Take a chronological journey through the 60-year career of film composer John Williams!
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Wednesday Apr 29, 2020
Wednesday Apr 29, 2020
Host Jeff Commings presents his longest solo episode to date, discussing the Oscar-winning score to the 1993 drama "Schindler's List." It's 13 minutes longer than the amount of original music Williams composed for the 192-minute film. In addition to discussing the often-told backstory of Williams' reluctance to accept the job, you'll learn about the three locations in which the score was recorded and why the Boston Symphony Orchestra was picked to play a portion of the score. You'll hear musical excerpts from many of the score's highlights, including the 12-minute cue that sets up the bulk of the film and the heartbreaking music for violinist Itzhak Perlman during the Auschwitz scenes. But the episode goes beyond discussion of "Schindler's List," stepping into 1994 during Williams' time off from film scoring as he created two concertos for celebrated musicians.
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Great episode of The Baton. One trivia you missed was that Williams presented Spielberg two themes to choose from as the Main Theme. These were Remembrances and Schindler's Theme. Spielberg ofcourse chose the later. I can really understand your trepidation about watching the movie as its such an emotional film and I honestly havent even seen it in ages. My blu ray dvd of it is still lying unopened. As is my LLL 2CD set. But after this podcast I really want to get the dvd out and experience it.
Sunday May 03, 2020
I don't feel the Golden Age ended here. I put his scores in context of the decades they were created. It's like I said, his achievements were a long line of monumental achievements. The Harry Potter films came later, which were a terrific achievement. Some of his later films were not as accessable, but still, the Star Wars prequels were, at least on his part, wonderful, and so we're the Harry Potter films and Catch Me If You Can. Granted, there were less successful scores.
Thursday Apr 30, 2020
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