Omen II 1,234 Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Did anyone else watch the new documentary The Galaxy Britain Built: The British Force Behind Star Wars about the making of Star Wars on BBC Four this evening? It was wonderful, not least because it included extensive discussion of the music by John Williams. As well as showing several sections of the famous 1980 BBC documentary of John Williams working on the score to The Empire Strikes Back, it also included recent interviews with bassoonist Robert Bourton and trombonist Denis Wick who played in the LSO on the original soundtrack. Both spoke very highly of John Williams and gave their recollections of recording the score in Denham, Lionel Newman getting the orchestra in line and much more. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000cdzt/the-galaxy-britain-built-the-british-force-behind-star-wars If you have the chance to watch it on the BBC iPlayer, I highly recommend it. A must for any Williams fans! SyncMan and JWMike 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,317 Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 I'm going to watch it (and the shorter preceding docu about the Palitoy company making the SW toys) tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stravinsky 203 Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Watched it tonight on iplayer. Wonderful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 Is this the same thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,317 Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 It is indeed. Quintus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 The YouTube version appears to be considerably shorter though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,317 Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 iPlayer one is 90 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omen II 1,234 Posted December 18, 2019 Author Share Posted December 18, 2019 Yes, the programme screened lasted an hour and a half (without ad breaks) so the YouTube video must be heavily edited. I would recommend watching the whole thing on BBC iPlayer if you have the means and wherewithal to do so. I should add that there was another excellent documentary screened straight after the Star Wars one, again featuring John Williams and his music very heavily. Score: Cinema's Greatest Soundtracks included interviews with a who's who of film composers including David Newman, Marco Beltrami, Quincy Jones, Howard Shore, Mark Mothersbaugh, Hans Zimmer, Brian Tyler, Tom Holkenborg, Christopher Young and many more, as well as several archive interview clips with John Williams and Steven Spielberg. Again, throughly recommended if you can watch it: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0002pf6/score-cinemas-greatest-soundtracks All of the composers - including Hans Zimmer - spoke gushingly of John Williams and his influence on their own music and careers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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