Fabulin 3,442 Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Today at the hairdressers out of nowhere I heard this on the radio Felt nice. Have you ever encountered the music of John Williams in a context where one would not normally expect it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 5,979 Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Sure. On radio all the time. I heard a HARRY POTTER ringtone on the tram some 15-20 years ago. In sporting events. Etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mrbellamy 5,718 Posted December 22, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2020 Star Wars music always pops up in funny places "Rey's Theme" for Cannes Best Actress 2016 Craig Ferguson invoking "Imperial March" while talking about J-Lo's booty The best one I have is when I was in high school, I was a drum major and went to a summer camp where they taught us marching drills and techniques and things. At the end of the camp, we would do a showcase for the parents which was traditionally always set to "Midway March." And because it was such a staple of the camp, one of the counselors made a rock cover with novelty lyrics listing marching band-related facts and terminology. I actually used it to study for my quizzes. This is about the nerdiest thing you will ever hear. The Illustrious Jerry, Cerebral Cortex, Jay and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bofur01 244 Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Harry Potter in the Hairdresser today. And not JW, but the 20th Century Fox fanfare played in between club music while waiting in line for a club in Korea, that was exceedingly strange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datameister 1,691 Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 The Sky Cabin at Knott's Berry Farm. I can't remember what it was now, but I seem to recall being surprised to hear something Williams playing in the background one time. Damn, that's going to bother me now, trying to remember. It wasn't one of his best-known works but I was familiar with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieter Boelen 633 Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 The Dutch satirical comedy news show "Sunday With Lubach" has a couple of Williams favourites. "Across the Stars" and "Catch Me If You Can" are used quite regularly. Any of our members here work on that by any chance? That'd explain a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 2,937 Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Memoirs of a Geisha in a documentary about China. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 5,979 Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 John Williams - and primarily the Indy theme - has been all over this weekend and last weekend's biathlon events in Oberhof. They play it just before the skiers are about to enter the shooting range (and easier to hear now that there is no audience noise). Bayesian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Marian Schedenig 6,522 Posted January 17, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2021 Decades ago, the Imperial March in some Ex-Yugoslavian election campaign video. Make of that what you will. rpvee, bollemanneke and Fabulin 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A. A. Ron 1,017 Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Someone played a slow version of the Raiders March on a church organ at my high school graduation. This was 11 years ago, but unexpected enough that I still remember it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 1,765 Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Our music teacher player the theme from Jurassic Park at the end of assembly... he (rightly) expected I'd notice! It sounded pretty great on a church organ. He was an excellent organist and pianist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 1,765 Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Watching The Americans on Amazon (great show by the way) and there’s an episode where they are all watching David Copperfield make the Statue of Liberty disappear and the music accompanying the tv broadcast... why it’s the opening titles from The Towering Inferno. Given that it appears to be the original footage (including sound) I assume this is actually what they did use for the broadcast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 6,522 Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 4 hours ago, Tom Guernsey said: Watching The Americans on Amazon (great show by the way) and there’s an episode where they are all watching David Copperfield make the Statue of Liberty disappear and the music accompanying the tv broadcast... why it’s the opening titles from The Towering Inferno. Given that it appears to be the original footage (including sound) I assume this is actually what they did use for the broadcast. Now that you mention it, I believe there was a thread, ages ago, probably at MM.com or FSM, about film music used in Copperfield shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 5,979 Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 9 hours ago, Marian Schedenig said: Now that you mention it, I believe there was a thread, ages ago, probably at MM.com or FSM, about film music used in Copperfield shows. Yeah, I vaguely recall that. Probably 20 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,394 Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Every afternoon one of the DJs on Radio 2 use The Mission as background music while announcing the lineup of their session that day. It's pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 2,937 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 I just tried (and failed) to register on a government website for a vaccine if they have spare ones. The captcha audio suddenly used a viola version of the Imperial March. Marian Schedenig and Taikomochi 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 9,819 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 On 1/21/2021 at 9:48 PM, Tom Guernsey said: Watching The Americans on Amazon (great show by the way) and there’s an episode where they are all watching David Copperfield make the Statue of Liberty disappear and the music accompanying the tv broadcast... why it’s the opening titles from The Towering Inferno. Given that it appears to be the original footage (including sound) I assume this is actually what they did use for the broadcast. What's Copperfield doing now? It's like he's disappeared... Tom Guernsey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 1,765 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Jurassic Shark said: What's Copperfield doing now? It's like he's disappeared... His personal history is now only scored by Christoper Willis... Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJosh 775 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Just the other day, saw a car screaming through a parking garage with The Asteroid Field blaring out the window, echoing through the garage. Wish I could have stopped him and chatted! Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,476 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 32 minutes ago, MrJosh said: Just the other day, saw a car screaming through a parking garage with The Asteroid Field blaring out the window, echoing through the garage. Wish I could have stopped him and chatted! Wow I’ve never encountered anyone just randomly listening to JW in that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 5,718 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 1 hour ago, MrJosh said: Just the other day, saw a car screaming through a parking garage with The Asteroid Field blaring out the window, echoing through the garage. Actual king shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabulin 3,442 Posted April 13, 2021 Author Share Posted April 13, 2021 11 hours ago, MrJosh said: Just the other day, saw a car screaming through a parking garage with The Asteroid Field blaring out the window, echoing through the garage. Wish I could have stopped him and chatted! I think I know that guy! Was there a huge monkey on the passenger seat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 6,522 Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 This is getting weird. igger6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igger6 772 Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 I'm not that guy in this case, but I've definitely been that guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 9,819 Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 The monkey? MrJosh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 5,718 Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 32,111 Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 The Star Wars theme popped up in the new movie FREE GUY, and I was trying to tell if it was recorded by Beck directly for the film, or if it was an existing recording tracked in (the film is by 20th Studios which is now owned by Disney, so it would be easy to go either way) I was surprised when during the end credits roll, it said it was by "The London Philharmonic Orchestra". What version is this? Anybody know? Michael G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 8,228 Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 Sounds like the '77 STAR WARS recording to me. Way too iconic not to recognise! Terrible crossfade to the theme reprise still in the main title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 32,111 Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 So they put a typo in the End Credits? If its the original recording, it'd be the London Symphony Orchestra, of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabulin 3,442 Posted December 5, 2021 Author Share Posted December 5, 2021 Imagine that character pulling a lightsaber to some random music and then everybody saying 'it's a lightsaber'. It would fall completely flat, even for the dummies. Where would Star Wars be without JW? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 4,988 Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 The Avengers theme was probably a Beck re-recording (he already did just that on Ant-Man), but the Star Wars theme was not, it sounds like they tracked it from the movies themselves, probably from the OT. The London Philharmonic Orchestra was maybe a typo from a guy who confused it with the London Symphony Orchestra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 8,228 Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 Isn't it absolute bullshit that for the little limited releases very much under the radar Mike has to go through so many hoops and keep to so many rules and name track titles right even keeping obviously wrong ones, and wait months for approvals, and then all these big studios can just shit on all of that and get such basic stuff wrong for the actual big wide releases of stuff? Once and Bayesian 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 32,111 Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 Yea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 32,111 Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 Wasn't expecting to hear John Williams music in the trailer for a Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers reboot, but here we are I guess Disney owns it, so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Disco Stu 15,476 Posted February 15, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 15, 2022 Jay, I would never have watched that trailer if not for this post, and I will never forgive you May the Force be with You, Tallguy, Edmilson and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Fabulin 3,442 Posted February 26, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 26, 2022 Tom Guernsey, GerateWohl, GlastoEls and 3 others 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brando 1,065 Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 On 12/04/2021 at 5:25 PM, MrJosh said: Just the other day, saw a car screaming through a parking garage with The Asteroid Field blaring out the window, echoing through the garage. Wish I could have stopped him and chatted! On 12/04/2021 at 5:58 PM, Disco Stu said: Wow I’ve never encountered anyone just randomly listening to JW in that way. Believe it or not, I do this in my parking garage too. Weather permitting, I live in FL so its really hot, if I have the windows down and I'm coming home there's a good chance I'm blaring an End Credits cue. MrJosh and Cerebral Cortex 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ConorPower 89 Posted February 28, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2022 The Season 2 Finale of HBO’s Euphoria opens with the main theme from The Fury! Not a needle drop I was expecting, but it definitely fit in with the melodramatic nature of the series, and the emotional swings of the character it appears alongside in particular. I’m sure it will be unknown to 99.9% of the audience - but it sure did work! Was delighted to here it. UPDATE: found the clip: Balahkay, May the Force be with You, mrbellamy and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artguy360 1,723 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 I'll never forget when I was in South Korea in 2013, a little Korean boy, who couldn't have been more than 5 years old was randomly humming the Imperial March very loudly while sitting with his parents in a cafe. He wasn't watching Star Wars or playing with Star Wars toys, he was just having a good time humming the Imperial March to himself. Brando 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 32,111 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Tom Guernsey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,476 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 32,111 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Your work must block TikTok? Here's two links that might work https://www.tiktok.com/@enbiggen/video/7060581260019797294 https://www.instagram.com/reel/CZh_aSKhWua/ MrJosh and Disco Stu 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 3,716 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 That is the sort of thing I would imagine Williams would enjoy watching. MrJosh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 32,111 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Now if only they had turned their phone sideways before filming... Tom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Once 551 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 I'm pretty sure that video is 3D animated. Pretty cool, though. Taikomochi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brando 1,065 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 There's similar videos like that with music from Up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 32,111 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 16 hours ago, Once said: I'm pretty sure that video is 3D animated. Pretty cool, though. They should have animated in proper 16:9 then! Once 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-8 1,950 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 This one is nothing new but I would consider it to be a random encounter of the third kind. Did Michael Jackson use Jaws music? | Retromash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 6,522 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 17 hours ago, Once said: I'm pretty sure that video is 3D animated. Pretty cool, though. Yes, there are various versions of it with different music and different (or no) "extra stuff" in the background. At least the original version is also clearly designed to loop seamlessly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corellian2019 338 Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Heard Presumed Innocent and JFK in the behind-the-scenes featurettes for All The President's Men; it was so overused that at one point I wished that I had never listened to Presumed Innocent. In fact, the disc's producer, Gary Leva, must have a penchant for Williams because he used Hook's "Prologue" for documentaries about THX 1138, and snippets of JFK for the 2007 documentary about A Clockwork Orange! artguy360 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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