John Williams Writes New Theme for ESPN College Football Championship - OF GRIT AND GLORY

[Tydirium 1,402]

1 hour ago, Dr. Rick said:

 

The championship game was played in Houston, TX, hence the NASA reference.  

 

Ahhh, thanks for that. Just goes to show how in-the-loop I am, lol.

[Tom 5,148]

1 hour ago, Dr. Rick said:

 

The championship game was played in Houston, TX, hence the NASA reference.  

The first version focused on big gushers of oil shooting up from the ground, but they opted to go with NASA version instead (which, ironically, uses lots of lots of oil in those rockets).  

[LB Makes Stuff 304]

11 hours ago, Will said:

UPDATE: Here is the portion of the bumper from tonight's broadcast, which was also used last year. Be warned: It's covered under loud dialogue. But it's fun and reminds me of JW's NBC News work:

 

 

Website has the first few moments of the bumper at the very end.

https://clios.com/sports/winner/film-craft/espn/of-grit-and-glory-college-football-playoff-nationa-508022

[Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,500]

On 09/01/2024 at 1:58 AM, Bellosh said:

 

Seriously we're do for a stand alone album with all these one offs. Imagine a release with the tracks

 

Fanfare for Fenway

Dear Basketball 

This college football theme

Sunday Night Football theme

Olympic themes

 

What else could we throw on this album??

 

Get the NBC nightly News theme on there too while we're at it!!

And if it's a physical release I think Galaxy's Edge would make a nice bonus track

[lairdo 740]

Just watched the video shared a few posts ago with the opening for this year's game (which I did not see as I was flying). I have to say that the new edit this year worked so well with the music. Clearly the editor worked to the music and has respect for it. The lovely shots from the recording sessions emphasize this, and I appreciate how clear the piece starts: This is the anthem for the College Football Championship game and it was written by John Williams. Big text. On long enough to read. Damn straight!

 

And yes, sign me up for the physical album of "John Williams: The Sound of Sports."

 

[Dr. Know 366]

Disgusting lack of respect for John Williams fans that this music hasn’t been released.

[King Mark 3,730]

yeah they appear to be so proud of it by showing Williams conducting in the videos they could at least release the music as a single. Maybe they don't comprehend that anyone would listen to it outside of a sports montage with sound effects and people talking over it

 

[Tom 5,148]

Sorry to bump the thread without a new recording or something.  However, this the best youtube video that I have found of this year's version.

 

 

[BB-8 4,047]

This would make a perfect concert opener without the distraction of the film and the voices and sounds which are the enemies of music.

[Luke Skywalker 1,968]

Bewildering this recording is not available as a music track.

[BB-8 4,047]

Is the background music that comes directly after the clip (at 05:02) some kinda new arrangement?

[Oozer 28]

The broadcast of the championship game this year appears to have been in 5.1. I found a recording of it in that format. The rear channels had greatly reduced voices and sound effects, but unfortunately, the recording started two-thirds of the way into the introduction so most of Of Grit and Glory is missing. The bumper immediately after it has more noticeable sound effects but no voices.

 

 

 

 

[JohnnyD 1,330]

5 hours ago, Oozer said:

The broadcast of the championship game this year appears to have been in 5.1. I found a recording of it in that format. The rear channels had greatly reduced voices and sound effects, but unfortunately, the recording started two-thirds of the way into the introduction so most of Of Grit and Glory is missing. The bumper immediately after it has more noticeable sound effects but no voices.

 

 

 

Uh, neither audio clip can be played.

[Oozer 28]

14 hours ago, JohnnyD said:

 

Uh, neither audio clip can be played.

 

Apologies. I'm not sure what happened. I think I fixed them.

[BB-8 4,047]

Next Olympic compilation album:

"The Sound of Grit"

[Doo_liss 6,632]

Rip of "Of Grit And Glory", using MVsep Phantom Centre model:

 

 

 

 

 

[Tom 5,148]

Every time I hear one of these rips, I shake my head in disbelief that ESPN (or whoever) has not released the damn piece.  It just sparkles in a way that the best JW (and only JW) pieces do.