Not since Henry Mancini of the 1960s has a composer attained the popular recognition of John Williams, who created music for some of Hollywood's most successful motion pictures of all time; Star Wars, E.T. the Extra Terrestrial, Jurassic Park, and Schindler's List represent a small sampling of the musician's extensive list of credits.
Undoubtedly the most dominant force in film music since the 1970s, the era in which he initiated the first of several collaborations with filmmakers Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, Williams realized the importance of music as it relates to the silver screen and possessed a unique ability to capture the emotional core of a film, to articulate through music what the audience sees. "Film conspires with your imagination to remove you from your present reality and take you on a freewheeling trip through your unconsciousness," composer Elmer Bernstein once said about the power of film music, as quoted by Timothy E. Sheurer in Popular Music and Society. "What better companion for such a medium than music? Music is, quite possibly, the most removed from reality. Of all the arts, music makes the most direct appeal to the emotions. It is a non-plastic, non-intellectual communication between sound vibration and spirit. The listener not generally burdened with a need to ask what it means. The listener assesses how the music made him feel."
Whether scoring music for comedies, musicals, disaster and adventure films, or blockbusters, the award-winning musician enhanced each new project with his original scores, writing music that was not just mere accompaniment, but could stand on its own merit as well. Over the years, Williams saw his soundtracks sell well into the millions, earning him numerous gold and platinum records. An accomplished musician beyond the world of Hollywood film as well, Williams has written several concert pieces, including two symphonies, and served as conductor and director for the Boston Pops, one of the world's most recognized orchestras. "When writing music away from the film world, I felt I could be more experimental. I felt I could test myself and try not to be daunted by the great masters of the past," he explained to Los Angeles Times writer Chris Pasles in 1997.
Born on February 8, 1932, in Flushing, New York, John Williams was himself the son of a movie studio musician who had also worked as a CBS radio orchestra percussionist. Taking cue from his father, Williams started playing piano at the age of six, picking up the bassoon, cello, clarinet, trombone, and trumpet as well by the time he entered grade school. Eventually, Williams formed a small band at school, though he soon discovered that instruments like the piano and clarinet could not be played from the same sheet of music. Hence, he taught himself how to transpose music, spending hours in the basement of his home pouring over orchestration books. "I applied the principles of Rimsky-Korsakov to the pop tunes of 1940 and 1941," he told Richard Dyer in Ovation, as quoted by Rob Nagel in Contemporary Musicians, Volume 9, "and by the time our band was in high school, we were already quite sophisticated." Although Williams was still in his teens, he had nevertheless already discovered his calling as a composer and conductor.
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This record shows a guided selection to some of his most outstanding scores for the movies and deserves a good listening. Feel completely abroad this talented man that thrilled, passioned and withdrew us with his greatest mastery.
Track listing
1. Jurassic Park - End Credits (03:26)
2. Earthquake - Main Title (02:57)
3. Earthquake - Love Scene (02:18)
4. Jaws - Main Title (02:20)
5. Jaws - Out To Sea (02:29)
6. Jaws - One Barrel Chase (03:07)
7. The Eiger Sanction - Main Title (02:26)
8. The Eiger Sanction - Training With George (02:14)
9. The Eiger Sanction - The Top Of The World (03:08)
10. Midway - Midway March (02:47)
11. Midway - The Men Of The Yorktown March (03:13)
12. Jaws 2 - Finding The "Orca" (Main Title) (03:17)
13. Jaws 2 - The Open Sea (02:06)
14. Jaws 2 - Attack On The Helicopter (01:59)
15. Jaws 2 - End Title, End Cast (03:26)
16. Dracula - Main Title & Storm Sequence (05:11)
17. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial - E.T.'s Halloween (04:09)
18. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial - Over The Moon (02:10)
19. The River - The River (04:29)
20. Always - Follow Me (01:16)
21. Always - Dorinda Solo Flight (03:18)
22. Far And Away - County Galway, June 1892 (01:58)
23. Far And Away - End Credits (06:39) featuring The Chieftains
Originally released by MCA Records, in 1993.
Ref. number: MVCM-2519
Format: CD (DDD)
MP3 Bitrate: 160 kbps
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OPTIONS: This particular item is no longer available on the net for sale, so the present link to get this edition won't be deleted except under any other requirement for legal reasons. Other choices with similar tracklist can be found at on-line stores, like Amazon, CD Universe and others.
