{"id":16540,"date":"2025-06-13T08:13:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T08:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jwfan.com\/?p=16540"},"modified":"2025-06-13T08:14:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T08:14:15","slug":"re-recording-john-williams-new-podcast-and-article-at-the-legacy-of-jw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jwfan.com\/?p=16540","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Re-Recording John Williams&#8217; (New Podcast and Article at the Legacy of JW)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thelegacyofjohnwilliams.com\/2025\/06\/12\/re-recording-john-williams-podcast-special\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16543\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/jw_re-recordings_podcast_cover.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/jw_re-recordings_podcast_cover.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/jw_re-recordings_podcast_cover-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/jw_re-recordings_podcast_cover-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/jw_re-recordings_podcast_cover-560x315.webp 560w, https:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/jw_re-recordings_podcast_cover-260x146.webp 260w, https:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/jw_re-recordings_podcast_cover-160x90.webp 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What are the best re-recordings of John Williams\u2019 music by other conductors?\u00a0<em>Star Wars\u00a0<\/em>is famously one of the most re-recorded pieces of music in the world, yet there are so much more John Williams re-recordings by many top conductors which deserves a bit of recognition. Join The Legacy of John Williams Head Contributor Tim Burden in a fascinating journey showcasing highlights and curiosities from over 50 years of re-recordings of John Williams\u2019 music\u2014from the superb readings by\u00a0Charles Gerhardt\u00a0and\u00a0Zubin Mehta\u00a0to the recent vibrant recordings by\u00a0Gustavo Dudamel, including some fun and unexpected oddities in-between.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thelegacyofjohnwilliams.com\/2025\/06\/12\/re-recording-john-williams-podcast-special\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Listen to the podcast at The Legacy of John Williams<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thelegacyofjohnwilliams.com\/2025\/06\/12\/john-williams-rerecordings-essay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16544\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/la-phil-gustavo-dudamel-williams-theme-from-jurassic-park-live-at-walt-disney-concert-hall.mp4.00_03_33_13.still002.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/la-phil-gustavo-dudamel-williams-theme-from-jurassic-park-live-at-walt-disney-concert-hall.mp4.00_03_33_13.still002.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/la-phil-gustavo-dudamel-williams-theme-from-jurassic-park-live-at-walt-disney-concert-hall.mp4.00_03_33_13.still002-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/la-phil-gustavo-dudamel-williams-theme-from-jurassic-park-live-at-walt-disney-concert-hall.mp4.00_03_33_13.still002-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/la-phil-gustavo-dudamel-williams-theme-from-jurassic-park-live-at-walt-disney-concert-hall.mp4.00_03_33_13.still002-560x315.webp 560w, https:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/la-phil-gustavo-dudamel-williams-theme-from-jurassic-park-live-at-walt-disney-concert-hall.mp4.00_03_33_13.still002-260x146.webp 260w, https:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/la-phil-gustavo-dudamel-williams-theme-from-jurassic-park-live-at-walt-disney-concert-hall.mp4.00_03_33_13.still002-160x90.webp 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not an exaggeration to admit that John Williams has been one of the most recorded artists in history, with a number of recordings comparable only to the beloved composers of the classical repertoire. It\u2019s quite an astonishing achievement for someone who has worked mainly in film music, a specialty usually (and wrongfully) put at the fringes of music-making and certainly not associated with huge selling numbers or multiple reinterpretations by top conductors across decades. However, John Williams eschews conventions in many ways, including the notion that film music is an exclusivity of a tiny niche of passionate fans, but it can become something that is enjoyed by a large and diverse audience and also performed with the same dignity, love and respect usually reserved for the classical repertoire.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thelegacyofjohnwilliams.com\/2025\/06\/12\/john-williams-rerecordings-essay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Making the Notes Leap Off The Page: 50 Years of John Williams\u2019 Re-Recordings<\/strong><\/a>, by Maurizio Caschetto<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/forums\/index.php?\/topic\/28888-the-legacy-of-john-williams-website-podcast\/&amp;do=findComment&amp;comment=2102599\">Discuss this topic in our forums<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are the best re-recordings of John Williams\u2019 music by other conductors?\u00a0Star Wars\u00a0is famously one of the most re-recorded pieces of music in the world, yet there are so much more John Williams re-recordings by many top conductors which deserves&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/jwfan.com\/?p=16540\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jwfan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jwfan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jwfan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jwfan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jwfan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16540"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jwfan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16546,"href":"https:\/\/jwfan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16540\/revisions\/16546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jwfan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jwfan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jwfan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}