guess that extends to animals too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,200 Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 It has roots, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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