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…
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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…
Washington DC, January 24 & 25, 2003
Williams demonstrates the process of film scoring using clips from Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade and E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Excerpt from The Washington Post on the Friday 24 concert (‘Music and Film Made in Hollywood, USA’): Another fascination was Williams’s own “Tribute…
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980) – Album Review (1997 Expanded Edition)
TRACK LISTING & SOUND CLIPS Review by Jeff Commings I think 20th Century Fox was glad George Lucas decided to rerelease the Star Wars trilogy because it gave them a reason to finally release the entire score for every film. Music fans…
SPACECAMP (1986) – Album Review
TRACK LISTING & SOUND CLIPS Review by Jeff Commings I’m sure after John Williams saw SpaceCamp, he knew it wasn’t going to be like his former space scores, which made him a household name. Instead, SpaceCamp appears to be geared for…
SCHINDLER’S LIST (1993) – Album Review
TRACK LISTING & SOUND CLIPS Review by Jeff Commings Anyone who says that Schindler’s List is not John Williams’ most touching composition to date has not really felt the full scope of this score. It deserved an Oscar not only for its…
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998) – Album Reviews
TRACK LISTING & SOUND CLIPS Review by Jeff Commings You don’t have to read the liner notes in the Saving Private Ryan CD to realize that this project marks a change in thinking for both Steven Spielberg and John Williams. Though it…
ROSEWOOD (1997) – Album Review
TRACK LISTING & SOUND CLIPS Review by Jeff Commings Imagine my surprise to see John Williiams’ name in the opening credits for the film Rosewood. Not to say that I don’t think Mr. Williams can score a film covering such a…
STAR WARS (1977) – Album Review
Review by Jeff Commings Clearly no one could argue that the score from Star Wars is the most popular score of our generation, and many may wonder what our lives would be like if this score, or this film for that matter,…
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (1971) – Album Review
TRACK LISTING Review by Jeff Commings Back in the 1970s the movie musical genre was on its last legs. MGM’s grand successes of the 50s and 60s were not holding out when 1970 came along, but one film made MGM…
BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY (1989) – Album Reviews
TRACK LISTING & SOUND CLIPS Review by Jeff Commings Amidst the flurry and mayhem of Oliver Stone’s Born on the Fourth of July is the extremely subtle work of John Williams. Ever ready to take on a project that presents a musical…