John Williams: Hidden Gems Suite
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- Music by John Williams
This is a personal audio/video homage to some of John Williams' most beautiful and interesting "hidden gems" as heard in some of his most famous film scores.
But what does "hidden gem" mean?
As many film music lovers know well, the work of the film composer is usually characterized by short musical compositions that accompany brief-to-medium length sequences or even brief transitional scenes: here, the composer has to pin down the heart and character of the scene through a small but effective cue. In these little musical nuggets, you can find the "hidden" art of a film composer like John Williams and his command of the craft of film music writing, mainly through the clever use of motifs and themes.
What is curious is that usually most of these short and juicy cues were neglected an appearance in the original soundtrack albums issued at the time (probably because the composer felt they weren't interesting enough to be heard outside the film context). In fact, many film music aficionados craved for most of these selections to be released on disc. Thanks to the effort of soundtrack specialty labels like Film Score Monthly, La-La Land Records and Varèse Sarabande, these cues have been presented for the first time many years later in special archival limited editions.
A special mention to the amazing artistry of all the great musicians who played in these film scores and brought them to life.
All the excerpts are taken from the original film recordings.
The copyright of these recordings is exclusive property of the respective owners and publishers. No copyright infringement intended!
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I LOVE Father and Son from Jaws. One of the best moments in the film, and scored wonderfully. So playful, yet with that ominous bass line.
Perfect! Awesome to find someone who noticed and really appreciatted that moment too!
Agreed. That bass maintains a creepiness to the track that leads well into the next scene in the film when Roy Scheider is leafing through the book about sharks. He's just looking at a book(!) and yet Williams' music makes that scene decidedly dark and creepy.
One of my favourite cues by John Williams and possibly in all of the film scores I’ve heard! For me, it conveys the emotions portrayed in the scene so perfectly.
Some really great pieces here. His range is just astounding. A true master.
It isn't so astounding, any more, if you know that he is a reincarnation of Brahms.
_Nice._ I made a video a billion years ago that used two Williams cues, one from _Nixon,_ “Growing Up in Whittier” and another from _Hook,_ “You Are the Pan.” It was a tribute to Natalie Portman called _The Allure of Natalie Portman._ Those two pieces are so beautiful. It’s still on RUclips, I think. A friend wanted to upload it to his channel.
The oboe playing the teddy bear theme from AI in "Perfume" is a brilliant melody only JW can write. Astounding. He's the last of the great composers...
The "Father and Son" cue, and its reuse in the credits of "Jaws", is just stunning. A perfect synthesis of the movie's depiction of the wonder and the horror of nature. I still think, after all these years, that "Jaws" is Williams's greatest score.
Thanks for the work done putting this together! Beautiful and very revealing!
Revealing in what sense?
Revealing of the gems that have been hidden. The “big hits” are what get played in concerts and on the tribute albums. Here we have the snippets that helped make the films so effective but didn’t always garner a lot of attention on their own. They still do demonstrate the great skills of JTW!
@@brucekuehn4031 That is an interesting view: the small, inconspicuous beauties making a film effective. Concerning the skills of Williams, I assume that he has trained already during incarnations as Johann Sebastian Bach and Johannes Brahms. Just pay attention to his name, as well as to his looks and his slowly developing, noble style...
This is wonderful, thank you for this!!
Des suites orchestrales qui malheureusement ne sont pas programmées lors de concerts dédiés à John Williams, du moins en France.
These are all gems, particularly the E.T. excerpt at 5:08+. Those strings...
There are other gems to add. "Images", "Monsignor", "Jane Eyre", "The Eiger Sanction" and from the "Fury" I would add "Epilogue" (strings version of the main theme).
A.I WONDERFUL
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all i can think of is where i could put these in disney world.
where did you get "gryffindor wins" ?!?
Bootlegs at the time.