Popular Post Sandor 840 Posted October 29, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted October 29, 2023 Recently, I've been very impressed by John Williams' arrangement of The Long Goodbye Theme as heard on the DG Violin Concerto No. 2 release (2022). I think it may be one of Williams' very best arrangements and it puts the theme in a completely new perspective. Just sharing in case anyone hasn't heard it. Once, crumbs, JW collector and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bigjimwilson 268 Posted October 29, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted October 29, 2023 I think it's quite a fascinating arrangement, and certainly one of the best Mutter ones. It takes the theme from a fairly jazzy score....upbeat, but definitely with a melancholy element, and makes it sound like it would be more at home in a cold war drama. Love it. crumbs, GerateWohl, artguy360 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,679 Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 It's pretty good but I don't love this theme as much as some others. But at least we have a good concert version of it JW collector and Sandor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 10,079 Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 It was a fantastic surprise to hear it as a first act encore for Vienna II. JW collector and Sandor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis 254 Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 10 hours ago, Holko said: It was a fantastic surprise to hear it as a first act encore for Vienna II. Yeah, that was indeed very nice! Sandor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-8 3,877 Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 On 29/10/2023 at 1:27 PM, Sandor said: Recently, I've been very impressed by John Williams' arrangement of The Long Goodbye Theme as heard on the DG Violin Concerto No. 2 release (2022). I think it may be one of Williams' very best arrangements and it puts the theme in a completely new perspective. Just sharing in case anyone hasn't heard it. And it was also performed (and recorded) in Vienna with the VPO. Think it would deserve a further release. Davis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SilverTrumpet 642 Posted November 1, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 1, 2023 Watching this, it's just...cosmic for lack of a better word. Imagine you're 40 or so, you're not famous yet, you still haven't started working with Steven Spielberg at all, and you still have it in yourself to churn out a piece of music like this. Then, fast forward half a freaking century later and you're still practicing your craft like this. Every time I watch a fairly recent appearance by Williams I feel like I'm witnessing history in a way few other things that exist in the modern world feel. Sandor, MaxTheHouseelf and BB-8 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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