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An expanded Reivers would be a dream release for me; I love Williams' Americana style, the banjo, the harmonica, the fiddle, the blues and honkytonk influences. This score simply does indeed soar, as many previous posts have stated. If my memory serves, when Lukas Kendall looked into this when he was releasing some stuff from the CBS catalogue, there were issues with the music having ownership from at least 2 different copyright holders, making it hard to license, at the time. But I'm sure more difficult licenses have been secured in the years since, and with John Williams actively endorsing his expanded scores in recent years, maybe there's a much bigger chance now of this coming out than in previous years. Mr. Matessino, work your magic!
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I did not imagine at that time, that Willliams would vault into superstardom. But he did just that. "Jaws", then "Star Wars" and "Close Encounters..."...and then "The Fury" ...and then "Superman". Williams was at the top,
That is a very broad, generalized overview of how Williams' career taking off seemed to me.
Great reminiscence, Ron. Thanks!
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One of my all-time favorites.
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Nov 26, 2021 - 1:37 PM
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RonBurbella
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I started my John Williams LP collection (as Johnny Williams) at the age of 12, with what was in the local record stores, such as M-SQUAD, WAGON TRAIN, and CHECKMATE.
Also:
THEMES TO REMEMBER (Stanley Wilson and His Orchestra) (Decca DL-4481/DL-74481) (1962)
(GOOD PERFORMANCES, but not easy to find in stereo) (1962)
(Stanley Wilson was Johnny Williams' boss at Revue Studios.)
.....Wide Country Theme (Williams)
.....Alcoa Premiere Theater Theme (Williams)
.....Wagon Train ("Tomorrow" Theme) (Williams)
I made innumerable reel-to-reel tapes from the TV speaker terminals onto my 3M Wollensak reel-to-reel recorder.
Later, when Sony Trinitron TVs included an "audio jack" and Teac debuted the audio cassette player/recorder,
I went to town.
The rest is history. If something came out by Johnny Williams, I got it. And don't forget his other early Columbia LPs, as well as his music debuted in the 1960s on Columbia by his friend Andre Previn. Later, THE REIVERS was an automatic purchase when it came out. And what a great score it was! Spielberg was so right to notice it.
I haven't done a minute-by-minute analysis of the amount of score in the film like others have done.
For those of you looking for a "complete" version, how much score is still missing? I did extract the End Credits from the DVD years ago. But how much MORE in minutes is left to unearth? Just curious.
Ron Burbella
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Fabulous score, one of my all time favourites. I’ve never seen the movie though.
My favorite John Williams' score. Great movie, too.
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I love the movie, though McQueen was much too old for his part.
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