John Williams & Gustavo Dudamel conduct the LA Philharmonic at The Hollywood Bowl, July 7-9 2023

[Brando 1,864]

Excellent seats!

[atmicwedgy 43]

Was Saturday’s setlist identical to Friday’s?

[BrotherSound 2,242]

1 hour ago, atmicwedgy said:

Was Saturday’s setlist identical to Friday’s?

Yes, with the same three encores: Yoda’s theme, Flying Theme from E.T., and the Imperial March.

[BrotherSound 2,242]

A pair of spotlights were turned on overhead, beginning with the Raiders March, to stunning effect:
 

A sea of lightsabers ignited for the Star Wars selections:

 

[JWilliamsFan1999 47]

Hey guys, my name is Rafie and I am a HUGE John Williams fan and I have been following his music so much my whole life. My favorite scores from him are of course Star Wars, Jurassic Park, E.T. The Extra Terrestrial, Harry Potter (first three films he composed) and of course my all time favorite, the Indiana Jones franchise. 

 

If you guys could recommend me a great JW score other than the ones I have listed, I would greatly appreciate that. 

 

I'm so happy to be a part of this fan community to celebrate John Williams and his amazing music/scores. 

 

Great to meet you all, 

 

Rafie.

[Ricard 2,245]

Full show, part I (July 7)

 

Full show, part II (July 7)

 

Superman March (July 8)

 

Yoda's Theme (July 8)

 

Imperial March / Second lightsaber duel and co-conducting / Final applause (July 8)

 

Imperial March / Second lightsaber duel and co-conducting /Final applause (July 8, different angle)

[crumbs 14,317]

1 hour ago, JWilliamsFan1999 said:

Hey guys, my name is Rafie and I am a HUGE John Williams fan and I have been following his music so much my whole life. My favorite scores from him are of course Star Wars, Jurassic Park, E.T. The Extra Terrestrial, Harry Potter (first three films he composed) and of course my all time favorite, the Indiana Jones franchise. 

 

Welcome Rafie! Great to have new fans around here

 

1 hour ago, JWilliamsFan1999 said:

If you guys could recommend me a great JW score other than the ones I have listed, I would greatly appreciate that. 

 

Where to begin? Clearly you're well versed in his blockbuster scores, but in recent years I've found his scores for dramas even more rewarding.

 

For sweeping yet intimate, and overflowing with emotional themes and flute & piano solos, check out War Horse:

 

Memoirs of a Geisha is one of his best, dripping with atmosphere and Japanese instrumentation but with its roots in Williams' trademark sensibilities. Beautiful solos for cello and violin throughout.

 

Tintin is modern yet with a foot in the door of his classic blockbuster adventure scores (especially Indiana Jones)! Great themes and swashbuckling tracks throughout:

 

And of course there's Hook, one of his greatest scores. Incredible themes, some of the best action music of his career, and an all-time performance from the LA musicians. Amazing!

 

[JWilliamsFan1999 47]

5 minutes ago, crumbs said:

 

Welcome Rafie! Great to have new fans around here

 

 

Where to begin? Clearly you're well versed in his blockbuster scores, but in recent years I've found his scores for dramas even more rewarding.

 

For sweeping yet intimate, and overflowing with emotional themes and flute & piano solos, check out War Horse:

 

Memoirs of a Geisha is one of his best, dripping with atmosphere and Japanese instrumentation but with its roots in Williams' trademark sensibilities. Beautiful solos for cello and violin throughout.

 

Tintin is modern yet with a foot in the door of his classic blockbuster adventure scores (especially Indiana Jones)! Great themes and swashbuckling tracks throughout:

 

And of course there's Hook, one of his greatest scores. Incredible themes, some of the best action music of his career, and an all-time performance from the LA musicians. Amazing!

 

 

I love Hook's score, especially The Flight To Neverland. Such an amazing piece of music. And about the other scores you recommended me, I will definitely take a listen to them. Thanks so much @crumbs for recommending me these scores. 

[crumbs 14,317]

15 minutes ago, JWilliamsFan1999 said:

 

 

I love Hook's score, especially The Flight To Neverland. Such an amazing piece of music. And about the other scores you recommended me, I will definitely take a listen to them. Thanks so much @crumbs for recommending me these scores. 

 

And some honorable mentions...

