It does not get better than this. Blow the screen up as big as it gets. Turn the volume all the way up. And then go to 6:30 mark and rock for the next 2&1/2 minutes:
My friend saw David Newman conduct at Tanglewood and said he was the most active concert conductor he'd ever seen in his life. I can't find him at Tanglewood but this is a nice video...
.... And then go to 6:30 mark and rock for the next 2&1/2 minutes:
I did more or less as you suggested and thoroughly enjoyed it. How great to have some action music that keeps good clear lines while going balls out through the brass and strings. Some other lauded action cues that I've heard chuck everything in and in my opinion lose their impact because the composer seems to be trying to say everything at once, layer on layer with little clarity.
It reminded me of some of Shostakovich's frenetic symphonic writing, and it's hard for me to offer more praise than that.
John Williams has always delivered every time I've seen him in concert. He was my 'first,' conducting "Close Encounters" with the London Symphony Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall in 1978, and his concert performances have moved me many times since then.
I recall Brian Tyler was pretty electrifying conducting his "Alien vs. Predator" score with the Golden State Pops at the Varèse 35th concert in 2013. And in the same venue with the same orchestra, on an earlier occasion, William Stromberg was magnificent conducting Herrmann. I recall Stromberg and the GSPO's rendition of "The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad" skeleton fight live to picture as being particularly thrilling -- in fact, I don't think I've ever heard Herrmann done live with such verve and passion.
I was also thrilled by video of Roque Baños' stunning performance, in Cordoba 2013, conducting his "Evil Dead" suite:
John Williams has always delivered every time I've seen him in concert. He was my 'first,' conducting "Close Encounters" with the London Symphony Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall in 1978, and his concert performances have moved me many times since then.
I recall Brian Tyler was pretty electrifying conducting his "Alien vs. Predator" score with the Golden State Pops at the Varèse 35th concert in 2013. And in the same venue with the same orchestra, on an earlier occasion, William Stromberg was magnificent conducting Herrmann. I recall Stromberg and the GSPO's rendition of "The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad" skeleton fight live to picture as being particularly thrilling -- in fact, I don't think I've ever heard Herrmann done live with such verve and passion.
I was also thrilled by video of Roque Baños' stunning performance, in Cordoba 2013, conducting his "Evil Dead" suite:
Great video, thanks! Mr Baños gets pretty animated at about 8:49 to 9:15, and i think the audience might have thought the piece was over at 8:55 when the applause hits. Or they just love Roque Baños like i do. Cant wait to hear his "Heart of the Sea" score.
That was a fun video to watch, and interesting too.
With something like that, and considering he's playing the piano as well as (periodically) waving his arms around to try and add in a bit of conducting, are the remaining players actually likely to be paying attention to him in the hope of an occasional bit of visual guidance? Or is that more like "improvised" conducting for "showing-off" purposes and the band are just concentrating on playing rather than following his lead?
That was a fun video to watch, and interesting too.
With something like that, and considering he's playing the piano as well as (periodically) waving his arms around to try and add in a bit of conducting, are the remaining players actually likely to be paying attention to him in the hope of an occasional bit of visual guidance? Or is that more like "improvised" conducting for "showing-off" purposes and the band are just concentrating on playing rather than following his lead?
That's just Burt........forever "the showman" ! Like some latter-day Beethoven !
