How many of you have already played JW music in an orchestra?

[Gurkensalat 367]

I am just curious, because yesterday I had the chance to actually participated in a first rehearsal of Superman March, Olympic Fanfare, Flying Theme and Jurassic Park Theme. It was great, but man, those parts are difficult to play!! I see some study time ahead over Easter...

[Thor 9,323]

Wish I'd played an instrument properly, but alas....would have been fun to play JW -- if only in a marching band or whatever.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 11,285]

Hornist for sure. Maybe Joe Brassaum too. Airmanjerm probably conducted JW, Ren has.

[Wojo 2,458]

I've played JW in both concert and marching bands. 

[Loert 3,050]

I wish.

 

But I have an evil plan, which is to become conductor of my local school symphony orchestra, and make them learn "The Mine Car Chase" from Temple of Doom. Mwahahaha!!! 

 

 

[Incanus 5,882]

Is the crying flautist in that picture desperately trying to perform The Mine Car Chase and failing miserably with the tricky flurries of notes?

[Wojo 2,458]

No. The crying piccolo girl's basketball team lost a tournament game last March. She's not playing anything remotely difficult at the moment. But the media exposure did make her a short-lived meme and get her on Jimmy Fallon's show. 

[Datameister 2,480]

Snare part for March from 1941. Good times!

[karelm 3,236]

I played Star Wars main theme.  It was very hard. 

[Joni Wiljami 1,237]

I have played some. French horn is the instrument, naturally.

 

The Cowboys Overture, Jaws theme, Excerpts from CE3K, Main title+ Princess Leia+ Throne Room from SW, Superman March, 1941, Raiders March, Imperial March, E.T., Home Alone suite, Three pieces from Schindler's List, Anakin's theme, Scorserer's Stone suite, Fanfare for Fenway, Tuba Concerto.

 

 

I probably missed some...

[BernieTheDog 2]

I have played a variety of his pieces. But in concert band we played Duel of the Fates which was really hard once we brought it up to tempo. This being said I was fairly new to the trumpet at this time.But it sounded awesome. I also have a few books of his work that are fun to play in some down time. 

[Gurkensalat 367]

A few years ago i played some pieces from Phantom Menace on the viola, which was not too difficult. But now in the 1st violin some passages are extreme, e.g. the fast scales in Superman march or the very high notes in Flying theme.

[Disco Stu 15,514]

My high school band played the Raiders March at one of our concerts. I was 2nd trumpet.

[Code 000. Destruct. 0. 4,261]

I've conducted some, and played in a few, from fully symphonic stuff to my in-progress, by-ear transcription of Heartwood for piano and tenor saxophone. 

[Sharkissimo 1,976]

Never, but I'd love to conduct Williams some day. Can't see myself returning to the cello, though who knows.

[mrbellamy 7,631]

In a concert band through the local community college and pretty much every semester we do at least one Williams. Summon the Heroes is up next.

[Tom 6,067]

7 hours ago, loert423 said:

I wish.

 

But I have an evil plan, which is to become conductor of my local school symphony orchestra, and make them learn "The Mine Car Chase" from Temple of Doom. Mwahahaha!!! 

 

 

is that the young flutist who cried playing the concert premiere of Warhorse? 

[BloodBoal 7,545]

Yes, because she thought the music was so bad...

[KK 3,310]

A Harry Potter suite, the Jurassic Park Theme and Olympic Fanfare and Theme. The first two ones didn't have great arrangements though...and regretfully our conductor at the time wasn't much of a Williams fan.

[ricsim88 328]

I was lucky enough to play some. Trumpet is my instrument. Over the years my orchestra played the Signature versions of Adventures on Earth, The Cowboys, Superman March and the Star Wars suite. Next year we'll be performing the suite from TFA at a sci fi concert, then later in the season adventures on earth and SW suite again. Part of a space concert with astronaut Chris Hadfield. He'll play his stuff as well, and surely Bowie's Space oddity. On that concert we'll be playing a suite from Apollo 13. Looking forward to perform the trumpet solo. 

