The Quick Question Thread

[Josh500 1,620]

I listened to it closely - a short segment it is just looped, maybe by the music editor.. never noticed that though.

Are you sure it's looped? I can never tell when it's such a short passage.

I assumed the cellos played that ta-tatata a second time!

[MissPadmé 17]

I listened to it closely - a short segment it is just looped, maybe by the music editor.. never noticed that though.

Are you sure it's looped? I can never tell when it's such a short passage.

I assumed the cellos played that ta-tatata a second time!

no they didn't - because the woodstick hit is also repeated and the chord that slowly grows does the same soft crescendo

It is def. a loop/edit

[Josh500 1,620]

Ah ok! But I kind of like that repeat...

Anyway, great piece.

[MissPadmé 17]

yes - you are right

what I find amazing is that Williams actually wrote additional music for the opening, when he conducted it live at the Hollywood Bowl..

[Josh500 1,620]

Really? Is there a recording or a (youtube) video of it available?

[MissPadmé 17]

Yes -

Starting on 4:20

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AFYeJmvRU0

also a new ending

[Josh500 1,620]

Wow thanks!

I thought you meant additional music to "In the Jungle," but this is pretty great too.

[Little Ghost 8,131]

man thats cool! i wish that music was available

[Little Ghost 8,131]

i heard there was a alternate of The Fortress of Solitude is this true? and is it available anywhere?

[Trent B 348]

i heard there was a alternate of The Fortress of Solitude is this true? and is it available anywhere?

I don't think there is. If there was I'm sure FSM would have included it in the Blue Box set.

[Muad'Dib 1,959]

Is "Harry's Vow" from POA based around a theme? Or is it sort of random?

[Admiral Holdo 16]

Why do people care so much whether or not Williams' Potter themes are reused in subsequent scores?

[Ollie 1,324]

Well it's kind of like a future Star Wars movie not using the Star Wars theme(s) or an Indiana Jones movie not using the Raiders march.

What people forget is that different composers will want to do their own thing and directors will as well. There are still people who are upset that the non Goldsmith scored Trek films didn't use his theme.

[Little Ghost 8,131]

does the flying sequence from HTTYD have any connection whatsoever to the flying sequence from STM?

[Koray Savas 2,255]

So I realized that I actually don't have The Terminal on CD. The score came with a special edition of the DVD my brother bought years ago, and it's off with him in California. I'm looking for it on Amazon right now, and the only CD version is THIS.

What's the deal with the cover art? I've never seen it before.

[Demondm810 460]

That's weird. Is it an import?

I like it better than mine.

[Jay 43,319]

Huh. Never seen that before either.

[Maglorfin 214]

Yeah, I know this cover, it seems to be an European cover art since I've seen this version couple of times here in Slovenia, but only in last 2-3 years. When I bought my copy it had a "normal" cover art we're all used to.

[Director of Poltergeist 8,279]

Is Movie Legends: The Music of John Williams by the Royal Philharmonic any good?

Also, is there a lossless version of the A.I. promo?

[Taikomochi 1,350]

What is a good freeware FLAC to MP3 converter that will leave the files in good quality(320), not cut the files short because it's a trial, or stop after a trial period of time?

[Koray Savas 2,255]

Switch

[Taikomochi 1,350]

Thanks, Koray!

[Jay 43,319]

just use the official FLAC encoder to decode them to WAVs, then use LameDrop to make them into mp3s

[Taikomochi 1,350]

Eh, that sounds like it would take a while. The program Koray listed worked excellently.

[Koray Savas 2,255]

Yep. Drag, drop, convert, done.

[Andy 6,239]

Has Williams ever invoked the Dies Irae?

[Jay 43,319]

Yes

[Ollie 1,324]

CE3K and ROTS are two that jump out immediately.

[Andy 6,239]

Ah... the "travelling to Devil's Tower" music? It is, isn't it?

When in ROTS?

[Marian Schedenig 10,516]

Home Alone, too.

