As a (late) celebration of 10k subscribers and my Christmas gift to you all, this is the second of four remastered analyses that I've rebuilt from the ground up, complete with new reductions, annotations, and much greater quality. I'll probably remaster more of my old reductions in the future, so if you have any specific requests, please let me know! Once again, thank you all for another great year! Merry Christmas!
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I'd kindly ask for ET's Adventures on Earth (the movie version of course), one of the pinnacles of JW production. And also who I need to kill to get my hands on the original sheet music ;)
Empire definitely had the best musical score of the original trilogy and as much as I love the music from the prequels I always found Empire to be the most impactful when it comes to 🎶 music.. John Williams is a genius ❤❤❤
I think this score is Williams at the height of his powers, and the score from the beginning of the Battle of Hoth through the end of the asteroid chase is a high point. It's 19 minutes of almost uninterrupted minutes of scoring and it perfectly captures the epic sweep of the film during these sequences.
I remember, as the sole grocery-buyer in the family during Quarantine, I would listen to the "Briefing right before the Battle of Hoth" cue, right up until the end of this track, when we cut to Luke, often on a broad repeat, during my trips. It felt like something vast and terrifying, but something I absolutely had to do to get by. Like you said: 19 minutes, and great for every second of it.
I agree - it absolutely soars! It fills the heart with wonder and excitement! I remember so well when I sat in the theatre in 1977. I tell younger people that when this came out it was like an explosion! This particular sequence was such a wonderful combination of special effects and music - a new level of moviemaking that hadn’t been seen or heard together before. John Williams had already made his mark in Hollywood before this, but Jaws in ‘75 and then the first Star Wars movie really made him a household name. The Star Wars soundtrack sold like hotcakes for an orchestral score and I was one of those buyers.
Many, many thanks for doing this. This cue has always been a favorite of mine. There is an "asteroid field" theme (2:15) that honestly could be the main theme for some other movie soundtrack. But John Williams uses it only for 2-3 minutes and then he's like "OK, done with that - forever."
Honestly surprised that of all the old musical ideas that got recycled for the Disney sequels, this piece wasn’t one of them. It’s one of my favorites as well (besides standard favorites like the main theme/Luke’s theme and the force/OG Obi wan Kenobi theme)
As a kid, I noticed the music straight away in this scene; I'd usually only notice how great a Williams score was during second and third viewing. Soundtracks were so cheap, I used to think. For what they were--the soul of the movies--they were nicely affordable even to kids. Also educational; this and other scores began my love of classical music, my first love.
Two words. John Williams! The depth of detail and sheer imagination on display here are astounding. On one hand, inspiring. On the other, fully intimidating..............but always....magnificent. Thank you for this. Wish you blessings. 🙏🏾🌞
3:16 this part hit hard with the years, very nostslgic. The perfect way to end that chase. This is a love story, an spacial opera. The whole sequence is pure Star Wars
This is an incredibly inspired piece of music. Always loved it. Many thanks for posting. When I heard it at a record shop in 1980 I had to buy the soundtrack.
compare this master class in orchestral composition to the flat, themeless garbage that is in the disney shows. The unexpected change to a minor key at 2:21 is brilliant.
Brilliant remastered analysis, David! You know, no matter how many times I listen to this cue, I'm still awe-struck. New, ingenious little details leap out every time. What a score.
Hello there. I liked your comment. I recall a documentary from 1980 on the BBC about John Williams, and Irvin Kershner said that they did not use the Mickey Mouse technique of accentuating everything. Merry Christmas..
Other than the "Desert Chase" from "Raiders of the Lost Ark", and maybe "Abduction of Barry" from "Close Encounters", this is one of Williams' best and more ingenious orchestrations. I'm just seeing these analyses for the first time. Have you done "Desert Chase" yet? I'll have to check it out.
I have! The analysis is quite old and probably in need of an overhaul, but it’s definitely one of my favorites that I’ve done! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ELp0Lps-EPU.html
Great analysis - and many thanks for the chord structure! What I love about this tremendous cue is that to me it's pure John Williams, his own individual style. If you listen to his second themes for Lost in Space and Land of the Giants, you will hear the relationship to this cue.
I love your work! What notational software is your go to tool? Also, I have been really thinking about buying the Berlin Orchestration (or maybe the individual sections) as I find their tone so real. I would be surprised if you haven not used them; what is your feeling about it?
99.9% of everything on this channel uses MuseScore! Most of the recent videos use v3.6.2, but over the coming months some of the new reductions will be using MS4. And actually I've never used the Berlin Orchestra library, so I apologize that I'm not able to speak to its quality. My main go-to has been EastWest Hollywood Orchestra Opus; I will say with this library and probably true with most other libraries, if you play to its strengths then it's quite powerful and well worth the price.
Ive never seen the score before. Holy mole batman, that is, as mel brooks would say, N V T S nuts :D And it just flys by like its nothing. Ive got work to do
Just a question from a total novice. How much does the orchestrator play in the sound of JW’s music? I do notice a difference in the “quality” after Herb Spencer’s passing.
