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 Posted:   May 7, 2021 - 8:51 AM   
 By:   Paul MacLean   (Member)

Thank-you so much for this -- it was gold, truly. smile

I have to say, I have always been wistful that John Williams did not record more of his scores with the London Symphony. From the start it was a special relationship, and each of those movies with Williams / LSO scores were special events (ok, maybe not Monsignor -- but even though it was not a great movie, it nevertheless had a great score).

I think it was appropriate to record things like CE3K, E.T., The River, Rosewood, etc. in Los Angeles, but I really feel the Indiana Jones sequels should have been recorded by the LSO. The LSO inaugurated the Jones scores, and their ”old school" artistry was so suited to Raiders.

It would have been nice for the LSO to have recorded Empire of the Sun as well, as the film was a very British subject (and "Suo Gan" was recorded by the Ambrosian Junior Choir anyway). Hook and War Horse would have benefited from that LSO sound too.

 
 
 Posted:   May 7, 2021 - 9:05 AM   
 By:   keky   (Member)

Williams interview with/about Steinway:

https://www.steinway.com/news/features/owners/john-williams?fbclid=IwAR3gSdUJPg8yrwZwdZBLvWebB5gNM1okuJEdS0O5DCxL5utmqdLrG8f00Is

 
 Posted:   May 12, 2021 - 7:36 PM   
 By:   erepel   (Member)

I didn't get the chance to watch until today, but I enjoyed it very much. Thank you for doing this!

Same.

Thank you.

It was fun --- seeing the double LP of "Star Wars" on Tim Burden's piano, retrieving mine, pulling out the double-sided liner notes --- to put faces to some of the LSO names. And almost 16 minutes in, Mr. Burden reaches back and displays the same liner notes on screen!

Mightily impressed that even though the brass was tuckered after a long session, there was still fuel in the tank for recording "Princess Leia's Theme". Bravo, Mr. Cripps, on the "little solo".



 
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