[Ollie 1,324]

Ah... the "travelling to Devil's Tower" music? It is, isn't it?

When in ROTS?

It's obvious....

BOH, not a direct quote.

[Little Ghost 8,131]

is the "Romantic Flight" scene in How To Train Your Dragon at all inspired by the "Flying Sequence" scene from Superman

[Jay 43,319]

What do you think?

[Little Ghost 8,131]

i think that.........that scene is no good

[Jay 43,319]

Well there's your anwer

[Little Ghost 8,131]

which score should i pick up?

Jurassic Park 1, Jurassic Park 2, ET, Jaws, or The Lord of the Rings (Leonard Rosenman)....

or none of the above?

[indy4 159]

E.T and the Lost World.

[Maglorfin 214]

Jurassic Park 1, ET, Jaws

That is, if you are in any way limited, otherwise, get 'em all!

[Delorean90 47]

Has Williams ever invoked the Dies Irae?

In addition to those mentioned above, Jurassic Park, "Finding Dr. Malcolm."

[Charlie Brigden 7]

Clearly E.T. and Jaws.

[Little Ghost 8,131]

Has Williams ever invoked the Dies Irae?

In addition to those mentioned above, Jurassic Park, "Finding Dr. Malcolm."

according to wikipedia (riiiiiiiight....) it is also invoked in ANH :

"While the plainchant setting of Dies Irae is not the only melody drawn from or inspired by the canon of Western art music, it is the only one that serves a recurring, leitmotivic function. Like many composers before him, Williams uses Dies Irae to evoke a sense of impending doom or tribulation. The four signature notes first appear in the score to Star Wars, notably at the end of the scene in which Luke finds his aunt and uncle dead. It was originally introduced in the "Binary Sunset" scene, but Williams was asked to rewrite the cue, and in doing so removed the references to Dies Irae. Williams reprised the motive for Attack of the Clones in an eight-note (but altered) form to foreshadow the suffering Anakin Skywalker would bring to the galaxy in the scene in which he admits that he murdered the Tusken Raiders. It also appears in Revenge of the Sith during several climactic scenes."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_music

[Datameister 2,474]

Jurassic Park and E.T. would be my top choices from those. Both are really, really amazing scores, and totally worth every cent of the purchase.

[Wojo 2,458]

Can someone recommend a good audio presentation of the Dies Irae outside of film scores that I could listen to? I admit that I am really unfamiliar with it, and cannot recognize it in these movies you discuss.

[Little Ghost 8,131]

Can someone recommend a good audio presentation of the Dies Irae outside of film scores that I could listen to? I admit that I am really unfamiliar with it, and cannot recognize it in these movies you discuss.

this?:

[Taikomochi 1,350]

E.T and the Lost World.

[Wojo 2,458]

I'll try it, Faleel.

[Marian Schedenig 10,516]

which score should i pick up?

Jurassic Park 1, Jurassic Park 2, ET, Jaws, or The Lord of the Rings (Leonard Rosenman)....

or none of the above?

Definitely ALL of the above.

[Jeff 10]

Jurassic Park and E.T. would be my top choices from those. Both are really, really amazing scores, and totally worth every cent of the purchase.

My sentiments exactly.

[Andy 6,239]

Can someone recommend a good audio presentation of the Dies Irae outside of film scores that I could listen to? I admit that I am really unfamiliar with it, and cannot recognize it in these movies you discuss.

Check out this terrific FSM Podcast on the subject.

It's my opinion that Williams references the Dies Irae without directly quoting it, like for example, Goldsmith's use of it in the Mephisto Waltz. Still, fun to point out examples of passages I've always known, but never connected directly to it.

[Little Ghost 8,131]

which score should i pick up?

.......Jurassic Park 2,....

or none of the above?

Definitely ALL of the above.

just one question, i often hear in discussion of the score for 2 a certain theme/leitmotiv called the "Carnivore Motif" and i would like to know what does this "Carnivore Motif" sound like?