Turbo 54 Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 I'm currently working on a playlist of music from John Williams for a friend. I have been playing Williams music for the office for years and she has come to love him. I want highlight the variety of what he can do with some tracks that maintain the lush orchestral qualities which she seems to connect more with. I'm working on it this weekend and hope to have it finalized by tomorrow night. Some I'm already thinking of are: Cinque's Theme - Amistad The BFG - The Spielberg/Williams Collaboration, Part III Hook: The Lost Boys Ballet - The Spielberg/Williams Collaboration, Part II I want cues that are more obscure and not normally found on compilation albums. And definitely more variety that what I shared above. What would you suggest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,024 Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 I suggest buying her Prospero's deluxe CD release Spotlight on John Williams: https://prospero-classical.com/album/spotlight-on-john-williams/ GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,172 Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 1 hour ago, Turbo said: Conquest of Paradise: Theme - Summon the Heroes You want to put a Vangelis cue on a Williams compilation? enderdrag64 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo 54 Posted February 4, 2023 Author Share Posted February 4, 2023 9 minutes ago, Marian Schedenig said: You want to put a Vangelis cue on a Williams compilation? Ha! Got that off of a compilation. Didn't realize. Good call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,475 Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy 4,079 Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 5 hours ago, Turbo said: the lush orchestral qualities which she seems to connect more with. The Ballroom Scene from Witches of Eastwick. Anything from Jane Eyre Something from Far and Away. I don’t know if the Land Race is lush, but it’s certainly big and orchestral and deserves to be on compilation albums but isn’t. Ancestral Home from the River. Id probably mine something from Stepmom. GerateWohl and Tom Guernsey 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,326 Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 The Homecoming from War Horse Night Journey from Dracula A.I. Theme from A.I. Theme from Sabrina Suite for Cello and Orchestra from Memoirs of a Geisha Jim's New Life from Empire of the Sun Avner and Daphna from Munich Rey's Theme from The Force Awakens etc. Or you do it just like @Jurassic Shark proposed and buy her the Spotlight CD. Jurassic Shark and Andy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,281 Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Definitely either Dartmoor or Homecoming from War Horse Maybe The People's House form Lincoln Might as well include The Long Road To Justice too Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-8 3,461 Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 The Forest Battle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,172 Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 If you want to highlight variety, I'd also include: Look Down, Lord from Rosewood The Football Game from Sleepers Blood Moon from Images - and if you want the really hardcore stuff, some other track from that score as well Raiders of the SoundtrArk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,429 Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 There's also: Main Title from The Fury Anderton Great Escapes from Minority Report The Key from How to Steal a Million Theme from The Eiger Sanction from The Eiger Sanction The 1960's: The Turbulent Years from Nixon Pulling the Canon from War Horse GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,024 Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Not with my Wife! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-8 3,461 Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 Buckbeak's Flight Raiders of the SoundtrArk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 2,280 Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 All great suggestions... you might find some inspiration for some off the beaten track suggestions from an episode of Sound of Cinema (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000kmz1) which goes through a selection of his music beyond Spielberg and Lucas. I always wished someone would do a JW: Rare and Unreleased that was more or less a compilation of the kind of thing featured on the above show. So, no Spielberg or Lucas, but also no Harry Potter, maybe even ignoring the Home Alone scores, but just all those less well known films he's scored, including things like Irwin Allen (ideally a suite from some of the TV shows as well as the themes, as well as from the movies). I feel tempted to put together my own, but never got round to it. Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igger6 894 Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 "The Arrival of Tink/Flight to Neverland" and/or "Remembering Childhood" and/or "The Ultimate War" ("To War" if you have the LLL release) from Hook The concert suite from SpaceCamp Scherzo for Motorcycle and Orchestra from Last Crusade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien F 1,742 Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 Try something from Jaws 2 instead of Jaws. The Catamaran Race and The Big Jolt are two great tracks with differing tones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo 54 Posted February 8, 2023 Author Share Posted February 8, 2023 I just wanted to come back and say thanks for the suggestions. Due to the time constraint I looked at my library and found tracks that I rated better than others. I then sequenced them and listened to the sequence several of times. It tends to flow pretty well. This is what I settled on: Princess Leia's Theme From Across The Stars With Anne-Sophie Mutter Cinque's Theme From Amistad Overture From Goodbye, Mr. Chips Swing, Swing, Swing From 1941 Sylvester Joins The Group From Rosewood The Plane From Empire Of The Sun The Next Morning / Mom Returns / Finale From Home Alone Leaving Home From Superman: The Movie The Lost Boys Ballet From Hook The BFG Suite You Are The Pan From Hook Joseph's Dream From Far And Away Journey To The Island From Jurassic Park Over The Moon From E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial The Ancestral Home From The River The Penitent Man Will Pass From Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade The Reunion From A.I. Artificial Intelligence Home Again From SpaceCamp I edited most tracks in one way or another and labeled this volume one. I'm grateful for the suggestions and will take a deeper listen to work on volume two. GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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