I play piano and when we played this for my college symphony orchestra, at 14:39 those arpeggios were literally making me float it was so much fun to play. LOVE THIS PIECE.
You wisely chose to analyze the 2020 Vienna Philharmonic recording. JW himself regarded conducting this world-class orchestra as the pinnacle of his music career & was deeply moved by the standing ovation that happened at the conclusion of this ET suite. His encore "Imperial March" by his own words was the finest performance of that work. I like your breakdown & it shows the mind-boggling complexity that went into it. Both JW & Spielberg have often shared the story of how JW was struggling to get the music to be in sync with the film (film scoring is a mathematical juggernaut) & after several rejected takes, Spielberg decided to turn off the projectors & monitors so the orchestra could play it uninhibited & he would edit the film to match the music performance. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN & shows the trust between those two legendary collaborators & the power of the cue itself.
Outstanding analysis and effort Mitchell! This is one of the top masterpieces of John Williams IMHO. One question, it has always bugged me in this recording at the end, the 3rd last bar, is it my imagination or does the timpani come in a fraction early?
@@mitchlg531, I also think that is more acceptable for the audience. It's the difference between "film music," and changing the tempo to sound more like "concert music." I could be wrong, but this is also likely to bring less demand to an orchestra that isn't used to having to read such complicated music in a very little amount of time.
Mitchell, your analysis is as sophisticated and inspiring as the composition itself - take a bow, maestro! I've heard this recording a number of times, and it is superb. One of the little things that have bugged me with the recording, is the ending and timpani. Does the enthusiastic percussionist come in ever so slightly early in the third last bar?
Dorico has different settings for half diminish chords and one of them was the Bdim7 = half diminish. It’s slightly confusing but I will keep this in mind for future videos
@@mitchlg531 Thanks for the response. I must also reiterate how great your video is. I'm composing a piece at the moment which is very inspired by Adventures on Earth, your video is invaluable!
@@mitchlg531 I guess I should let you know that the theme at 244 is actually the friendship/love theme for ET and Elliott that you can hear many times in the film, including in ‘the beginning of a friendship’. Other than that though the analysis is brilliant!
Wow - what a lot of work to analyse this and put this video together. Thank you for this. Fascinating.
Thank you for the kind words!!!
Thank you! That was very informative! It's fascinating to see your breakdown analysis. ❤
Your welcome and Thank you! Much appreciated!
I play piano and when we played this for my college symphony orchestra, at 14:39 those arpeggios were literally making me float it was so much fun to play. LOVE THIS PIECE.
You wisely chose to analyze the 2020 Vienna Philharmonic recording. JW himself regarded conducting this world-class orchestra as the pinnacle of his music career & was deeply moved by the standing ovation that happened at the conclusion of this ET suite. His encore "Imperial March" by his own words was the finest performance of that work.
I like your breakdown & it shows the mind-boggling complexity that went into it. Both JW & Spielberg have often shared the story of how JW was struggling to get the music to be in sync with the film (film scoring is a mathematical juggernaut) & after several rejected takes, Spielberg decided to turn off the projectors & monitors so the orchestra could play it uninhibited & he would edit the film to match the music performance. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN & shows the trust between those two legendary collaborators & the power of the cue itself.
Exceptional work, thank you
Outstanding analysis and effort Mitchell! This is one of the top masterpieces of John Williams IMHO. One question, it has always bugged me in this recording at the end, the 3rd last bar, is it my imagination or does the timpani come in a fraction early?
Ya it does!
Amazing! Great video, Mitchell! 👍👍
Thank you very much!
fantastic video Mitchell!! Thank you for sharing
Just incredible!!🙃🙃
Thank you!
This video is Excellent! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you!
Amazing and hard work right there mate
Cool. Thanks!
Your Welcome!
Bar 323 in horns i hear repeat of 321 not going higher. Hm
Wow, the temp is played far slower than the original final cue. Still great! Thank you for the analysis!
Ya, I notice that during these last couple of years when John Williams conducts his pieces, he always tries new tempos.
@@mitchlg531, I also think that is more acceptable for the audience. It's the difference between "film music," and changing the tempo to sound more like "concert music." I could be wrong, but this is also likely to bring less demand to an orchestra that isn't used to having to read such complicated music in a very little amount of time.
@@trevorjensen2706 That definitely is true.
Fantastic job on this. Subscribed 👍
Thanks! Much appreciated!
Thank you
Anytime!
Mitchell, your analysis is as sophisticated and inspiring as the composition itself - take a bow, maestro! I've heard this recording a number of times, and it is superb. One of the little things that have bugged me with the recording, is the ending and timpani. Does the enthusiastic percussionist come in ever so slightly early in the third last bar?
Thanks I really appreciate the nice comments. And yes he does!
Great work - that earns a subscribe. 👍
Great work! Am I correct in analysing b. 105 (p.15), Fig. 12, as Bhalfdim7 rather than Bdim7?
Dorico has different settings for half diminish chords and one of them was the Bdim7 = half diminish. It’s slightly confusing but I will keep this in mind for future videos
@@mitchlg531 Thanks for the response. I must also reiterate how great your video is. I'm composing a piece at the moment which is very inspired by Adventures on Earth, your video is invaluable!
@@JonathanSWorsley Thanks! I really appreciate it! I am actually doing the same! Share the link and I will check it out!
This would have been a lot of work, well done!
Thanks! It definitely was
@@mitchlg531 I guess I should let you know that the theme at 244 is actually the friendship/love theme for ET and Elliott that you can hear many times in the film, including in ‘the beginning of a friendship’. Other than that though the analysis is brilliant!
@@patricksuiter I think thats better word to describe it. I remember hearing it during E.T's "death" scene so thats why I went with the separation.
@@mitchlg531 That’s totally fair! I never realised its connections to the wonder motif before. great catch!
16:01 SCHALLTRICHTER AUF!!!
Ya, I forgot to put that in there
muscore is so bad at rearticulating
I am not sure what you mean if this. I used Dorico
@@mitchlg531 well thats even more depressing, it's a really good video though!