STAR WARS MUSIC BY JOHN WILLIAMS part 2

This is part 2 of a rare documentary made juring the Making of the Empire Strikes Back between 1979-1980. If you consider this the best of the Star Wars films and love the score then this is the holy Grail of documentaries. I will post the rest when I have more time, I am having trouble getting good quality on the uploads at the moment. Stay tuned.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• STAR
• WARS
• THE
• EMPIRE
• STRIKES
• BACK
• JOHN
• WILLIAMS
• RARE
• VINTAGE
• LONDON
• SYMPHONY
• ORCHESTRA
• 1980
• SOUNDTRACK

[Robkizzy]

Empire Was the best Star Wars film ever... end of!

[loop22]

Hi im using the documentary as a reference for my university assignment.  By any chance do you know any details and about this... eg the year it was aired, what channel? Thanks for your help.

Lisa

[Robkizzy]

@loop22 May 1980 BBC 1, Good luck with your assingnmment

[Fydorpowers]

I love this documentary. It was made back in the day when documentaries actually taught you something instead of just entertaining you. Thanks for this.

[Robkizzy]

you are welcome

[bacharitai]

it's amazing how without the music the movie is so pathetic.

Starwars is actually a great symphony, illustrated by a sci-fi movie.

[Fkouch]

@bacharitai

Bit harsh. Just remember, they were watching a workprint, with only location sound. The version he recorded against had adr, fx and foley added. I do agree though, that music transforms a film. But never underestimate the work that goes into the soundmix too.

[PaulSottnikMusic]

best use of trombone ever right after 1:00 lol

[noffgrout]

i cried watching the orchestra actually play the music for the carbon freeze. wow.  wow. wow.

[DokterWertham]

Bloody hell. This was obviously broadcast days before the film opened in the UK. Unbelievable spoilers. Especially the "I know" exchange, arguably the second biggest moment in the whole film.

[dtwhitney]

IT's so cool to see them watching the cut of the ultra-dramatic carbon-freezing scene with such clunky sounds, yet John immediately sees past it and goes to work.

[JM4EDR]

So many good posts here.

John Williams is not only a genius but a beautiful, beautiful man.

[JM4EDR]

@bacharitai, again soooo right. Music is so underappreciated in film.

[JM4EDR]

@Fydorpowers, soooo right mate, soooo right.

[monkeywho]

@nevertheless123 - Look at it this way - even though not everybody may really appreciate John Williams - imagine if they had to watch Star Wars without his music! :)