 

Lincoln (one of his great drama scores, very restrained)

 

AI Artificial Intelligence (a masterpiece in every sense of the word. Dark, visceral, emotional, it has everything):

 

The Lost World (I reckon this score is even better than Jurassic Park, if you enjoy his darker sound):

 

Far and Away goes under the radar, that's a fantastic lesser-known work. Sweeping themes and a "big" sound, it's a gem:

 

 

[JWilliamsFan1999 47]

Just now, crumbs said:

 

And some honorable mentions...

 

Lincoln (one of his great drama scores, very restrained)

 

AI Artificial Intelligence (a masterpiece in every sense of the word. Dark, visceral, emotional, it has everything):

 

The Lost World (I reckon this score is even better than Jurassic Park, if you enjoy his darker sound):

 

 

@crumbs OMG His Jurassic Park scores are just masterpieces in their own right, And I love Lincoln, a great movie. I still haven't seen A.I. Artificial Intelligence before but I will definitely give it a watch and a listen to the score for sure. But Yes, I love his scores for Jurassic Park and The Lost World: Jurassic Park as well. 

[Holko 9,526]

@JWilliamsFan1999, his catalogue is very deep and however deep you dig in it, you'll only find gems.

 

I love his Henry Mancini-inspired How to Steal a Million:, one of his first bigger jobs for a bigger film with big names:

 

 

Images is a very experimental out there score for only strings and strange percussion, this is the most accessible piece:

 

 

The complete film recordings of Eiger Sanction are a recent discovery for most of us, and its diversity and emotional power blew our collective minds:

 

 

Black Sunday is a groovy terrorist thriller score recorded very shortly before the original STAR WARS:

 

 

The Fury is a grand over the top horror score, a throwback to 50s B flicks and Bernard Herrmann scores:

 

 

The River is a joyous rich take on 80s rural Americana:

 

 

Always is mostly a small-scale romantic score with some grand standout powerful moments:

 

 

Minority Report is a scifi crime thriller from one of his most beloved golden ages (1997-2005):

 

[Space Pineapple Prod. 183]

Recorded the whole thing yesterday, will have it uploaded as soon as it's in my drive. Not great video and DOTF is a little tainted with lightsaber sounds but the sound quality is pretty good.

[JWilliamsFan1999 47]

2 minutes ago, Space Pineapple Prod. said:

Recorded the whole thing yesterday, will have it uploaded as soon as it's in my drive. Not great video and DOTF is a little tainted with lightsaber sounds but the sound quality is pretty good.

 

Will you share it to the forum? Or not? I would love to see it. 

[Space Pineapple Prod. 183]

1 minute ago, JWilliamsFan1999 said:

 

Will you share it to the forum? Or not? I would love to see it. 

Gonna post it here

[JWilliamsFan1999 47]

2 minutes ago, Space Pineapple Prod. said:

Gonna post it here

 

Thanks, @Space Pineapple Prod.

[Space Pineapple Prod. 183]

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1JpSMnaMgvwsk5aJODqtUQ2p0CpneKVFD?usp=sharing

 

Whole show from 7/8/23, seats in section M2

[Jay 37,369]

Nice pics @BrotherSound! 

[Damien F 1,742]

23 hours ago, Holko said:

Minority Report is a scifi crime thriller from one of his most beloved golden ages (1997-2005):

 

How many golden ages does he have? Possibly...

• 1975-1984
• 1989-1993
• 1997-2005

 

[Darth Mulder 154]

10 minutes ago, Damien F said:

 

How many golden ages does he have? Possibly...

• 1975-1984
• 1989-1993
• 1997-2005

 

 

What age (or period) is Williams in now? 

 

I'm afraid to hear the answer. 

[Holko 9,526]

13 minutes ago, Damien F said:

 

How many golden ages does he have? Possibly...

• 1975-1984
• 1989-1993
• 1997-2005

 

1959-1969

1970-1974

1975-1984

1986-1996

1997-2005

2008-2023

 

[GerateWohl 4,370]

21 minutes ago, Darth Mulder said:

 

What age (or period) is Williams in now? 

 

I'm afraid to hear the answer. 

Platinum.

[Marian Schedenig 8,200]

1 hour ago, GerateWohl said:

1 hour ago, Darth Mulder said:

 

What age (or period) is Williams in now? 

