CASEY KASEM'S AMERICAN TOP 40 - 9/27/75

40: LYIN' EYES - THE EAGLES
39: IF I EVER LOSE THIS HEAVEN - THE AVERAGE WHITE BAND
38: I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU - ART GARFUNKEL
37: I GOT STONED AND I MISSED IT - JIM STAFFORD
36: SOLITAIRE - THE CARPENTERS
35: WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES - ESTHER PHILLIPS
34: YOU'RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY - TONY ORLANDO & DAWN
33: DO IT ANY WAY YOU WANNA - PEOPLES CHOICE
32: THEME FROM "JAWS" - JOHN WILLIAMS
31: CAROLINA IN THE PINES - MICHAEL MURPHY
30: WHO LOVES YOU - THE FOUR SEASONS
29: LADY BLUE - LEON RUSSELL
28: GET DOWN TONIGHT - K.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND
27: MIRACLES - JEFFERSON STARSHIP
26: GONE AT LAST - PAUL SIMON & PHOEBE SNOW
25: BAD BLOOD - NEIL SEDAKA
24: ROCKY - AUSTIN ROBERTS
23: BRAZIL - THE RICHIE FAMILY
22: THE PROUD ONE - THE OSMONDS
21: HOW LONG (BETCHA' GOT A CHICK ON THE SIDE) - THE POINTER SISTERS
20: DAISY JANE - AMERICA
19: FALLIN' IN LOVE - HAMILTON, JOE FRANK AND REYNOLDS
18: THEY JUST CAN'T STOP IT (THE GAMES PEOPLE PLAY) - THE SPINNERS
17: IT ONLY TAKES A MINUTE - TAVARES
16: FEELINGS - MORRIS ALBERT
15: I BELIEVE THERE'S NOTHING STRONGER THAN OUR LOVE - PAUL ANKA & ODIA COATES
14: MR. JAWS - DICKIE GOODMAN
13: THAT'S THE WAY OF THE WORLD - EARTH, WIND & FIRE
12: DANCE WITH ME - ORLEANS
11: AIN'T NO WAY TO TREAT A LADY - HELEN REDDY
10: FEEL LIKE MAKIN' LOVE - BAD COMPANY
9: BALLROOM BLITZ - SWEET
8: WASTED DAYS AND WASTED NIGHTS - FREDDY FENDER
7: AT SEVENTEEN - JANIS IAN
6: COULD IT BE MAGIC - BARRY MANILOW
5: RUN JOEY RUN - DAVID GEDDES
4: FIGHT THE POWER PT. 1 - THE ISLEY BROTHERS
3: RHINESTONE COWBOY - GLEN CAMPBELL
2: FAME - DAVID BOWIE
1: I'M SORRY - JOHN DENVER

Mugato: Greatest film composer ever. Whenever he does pass on, they'll have to bury Spielberg with him because he'll be done making movies.

Definitely. So many incredible movies that would have been so much less without his signature touch of magic.

Holst was a thief and a hack, like John Williams. Stole the whole melody and chord structure for "In the Bleak Midwinter" from Dvorak's 9th.

James Horner is the greatest American film composer. One could make an argument for Sergei Prokofiev as the best of all time just for Alexander Nevsky.

Also, that Jim Carrey sure does a great Bill Murray impression!

littlebeartoe: Stole the whole melody and chord structure for "In the Bleak Midwinter" from Dvorak's 9th.

If you want to go down that route, there's a ton of compositions that borrow from others. Mozart did it. Beethoven did it. Bach did it. Melodies, chord progressions etc all borrowed and used.

Greatest ever as long as you ignore Enio Morcone and Bernard Herrmann.

Amazingly sweet fro at the end of that clip. Wow, what a fro.

Oh and Happy Birthday and all that.

So there are film composer hipsters too?

Wow.

Because People in power are Stupid: Mugato: Greatest film composer ever.

No way.

Gustov Holst (new window)

A huge influence on Williams -consider that he wasn't even alive when most of the movie scores grabbed his work for their shows.

Holst: Mars (new window)

And we won't go near Henry Mancini (new window). Mancini's songs are simply catchy in a way that William's songs will never be.
One of Henry Mancini's best known songs. (new window)

I love it when farkers argue over art, and personal opinions. "Mine's better." "no mine is." "no Mine IS."
Yell louder it HELPS!

