MrScratch 294 Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 I've been listening to a lot of JW/BPO albums, steering away from his film scores lately and I realized just how much music Williams has "introduced" me to, music I might not have heard had Williams not conducted it. Here are some of the pieces I really love that I owe to Williams:Canto Olympico: Ode To Zeus (from Summon The Heroes)Pavane (from Pops In Love)The Swan (from Pops In Love)Symphony 2: Mysterious Mountain (from The Five Sacred Trees)The Color Purple (from Cinema Serenade) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoda Longbottom 0 Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 The Hollywood Sound was a key compilation to me since it brought me to John Barry's Out of Africa, which made me want to have more so I bought a few more Barry's scores. And the Lawrence of Arabia, of which I wouldn't have known hadn't it been on the Hollywood Sound.But the best of all is, in my opinion, Cinema Serenade 2. It's a splendid compilation made of gems.Oh well, and his swing albums! It was around the time I started building my jazz/blues collection and he helped me identify a good number of works through his Boston Pops albums.And Unforgettable and Joy to the World!, both are superfine introductions as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSM 126 Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 Actually, Wiiliams made me love jazz! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Andrade 1,273 Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 Maxwell Davies music, wich by the way, can be much more complicated than just "An Orkney wedding with Sunrise".Also Delius, and a lot of Jazz. And recently, Michael Torke. Most classical composers I already knew about them, and loved some of them, by the time I got a Williams recording, but, of course is a pleasure when he takes the time to record things for the first time, like he did in Pops Britannia or Summon the Heroes.Throught his own music, he also awaked me to others styles and composers, as he seems to gather so many influences on his own work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Andrade 1,273 Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 Funny you mentioned Faure's Pavane... Today one of my favorites, I hated has it was used in a comercial around here for years. Until I first heard it played as it should be, by Williams and the Pops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,249 Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 What music did JW introduce to you?Film scores and orchestral music in general. And he did it within just a few minutes, when I first listened to my father's Star Wars CD.Canto Olympico: Ode To Zeus (from Summon The Heroes)If you like that, check out Theodorakis's other choral work, Canto General. The world premiere recording if possible, the other recordings I know aren't very good.Marian - who counts that among his favourites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector J. Guzman 1 Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 Actually, Wiiliams made me love jazz!I began listening to jazz because of this too!! Amazing.Bizet, Nicolai, Wagner, Count Basie, Ellington, Miller and of course Williams´ own music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector J. Guzman 1 Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 And I know listen to Brubeck, Marsalis, Miles Davis and more recently James Taylor too, among others Williams, arr. Hooray for HollywoodThe Boston Pops OrchestraJohn Williams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,367 Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 Due to Williams I'm a 20th century violin concerto collector. I'm not gonna name the works because there're too many and you wouldn't be interested anyway . But just know, I discovered some truly gems amongst them.----------------Alex Cremers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donnelly24 0 Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 Williams music is what got me to like classical music. I remember doing a project on the holocaust and my taecher had us listen to the Schindlers List theme and write about what we think of the music. I thought it was incredable! From there I went and got a greatest hits cd, and it just sparked my interest in his music. As for classical music in general, i found out about how Itzhak Perlman was the voilinist, and i got a cd of his. So that one song truely got me to appreciate classical music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ren 75 Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 I'm with Melange. Film Scores in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Barnsbury 8 Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 Film scores mainly, and increasingly now, classical.Ray Barnsbury-eternally grateful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 The Color Purple (from Cinema Serenade)Williams arranged to it sound like he composed it.it fact listen to it at the 2.54 mark when the brass/woodwinds kick in...can anything be more unmistakably JW than this?it's so JW that i put it in my JW "beautiful cues" compilation as an exception.K.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector J. Guzman 1 Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 I loved it too. I loved this collection of CDs, and also by Williams, Bacalov´s Il Postino. I just love his arrangement to this beautiful tune.Hector - and his Jurassic Park post. (that would be no. 1993) Holst "Jupiter: the Bringer of Jollity" from The PlanetsOrchestre Symphonique de MontréalCharles Dutoit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoda Longbottom 0 Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 The Color Purple (from Cinema Serenade)Williams arranged to it sound like he composed it.it fact listen to it at the 2.54 mark when the brass/woodwinds kick in...can anything be more unmistakably JW than this?it's so JW that i put it in my JW "beautiful cues" compilation as an exception.K.M.Could it be JW's Laura "2", "the one I would have loved to have scored..."? Has it been discussed here before like why John Williams didn't score this one for Steven Spielberg in 1985? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 Well,it wasn't Spielberg's choice.Quincy Jones was producer and he wanted to score it...But listen to that bit on the Cinema Serenade I tell youK.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 And as far as what Williams has introduced me to,I don't believe I would have read the Harry Potter books if Williams wasn't attached to scoring the movies.It's not music but I guess it counts tooK.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoda Longbottom 0 Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 But listen to that bit on the Cinema Serenade I tell youI will do so, thanks for the tip. I was long putting the first second in favor of the second Cinema Serenade. Time for a change.And I am lucky I don't need to cope with hard times when deciding upon which CD to listen to at home in the evening. Just reading through topics here is heavenly inciting! You guys make my daily playlist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,367 Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 Back then in the theater I was quite surprised when Quincy's name appeared on the screen and not John Williams. I remember thinking that Spielberg probably didn't want Williams to score this one because Williams was known for his typical Action/SF/Fantasy heroism and that it wouldn't have help the film's dramatic tone very much........................ Sorry John, but I really don't need your Superman music on this one!That was the only reason I could think of.----------------Alex Cremers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melange 446 Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 I'm with Melange. Film Scores in general.Melange?? ...I think that was Marian... Melange - Wondering if Ren was fantasizing about me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrScratch 294 Posted September 11, 2003 Author Share Posted September 11, 2003 I forget where it was, but I thought I read somewhere that since Quincy Jones produced the film he also wanted to do the music. Williams, being the gentleman that he is, didn't protest. I don't think there is much of a story to it at all, its not like Jones was trying to oust Williams as Spielbergs composer of choice.I agree about Williams' arrangement of Color Purple. Because of the Cinema Serenade recording, I went on to buy the Color Purple soundtrack. Its also nice to have it just to complete the Spielberg soundtrack catalogue. It sure would be nice to have a legit release of Sugarland Express now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrScratch 294 Posted September 11, 2003 Author Share Posted September 11, 2003 And as far as what Williams has introduced me to,I don't believe I would have read the Harry Potter books if Williams wasn't attached to scoring the movies.It's not music but I guess it counts too.That might be a whole other topic to discuss! I, too, read the first Harry Potter book as soon as I heard that Williams going to do the score for SS. I think I would have read them eventually, but probably not before I saw the movie. A couple other books I read because of Williams are Angela's Ashes and Memoirs of a Geisha (because Spielberg was set to direct this at one point). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 [ That might be a whole other topic to discuss! ).Which I almost did,but I backtracked and posted it in there.K.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 I agree about Williams' arrangement of Color Purple. Because of the Cinema Serenade recording, I went on to buy the Color Purple soundtrack. .How does the O.S.T. stand up to Williams recording?K.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,249 Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 I, too, read the first Harry Potter book as soon as I heard that Williams going to do the score for SS.Ah yes, that sounds familiar. Marian - who'd heard about the books from friends and relatives, but ultimately decided to read them when Williams signed up for the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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