‘UNEARTHING JOHN WILLIAMS’ EARTHQUAKE’ An Analysis by Damien Bragoli I have always had a soft spot for Universal’s Earthquake (1974), one of three big-budget disaster movies scored by John Williams in the early 1970’s. Yet in spite of the unparalleled popularity since…
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Washington DC, January 23-25
You’ll find more reports and reviews of the Washington performances at the Concert Reviews section. John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington DC Thursday, January 23, 2003 The National Symphony Orchestra conducted by JOHN WILLIAMS “A Portrait of John…
HOME ALONE 2: LOST IN NEW YORK – Album Review (Complete Score)
TRACK LISTING Review by ‘Kevin McCallister’ Ever since I first heard it, I’ve always considered the soundtrack to Home Alone 2 to be one of John Williams’ most underrated scores. The original Home Alonewas a massive success and, along with its soundtrack, beacame…
HOME ALONE 2: LOST IN NEW YORK (1992) – Interview with Producer Mike Matessino
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH MIKE MATESSINO Responsible for the Score Reconstruction, Editing and Assembly, and Liner Notes for Home Alone 2: Lost in New York – The Deluxe Edition TRACK LISTING Interview by ‘Kevin McCallister’ Q: You’ve been involved in several successful…
Washington DC, January 25, 2003 (II)
NSO scores with Hollywood By Jen Waters THE WASHINGTON TIMES Composer John Williams brought the magic of Hollywood to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts last week. Although the National Symphony Orchestra is best known for presenting…
JANE EYRE (1971) – Album Review
HOME ALONE (1990) – Original Album Review
TRACK LISTING & SOUND CLIPS Review by Jeff Commings There isn’t much Christmas music I feel would be appropriate to listen to in, say, June, but John Williams’ score for Home Alone may be the one exception (and to a…
HEARTBEEPS (1981) – Album Review
Review by Amer Zahid One of the great scores to come from composer John Williams from his golden writing marathon is from the late 1970’s to mid 1980s’ during which he rendered such classics as The Star Wars films, Close Encounters, Superman, Raiders and E.T. In between he…
JFK (1991) – Album Reviews
TRACK LISTING Review by Jeff Commings Anyone who has seen Oliver Stone’s requiem to President Kennedy knows that this film is not one that would require a normal composer to just write a simple theme for strings and develop it…
E.T. – THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982) – Album Reviews (2002 Expanded Edition)
TRACK LISTING & SOUND CLIPS Review by Jeff Commings It is surprising how little time and effort John Williams seems to waste in composing a film score. If you think about his most popular scores, you imagine him slaving away…
AMISTAD (1997) – Album Review
TRACK LISTING Review by Jeff Commings I would love to be a fly on the wall when John Williams and Steven Spielberg get together and discuss scoring options for their films. I have wondered how they came up with the…
Washington DC, January 25, 2003
Williams conducted ‘The Imperial March’… with a lightsaber! Several of our board members attended the Saturday 25 performance at Washington DC’s Lincoln Center… From ‘Eplicon’: This is the first time I got to see Williams play the piano, and he…