Is "Warlok" going to explore additional compositions by William Walton? If so, then is one inclined to regard Walton's music as 'better' than music by John Williams?
Well, chronologically speaking I *did* hear William`s music first... .
Given the thread interest it occurred to me to do a search on FB to find the link I had clicked on, to find out the piece name. Then it also occurred to me just how much of a pain in the BLEEP that might turn out to be. I think it had a 3 in the title. And maybe an rd.
Williams influences are more Ralph Vaughan Williams (War Horse), Prokofiev for his harmonic language, Stravinsky, Korngold and some jazz artists. I've got a bit of a Walton collection and I've not heard anything that would suggest Williams has taken any melodic or harmonic influences from his style.
Of course the one clear case of Walton in a contemporary score was Kamen's Last Action Hero where he quoted Walton's Hamlet score within his own score but there was a clear narrative reason for that.
Damn. Now I really want to find that link (and the name of that piece). Not a chance though... a link through a link from a music group on FB... tried scrolling through FB History... lost to the sands of time... .
Reminded me of Raiders sequences, or alot of the action work from Empire Strikes Back. Not the trademark themes but the connective action tissue.
Well, chronologically speaking I *did* hear William`s music first... .
Given the thread interest it occurred to me to do a search on FB to find the link I had clicked on, to find out the piece name. Then it also occurred to me just how much of a pain in the BLEEP that might turn out to be. I think it had a 3 in the title. And maybe an rd.
Warlok, seriously speaking, are you referring to RICHARD III? It is part of the Laurence Olivier's trilogy HENRY V (1944) - HAMLET (1948) - RICHARD III (1955) with scores of Walton conducted by great Muir Mathieson. Several versions appeared on Lp and Cd in the form of a single track or acollection of tracks. Walton himself in 1964 conducted EMI lp SXLP 30139 including, along with SPITFIRE PRELUDE AND FUGUE, HENRY V Suite (5 tracks), HAMLET Funeral March, a large selection from RICHARD III (Prelude-Fanfare-Music Plays-Princes in the Tower-With Drum and Colours-I would I knew thy Heart-Trumpets Sound). On compact you can try to get the Neville Marriner version on Chandos containing "Shakespeare Scenario" from RICHARD III (10 tracks - 43:53).
Those Brits certainly got a two-decade head-start on John Williams, didn't they?
Somewhere I read an item about the music for New Hope and Ice Cold in Alex. Gilbert Taylor was the cinematographer on both films, and it's been suggested that Lucas hired Taylor after seeing his work, in particular Ice Cold, and used some of that film's music to temp track New Hope. Thus indicating to Williams the approach Lucas was looking for. The template is certainly there.
I think it had a 3 in the title. And maybe an rd. 