Music/art is subjective, some people like green, some like blue.

However only the knuckle dragging simian morons like red.

Williams was the pianist on Mancini's two "Peter Gunn" albums. He worked under the name of Johnny T. Williams.

I'm always partial to the "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" score, mainly because the central theme of the piece played a big role in the plot of the film iteself.

I'd put Maurice Jarre right up there with Mr. Williams in the "giants of movie music" category. Oh, and Aaron Copland should be up there as well.


/Happy Birthday, Mr. Music Guy!

I really love these threads where Farkers argue over art because invariably they teach me a shiatload of stuff I should've known but didn't.

I used to think that John William's stuff pretty much sounded a like, and I guess I still think that. He's definitely the goto guy for grand anthems, and grand finales, and swelling music.

But it's also certainly the case that unlike all the other composers mentioned, he hasn't basically scored my life by writing for movie after movie after movie.

Then again, Home Alone has a lot Harry Potter in it.

Happy 80th Birthday then it is and thank you!

About 10 years ago, my wife and I met him outside the back door of the Boston Pops. Talked to him for a bit and got him to sign a copy of his greatest hits CD and also took a picture with him. He was very gracious and pleasant to us. So glad I finally got to meet one of my idols.

/csb

"John Williams is a hack who steals for so-and-so."

Never mind that John Williams' job is not just writing music but SCORING FILMS -- deciding HOW to use music to tell a story and intensify the film's emotions from moment to moment. Eliciting an emotion might be done effectively by using a familiar sound, but someone has to decide what that is and make it fit.

CASEY KASEM'S AMERICAN TOP 40 - 9/3/77

40: I FEEL LOVE / CAN'T WE JUST SIT DOWN
39: THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL - GEORGE BENSON
38: JUNGLE LOVE - THE STEVE MILLER BAND
37: YOU AND ME - ALICE COOPER
36: DO YOU WANNA MAKE LOVE - PETER McCANN
35: WAY DOWN - ELVIS PRESLEY
34: HARD ROCK CAFÉ - CAROLE KING
33: YOU MADE ME BELIEVE IN MAGIC - BAY CITY ROLLERS
32: SO YOU WIN AGAIN - HOT CHOCOLATE
31: IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A SONG - RONNIE MILSAP
30: BOOGIE NIGHTS - HEATWAVE
29: NOBODY DOES IT BETTER - CARLY SIMON
28: TELEPHONE MAN - MERI WILSON
27: "STAR WARS" THEME/CANTINA BAND - MECO
26: EDGE OF THE UNIVERSE - THE BEE GEES
25: CHRISTINE SIXTEEN - KISS
24: DON'T WORRY BABY - B.J. THOMAS
EXTRA: DON'T GO BREAKIN' MY HEART - ELTON JOHN & KIKI DEE
23: THAT'S ROCK 'N' ROLL- SHAUN CASSIDY
22: I'M IN YOU - PETER FRAMPTON
21: KEEP IT COMIN' LOVE - K.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND
20: SWAYIN' TO THE MUSIC - JOHNNY RIVERS
19: ON AND ON - STEPHEN BISHOP
18: BLACK BETTY - RAM JAM
17: HOW MUCH LOVE - LEO SAYER
16: COLD AS ICE - FOREIGNER
15: GIVE A LITTLE BIT - SUPERTRAMP
14: WHATCHA GONNA DO - PABLO CRUISE
13: STAR WARS - THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA / JOHN WILLIAMS
12: SMOKE FROM A DISTANT FIRE - THE SANFORD TOWNSEND BAND
11: BARRACUDA - HEART
10: TELEPHONE LINE - THE ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA
9: STRAWBERRY LETTER #23 - THE BROTHERS JOHNSON
8: DON'T STOP - FLEETWOOD MAC
7: JUST A SONG BEFORE I GO - CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG
6: FLOAT ON - THE FLOATERS
5: HANDY MAN - JAMES TAYLOR
4: EASY - THE COMMODORES
3: (YOUR LOVE HAS LIFTED ME) HIGHER AND HIGHER - RITA COOLIDGE
2: I JUST WANT TO BE YOUR EVERYTHING - ANDY GIBB
1: BEST OF MY LOVE - THE EMOTIONS

