As a violinist that has played the original version of this piece, I must say, I applaud the violinists in this video. The first violin part is the fastest thing I've ever played in my fifteen years, and this orchestra played it even faster than we did. Starting at 1:20, the piano sets the tempo at 80bpm, but the violins have 8 notes per beat for 640 distinct notes per minute, roughly 11 notes a second. I can't believe the entire section is just playing that perfectly...
+Kevin Wang it's during your 15 years as a violonist or you're 15 years old ? i uploaded as well Harry Wondrous World from the same show ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AD7AwddO5EQ.html
He's dropping words like "somnambulant" like it's normal conversation...next level genius...my goodness. When I had the distinct pleasure of seeing Maestro Williams at the Hollywood Bowl, we gave him 5 STANDING OVATIONS. 5. He deserved more, but he kindly told us that he had to go home because it was getting late. 😭♥️♥️
"but he kindly told us that he had to go home because it was getting late." lol hilarious !! ahah !! what a joy it must have been to see williams in concert ! one of my musical hero since i'm a kid, more than 40 years ago !
@@evifnoskcaj I studied Jazz Piano, Chick Corea won the battle vs John Williams at some point in the influence, but i always kind of married both influence, jazz and film music, i'm fortunate williams is a great jazz player and composer too ;). congrats for your degree !
I can't believe I'm only just watching this now. It's amazing to have this peek into the creative genius who held the large privilege of scoring a story that impacted millions.
I love everything about this. Not just the music, but the elegant TV presentation of it. Every element has been put together by people who obvious take deep pride in it.
He's the musical wizard! who created such an unparalleled score that indeed took all of us to hogwarts😌 Magic !! His work has got pure magic that can even make muggles long for a Hogwarts letter😌...One can imagine oneself being seated in the great hall for supper ❤️
I write music for films and games and I cannot for the life of me understand how he comes up with new stuff every 3 seconds! And from what i know... he orchestrates most of his stuff. Whenever I think I'm good at my craft... I listen to this and Beethoven and realize I ain't shit. He's definitely the Yoda of film score.
+Rick01650 don't get me wrong... i didn't mean for it to sound like i'm not gonna keep writing music.. totally the opposite. This stuff makes me wanna be better.
+WorldofWandag Don't worry, you will absorb his genius and draw upon your own that now you might not know you have. John Williams didn't think he would be this great, he just got there. Just create.
If that makes you feel better, he doesn't. He explained it in different videos that he spends days, even weeks coming up with themes only. I think he said that the Raider's Theme had several versions before he found the one that's used now. In fact, the B section of the theme was one of the alternate versions, but Spielberg loved both so they connected them into one. Basically he sits at his piano trying to come up with melodies by trial and error. Then he has 2-3 months to develop those ideas. I think what makes him stand out is his knowledge of the instruments he's writing for. So basically he orchestrates while composing, which is pretty rare these days. He does have orchestrators, but they add maybe 10% or less.
The reason most don't orchestrate at the same time is because if the director doesn't like how it sounds, you have to edit so much music, as opposed to creating just the melodies and then having someone orchestrate. BUT, I think because Williams has such a reputation, there is not much editing from the director's standpoint that's needed. idk. I mean, I prefer to orchestrate as I go, but it just takes more time.
I will always regret John Williams never expanding the short Ron Weasley theme in the later Potter movies. I enjoyed its appearances in the first two movies no matter how brief. Thank you for posting this video, Marty.
It's in both the first and second movie's scores. In the first, it plays just as Ron is called to the sorting hat. In Chamber of Secrets, it's when the car sidles up to Harry's barred window. It's a jaunty little tune that lasts just a few seconds, Darebear
It kind of sounds like Hedwig's Theme, only kind of..I don't know how to describe it. I heard Lockhart's theme was also an edited Hedwig's Theme, but Ron's theme is just...I dunno.
John Williams scored 1, 2 and 3, Patrick Doyle scored 4, Nicholas Hooper 5 and 6 and Alexandre Desplat 7 and 8. If he was going to expand the theme it would kind of be down to the new composers
It was a real treat to see John Williams on our honeymoon in San Francisco in 1982. He was directing the San Francisco Symphony in concert. R2D2 and C3PO were on stage with the orchestra for the performance.
So many Legends in Hollywood and around the world but standing on top of all of them is John Williams, just hard to comprehend this mans contribution to the arts during his lifetime, extraordinary.
The wondrous brilliance of John Williams never ceases to amaze me. Just when you think he could not raise the bar any higher, he does, time & time again.
You know why (i think) he is the best of the best. When he sees the story on paper or on screen, he hears the music in his head..Like a "translation" of the movie into music.That must be how he does it cause why else can he make scores that are so fitting to the movies? This man is the best..Just the best..
OMG the soundtrack explaind by John Williams himself! That's so wonderful, how have I never found this before?? And it ends mid-sentence... where is the rest of it? And where there's more of this?
+Henrique Tavares 1) the interview has been cut to make a separate video with only the tunes played during this show for a pure music experience. and to not get a warning from PBS / RU-vid because i posted the full Show. 2) due to healt issue, i couldn't achieve and finish the editing of the interviews. it's planned in the future, just no idea when.
