Brando 1,065 Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 48 minutes ago, BB-8 said: Unexpected random encounter with John Williams Amazon.de: John Williams Mini Cardboard Cutout How did you find this??? Amer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-8 1,944 Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 6 minutes ago, Brando said: How did you find this??? I was searching for recent JW CD releases and it just showed up. Brando and Martinland 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,475 Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 2 minutes ago, BB-8 said: I was searching for recent JW CD releases and it just showed up. Unexpectedly? Randomly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-8 1,944 Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 7 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: Unexpectedly? Randomly? Well yes, since it's not a CD. But Amazon's algorithms are possibly non-random and targeted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 9,810 Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 Nice find! I see there also's a life-size version. https://www.amazon.de/dp/B079HX9NSD BB-8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpvee 557 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 WQXR (one of the biggest classical radio stations, based in NYC) just played several selections from the “John Williams Conducts the Star Wars Trilogy” release. I caught Leia’s Theme, Imperial March, Yoda’s Theme, Parade of the Ewoks, and Here They Come. Probably started with the Main Theme, too. Quite a nice surprise to tune into! Was surprised that it just kept going and going. BB-8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Marian Schedenig 6,522 Posted February 2 Popular Post Share Posted February 2 I'm watching the Punxsutawney Groundhog Day live stream for the first time (I only found out recently that Groundhog Day is on 2 February every year, and that the whole thing is streamed live). In between live music from the band, they had a segment with the US hymn (performed live by a solo singer) and then fireworks accompanied by the opening of Also sprach Zarathustra followed by (heavily edited versions of) the Star Wars main title, Imperial March, and Superman March. Brando, Naïve Old Fart and GerateWohl 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BB-8 1,944 Posted February 6 Popular Post Share Posted February 6 Stories • Instagram WilliamsStarShip2282, Martinland and Brando 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post D_nev 84 Posted February 6 Popular Post Share Posted February 6 I was coming home from work the other day and I heard my neighbor blaring JW's Cello Concerto, I have never met another person that enjoys listening to his concert music so it was quite a shock! Brando, Marian Schedenig and Martinland 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 9,810 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Was it @mstrox? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom Guernsey 1,760 Posted February 7 Popular Post Share Posted February 7 Walking down the high street, scaffolders listening to the radio and the DJ says something like "...and later we'll come face to face with John Williams...". Slight pause and wonder if I've misheard. The radio station sounded like Radio 1 (national UK pop music station for those not in the UK) or Island FM (local radio) so not like it was Radio 3 (classical station - I'd probably need to be smelling salts/CPR to be revived from the shock of finding scaffolders listening to Radio 3). DJ continues, after surprising pause "he does... you know, the music, for films... like Star Wars, Harry Potter...". I had to hurry on so that's all I heard. I have no idea what it was all about, but yeah, random. Clearly the guy had no idea who JW was though lol. Marian Schedenig, Naïve Old Fart and Brando 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamsStarShip2282 266 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 I've had a lot of weird encounters with his music and others.....and I find its never the hits its always something older or from the deep tracks. I was in a hotel in Chengdu, Sichuan-China and they were playing the theme to Jane Eyre in the elevator (lift), but only after 6PM, before that it was other music. Sometimes you go on rides at theme parks too that are not a JW brand and they use his music anyway- like at six flags or something or Soarin at Disney used to play the music from Hook. In Japan you hear a lot of stuff like this. I was walking past a construction site in Tokyo with a construction elevator going up and down playing the theme from The Main Street Electrical Parade, which was a Disney parks parade in the 80's. I was so thrown off I had to stop for a minute and watch it to like....register that thing existed haha. Tom Guernsey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpotTheDog 26 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 I was at a used book sale at my local library, and I overheard a group of people spontaneously talking about what a legend John Williams is, continuing to score the Indiana Jones franchise. I almost dropped into the conversation, but I thought I might scare them away with my level of passion for his music. WilliamsStarShip2282 and igger6 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Marian Schedenig 6,522 Posted February 11 Popular Post Share Posted February 11 Welcome… to Jurassic Park… Edmilson, BB-8, May the Force be with You and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igger6 772 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Last Friday, I was flipping through SiriusXM and pausing on the Symphony Hall channel when I heard the closing strains of "Amazing Stories" segueing into something else familiar. Turns out the Classics on Film show was doing a Williams special! When I checked the app to see if I could listen to the whole episode, they only listed the previous two (Jan. 27 and Feb. 3), so I figured I'd check again after the weekend to see if they updated the list. Today, the Jan. 27 show is gone, the Feb. 3 is still there, but no Feb. 10 show. It's a conspiracy, I tell ya! Maybe this means the show closed with clean recordings of the Vienna Fanfare and "Of Grit and Glory." WilliamsStarShip2282 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 5,972 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Watching the world championship in biathlon this week, I hear Williams all over the place. STAR WARS, Raiders' March and the Olympic theme for the medal ceremony. Also some other film music things, like Debney's CUTTHROAT ISLAND. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,894 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 If you ever watch golf you may well hear The river, i know ive said this before. Anywhere you hear john is a wonderful thing. He is a treasure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricard 2,025 Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Unexpected random encounter with a parallel universe 😯 https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/John-Williams/ Brando 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brando 1,065 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 I can finally contribute to this thread! I don’t follow this Instagram page, but it popped up because I like videos of dachshunds frequently, and this popped up just now, but please enjoy. make sure your sound is on https://www.instagram.com/reel/CloRuTPLwwg/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= 80sFan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-8 1,944 Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 "Reverie" from The Fabelmans was used on German TV (ZDF) in a short documentary about shelters for victims of violence against women... from 32:08 onwards... https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/zdf-mittagsmagazin/zdf-mittagsmagazin-vom-15-maerz-2023-100.html Fabulin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 6,522 Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 https://xkcd.com/2751/ igger6 and Jay 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 1,760 Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 On Radio 2 weekday afternoons, Sara Cox uses The Mission (NBC News) theme as her bed music. Better than the other music on her show 😜 Cindylover1969 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 9,810 Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 3 minutes ago, Tom Guernsey said: On Radio 2 weekday afternoons, Sara Cox uses The Mission (NBC News) theme as her bed music. Better than the other music on her show 😜 Bed music? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 1,760 Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 3 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: Bed music? It’s what my friend called it (he’s one of those people who has Radio 2 on in the background all the time). It’s the music at the start when she introduces what’s coming up on the show. Not quite theme music but sort of! Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayesian 1,068 Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 On 17/3/2023 at 6:08 PM, Marian Schedenig said: https://xkcd.com/2751/ At the risk of embarrassing myself, can someone explain the joke? It’s a sweet sixteen bracket, yes, but that’s the only thing I can figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 3,715 Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 5 hours ago, Bayesian said: At the risk of embarrassing myself, can someone explain the joke? It’s a sweet sixteen bracket, yes, but that’s the only thing I can figure. March, as in musical march (and some other kinds too). Bayesian and Brando 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Quppa 76 Posted May 6 Popular Post Share Posted May 6 Just saw this on TV. Naïve Old Fart, Amer, Brando and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 32,101 Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 wtf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 7,990 Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 Top marks for music placement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat_S 22 Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 23 hours ago, Quppa said: Just saw this on TV. Saw this a few months ago in Aus when they were showing it in the Australian Open stadiums - it was a strange surprise but welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 822 Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 Schindler's List on an afternoon gossip show (frequent film music there for drama, someone's a nerd) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 7,990 Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 "Mission Theme", just now, on BBC Radio 2. I've no idea why it was on Radio 2, and I don't want to know. The highest of the high forced to rub shoulders with the lowest of the low, squeezed in, between Harry Styles, and Ellie Goulding, on The Sara Cox Show. Fuck's sake. Tom Guernsey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 1,760 Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 At the risk of doing a Jay (sorry Jay ;-)... On 11/04/2023 at 4:42 PM, Tom Guernsey said: On Radio 2 weekday afternoons, Sara Cox uses The Mission (NBC News) theme as her bed music. Better than the other music on her show 😜 1 hour ago, Naïve Old Fart said: "Mission Theme", just now, on BBC Radio 2. I've no idea why it was on Radio 2, and I don't want to know. The highest of the high forced to rub shoulders with the lowest of the low, squeezed in, between Harry Styles, and Ellie Goulding, on The Sara Cox Show. Fuck's sake. Brando and Jurassic Shark 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 6,522 Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 Not particularly unexpected, but I don't know where else to put this: You know you're a John Williams fan when you hear TIE fighter and lightsaber noises from the neighbours' TV through the wall and can tell that they're watching the end of ESB because of the bits of score that are clear enough to recognise. (Yesterday, it was SW. I can't make out any actual dialogue, but judging from the intonation, it must be the German dubs) Martinland and Brando 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 1,760 Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 Finally get around to Mr Mom by Lee Holdridge (fun score!) and Man Against Vacuum is a clear Jaws parody... however a much more random encounter that didn't feature JW's music from Seinfeld where George is supposedly watching Home Alone on VHS (I know, the ageing) and some plinky comedy music plays that is meant to be the soundtrack but clearly sounds nothing like Home Alone. It's not even Christmassy, indeed it sounds more like something from a kid's TV show. The IMDB even comments on it (Seinfeld has the most ridiculously detailed IMDB pages). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 6,522 Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 Please tell me I'm not the only one who hears a certain John Williams march when looking at this picture: Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 1,760 Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 14 minutes ago, Marian Schedenig said: Please tell me I'm not the only one who hears a certain John Williams march when looking at this picture: I only hear Heartbeeps... Taikomochi and MrJosh 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,381 Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 23 minutes ago, Marian Schedenig said: Please tell me I'm not the only one who hears a certain John Williams march when looking at this picture: Huh? What march? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 32,101 Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 I don't get it either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 6,522 Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 Jurassic Shark and ThePenitentMan1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 32,101 Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 I think you're the only one that'd make that connection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 9,810 Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 58 minutes ago, Marian Schedenig said: Please tell me I'm not the only one who hears a certain John Williams march when looking at this picture: It's obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brando 1,065 Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 Oh wait I get it now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GerateWohl 2,856 Posted May 23 Popular Post Share Posted May 23 For a second I thought about the Raiders March because of that guy getting his heart pulled out in ToD. Brónach, Brando, Marian Schedenig and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 32,101 Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 I was getting my teeth cleaned at the dentist this morning in utter silence, so I asked the dental hygienist what happened to the music that usually plays in the room. Well she goes to her computer (which I wasn't expecting; formerly it was just the generic adult contemporary stuff from the reception area was also in the rooms) and started playing something through Spotify or whatever it was she had. First couple pieces were all instrumental, but nothing I recognized. Then all of a sudden MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA comes on! I almost didn't believe it at first, but soon enough it was clear that was definitely what it was We got to talking about John Williams a bit, though she actually recognized it as a Yo-Yo Ma piece more so than a Williams one Brónach and Bayesian 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePenitentMan1 279 Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 On 23/05/2023 at 11:52 AM, Marian Schedenig said: Please tell me I'm not the only one who hears a certain John Williams march when looking at this picture: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 822 Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 On 23/05/2023 at 6:52 PM, Marian Schedenig said: Please tell me I'm not the only one who hears a certain John Williams march when looking at this picture: Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 7,990 Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 This evening, on BBC Radio Scotland, the RSNO gave a concert of Star Wars music, by some comer called Johnny Williams. It didn't suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tee_oh 9 Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 I've been living in South Korea for 11 years, and one of the reasons I never watch Korean reality TV is because of its constant onslaught of OCD editing. Basically 99 percent of every a reality or variety show's runtime is filled with onscreen text accompanied by sound effects, and they constantly play 15 to 60 second clips of music, with only a few seconds void of music between each track. So whenever someone starts talking about a new topic, or has some kind of reaction to something, it switches to some new music. It's almost exclusively copywrited music from anywhere in the world, sometimes film music, sometimes pop, and sometimes classical, and primarily from western counties. I wonder if the production companies buy some kind of blanket license to allow them to use basically whatever music they want. I've heard John Williams pieces dozens of times, mostly Harry Potter or Star Wars, to the point where it's no longer an "unexpected random encounter" because I'm always expecting it. I always get irrationally angry when it's some film music I like because it's taken so out of context that it detracts from the impact of the piece. For example on some comedic variety show, someone does something in a determined way then the imperial March starts playing. Or when someone on a travel show walks into a European village saying "wooww it's so beautiful" and they play Hedwigs Theme, or test flight from HTTYD if they want it to sound more exciting. Brando 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Not Mr. Big 4,244 Posted May 29 Popular Post Share Posted May 29 On 23/05/2023 at 2:16 PM, filmmusic said: Huh? What march? The E.T march Brando, GerateWohl and Martinland 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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