John Williams

[Wojteł]

Dzisiaj? A nie czwartego maja?

Nie. Nowa Nadzieja i Powrót Jedi miały premierę 25 maja (dzisiaj trzydziestolecie tego drugiego)

[Templar]

Ale soundtrack pewnie był już wcześniej na torrentach.

[Adam]

w pewexie spod lady za dolary był tydzień przed premierą.

[Paweł Stroiński]

Dzisiaj? A nie czwartego maja?

Nie. Nowa Nadzieja i Powrót Jedi miały premierę 25 maja (dzisiaj trzydziestolecie tego drugiego)

To skąd cała akcja May the Fourth be with you?

[Templar]

To skąd cała akcja May the Fourth be with you?

Nawiązanie do chińskiego ruchu antyimperialistycznego:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Fourth_Movement

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Day

[Wojteł]

Dzisiaj? A nie czwartego maja?

Nie. Nowa Nadzieja i Powrót Jedi miały premierę 25 maja (dzisiaj trzydziestolecie tego drugiego)

To skąd cała akcja May the Fourth be with you?

O ile mi wiadomo, to z podobieństwa w wymowie: May the Force will be with you brzmi podobnie do May the Fourth, prawda?

[muaddib_dw]

Celebrować już czas HERE THEY COME https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38V4YPbF-Dk

[Kaonashi]

Muzyka filmowa u szczytu swojej potęgi:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yixG8pfncOs

[Wojteł]

Ja najbardziej lubię Luke and Leia, chociaż temat dla niej i Hana też jest miodzio

[Kaonashi]

A jeśli chodzi o wszystkie trzy tematy poświęcone Lei, to ten z Nowej Nadziei zawsze podobał mi się najbardziej:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KBygZLzsbs

Świetnie tutaj wyszedł:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... F5k#t=152s
Piękny delikatny kontrapunkt waltorni, którego później się fajnie się "rozrasta"

[Kaonashi]

Ja najbardziej lubię Luke and Leia

Ja też, chociaż na tej płycie rządzi Forest Battle i Victory Celebration.

[Wojteł]

Wszystkie są miodzio
Temat Hana i Księżniczki też jest super w pełnym wykonaniu (mam w wyk. LSO), bo w oryginale jest przerywany Marszem Imperialnym.

A zarzuć linkiem

[Wojteł]

http://w567.wrzuta.pl/audio/49eQriotOKe ... e_princess

[muaddib_dw]

Utwór Han Solo and the Princess pochodzi z tej płyty
http://www.amazon.com/The-Empire-Strike ... B0000014SO - polecam całość

[Wawrzyniec]

Wywiad dla francuskiej gazety:

Kod: Zaznacz cały

ARE YOU HAPPY THAT FILM MUSIC IS FINALLY BEING RECOGNIZED?
" The change started about 30 years ago. Before, it was looked down to ask an american orchestra to play film music. The musicians, without doubt, were trained for interpreting Beethoven, Mozart and Brahms, but not what people called 'Commercial Music'. You don't really find this attitude today. Notably, because scholars have started studying the lives of Hollywood composers like Herrman and Alfred Newman. The music was reevaluated and given merrit , or lack of. Unfortunately, there has been a lot of music composed that only works with the film, and not in the concert hall. The problem is trying to get them played in concert.

YOUR COLLABORATION WITH SPIELBERG IS LEGENDARY, QUITE LIKE THE COLLABORATION OF HITCHCOCK AND HERRMANN. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT?
Steven, is a loyal, considerate and a great lover of music. We have a great relationship, and much of what i've done for him is very diverse. He really enjoys the old romantic film scores, actually much more than me. Whats great is his diverse library of films has allowed me to explore many different aspects and styles of music making. I always enjoy writing music to correspond with the beautiful images he produces. I think we've discovered a lot together. For example Jaws, we had no idea the music would have the impact that it did. Unlike me, Steven is really crazy for everything cinematic. Whats great is that he always comes to the recording sessions, always has a lot to say, and enjoys it like he's payed a ticket to a concert.

