In celebration of his 80th birthday today, John Williams would like to thank Mussorgsky, Holst, Stravinsky and Prokofiev
There's always one...
I knew this would happen when I first posted this yesterday.
Oh for Christ's sake, some people need to stop taking things so seriously and as a personal attack. I'm a big Williams fan, it was intended as a bit of humour.
In celebration of his 80th birthday today, John Williams would like to thank Mussorgsky, Holst, Stravinsky and Prokofiev
There's always one...
I knew this would happen when I first posted this yesterday.
Oh for Christ's sake, some people need to stop taking things so seriously and as a personal attack. I'm a big Williams fan, it was intended as a bit of humour.
And it was in this spirit that I took it. Besides, John Williams himself would be the first to admit that he stood on the shoulders of giants. And thank God he did! I wish more composers were as capable and competent to give us views from these heights.
Happy Birthday, dear Maestro! Tonight my wife and I will be watching A.I. on Blu-ray and drink a few glasses of champagne. I have been playing War Horse every day the last week. Awesome score! Really looking forward to Lincoln and other scores from your magic pen.
Happy Birthday, dear Maestro! Tonight my wife and I will be watching A.I. on Blu-ray and drink a few glasses of champagne. I have been playing War Horse every day the last week. Awesome score! Really looking forward to Lincoln and other scores from your magic pen.
Right now I am drinking French Medoc wine and listening to American Journey.
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Happy Birthday Mister Williams! I know this sounds 'grand' but this man's music really did play an important part in my life on several occasions (joyful and sad..). And he graciously sent me a autographed black and white picture of him conducting (after me writing a fan letter) which still holds a proud place in my living room. I still love his music dearly and I'm sure he's gonna blow us away again with 'Lincoln'. He is the master of movie music.
"What else can be said for a man who has achieved so much in his life? Happy 80th birthday, John Williams!!! Empire, Superman, and Raiders will be blasting from my speakers all night."
I saw that La-La Land made their John Williams status mere moments after mine. Coincidence, or am I trendsetter for this afternoon?
Anabel, I celebrated M. Truffaut's birthday as well and watched Day for Night, Shoot the Piano Player and Stolen Kisses. I regret that he did not live to be 80
Top notch selection Judy! And STOLEN KISSES is my favorite Antoine Doinel's picture because of Charles Trenet's song and - most of all - that magic last sequence with the confession from this unknown man :
I'm very touched about your celebration, Judy.
And back to this thread, this is how i celebrated 80th John Williams' anniversary :
This rocks! My parents have an LP with music that doesn't feature in the Varèse CD. And - that's quite odd - my dad told me that music from the CD doesn't feature in the LP either! Anyway, it would have been easier to pick up a STAR WARS cue or an INDIANA JONES cue - RAIDERS OF THE LOST RAK was the first LP i bought with my own pennies. But this score is a gem and i just love the movie, so today i listened to this CD!