Undoubtedly the most dominant force in film music since the 1970s, the era in which he initiated the first of several collaborations with filmmakers Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, Williams realized the importance of music as it relates to the silver screen and possessed a unique ability to capture the emotional core of a film, to articulate through music what the audience sees. "Film conspires with your imagination to remove you from your present reality and take you on a freewheeling trip through your unconsciousness," composer Elmer Bernstein once said about the power of film music, as quoted by Timothy E. Sheurer in Popular Music and Society. "What better companion for such a medium than music? Music is, quite possibly, the most removed from reality. Of all the arts, music makes the most direct appeal to the emotions. It is a non-plastic, non-intellectual communication between sound vibration and spirit. The listener not generally burdened with a need to ask what it means. The listener assesses how the music made him feel."
Whether scoring music for comedies, musicals, disaster and adventure films, or blockbusters, the award-winning musician enhanced each new project with his original scores, writing music that was not just mere accompaniment, but could stand on its own merit as well. Over the years, Williams saw his soundtracks sell well into the millions, earning him numerous gold and platinum records. An accomplished musician beyond the world of Hollywood film as well, Williams has written several concert pieces, including two symphonies, and served as conductor and director for the Boston Pops, one of the world's most recognized orchestras. "When writing music away from the film world, I felt I could be more experimental. I felt I could test myself and try not to be daunted by the great masters of the past," he explained to Los Angeles Times writer Chris Pasles in 1997.
Born on February 8, 1932, in Flushing, New York, John Williams was himself the son of a movie studio musician who had also worked as a CBS radio orchestra percussionist. Taking cue from his father, Williams started playing piano at the age of six, picking up the bassoon, cello, clarinet, trombone, and trumpet as well by the time he entered grade school. Eventually, Williams formed a small band at school, though he soon discovered that instruments like the piano and clarinet could not be played from the same sheet of music. Hence, he taught himself how to transpose music, spending hours in the basement of his home pouring over orchestration books. "I applied the principles of Rimsky-Korsakov to the pop tunes of 1940 and 1941," he told Richard Dyer in Ovation, as quoted by Rob Nagel in Contemporary Musicians, Volume 9, "and by the time our band was in high school, we were already quite sophisticated." Although Williams was still in his teens, he had nevertheless already discovered his calling as a composer and conductor.
See more in: Music And Guide (C)
This record shows a guided selection to some of his most outstanding scores for the movies and deserves a good listening. Feel completely abroad this talented man that thrilled, passioned and withdrew us with his greatest mastery.
Track listing
1. Jurassic Park - End Credits (03:26)
2. Earthquake - Main Title (02:57)
3. Earthquake - Love Scene (02:18)
4. Jaws - Main Title (02:20)
5. Jaws - Out To Sea (02:29)
6. Jaws - One Barrel Chase (03:07)
7. The Eiger Sanction - Main Title (02:26)
8. The Eiger Sanction - Training With George (02:14)
9. The Eiger Sanction - The Top Of The World (03:08)
10. Midway - Midway March (02:47)
11. Midway - The Men Of The Yorktown March (03:13)
12. Jaws 2 - Finding The "Orca" (Main Title) (03:17)
13. Jaws 2 - The Open Sea (02:06)
14. Jaws 2 - Attack On The Helicopter (01:59)
15. Jaws 2 - End Title, End Cast (03:26)
16. Dracula - Main Title & Storm Sequence (05:11)
17. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial - E.T.'s Halloween (04:09)
18. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial - Over The Moon (02:10)
19. The River - The River (04:29)
20. Always - Follow Me (01:16)
21. Always - Dorinda Solo Flight (03:18)
22. Far And Away - County Galway, June 1892 (01:58)
23. Far And Away - End Credits (06:39) featuring The Chieftains
Originally released by MCA Records, in 1993.
Ref. number: MVCM-2519
Format: CD (DDD)
MP3 Bitrate: 160 kbps
LINK: Megaupload
OPTIONS: This particular item is no longer available on the net for sale, so the present link to get this edition won't be deleted except under any other requirement for legal reasons. Other choices with similar tracklist can be found at on-line stores, like Amazon, CD Universe and others.
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