Adventures on earth by John Williams

[Daruqe]

TOO GOD DAMN SLOW

[wnsp7]

what kind of trumpet is that, that has the valves of a french horn and is played sideways???

[akamaru3]

@wnsp7 rotary trumpet

[bigbonedp]

@wnsp7

that is a rotary trumpet, used mostly in Germany - very different sound.

[DylanBStringer91]

1 Person Didn't Grow Up With E.T.!!! XD

[gravics]

That was enjoyable. Such a wonderful performance. Well done!

[JamieBellinger]

Pause at 0:04

[weirdwicket]

E.T! E.T.! E.T.!

[1337evan]

1:07, that's some amazingly pointy notes with a nice taper to each note!!! Phwhoooo!!!!!!! :-)

[rstrunks]

OK im sorry.. If anyone has something to say about John Williams copying other works or not being original they either arent really farmiliar with either his music or the stuff hes supposedly ripped off.. And the imperial march theme from empire sounds nothing like Mars.. any non-musical person could tell that! Mars is in 5/4 time for one thing.. ugh I could go on and on.. If anyone things they could have done better than John williams over the past 40 years then they should give it a go..

[GWSFilms]

@rstrunks I completely agree. And if anything, he's simply been inspired by those pieces. It's obvious he was influenced by the Holst pieces for "Star Wars" and Sousa for his great marches. He's made them his own and changed the way people write film music forever.

[alvaroescaso]

@rstrunks "Mars" is supposed to be "Imperial Attack", not the "March". Despite metric diffs, the sound is similar. Also, Williams itself has explained what music has "inspired" the Star Wars score and why, piece by piece.

Some consider it a ripoff, but he acknowledges the influence; also it's film music, which is functional and needs to be done in defined timeframe.

Lastly, this "originality" obsession is relatively new. Classical music recycles themes and materials without any guilt.

[johnwilliamsfan786]

@rstrunks Look, i'm a huge JW fan too, and i have to admit that there's a lot of influence from other composers in his works, but mostly because the director used that music in the temporary music track of the film. Holst's "Mars" is heard in the score of "Star Wars" (Episode IV: A New Hope), for example in the Rebel Fanfare in "The Death Star/Stormtroopers".

[violinmaestro94]

Wow, it's such an amazing piece! Is it just me though, or does it sounds almost exactly like the final movement of Howard Hanson's "Romantic" Symphony at times? But still a brilliant work, one of my favorites of John Williams.

[PINKSKITTLES14]

OMG this song is very hard but fun and i am playing it in marching band i love it

[katieeeeehope]

I'm playing it in marching band too!!!! I love the arrangement we have of it, and just the piece in general.

[lazyypigg]

i played it before O.O

[lazyypigg]

omg im hearing it for the 100th time !!!!!

my all tiem fav =D

my orchestra is also playing this piece xD

[BowieZ]

I hope you've heard the original recording? This stinks in comparison.

[andreaandrewmilne]

Never let it be said that JW is coy about borrowing themes and orchestrations. Much of 0:00 to 1:13 sounds like pure rehearsal of the finale from Hanson's 2nd Symphony. But you have to admire a stylish jewel thief one who is allegro con brio!

Love ♥, andrea

[BowieZ]

Don't forget film composers are TOLD BY DIRECTORS to make a certain section sound like a certain other piece. Calling John Williams a "stylish jewel thief" is a very uneducated insult.

[andreaandrewmilne]

It stretches my credulity to suppose that Spielberg actually told JW to look at Hanson's work. Maybe, but I always understand JW to be her own mistress.

Besides, in my imagination, jewel thieves are usually stylish and rather seductive ;-).

Allegro con brio is the tempo marking on the 3rd movement of the "Romantic".

Trust me, it wasn't meant unkindly, and it isn't uneducated either ;-)

Regards and ♥, andrea

[BowieZ]

Well, I didn't mean to say Spielberg said "look at Hanson's work" but rather Spielberg and the music supervisor sit down and spot the entire film with existing music, and I'm pretty sure the entire Adventures on Earth sequence was temped with Howard Hanson, right up until the ship blasts off and the screen fades to black.

[andreaandrewmilne]

Hmm .... I do admire JW. Great orchestrator, and when the Hanson borrowings stop, JW's thematic inventiveness is impressive.

But....why criticise me if I point out the obvious source of the "loans"? Do you agree with the truth of my comment? /watch?v=nN4li1lVReQ

[BowieZ]

Secondly, John Williams doesn't orchestrate his film scores; he provides his orchestrator with very detailed 8-staff miniscores who fleshes them out according to the styles of the temptracked cues.

Finally, while Hanson is an excellent composer and orchestrator who indeed has his own stamp, I find a lot of what he writes to be borrowed in various ways, but less overtly (or perhaps more seductively?) and his thematic usage very unmemorable and unappealing. Williams has him beat in that area.

[andreaandrewmilne]

Indeed, here is JW the modernist at her best:

/watch?v=SmQzdI3uuBY

0:00-2:04

The Creepy Cave Sequence from "Empire Strikes Back", where Luke learns s/he should not ignore Yoda's advice, that hatred only leads to ones own destruction. Plus the implicit fact that Vader had already followed that path, and the Luke should be careful not to do so too.

Regards, andrea ♥

[ThePiano1991]

Why are you refering to John Williams as as woman?

[andreaandrewmilne]

Who believes in sex-and-gender dimorphism? The silly dualistic categories of feminine/masculine, female/male, woman/man are not only redundant but patently invalid & mischievous.

But, fear not, the Divine Feminine Principles of love, creativity, playfulness, trust, affection, generosity...they are alive and well.

So, if you are admirable, you embody the Feminine. The details of your physiological composition are, in theory, irrelevant, though it often helps to be XX :-).

♥ andrea

[ThePiano1991]

Thank you, you beat me to it... I always say this to people, composers are told what to do... for instance lots of people critise John Williams for the Star Wars Imperial March sounding like Holst's 'Mars' from the planets... It is common knowledge that George Lucas actually wanted to used the music from the planets suite by holst for the original star wars trilogy, but then decided to go with John Williams, asking him to recreate that specific sound. Hes decent and in some cases very original!

[LLJtbone]

Yeah I really love his music it's so full of life. There are never any doubts where he is taking you with his music.

[LLJtbone]

This is some amazing sounding music. I totally love John Williams. It's so full of life. I'd totally like to play this music. Have played some of it but his music needs to be performed more often.

[scottieTbone]

His music pushes through soooo many different emotions its un true! a fantastic composer and i am sure a fantastic person to know.

[1337evan]

Bb trumpet and a Rotary trumpet in the same section? cool. :-D

[rositarach]

commuove fino alle lacrime...grande emozione...

[Torvald2k]

Wow!That is awesome! And to think the conductor is from New Castle, Pa.We are proud of our New Castle Red Hurricane Band Alumni!

[carlitos1234567890]

MARAVILLOSO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jimminielsen1]

Very good rendering! Indeed very close to the original soundtrack.

[musicdudeman]

that was awesome!!!

[kwolf012392]

wow! one of the best performances i've seen!! I agree with taiyo888!!

[tormentedmusician23]

without a doubt, lol!!!!

[taiyo888]

It sounds just like the original soundtrack!

[mcgrawactor1]

Beautiful!!  I love ET!!!

[tristaan85]

einfach wunderschön...;)