SilverTrumpet 638 Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 Does anybody know if this is one long piece with different themes from all the SW movies or is this just the concert themes of the different SW themes played one after another? I rather curious to know about it because it sounds sorta nice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 It's just a bunch of individual concert suites played in an evening. It is not one long piece.Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrScratch 294 Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 When I first read about the Star Wars Grand Suite, I thought about starting a post about what would your ideal Star Wars Grand Suite look like. So, I'll see if I can get it started here. Here is what I would love to see Williams perform as a Star Wars Suite:Fox FanfareMain TitleDuel of the Fates (WITH Chorus)Dune Sea of TatooineAcross The StarsThe Little People WorkPrincess LeiaImperial MarchThe Asteroid FieldYoda's ThemeHan Solo And The PrincessHere They Come!The Forest BattleThe Emperor (again, WITH Chorus)Throne Room (from A New Hope) and Finale (from Return of the Jedi)I closed my suite with the finale from ROTJ to squeeze in more material, the Ewoks theme and Luke & Leia. With the exception of 'The Emperor' all of these pieces are actual concert versions that Williams has performed, so this is definitely feasible.Oh, by the way, does anyone know exactly what James Earl Jones did during the Grand Suite. All I read was that he provided narration. Did he talk during every piece, or did he just do a kind of introduction (like, "A long time ago...") and closing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nja 0 Posted September 13, 2003 Share Posted September 13, 2003 When I first read about the Star Wars Grand Suite, I thought about starting a post about what would your ideal Star Wars Grand Suite look like. So, I'll see if I can get it started here. Here is what I would love to see Williams perform as a Star Wars Suite:Fox FanfareMain TitleDuel of the Fates (WITH Chorus)Dune Sea of TatooineAcross The StarsThe Little People WorkPrincess LeiaImperial MarchThe Asteroid FieldYoda's ThemeHan Solo And The PrincessHere They Come!The Forest BattleThe Emperor (again, WITH Chorus)Throne Room (from A New Hope) and Finale (from Return of the Jedi)I closed my suite with the finale from ROTJ to squeeze in more material, the Ewoks theme and Luke & Leia. With the exception of 'The Emperor' all of these pieces are actual concert versions that Williams has performed, so this is definitely feasible. . .Let me know when they start selling tickets. I'm there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted September 13, 2003 Share Posted September 13, 2003 Here is an e-mail I got from a lurker of this board who was at this concert. The title of the e-mail is "Grand Sour from Star Wars"."The so-called suite consisted of narration by James Earl Jones (some of the worst ever written since the beginning of time) spoken between lazy performances of the same tired old concert arrangements, as follows:20th Century Fox FanfareStar Wars Main TitleDuel of the Fates (no chorus)The Desert (played under narration)Across the StarsThe Imperial March (concert version)Cantina Band (concert version)Princess Leia's themeThe Asteroid Field (concert version)Yoda's themeParade of the Ewoks (concert version)Throne Room and Star Wars End Title(concert version, but skipping over Ben's theme)Boring boring boring -- dreadful!Prior to that:Harry Potter suite:Hedwig's themeFawkesWind piece from children's suiteHarry's Wondrous WorldThree interminable pieces from Catch Me in the Can (who cares?)Tribute to the Film composer (a.k.a. Soundtrack sampler)"He also went on to describe it as "the worst Williams program ever". I just thought I'd mention an opposing point of view.Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted September 15, 2003 Author Share Posted September 15, 2003 Does anyone like that long piece of different music from SW that is about 35 minutes long used for SWGB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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