CASEY KASEM'S AMERICAN TOP 40 - 9/3/77

40: I FEEL LOVE / CAN'T WE JUST SIT DOWN
39: THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL - GEORGE BENSON
38: JUNGLE LOVE - THE STEVE MILLER BAND
37: YOU AND ME - ALICE COOPER
36: DO YOU WANNA MAKE LOVE - PETER McCANN
35: WAY DOWN - ELVIS PRESLEY
34: HARD ROCK CAFÉ - CAROLE KING
33: YOU MADE ME BELIEVE IN MAGIC - BAY CITY ROLLERS
32: SO YOU WIN AGAIN - HOT CHOCOLATE
31: IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A SONG - RONNIE MILSAP
30: BOOGIE NIGHTS - HEATWAVE
29: NOBODY DOES IT BETTER - CARLY SIMON
28: TELEPHONE MAN - MERI WILSON
27: "STAR WARS" THEME/CANTINA BAND - MECO
26: EDGE OF THE UNIVERSE - THE BEE GEES
25: CHRISTINE SIXTEEN - KISS
24: DON'T WORRY BABY - B.J. THOMAS
EXTRA: DON'T GO BREAKIN' MY HEART - ELTON JOHN & KIKI DEE
23: THAT'S ROCK 'N' ROLL- SHAUN CASSIDY
22: I'M IN YOU - PETER FRAMPTON
21: KEEP IT COMIN' LOVE - K.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND
20: SWAYIN' TO THE MUSIC - JOHNNY RIVERS
19: ON AND ON - STEPHEN BISHOP
18: BLACK BETTY - RAM JAM
17: HOW MUCH LOVE - LEO SAYER
16: COLD AS ICE - FOREIGNER
15: GIVE A LITTLE BIT - SUPERTRAMP
14: WHATCHA GONNA DO - PABLO CRUISE
13: STAR WARS - THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA / JOHN WILLIAMS
12: SMOKE FROM A DISTANT FIRE - THE SANFORD TOWNSEND BAND
11: BARRACUDA - HEART
10: TELEPHONE LINE - THE ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA
9: STRAWBERRY LETTER #23 - THE BROTHERS JOHNSON
8: DON'T STOP - FLEETWOOD MAC
7: JUST A SONG BEFORE I GO - CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG
6: FLOAT ON - THE FLOATERS
5: HANDY MAN - JAMES TAYLOR
4: EASY - THE COMMODORES
3: (YOUR LOVE HAS LIFTED ME) HIGHER AND HIGHER - RITA COOLIDGE
2: I JUST WANT TO BE YOUR EVERYTHING - ANDY GIBB
1: BEST OF MY LOVE - THE EMOTIONS

This was playing during my first hand job at the skating rink.

WhyteRaven74: littlebeartoe: Stole the whole melody and chord structure for "In the Bleak Midwinter" from Dvorak's 9th.

If you want to go down that route, there's a ton of compositions that borrow from others. Mozart did it. Beethoven did it. Bach did it. Melodies, chord progressions etc all borrowed and used.

It's my theory that 90% of score music is derived for either Dvorak's new world symphony or from Stravinsky's Rites Of Spring.

Nem Wan: "John Williams is a hack who steals for so-and-so."

Never mind that John Williams' job is not just writing music but SCORING FILMS -- deciding HOW to use music to tell a story and intensify the film's emotions from moment to moment. Eliciting an emotion might be done effectively by using a familiar sound, but someone has to decide what that is and make it fit.

I can see that, then just don't call him a composer.

/He does know his Wagner
//Coppola saved time and went to the source

I love John Williams' music. I have a Pandora station I seeded with him alone and it is amazing. It's grown into all kinds of classical and folk-y type stuff. I farking love it. I can listen to it at work all day long and be happy.

Maybe this link will go to that Pandora station?

clicky?

Mugato: Greatest film composer ever. Whenever he does pass on, they'll have to bury Spielberg with him because he'll be done making movies.

This.

All the tools up ^ there ^ arguing over his general composing skills are missing the point. He made mediocre movies incredible. The music isn't meant to stand on it's own; it's meant to hold up the film.

Try watching Star Wars with the music off. It's a "meh" film at best.