GerateWohl 4,365 Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 Today I tried it probably the 5th time, to listen to the JFK OST. A lot of source music and pure percussion tracks. I never really get into it. Arlington is nice. Main theme is nice. But I am afraid, I need recommendations and directions to discover this score. In addition I habe to confess, I never saw the movie. Proposals please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,828 Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 That's easy. Arlington. I think it's one of the best compositions generally by Williams. The level of counterpoint and dense harmonic explorations are superb. GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragoz350 450 Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 Besides Arlington, I love The Motorcade. Such a great intense development of one simple motive. GerateWohl and ChrisAfonso 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 Yes it's obviously "Arlington." I picked BOTFOJ to represent the Stone movies in the top 5 non-Spielberg/non-Franchise full scores thread, but "Arlington" is certainly my favorite cue from all 3 of those scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433 Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 I think the Garrison Family Theme is really good too. It has a really gentle rhythm that truly make a break with the rest of the score which is more militaristic. GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,359 Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 Just listen to the OST album with all the non-Williams tracks completely omitted bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 The Motorcade and Arlington are true highlights, but The Conspirators is incredibly effective in the film. bruce marshall and Bayesian 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondheim 1,157 Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 I just programmed The Motorcade, The Conspirators, Arlington and Finale for a nice 20 min. suite. You can hear Jurassic Park coming. Amer and GerateWohl 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amer 2,107 Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 The Motorcade, The Conspirators and The Finale. But I actually love the whole score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandor 797 Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 Arlington, Garrison Family Theme and the Prologue. Also, the suite conducted by Keith Lockhart at Tanglewood 2010 was great! I know; I was there! 😇 More or less this wonderful arrangement: blondheim and Amer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 Top five Williams score. Great film too! Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,365 Posted May 14, 2021 Author Share Posted May 14, 2021 Was a good hint from Jay simply to leave all non-Williams tracks out for a better listening experience. Thank you for all the input. The Motorcade is really a great track. Usually, on Williams's OST presentations you have up to 3 tracks of source music, like in Schinlder's List, Angela's Ashes, Catch Me if You Can. But to my taste here this is way too much. Same experience with OST of Home Alone. For my taste too much source music there. Even für Born on the fourth of July it is better, because the score tracks are completely separated from the source music. A future two disc presentation of this score would be good. All source music on separate disc and score plus altrernates on second disk. Actually, I wouldn't even need the source music disc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,074 Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 I like the piano version of the main theme. Too bad a proper ending isn't included on the album. GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 Besides the ones you mentioned, "The Conspirators." Such an atmospheric, ingenious, and masterful piece. Makes my heart go faster every time I listen to it... https://youtu.be/8H2hOn8ugo0 Amer and GerateWohl 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amer 2,107 Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 5 hours ago, Josh500 said: Besides the ones you mentioned, "The Conspirators." Such an atmospheric, ingenious, and masterful piece. Makes my heart go faster every time I listen to it... At the Oscars they had a dance troupe perform the cue to a medley of other nominated scores by some choreographer lady called Debbie Allen. Josh500 and bruce marshall 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 On 5/15/2021 at 12:19 AM, Amer said: At the Oscars they had a dance troupe perform the cue to a medley of other nominated scores by some choreographer lady called Debbie Allen. I know. I remember I actually saw that live (this was back when I still cared about the Oscars). I thought the performance was... interesting. 😂 Amer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 " Assasination Tango" " Motorcade Mambo" " Coup d' etat Waltz" " Grassy Knoll Gig" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,504 Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 The main theme, for sure. Gorgeous, broad Americana and then that dissonant ending that comes out of nowhere, signalling JFK's ultimate fate. bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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