Music : John Williams - 40 Years of Film Music

Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0738572081027
Format: Box set
Label: Primetime
Manufacturer: Primetime
Number Of Discs: 4
Publisher: Primetime
Release Date: September 27, 2003
Running Time: 228 minutes
Studio: Primetime
Sales Rank: 4421
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Disc 1:

1. The Sugarland Express - Main Theme
2. Jaws - Main Theme
3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind - Suite
4. Raiders of the Lost Ark - March
5. Raiders of the Lost Ark - The Map Room: Dawn
6. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial - Adventures on Earth
7. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - Mine Car Chase
8. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - End Credits
9. Empire of the Sun - Exsultate Justi
10. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - Indy's First Adventure

Disc 2:

1. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - End Credits
2. Always - Follow Me/Dorinda's Solo Flight
3. Hook - Main Themes
4. Jurassic Park - Main Themes
5. Schindler's List - Main Theme
6. Amistad - Dry Your Tears, Afrika
7. Saving Private Ryan - Hymn To The Fallen
8. A.I. Artificial Intelligence - Where Dreams Are Made
9. Minority Report
10. Catch Me If You Can

Disc 3:

1. The Rare Breed - Suite
2. Jane Eyre - Suite
3. Jane Eyre - Theme
4. Jane Eyre - To Thornfield
5. Jane Eyre - Restoration
6. The Cowboys - Overture
7. The Poseidon Adventure - Prelude
8. The Towering Inferno - Main Titles
9. Family Plot - End Titles
10. The Fury - Main Titles
11. Superman - Main Theme
12. Dracula - Main Titles and Storm
13. The River - Main Theme and Love Theme
14. The Witches of Eastwick - Dance of the Witches

Disc 4:

1. Born on the Fourth of July - End Credits
2. Presumed Innocent - End Titles
3. JFK - Arlington/End Titles
4. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - Hedwig's Theme
5. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - Fawkes the Phoenix
6. Star Wars: A New Hope - Main Themes
7. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back - Han Solo and the Princess
8. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back - The Imperial March
9. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace - Anakin's Theme
10. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace - The Flag Parade
11. Star Wars: Attack of the Clones - Across the Stars
12. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace - Duel of the Fates

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Rating: - Scrappy, Average at best.
Right, im a massive John Williams fan, and when I saw this box set, i had to add it to my collection. Kinda wished i hadnt now though. The Recordings on this cd are for the most part average at best, with one or two exceptions.
Being a musician myself, im probably a lot more nit picky than most consumers would be though. The orchestra, and in particular the brass section, is very scrappy in many of the tracks. Its almost as if they are sight reading their parts, as there are very ... Read More

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Rating: - Pretty good but with some shortcomings and odd choices.
You would kind of expect an album this big to be the definitive collection of a 40-year (and more) career. It isn't. I'm usually sceptical of recordings made by different orchestras and without the original composer as conductor. Well, this isn't too much of a problem on this album. What I was not happy with was the wasted disc space (one disc is only 49 minutes), and some really bizarre inclusions and omissions. For example, do we really need a mediocre cue like The Flag Parade from Star Wars The ... Read More

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Rating: - This is really good
You can hear your favorite john williams classical composed music. such as star wars, imperial march, raider march superman and many more. from other good conductors.

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Rating: - Ultimate Williams
UNFORTUNATELY, film soundtracks are not considered mainstream ‘classical’ music and have not received their fair share of airplay on the airwaves.
We all know about Beethoven, Schubert, Vivaldi et al. But there are many more excellent classical composers of the modern era we hear nothing about. Hans Zimmer, James Horner, Alan Silvestri and Jerry Goldsmith are behind some of the biggest films in recent years (Gladiator, Titanic, The Mummy Returns and The Sum Of All Fears respectively).
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Rating: - Not a perfect tribute, but still suprisingly good!!
Be warned, John Williams does not conduct anything in this 4 disc boxset: the conductors are Paul Bateman, Nick Raine and Mario Klemens. When i saw this i expected the worst; all of Williams great scores spoiled by people other than himself! I was wrong! This is actually a very good boxset though it does have it's problems!

Having enjoyed Williams music for some time, i come to expect perfect musical scores and for a tribute to him, i also expect this, but a couple of tracks in this boxset ... Read More

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