HOW DO YOU WORK?
In general, i prefer to see the film rather than read a script. A script suggest to much to the inner eye and the imagination. I prefer to sit down with the director and watch the film. Discuss when and where to place the music and what style of music would be fitting. After that, i go back to my office and work for several weeks searching for the perfect voice for the film. Sometimes i think that i don't write as well as i did thirty years ago, but during that time, ive worked with a great many orchestras and musicians, so its possible im creating a balance!

YOU CONDUCT REGULARLY. DO YOU FIND THAT ITS IMPORTANT?
Composing is a solitary occupation. Its not a very lively or exciting experience, but directing an orchestra, yes. The music becomes something organic. All composers should conduct, its essential. The orchestral techniques have evolved over time, but the highlight of it all still remains hearing your compositions by an orchestra.

SINCE THE END OF WORLD WAR II, FILM MUSIC HAS ALLOWED CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL MUSIC TO REMAIN POPULAR, HOW HAS IT DONE SO WHEN AT THE SAME TIME, FOR EXAMPLE, SERIAL MUSIC IS DRIVING AUDIENCES AWAY?

Its and interesting idea. I've never thought about it in these terms. It's obviously difficult to say. The extreme ranges that Serial Music tends to employ. But now you have composers like John Adams, who is probably the most important american composer. About film music? I don't know, but film music is released to the public and is heard all over the world everyday.


WHAT WAS THE IMPORTANCE OF MUSIC DURING THE CREATION OF " HOLLYWOOD"?
Film music was born in the 1930's in the style of the european tradition. The composers had a very romantic approach. The orchestras mostly consisted of europeans, and therefore had a very particular style. An interesting point is that Franz Waxman, Bernard Herrman, Alfred Newman, Erich Korngold, all had very similar tastes. What they wrote became part of the American culture. Also, don't forget the musicals and the song writers. The impact of American folk and vaudeville theater as it developed in the early twentieth century, before sound films, is enormous. What happened from 1900-1930, musically, had a massive impact on hollywood. We ended up with a sound that mixes Korngold, paying his debt to Richard Strauss opera, and vaudeville. This is music in which the Great Depression and World War II will also have a big impact. Partition Casablanca would not have been what it was without the war.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT AMERICAN CLASSICAL MUSIC?
The american composers really fascinate me. Take the trio; Copland, Gershwin, Bernstein. All three of them embody the " american sound" and coincidentally were all born into a families of Russian-Jewish immigrants. They were all first generation Americans and created the "american sound" without even having family routes here. The French and German works, by contrast, are the result of centuries of development. It's amazing, this absorption capacity that America seems to have.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THE YOUNGER GENERATION OF FILM COMPOSERS HAVE TO OFFER
They have new techniques, they use computers and electronics in their work. Mychael Danna, who just recently one on oscar for Life of Pi, created a marvelous atmosphere in his score. Its orchestra, but not completely. He uses the orchestra to create beautiful textures alone side electronics, and its something that didn't exist thirty years ago. It's a new direction for film music. [u][b]Alexandre Desplat also has written some very beautiful music that i very much enjoy.[/b][/u]

DO YOU LISTEN TO MUSIC WHEN YOURE NOT WORKING?
Not really. If for example, I listen to Haydn or Brahms, i become very discouraged because ill never be able to write something as good as these great masters. When i'm listening to music, thats all i'm doing. I don't participate in conversations or just have it on in the back round. Like Rachmanivov said " Music is enough for a life time, but a life time is not enough for music". Its not possible to live long enough to listen to everything, study everything and appreciate everything. I'm eighty on and i've barely touched the surface!


DO YOU HAVE ANY REGRETS?
I would be very ungrateful if I said that I wanted more of this or more of that. I'm healthy, I can work ten to twelve hours a day without getting tired, I've composed so much. My only regret is the intellectual and technical limitations that I know. My only frustration was back to my youth, when I realized that I would never be a virtuosic pianist. Even if I worked hard, I never would have succeeded. Fortunately, composition has led me elsewhere, and saved me. Putting notes down on paper, these small black spots, and then give them to musicians ... Imagine the excitement that can happen! You get up, you shake hands, and the music is heard ...

Hm, ciekawe czy to prawda, czy taka grzeczność, gdyż wywiad dla francuskiej gazety?