 

Also played arrangements of HP, JP, Jaws and Olympic fanfare. Probably forgetting some. 

[Red 75]

I played suites from Empire Strikes Back and Jurassic Park in high school orchestra. I played viola, the red headed step child of the string section. 

[indy4 160]

Olympic fanfare and theme, Harry Potter suite, swing swing swing (in jazz band), Cowboys overture, summon the heroes, and a suite of JW music including Star Wars main title, Cadillac of the skies, jaws theme and Fhe Land Race.  

[Joni Wiljami 1,237]

20 hours ago, ricsim88 said:

I was lucky enough to play some. Trumpet is my instrument. Over the years my orchestra played the Signature versions of Adventures on Earth, The Cowboys, Superman March and the Star Wars suite. Next year we'll be performing the suite from TFA at a sci fi concert, then later in the season adventures on earth and SW suite again. Part of a space concert with astronaut Chris Hadfield. He'll play his stuff as well, and surely Bowie's Space oddity. On that concert we'll be playing a suite from Apollo 13. Looking forward to perform the trumpet solo. 

 

Also played arrangements of HP, JP, Jaws and Olympic fanfare. Probably forgetting some. 

 

May I ask which orchestra are playing with?

[ricsim88 328]

2 hours ago, hornist said:

 

May I ask which orchestra are playing with?

I play principal trumpet with Symphony Nova Scotia in Halifax, Canada

 

https://symphonynovascotia.ca

 

 

 

[aviazn 279]

Played the signature edition of the Raiders March once, in an orchestra that I auditioned for with Schindler's List. Had a lot of string arrangements of the classics (SW, JP, etc.) in high school as well and made my own, but I'll hang on to that performance of signature Raiders for the rest of my life!

[Joni Wiljami 1,237]

5 hours ago, ricsim88 said:

I play principal trumpet with Symphony Nova Scotia in Halifax, Canada

 

https://symphonynovascotia.ca

 

 

 

 

That's cool.

 

I've actually visited to your beatiful city in 1997.

 

p.s. I think I have seen the picture of you before, maybe it once was your profile picture...

[Gurkensalat 367]

I forgot the mention that we played the Signature edition versions. As far as I know they are the "original" versions by Williams, no adaptations. Might explain the technical difficulties.

[ricsim88 328]

On March 21, 2016 at 2:57 AM, hornist said:

 

That's cool.

 

I've actually visited to your beatiful city in 1997.

 

p.s. I think I have seen the picture of you before, maybe it once was your profile picture...

Very nice. What brought you to Halifax? In 1997 I was either finishing my first season or starting my 2nd. Finishing 20th in 6 weeks. Time flies. 

[Gurkensalat 367]

Back from rehearsal weekend. Doesn´t sound bad at all after some work. Even the devillish scales in Superman and the fast violin passage in the middle section of the Olympic fanfare start to look manageable now.

[fommes 161]

No poll?

[Jediwashington 59]

I've played the signature edition of the Raiders March on oboe, I did the piano/oboe arrangement of the The Days Between (From Stepmom), and a few educational arrangements of some other standard works (Jurassic Park, Star Wars, Imperial March, etc.).

 

By far the best group I played with that did film music in that same style was a suite of themes from "The Sea Hawk" by Korngold. Not Williams, but very similar... Just amazing being with an orchestra that can keep up with with the rep.

[Marc 915]

 

On 17/3/2016 at 3:52 PM, hornist said:

I have played some. French horn is the instrument, naturally.

 

The Cowboys Overture, Jaws theme, Excerpts from CE3K, Main title+ Princess Leia+ Throne Room from SW, Superman March, 1941, Raiders March, Imperial March, E.T., Home Alone suite, Three pieces from Schindler's List, Anakin's theme, Scorserer's Stone suite, Fanfare for Fenway, Tuba Concerto.

 

I probably missed some...

 

Wow I pretty much have the same list !

Just never played the Fanfare for Fenway and Tuba Concerto