John Williams was a jazz pianist before he started writing film scores.
Yeah, but I've not really known him to incorporate the background quite to this extent. It didn't have that blatant "I am a John Williams score" feel to it at all.
Mighty fine shindig.
Mal ,'Shindig'
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Barb - Aug 21, 2008 12:59:56 pm PDT #7788 of 10000
“Not dead yet!”
Connie Neil - Aug 21, 2008 1:03:32 pm PDT #7789 of 10000
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Did you ever hear the "1941" soundtrack? That one is a lot of fun.
Barb - Aug 21, 2008 1:07:48 pm PDT #7790 of 10000
“Not dead yet!”
Did you ever hear the "1941" soundtrack? That one is a lot of fun.
Heh-- I played the march, in both symphonic and marching band. It is one of the best marches ever. And the overture to The Cowboys is also fabulous. (As a French horn player, I loved playing anything Williams—he's always good to the hornies)
ETA: after a lifetime of Sousa marches... god, I love Williams' marches.
Sophia Brooks - Aug 21, 2008 1:36:56 pm PDT #7791 of 10000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I played the French Horn too! and Sousa marches were an endless string of offbeats, IIRC.
Sean K - Aug 21, 2008 1:39:22 pm PDT #7792 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Another non-Williams-esque Williams score? Empire of the Sun.
Barb - Aug 21, 2008 1:52:02 pm PDT #7793 of 10000
“Not dead yet!”
Another non-Williams-esque Williams score? Empire of the Sun.
Jeez, it's been forever since I heard that one-- I was just listening through a greatest hits CD that I have and Sugarland Express, the main theme, at any rate, also struck me as being very different.
DavidS - Aug 22, 2008 11:15:23 am PDT #7794 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Whoa, I wanna see this.
Technotise - Serbian animated science fiction movie. Looks gorgeous and cool badass heroine.
(ganked from IO9)
Typo Boy - Aug 22, 2008 11:20:36 am PDT #7795 of 10000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Mind you, now that I think about it, other than Claudia, Little Timmy Valentine from Vampire Junction, and, er, whatshertoes in the first Anita Blake novel, I can't think of many other examples of vampire children.
I think a child vampire turned the guy who turned Genieve in Kim Newman's novel.
Laga - Aug 22, 2008 11:57:04 am PDT #7796 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I'm amazed how many people don't know how to pronounce Elegy.
megan walker - Aug 22, 2008 12:03:16 pm PDT #7797 of 10000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
What do they say? Eee-legy?