Yes, occasionally, an orchestra or band will play a movie or TV theme song as part of a bigger set. The Boston Pops do that sort of thing — they’ve played themes from “James Bond”, “E.T.”, “Jaws” and “Star Trek”, among others, and audiences eat it up.
Loved the John Williams video and sent it on to other movie theme lovers I know. Recognized many of the themes being a longtime movie junkie, but it sure helped having the titles come up. Memories of a lot of them, and it was striking the diversity in instruments used and the effect they had on how you experience the music.
The anime videos were eye-openers as well. There's an entire world of music out there most of us don't know about. Thank you for sharing it! (You and reidht are my new senseis in non-western music!)
I'm honored! I just used the term "sherpa" in another comment. In my ideal world, you would not just check out some of this stuff but fall in love with it and join me in writing about it. Right now there is almost no one else covering the "rest of the world"! You have a playful writing style that would be a good complement to my more dry style. (I'm trying to change that but what can I say, I'm a nerd.)
I'm happy to think about cross-posting opportunities or collaborations. Since I'm so new, I'm still trying to get a handle on who my subscribers are, and also what I want to write. I enjoy your style and you have so much knowledge, so it's worth thinking about how we could help one another. To be continued once I have a good think...
Thanks Ellen. Happy to consider anything. Re. what you want to write--you seem to be off to a great start, and it looked to me as though you already have a well-developed concept. I just sort of stumbled into the twin focuses on women and on world music. BTW, I sort of conflated the two but they are obviously distinct topics. The overlap is that rock in much of the world is now being driven by women, either in all-female bands or as frontwomen for mixed-gender bands.
Charles, great topic. Every summer for several decades the LA County Arboretum hosted a summer concert series. Several years ago we attended a performance dedicated to John Williams and his movie themes. Although the regular concerts were always great, this particular one was fun because everyone recognized all of the songs. it was quite a fun evening. -Skibsted
Loved the John Williams video and sent it on to other movie theme lovers I know. Recognized many of the themes being a longtime movie junkie, but it sure helped having the titles come up. Memories of a lot of them, and it was striking the diversity in instruments used and the effect they had on how you experience the music.
The anime videos were eye-openers as well. There's an entire world of music out there most of us don't know about. Thank you for sharing it! (You and reidht are my new senseis in non-western music!)
I'm honored! I just used the term "sherpa" in another comment. In my ideal world, you would not just check out some of this stuff but fall in love with it and join me in writing about it. Right now there is almost no one else covering the "rest of the world"! You have a playful writing style that would be a good complement to my more dry style. (I'm trying to change that but what can I say, I'm a nerd.)
I'm happy to think about cross-posting opportunities or collaborations. Since I'm so new, I'm still trying to get a handle on who my subscribers are, and also what I want to write. I enjoy your style and you have so much knowledge, so it's worth thinking about how we could help one another. To be continued once I have a good think...
Thanks Ellen. Happy to consider anything. Re. what you want to write--you seem to be off to a great start, and it looked to me as though you already have a well-developed concept. I just sort of stumbled into the twin focuses on women and on world music. BTW, I sort of conflated the two but they are obviously distinct topics. The overlap is that rock in much of the world is now being driven by women, either in all-female bands or as frontwomen for mixed-gender bands.
Ok, happy think!
Charles, great topic. Every summer for several decades the LA County Arboretum hosted a summer concert series. Several years ago we attended a performance dedicated to John Williams and his movie themes. Although the regular concerts were always great, this particular one was fun because everyone recognized all of the songs. it was quite a fun evening. -Skibsted
That sounds great. It's great when you can walk out of a concert humming all the tunes! Was Williams there in person?
Did you listen to the second clip, with FictionJunction? The only vocal ensemble I've heard before that is anything like them is Celtic Woman.
Yes, i love the vocals. it's the way the voices interplay with each other, but sound so nice.