artguy360 1,844 Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 One JW signature is his use of brass chorale, especially towards the end of scores, for moments of maximum emotion, sometimes as a kind of "summing it all up" conclusive theme statement. That said, what are your favorite JW brass chorale moments? Listening to The Patriot soundtrack, while not my favorite, this brief brass moment really hit me at 5:24. YouTube link here https://youtu.be/REUusj4nxh4 Marc and Edmilson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,553 Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 The six chords, that climax HYPERSPACE. ThePenitentMan1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-8 3,483 Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 crlbrg and artguy360 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 4,672 Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 Yes, Dartmoor, and, yes, Vienna performing it. MaxTheHouseelf and Brónach 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,352 Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 2:33 BB-8 and Holko 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Falstaft 2,132 Posted April 12, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 12, 2023 Naïve Old Fart, BrotherSound and BB-8 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Andy 4,141 Posted April 12, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 12, 2023 This was the moment I accepted the Obi-Wan Theme (2:49): crocodile, BB-8 and BrotherSound 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Datameister 2,044 Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 All of them. Literally. When Williams goes into chorale territory, you know it's gonna be gold. Especially if there's enough room sound and/or artificial reverb to allow each chord to bloom with a beautiful (but not distracting) tail. artguy360 and Brónach 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Marian Schedenig 8,210 Posted April 12, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 12, 2023 9 hours ago, BB-8 said: 4 hours ago, Tom said: Yes, Dartmoor, and, yes, Vienna performing it. Brónach, Schilkeman and Martinland 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 this right here is the only score that has made me just cry listening to it on the album that i remember (i get emotional in many ways but don't cry really with music). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post D_nev 89 Posted April 12, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 12, 2023 I've always loved this moment from SPR Not Mr. Big, Steve, Marc and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 Also the trumpet chorale in Hymn to the Fallen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,291 Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 crlbrg and Schilkeman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,473 Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 Nice thread! But just a question: what exactly is a chorale? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artguy360 1,844 Posted April 12, 2023 Author Share Posted April 12, 2023 9 hours ago, BB-8 said: I love Hogwarts Forever. Instantly imbues the castle with history and a sense of academia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 4,672 Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 2 hours ago, Edmilson said: Nice thread! But just a question: what exactly is a chorale? An ale drunk by chores? ThePenitentMan1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,359 Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 5 hours ago, Edmilson said: Nice thread! But just a question: what exactly is a chorale? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Schilkeman 964 Posted April 13, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 13, 2023 Ah, Rats!!! 1:47 BB-8, MrJosh and ConorPower 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post crlbrg 381 Posted April 13, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 13, 2023 What an awesome thread! BB-8, artguy360 and BrotherSound 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-8 3,483 Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 I am just wondering to what extent these brass "chorales" and their harmonies contain common elements of Christian church music (including gospels) and whether JW takes a formal approach using elements from a musicologically defined catalogue or whether it works more associative and random. Brónach and ConorPower 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmartigan JC 85 Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 Love all these choices! I believe he does draw from well-established harmonies, often from within the American tradition. Sometimes he goes a completely diffrent way, as in this piece full of dissonance, which I adore. BrotherSound 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 disturbing score for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConorPower 148 Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 45 minutes ago, BB-8 said: I am just wondering to what extent these brass "chorales" and their harmonies contain common elements of Christian church music (including gospels) and whether JW takes a formal approach using elements from a musicologically defined catalogue or whether it works more associative and random. I could definitely see above examples from Lincoln or Saving Private Ryan having some foundation in various Christian traditions. But I suppose it's hard to ever know how much of those sounds are already engrained through in Williams head and "under his fingers" (so to speak), or actually researched specifically for films. I do know he had mentioned looking into some hymnals for Lincoln. BB-8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schilkeman 964 Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 Rey’s Theme 2:30. It mirrors the same part of Rise of Skywalker. BB-8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BrotherSound 2,242 Posted April 14, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 14, 2023 'Farewell', from The Rise of Skywalker at 3:18: Brief, but stunning! Datameister, Cerebral Cortex, Bellosh and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayesian 1,364 Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 On 11/4/2023 at 11:49 PM, artguy360 said: One JW signature is his use of brass chorale, especially towards the end of scores, for moments of maximum emotion, sometimes as a kind of "summing it all up" conclusive theme statement. That said, what are your favorite JW brass chorale moments? Listening to The Patriot soundtrack, while not my favorite, this brief brass moment really hit me at 5:24. YouTube link here https://youtu.be/REUusj4nxh4 Forget the brass chorale (which is lovely, to be sure)— what about the flute chorale at 2:52?? If that isn’t the most embouchure-destroying writing for flutes in Hollywood scoring history, I can’t imagine what would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,553 Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 The six-note motif repeated at the end of "The Tennis Game". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc 770 Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 On 12/04/2023 at 9:20 PM, D_nev said: I've always loved this moment from SPR That's the one that instantly comes to my mind ! Sheer beauty. BrotherSound 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pat_S 69 Posted May 5, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 5, 2023 I'm a huge fan of the brass stuff in 'The Miami Convention' (from the beginning up until around 2:00) from Nixon, feels equal parts inspiring and foreboding, and I think it works really well with the film. ragoz350, BrotherSound, Jilal and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,019 Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 Some great stuff in Saving Private Ryan. The Nixon example just above me is great. Recently, Obi-Wan theme. Too many examples to mention. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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