A look back to John Williams’ lively, exciting score for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom on the 35th anniversary of its theatrical release
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Category: Insights & Analysis
Remembering John Singleton and the score of “Rosewood”
A recollection of John Williams’ score for the 1997 film by the late director
African-American director John Singleton died yesterday (April 29, 2019) after the consequences of a major heart attack that happened two weeks ago. He was 51.
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Super Orchestra: the LSO and the Music of Superman
A brief history of the special relationship between John Williams and the London Symphony Orchestra, followed by the full list of musicians who performed on the soundtrack of Superman: The Movie
by Maurizio Caschetto
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Superfeats: A Conversation with Mike Matessino on SUPERMAN 40th Anniversary Soundtrack (Part 2)
Part 2 of the exclusive podcast featuring producer Mike Matessino on Superman: The Movie 40th Anniversary Remastered Edition, a new release from La-La Land Records of John Williams’ soaring score
Hosted by Maurizio Caschetto and Tim Burden
[IMPORTANT NOTICE: if you want to skip the preview of the alternate segment of “Fortress of Solitude”, go to the 7:15 minute mark after the introduction] Continue reading “Superfeats: A Conversation with Mike Matessino on SUPERMAN 40th Anniversary Soundtrack (Part 2)”
Taking Flight: A Conversation with Mike Matessino on SUPERMAN 40th Anniversary Soundtrack (Part 1)
An exclusive podcast featuring producer Mike Matessino on Superman: The Movie 40th Anniversary Remastered Edition, a new release from La-La Land Records of John Williams’ soaring score
Hosted by Maurizio Caschetto and Tim Burden
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A New March King
John Williams and the Concert Band
How the Maestro explored one of the richest American musical traditions and brought it into the 21st century
Some of the most celebrated and stirring compositions by John Williams, including many written for films, find one of their roots into one of America’s most fruitful and longest musical traditions, namely the music for concert band, also known as symphonic band, or wind orchestra. Continue reading “A New March King”
Musical Accompaniment vs. Musical Enhancement
In 2017, John Williams and Steven Spielberg collaborated on their 28th feature film together, The Post. The film recounts the story of the great cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents which pushed the first female newspaper publisher (Kathleen Graham) and the chief editor of the Washington Post (Ben Bradlee) to publish classifed top-secret files (known as the “Pentagon Papers”) that documented the involvement of the government in the Vietnam War, with an unprecedented battle between the press and the government that ensued later. Continue reading “Musical Accompaniment vs. Musical Enhancement”
