Popular Post Will 2,215 Posted January 7, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 7, 2023 Well, it was literally only a few seconds, but sounded like classic Williams! I think it was the very end — had that held dissonant chord that JW often likes. Bayesian, Tom and crlbrg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bayesian 1,363 Posted January 7, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 7, 2023 19 hours ago, JohnTheBaptist said: Seems a bit highbrow for the American football audience. I wonder why they didn't go with Hans Zimmer or some RCP hack. Maybe they remember the weak-ass music Zimmer and his 40-strong army of assistants came up with for FIFA some years back and decided they could aim higher. I'm a bit surprised, but certainly very happy, that the ESPN brass would not only think to turn to JW but also approach him with the same reverence that any of us diehard fans would if we had the opportunity. And when the answer came back yes, ESPN responded with a full court press (sorry, bad pun), what with seven (!) cameras to film the recording session and effusive praise for the composer -- almost like they knew they'd basically won the lottery and they were not going to screw up this chance. I'll bet this will be on YouTube in no time flat after it airs. If ESPN is smart, they'll be ones to put it up in HD before someone else uses their computer nerd skills to do the job for them. enderdrag64, mwhoyle, crlbrg and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post LB Makes Stuff 240 Posted January 8, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 8, 2023 3 hours ago, artguy360 said: Oh man, I hope someone recorded it! It’s an MP3 if that’s okay 😂 JW College Football Championship.mp3 Raiders of the SoundtrArk, artguy360, enderdrag64 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Will 2,215 Posted January 8, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 8, 2023 Jay, Muad'Dib, MaxTheHouseelf and 5 others 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LB Makes Stuff 240 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 I am expired Jay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayesian 1,363 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 50 minutes ago, Will said: No one — no one — makes orchestral brass shine and soar like JW. I cannot wait to hear this in its entirety. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artguy360 1,843 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 Can't wait to hear more! Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrett 153 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 You know a John Williams song is going to be good when a trumpet plays a perfect fifth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Steve 593 Posted January 8, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 8, 2023 4 hours ago, Garrett said: a John Williams song I think he hasn't written a song in quite some time. Manakin Skywalker, Brando and enderdrag64 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabulin 3,513 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 In the 'collective unconscious' Williams's triumphant brass sound is so easily identifiable with American culture at this point, that if you put it over an American national sporting event, it appears to fit like a glove. As if it had always been there. MikeH and Bayesian 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jay 37,364 Posted January 8, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 8, 2023 12 hours ago, Garrett said: a John Williams song Dr. Know, Once, MikeH and 10 others 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Disco Stu 15,495 Posted January 8, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 8, 2023 Oh no, they're going to have annoying crowd noise and commentators all over the music. Ugh, I hoped it would be more classy than that. The session had better leak. enderdrag64, Will, Dr. Know and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted January 8, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 8, 2023 1 hour ago, Jay said: You don't like John Williams's songs?? Cerebral Cortex, Ricard and Brando 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 2 hours ago, Disco Stu said: Oh no, they're going to have annoying crowd noise and commentators all over the music. Ugh, I hoped it would be more classy than that. The session had better leak. well, what did I say a few posts ago? Of course they're going to find a way to mess it up and we'll only hear bits and pieces of it over crowd noises and sound effects I mean what did you expect, studio recordings of all the variations on Day 1 ? This never happens with this type of piece . We don't even have clean recordings of Dear Baskettball and the various Olympic fanfare variations. The Boston pops think they gave us a great gift with a 96 kbps MP3 of Fenway Fanfare Bayesian, enderdrag64, Dr. Know and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 4 hours ago, Disco Stu said: Oh no, they're going to have annoying crowd noise and commentators all over the music. Ugh, I hoped it would be more classy than that. The session had better leak. My hope is that the mix in the actual video will be better than that little clip. But yeah, the music definitely won't be clean unfortunately. Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 1 hour ago, King Mark said: well, what did I say a few posts ago? Of course they're going to find a way to mess it up and we'll only hear bits and pieces of it over crowd noises and sound effects I mean what did you expect, studio recordings of all the variations on Day 1 ? This never happens with this type of piece . We don't even have clean recordings of Dear Baskettball and the various Olympic fanfare variations. The Boston pops think they gave us a great gift with a 96 kbps MP3 of Fenway Fanfare Well I was hopeful about the full "inspirational" video presentation of the theme, which is not something they did for the NFL theme back in the 2000s that I remember. This part: Quote Titled “Of Grit and Glory,” it runs three and a half minutes and will score a specially created series of visuals that convey “the feeling behind the night, fear and anticipation, triumph and failure,” ESPN co-director and producer Martin Khodabakhshian tells Variety. I was hopeful that it might be mostly just images set to music, relatively clean. But from the clip, it seems that it'll be lots of noise and commentary. enderdrag64 and Will 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayesian 1,363 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 It's clear in the tweet that the commentary playing over the music was spliced from the TCU and Georgia games that got them to the championship. I find it hard to imagine that the announcers for tomorrow's game already recorded their introductory remarks when that kind of thing has always been done live. On the other hand, I don't know if ESPN's producers believe even a rousing new piece of music by JW can keep American college football audiences' attention for 3 minutes without the help of Chris Fowler's booming voice telling us how we got here, so I don't know what to expect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 4,658 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 13 minutes ago, Bayesian said: It's clear in the tweet that the commentary playing over the music was spliced from the TCU and Georgia games that got them to the championship. I find it hard to imagine that the announcers for tomorrow's game already recorded their introductory remarks when that kind of thing has always been done live. On the other hand, I don't know if ESPN's producers believe even a rousing new piece of music by JW can keep American college football audiences' attention for 3 minutes without the help of Chris Fowler's booming voice telling us how we got here, so I don't know what to expect. I think it is highly probable that this piece is released cleanly as a single on youtube and probably within the week. The bumpers and such will not be, and they may never be played again--so, grab'em on Monday. Will and Garrett 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrett 153 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 Is the inspirational video set to the theme? Or is the theme set to the inspirational video? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 Surely the piece was recorded wild and in the 2 1/2 weeks since then they cut a video to sync to it Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 4,658 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 1 hour ago, Garrett said: Is the inspirational video set to the theme? Or is the theme set to the inspirational video? Sounds a Euthyphro problem. Yes, Jay is likely right. The article says it the other way around, but that has to be a mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Reading the article again... Now I'm not sure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 4,658 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Maybe they gave him a tentative collection of clips as a sort of temp and then reedited upon completion of the piece. I doubt they would have begged Williams and then put heavy contraints on his composition. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Definitely wouldn't rule out this being released digitally as a single soon. (IIRC the Obi-Wan theme was released as a single with no advance announcement.) Cerebral Cortex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-8 3,478 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Of graphite and glory...with a Bleistift...ja, ja! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,690 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 If they went to the expense and effort to record it with a huge orchestrs then you'd think there's no better way to generate hype and get people excited than to release it as a single. On the other hand we know from experience that people in charge of marketing in big corporations know bugger all about score music, so expecting someone to think 'hey, why not release this?' may be optimistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 4,658 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Two Williams's fanfarish concert pieces forthcoming in the next few days. Not a bad way to begin 2023. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BB-8 3,478 Posted January 9, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 9, 2023 18 minutes ago, Tom said: Two Williams's fanfarish concert pieces forthcoming in the next few days. Not a bad way to begin 2023. Sound the Balls! Muad'Dib, GerateWohl, Jay and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bespin 8,483 Posted January 9, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 9, 2023 1 hour ago, BB-8 said: Sound the Balls! crlbrg, Muad'Dib, MrJosh and 3 others 2 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,287 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 BB-8 and Brando 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerMotif 1,038 Posted January 9, 2023 Author Share Posted January 9, 2023 “ 11 hours ago, Will said: Definitely wouldn't rule out this being released digitally as a single soon. (IIRC the Obi-Wan theme was released as a single with no advance announcement.) This is believed to be the largest-scale musical commission ever for the sports network. What will happen with the piece after Monday night is not clear. ESPN could theoretically use it in future college football broadcasts; no plans for a commercial release have apparently been discussed.“ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-8 3,478 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 JW: I just want to write Grit and Glory a theme. Brando and Fabulin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 3 hours ago, Tom said: Two Williams's fanfarish concert pieces forthcoming in the next few days. Not a bad way to begin 2023. You're referring to this plus the Vienna fanfare? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Yea Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJosh 892 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 On 06/01/2023 at 11:05 AM, Jay said: Wow! Wow!! Wow!!! Wow!!!! ..........................Wow!!!!!! Yeah yeah yeah! What an exciting way to start the year! I guess I have to watch some football. Muad'Dib 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 I imagine the video will air near the beginning of the broadcast before the game even starts, so if you don't enjoy football I bet you won't have to watch any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 TIL Monday Night Football is exclusive to ESPN now, and not available over the antennae on ABC like the good ole days I guess I can't watch it live MrJosh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Well this is the college National Championship, not Monday Night Football (which is pro football), but yeah it is exclusive to the cable channel. I have it via YouTube TV. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrett 153 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 1 hour ago, Disco Stu said: I imagine the video will air near the beginning of the broadcast before the game even starts, so if you don't enjoy football I bet you won't have to watch any. What about the cutdowns, stingers, and vamps that JW recorded? You probably will have to watch the game if you want to hear everything. MrJosh and Will 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Andy 4,129 Posted January 9, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 9, 2023 What are these sports of which you speak? I don't have access to ESPN, and am relying on the J-Squad here to come through like always. MaxTheHouseelf, Edmilson, Brando and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 4,658 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 1 hour ago, Andy said: What are these sports of which you speak? Ah, yes, a common question: a sport is a story with a humorous climax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manakin Skywalker 4,894 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 1 hour ago, Disco Stu said: Well this is the college National Championship, not Monday Night Football (which is pro football), but yeah it is exclusive to the cable channel. I have it via YouTube TV. So it won't be on ESPN+? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 5 minutes ago, Manakin Skywalker said: So it won't be on ESPN+? Oh it might be, I don't know anything about ESPN+ or how it works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manakin Skywalker 4,894 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 2 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: Oh it might be, I don't know anything about ESPN+ or how it works I don't either, I literally just realized that I had it last night since it's part of the Disney/Hulu bundle. Anyone know what game/time it's going to be? There's like a million games listed on here and I don't know which one to click on... EDIT: Nevermind, reread the article. BB-8 and Brando 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Just now, Manakin Skywalker said: I don't either, I just realized that I had it last night since it's part of the Disney/Hulu bundle. Anyone know what game/time it's going to be? There's like a million games listed on here and I don't know which one to click on... The pre-game officially starts at 7 and the game at 7:30. Manakin Skywalker and Will 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manakin Skywalker 4,894 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 1 minute ago, Disco Stu said: The pre-game officially starts at 7 and the game at 7:30. You replied right as I corrected my post. Thanks though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toillion 215 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Just now, Manakin Skywalker said: I don't either, I literally just realized that I had it last night since it's part of the Disney/Hulu bundle. Anyone know what game/time it's going to be? There's like a million games listed on here and I don't know which one to click on... Usually games shown on ESPN aren't included on ESPN+. However, when I googled it, some articles are saying that it will be shown on ESPN+. https://sportsnaut.com/how-to-watch-college-football-national-championship/ https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2023/01/espn-set-for-extensive-on-site-studio-coverage-in-los-angeles-surrounding-the-college-football-playoff-national-championship-presented-by-att/ Manakin Skywalker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manakin Skywalker 4,894 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 This is what ESPN+'s schedule is showing. So the one starting at 6:00 would be the right one then (central timezone)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Just now, Manakin Skywalker said: This is what ESPN+'s schedule is showing. So the one starting at 6:00 would be the right one then (central timezone)? Looks like it to me! Manakin Skywalker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manakin Skywalker 4,894 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Great, then I'll be sure to record the raw stream right to Audacity! Brando and LB Makes Stuff 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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