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Oct 13, 2024 - 2:11 AM
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Thor
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Currently listening to the incredible, almost five hour long "Canto Morricone" 4CD set, and wondered what it would be like if we ever got a John Williams songbook of a similar ilk.
A few years ago, I did a thread on John Williams songs on JWFAN, a list which I will replicate for you below. I think there's plenty here to do a "Canto Williams" set.
What say you? Would you have bought such a set?
FILM:
"John Goldfarb Please Come Home" from JOHN GOLDFARB, PLEASE COME HOME (1965)
"None But the Brave" from NONE BUT THE BRAVE (1965)
"Not With My Wife You Don't" from NOT WITH MY WIFE YOU DON'T (1966)
"My Inamorata" from NOT WITH MY WIFE YOU DON'T (1966)
"Big Beautiful Ball" from NOT WITH MY WIFE YOU DON'T (1966)
"Two Lovers" from HOW TO STEAL A MILLION (1966)
"Penelope" from PENELOPE (1966)
"A Guide for the Married Man" from A GUIDE FOR THE MARRIED MAN (1967)
"Make Me Rainbows" from FITZWILLY (1967)
"A Place of My Own" from HEIDI (1968)
"Daddy's Gone A-Hunting" from DADDY'S GONE A-HUNTING (1969)
"Uno di Qua, l'Altra di La" from STORIA DI UNA DONNA (1970)
"Love's The Only Game in Town" from PETE'N'TILLIE (1972)
"Wednesday Special" from CINDERELLA LIBERTY (1973)
"Nice to be Around" from CINDERELLA LIBERTY (1973)
"I Want To Spend My Life With You" from THE PAPER CHASE (1973)
"The Long Goodbye" from THE LONG GOODBYE (1973)
"Dream Away" from THE MAN WHO LOVED CAT DANCING (1973)
"Can You Read My Mind" from SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE (1978)
"Hold You" from THE FURY (1978) (I think this is Joseph, though?)
"I'm Tired" from THE FURY (1978)
"If We Were In Love" from YES, GIORGIO (1982)
"Ewok Celebration" from STAR WARS, EPISODE VI: RETURN OF THE JEDI (1983)
"Lapti Nek" from STAR WARS, EPISODE VI: RETURN OF THE JEDI (1983)
"We Don't Wanna Grow Up" from HOOK (1991)
"When You're Alone" from HOOK (1991)
"Childhood" from HOOK (1991)
"Stick With Me" from HOOK (1991)
"Low Below" from HOOK (1991)
"Pick 'em Up" from HOOK (1991)
"Believe" from HOOK (1991)
"The Never Song" from HOOK (1991)
"Mothers" from HOOK (80s, then 1991)
"Star of Bethlehem" from HOME ALONE (1990)
"Somewhere in my Memory" from HOME ALONE (1990)
"Christmas Morning" from HOME ALONE (1990) [unreleased]
"Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas" from HOME ALONE 2 (1992)
"Christmas Star" from HOME ALONE 2 (1992)
"In the Moonlight" from SABRINA (1995)
"How Can I Remember" from SABRINA (1995)
"Look Down Lord" from ROSEWOOD (1997)
"Freedom Train" from ROSEWOOD (1997)
"Light My Way" from ROSEWOOD (1997)
"For Always" from A.I. (2001)
"Hogwarts Forever" from HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE (2001)
"Cast a Christmas Spell" from HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE (2001)
"Double Trouble" from HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN (2004)
"Winter's Spell" from HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN (2004)
TV:
"Golden West" from WAGON TRAIN (1959), with Stanley Wilson and Frederick Herbert
"Tomorrow" from WAGON TRAIN (1959), with Frederick Herbert
"Twirly Twirly" from BACHELOR FATHER (1960)
OTHER:
"Come Tuesday" (1957)
"The Way of a Wand'rer" (1962), source unknown
"The Same Hello, The Same Goodbye" (late 70s)
"America - The Dream Goes On" (1982)
"We're Lookin' Good" [vocal version] (1987)
The SEVEN FOR LUCK song cycle (1998)
The entire THOMAS AND THE KING musical (1975)
BORDERLINE:
"Exultate Justi" from EMPIRE OF THE SUN (1987)
"Gloria" from MONSIGNOR (1982)
"Temple of Doom" from INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (1984)
"Immolation (With Our Lives, We Give)" from SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993)
"Dry Your Tears, Afrika" from AMISTAD (1997)
"Duel of the Fates" from STAR WARS, EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE (1999)
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I'd be there with all my money. Such a set would be fascinating.
I could maybe do without a few of them.... pick 'em up.... never song..... perhaps even ewok celebration...
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What say you? Would you have bought such a set?
The original artists? Or new arrangements?
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I really enjoy the last CD in the Ecoutez Le Cinema set. It's the first time I head "Dream Away" and "Daddy's Gone A-Hunting." And while there are instrumental interpretations of pieces on there too, it's a tantalising glimpse at what a song compilation could be like.
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"Come Tuesday" was written in 1957 and it was the very first collaboration between JW and the Bergmans. The song was actually born as a vehicle for Barbara Ruick. A recording with her singing and JW conducting the band exists, but it's unreleased. The version included in the Universal France box is a piano-and-voice recording made in 2022 by Alan Bergman specifically for the set.
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David -- yes, the originals, if possible. But re-arrangements and new performances would also be endlessly fascinating. Morricone has had several of those.
JW was imitating HM too often in his early career for me to be too, too interested in too many of them. So I'd be more likely to buy if those were new (and good) arrangements.
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And of course, I already thought "Lapti Nek" was on the list, but apparently not. Both are now.
Can anyone who neglects "Lapti Nek" in any way, shape, or fashion possibly call themselves a JW expert? 
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As long as we're talking dates, does anyone have the exact year for "The Same Hello, The Same Goodbye" too? It's only listed as "late 70s" in my list. I believe it's rather tricky to find the exact date? (and yes, I'm aware of the song's history, and the fact that Sinatra never recorded it, but that others did etc.).
Dear Thor,
I can get you no closer than the following: The Bergmans said in interview that they contacted "Johnny Williams" and called him "young" and "apple-cheeked". And confirmed that it was "pre-STAR WARS".
Very truly yours,
Sir David
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