Definitively the greatest film score composer of all time.. No one has wrote more memorable film scores than mr Williams.. His music enhances the films so much... My personal favorite of his parade of the slave children from temple of doom, personally think it's the greatest hero theme of all time... Of course there is Star Wars arguably the greatest piece of film music ever conceived (watch the philharmonics rendition of this it's amazing) and jaws the greatest villain theme of all time. This man is a musical genius for his medium.. The greatest of all time in my humble opinion..
Tyler Jacobson nobody has even come close to the 'amount' of memorable scores John Williams has composed. However, it is debatable that Howard Shore's score for The lord of the rings is the greatest score of all time vs John William's best score
Like most of the peace of work John Williams did, since Indiana Jones, Superman , Star Wars this will also be remembered from all kids around the globe that will mark forever their lives like he did in my childhood until today.
So is the contrabassoon supposed to represent Fluffy snoring? Man what a genius. I can see lots of things when I listen to music, but to do the opposite, take images and make them into music so that other people see them too, that's just incredible.
how good does a composer have to be in order to create the same images for everyone from nothing but sound and completely from his own imagination? incredible... this man is beyond talented.
In a certain way, John William would have been also great as Dumbledores actor. What a pitty that he was neither an actor nor British... On the other hand, I would really miss some of his wonderful sound tracks in other films. So in the end you can say 'All was well'.
Merci beaucoup pour la vidéo ! Je dois dire que les explications de John Williams sont très intéressantes (même si elles débordent sur la musique). Un orchestre irréprochable, Hobson Pilot est vraiment une harpiste hors du commun ! J'apprécie la version longue de "the diagon alley". Je déplore par contre la réaction du public !
As a french horn player who also served as *nerd alert* high brass section leader and first chair in various ensembles… it’s wild watching JW conduct. The first piece is in 3/4, but JW doesn’t conduct in 3, it almost looks like he’s conducting in 1!
Given John Williams' contribution to all the movies he's scored, I wish the BluRays and DVDs included an isolated music score track for all the movies he's scored.
@MegaBeethoven5 it is available as a download, yes. the suite is called "harry potter children's suite" and if you search for that in youtube, you already get 4 of them ;-) and if you google a bit, you'll find out that there's a complete score to download for HP1 (2 CDs)...and the whole suite is on the second disc. have fun!
Actually, a lot of Williams' music reminds me of Shostakovich. Particularly interesting in the case of Harry Potter, who looks like Shostakovich. I often think of Shostakovich vs. Stalin and the Communists as a real-life precursor to Harry Potter vs. Voldemort and the Death Eaters...
I heard that Jerry Goldsmith should write the score Very sad he did not. Only this 2 fantastic composers are able to give the film „Harry Potter“ the soul!
John Williams describing his writing technique? Instant thumbs up 👍 As great as this music is, though, I wouldnt really feel comfortable telling my prospective gf....yeah, I was the guy who played that Mini-me piano 😅.
@martyprod2 C'était en 1994 non ? Mais je pense que le pire est le Cygne de Saint-Saëns, en bis du concerto de Haydn. J'ai failli avoir le coeur brisé (vraiment...) par le vibrato extrêmement long, et magnifique de Yo-Yo Ma, je pense que c'est LA vidéo culte pour tous les fans de violoncelle. Mais le public, évidemment, n'était pas au rendez-vous.
what do you mean ? full documentary ? the whole show ? I think i posted it totally on this channel except that i cut it in parts, each song is separated, you'll find harry woundrous world, and other tunes here and there. check the john williams playlist on my channel
@martyprod2 Je suis d'accord. Le public n'est jamais vraiment enthousiasmé (sauf avec For Always). Il y a une vidéo sur RU-vid du concerto pour violoncelle de Haydn avec Yo-Yo Ma et John Williams. C'est pour moi la meilleure version du concerto, mais à la fin les spectateurs applaudissent comme si c'était une oeuvre médiocre jouée par un orchestre médiocre, avec un soliste médiocre, même à l'orchestre de Bretagne, les gens étaient beaucoup plus enthousiasmés.
@martyprod2 could you tell me where you got this from, like the name of the interview, who directed it etc? I need the credit list for my essay, thank you.
it's depends of what you want. only hearing the tunes ? they are all on my account here. the whole show with interviews, ads etc ? well,, you can try to go back in time and record it on PBS in america when it has been broadcasted, around 2002 or 2003 i think. :).
@@Martyprod2 Thanks for replying. The thing is I can't find them - I searched your channel for "potter" and "suite" but only found this and the one I mentioned (and a small excerpt of quiddich). I'd love to hear the whole thing in order, without Williams popping up to explain things.
@martyprod2 Mais là, rien, et pourtant, John Williams + Yo-Yo Ma, on peut difficilement faire mieux... Que leur faut-il de plus ? Perlman ? Même s'ils avaient devant eux Von Karajan ressuscité, ils s'en foutraient.... Dans cette vidéo, j'ai l'impression qu'on assiste à une oeuvre contemporaine particulièrement dissonants, horribles, que le public applaudit par pur politesse...