 

I'm afraid to hear the answer. 

Platinum.

 

Silverback.

[ocelot 508]

Sunday Night. Magic. Had a double date with my BF and another couple (and some extra friends who wanted to tag along lol) having great food and wine, sitting in a garden box at the Hollywood Bowl enjoying Gustavo Dudamel and John Williams conduct the Los Angeles Philharmonic to some of his iconic pieces. What more could a person want....... I didn't record all the pieces but here's a selection for you

 

First, Call of the Champions, Gustavo conducting.

 

Duel of the Fates, Gustavo Conducting and a few unfortunate flubs by one or two french horns. It is a very challenging piece and extremely high at points...

 

Helena's Theme, John conducting. Sorry for the shaky filming, I think it's when I spilt my wine, lol. I thought they played this better than they did last year.

 

Theme from Schindler's List. Bing Wang (concertmaster) on Violin and John conducting. She played it beautifully I thought.

 

One of the Encores. Flying Theme from E.T. with Pride colors of course at the end! John Conducting x

 

Last but 100% not least. The incomparable Imperial March. John conducting, then Gustavo comes in to foil hi, then Gustavo conducts whilst John finds a light saber and then both are on the podium. 

 

This was the first time in which Williams to me showed his age, I mean he is 91. The cutest though was when he was introducing the three pieces from Star Wars. "First we will start with the Asteroid Field, and then on to Princess Leia's theme and finally the Throne Room and end credits to Star Wars... uuuummm, hope? Wait, I forgot the title to the movie, can someone please tell me the title to that movie?!" Everyone shouted A New Hope and he pointed at the crowd as if to say, yes that one! Then a hundred We Love You's came out to him <3

[ocelot 508]

Thanks for moving it into here x

[BB-8 3,478]

Great coverage of this event!

 

Love that poster on the main page!

[pete 907]

On 11/07/2023 at 6:55 AM, ocelot said:

This was the first time in which Williams to me showed his age, I mean he is 91. The cutest though was when he was introducing the three pieces from Star Wars. "First we will start with the Asteroid Field, and then on to Princess Leia's theme and finally the Throne Room and end credits to Star Wars... uuuummm, hope? Wait, I forgot the title to the movie, can someone please tell me the title to that movie?!" Everyone shouted A New Hope and he pointed at the crowd as if to say, yes that one! Then a hundred We Love You's came out to him <3

 

 

That's sweet, but I'm not sure I'd consider that a sign of his age if that's what you meant. I think the only few signs of his age are physical. Mentally, he's a sharp and eloquent as he ever was - at least in interiews and his music. And after all, the movie wasn't called A New Hope when he scored it almost 50 years ago.

[BB-8 3,478]

 

"Always two there are, no more, no less."

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cuh5kWoSP6Z/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

 

[ocelot 508]

15 hours ago, pete said:

 

 

That's sweet, but I'm not sure I'd consider that a sign of his age if that's what you meant. I think the only few signs of his age are physical. Mentally, he's a sharp and eloquent as he ever was - at least in interiews and his music. And after all, the movie wasn't called A New Hope when he scored it almost 50 years ago.

Yes I know, it was just Star Wars, and no, that was the cute part. The way he was walking and needed some help here and there. I go pretty much every year, I can't remember him needing any help last two years and when he was conducting the way he was breathing even felt different. Still, more power to him and if only all of us are doing half as much as him at that age

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[pete 907]

Interview, and yes, John's voice sounds a little course. Perhaps he talked a lot at rehearsals as this was recorded just before the concerts. Stay young Johnny! 

 

 

[Tydirium 1,167]

1 hour ago, pete said:

Interview, and yes, John's voice sounds a little course. Perhaps he talked a lot at rehearsals as this was recorded just before the concerts. Stay young Johnny! 

 

 

 

“Another legendary composer, Gustavo Dudamel”  

 

Newspeople crack me up.

[Thor 7,508]

Yes, "legendary" is taking it too far, but he IS a composer. Dig his score for THE LIBERATOR.

[Jurassic Shark 12,079]

5 hours ago, Tydirium said:

"Another legendary composer, Gustavo Dudamel”  

 

He's legendary for not composing much.

 

2 minutes ago, Thor said:

Dig his score for THE LIBERATOR.

 

Sold it.

[BB-8 3,478]

It is indeed a legend.