John Williams Film Scores - Original Trilogy

Author: Trooperman
Time: 1-Apr-2006 10:54 AM
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Hi guys,

I was just curious as to where someone might go to either purchase, rent, or somehow obtain copies of John William's full orchestral film scores (for the original SW trilogy and Indiana Jones in particular) for personal analysis and study. It doesn't matter if it's handwritten or not; does anyone know if they rent out copies to consumers?

Thanks so much,

-TM

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Author: Han Solo VS Indiana Jones
Time: 2-Apr-2006 3:13 PM
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Try www.amazon.com

Go to Music, type in John Williams name, see what that gets you.

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Author: PSYCHO_DAYV
Time: 2-Apr-2006 7:51 PM
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ARE YOU WANTING THE CDs OR THE MUSIC SHEETS ???

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Author: ricardo
Time: 2-Apr-2006 8:58 PM
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i believe he wants the sheet music, since he mentioned "handwritten."

Author: ADigitalMan
Time: 2-Apr-2006 9:43 PM
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My cheesy answer to the question

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Author: Trooperman
Time: 2-Apr-2006 10:23 PM
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I own all of the soundtrack CD's. What I was actually curious about was not sheet music, but the full orchestral conductor's scores containing all the cues (and of course all of the instrumental parts), as written by Williams and orchestrated by Herbert Spencer (as opposed to piano music and other adaptations and selections) for his great work in the 70's and 80's. It seems to me that if they even sell these, the book containing all the cues would be monstrous and would cost quite a bit. That's why I was wondering if they rent out these scores like they do with Broadway, because I really doubt that these are widely available. It's not like I'm going to actually use them to record with orchestra, but I have other uses for them...

Thanks

Episode II: Shroud of the Dark Side

“Back when we made Star Wars, we just couldn’t make Palpatine as evil as we intended. Now, thanks to the miracles of technology, it is finally possible. Finally, I’ve created the movies that I originally imagined.” -George Lucas on the 2007 Extra Extra Special HD-DVD Edition

Author: ADigitalMan
Time: 3-Apr-2006 10:40 AM
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I would imagine these scores do exist for purchase or rental to H.S. bands and the like.

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Author: Moth3r
Time: 3-Apr-2006 11:18 AM
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Can someone page Neil S Bulk to thread #4994...

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Author: PSYCHO_DAYV
Time: 3-Apr-2006 6:36 PM
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Originally posted by: Moth3r
Can someone page Neil S Bulk to thread #4994...

IT HAS BEEN DONE.

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Author: Trooperman
Time: 3-Apr-2006 8:58 PM
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Neat! Thanks.

Episode II: Shroud of the Dark Side

“Back when we made Star Wars, we just couldn’t make Palpatine as evil as we intended. Now, thanks to the miracles of technology, it is finally possible. Finally, I’ve created the movies that I originally imagined.” -George Lucas on the 2007 Extra Extra Special HD-DVD Edition

Author: Neil S. Bulk
Time: 4-Apr-2006 2:23 PM
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Have you checked here?

Neil

Well at least the reversed surround channels have been addressed.

Author: PSYCHO_DAYV
Time: 4-Apr-2006 3:00 PM
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THANKS FOR RESPONDING SO QUICKLY, NEIL.

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Author: Trooperman
Time: 4-Apr-2006 5:09 PM
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Thanks, Neil! Although I don't see any complete scores at first glance, I'll definitely give that a look.

Episode II: Shroud of the Dark Side

“Back when we made Star Wars, we just couldn’t make Palpatine as evil as we intended. Now, thanks to the miracles of technology, it is finally possible. Finally, I’ve created the movies that I originally imagined.” -George Lucas on the 2007 Extra Extra Special HD-DVD Edition

Author: Trooperman
Time: 22-Apr-2006 10:26 PM
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OK- I finally found the (disappointing) answer to my question: Reading Film Music

It's not available to the public and it's a huge pain to secure much of anything.

Episode II: Shroud of the Dark Side

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Author: PSYCHO_DAYV
Time: 22-Apr-2006 10:53 PM
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SORRY, TROOPERMAN. I WAS HOPING THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO SECURE WHAT YOU NEEDED.

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Author: PsychoDayv
Time: 16-Sep-2015 11:00 PM
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WHO ELSE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO JW'S SCORE TO TFA?

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Author: FanFiltration
Time: 17-Sep-2015 2:13 AM
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PsychoDayv said:

WHO ELSE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO JW'S SCORE TO TFA?

ME! I just hope that they release a complete version of the score around the same time the home video versions are released. I was always kind of upset that we never got expanded editions of Ep. II and III.

So Dave, what are your thoughts about Williams not scoring "Rouge One" or the other non-episodic films? In a way, I wish they would just have someone re-arrange existing Williams' SW themes in the same way the producers of Superman II,III and IV had done when Williams could not (would not) return.

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Author: PsychoDayv
Time: 17-Sep-2015 9:40 AM
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I THINK IT'LL ADD SOME NEW FLAVOR TO THE MUSIC. I'M REALLY DISAPPOINTED THAT THEY DIDN'T ASK JOEL McNEELY. McNEELY WAS JW'S PROTEGE WHO SCORED SHADOWS OF THE EMPIRE WHEN THEY COULDN'T GET JOHN WILLIAMS. IN FACT, WILLIAMS SUGGESTED McNEELY FOR SHADOWS OF THE EMPIRE. McNEELY HAS BECOME QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHED COMPOSER IN HIS OWN RIGHT HAVING SCORED NUMEROUS MOVIES AND TV SHOWS.

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Author: FanFiltration
Time: 17-Sep-2015 7:53 PM
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James Horner would have been a nice choice had he not died in that plain crash.

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Author: PsychoDayv
Time: 18-Sep-2015 12:24 AM
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I TOTALLY AGREE!

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