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I just started the Alcoa section. Will let you know after I finish!
I will say I’m a bit disappointed that for Checkmate you noted Williams scored a whopping 40 episodes of the series, but instead of presenting any of that music since you gravitate towards soundtrack albums you just played a couple familiar cuts from the popular soundtrack album recording instead.
Like, if you’re going to do this deep dive, you should dive into what most Williams fans HAVEN’T already heard, IMO.
The result so far has been that I’m very disappointed whenever a commercial album has been released for early Williams because it means after a little bit of lecture you just skip over it. I’m looking forward to Alcoa Premiere specifically because there was never an album produced and it seems like you’re going to excerpt a lot of samples showing off Williams’s scoring chops rather than just album producing skills.
Yavar
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Just making sure, but do you have “Of This Time, Of This Place”?
Yavar
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I haven't listened to the latest yet, but I can belatedly answer this question for Part 2, in regards to your fine overview of Alcoa Premiere:
Season 1: that classic Williams fugue from "The Fortress", and that badass action cue from "Moment of Decision" (I wonder if Williams himself performed the super cool solo piano alternating with the strings in that, just a year after he performed as soloist in some similarly complex music for Jerry Goldsmith's Studs Lonigan a year or so earlier)
Season 2: dramatic long-lined theme from "The Glass Palace", soulful strings and solo trumpet-heavy theme with a film noir vibe for the seafaring story "Blow High, Blow Clear", and the cool xylophone-led action for "Of Struggle and Flight". ("Jenny Ray" is lovely too, I agree.)
I will reiterate again that I would love it if you went similarly in depth for Williams's compositions for Checkmate in a future episode, particularly since you noted that half of the soundtrack album's music was composed specifically for that album and wasn't even based on show material! With so many episodes there must be a ton of highlights along the lines of his Alcoa output (if perhaps a bit less diverse), and I would love it if you felt like exploring those sometime rather than just playing a couple soundtrack album cuts I know and love already.
Yavar
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