John Williams: Star Wars - The Phantom Menace Suite (with Score)

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Title: Star Wars: The Phantom Menace - Suite for Orchestra
Composer: John Williams (*1932)
Movements:
0:00 I. The Flag Parade
3:18 II. Anakin's Theme
6:26 III. The Adventures of Jar Jar
9:55 IV. Duel of the Fates
Performance:
I & III: Paul Bateman: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
II: John Williams: London Symphony Orchestra
IV: John Williams: London Symphony Orchestra & London Voices
"With the creation of his Star Wars films, George Lucas has contributed an addition to the popular culture that is truly cross-generational. At the recording sessions for the music of 'The Phantom Menace', we were reunited with the London Symphony Orchestra which had performed so brilliantly on the soundtracks of the three original films. During the first intermission at Abbey Road Studios, several of the young members of the orchestra approached me to say that when, as children, they had heard the music of Star Wars, they resolved to study music with the goal of eventually playing with the great London Symphony Orchestra. It was thrilling to be reminded that the films and the music have reached so many people all around the world.
In composing the score for 'The Phantom Menace', I was given the opportunity to add to the collection of music written for these films, and I enjoyed the challenge of trying to write new themes that would comfortably wed to the texture of the original music. This suite from 'The Phantom Menace' contains four new pieces: 'The Flag Parade', 'Anakin's Theme', in which I placed hints of Darth Vader's 'imperial March' thus signalling the metamorphosis that Anakin is to undergo, 'The Adventures Of Jar Jar', and 'Duel Of The Fates.
Unlike the music of the earlier films, 'Duel Of The Fates' utilizes chorus. For the text of this piece, I have used a portion of the old Celtic poem, 'The Battle of the Trees', which I discovered in a translation by Robert Graves which appeas in his great book 'The White Goddess'. I was captivated by the stanza 'Under the tongue root a fight most dread, while another rages behind in the head.' This several me to be mystical and ritualistic and very appropriate to accompany the great sword fight in the film. For translation into a language that would be cryptic and obscure, I first tried Celtic and Greek, before finally, with the help of a schollar at Harvard, settling on Sanskrit. I felt this beautiful old language contained vowel sounds that would be very effective for chorus. I've used single words and syllables which never quite complete the stanza, but which suggest its meaning in a way complete enough for my musical purposes. I think the piece is most effective in its original choral setting but I also feel that it can produce a very good result if played with orchestra alone.
I must say I feel very fortunate indeed in having the privilege of accompanying George Lucas as he continues on his creative journey through these magical Star Wars films." [John Williams]

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  • @devingraves8044
    @devingraves80444 жыл бұрын

    John Williams on his way to give the violas a chance to shine for once and a bunch of 8th notes in the same piece

  • @jonathankupper1793

    @jonathankupper1793

    3 жыл бұрын

    And/or his orchestrators---although at this point, they can probably read his mind, more or less, in terms of knowing what he wants and is going after in a given cue... So yeah, probably fair to say John Williams.

  • @billvrijens306

    @billvrijens306

    3 жыл бұрын

    Alright for you to say. I have to play it all!

  • @jaxbradley7036

    @jaxbradley7036

    2 жыл бұрын

    I guess im asking randomly but does anyone know a method to get back into an Instagram account? I was dumb lost the account password. I would appreciate any tricks you can offer me!

  • @darianzayn1106

    @darianzayn1106

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Jax Bradley Instablaster =)

  • @ThaSchwab

    @ThaSchwab

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jonathankupper1793 Maestro Williams doesn't sit down and draft a whole score like some might expect, but I believe he's quite instructive regarding orchestration in his piano scores

  • @luckyduck3749
    @luckyduck37495 жыл бұрын

    "Hints of Darth Bader's theme" Oh no not the DARTH BADER!

  • @henrygustavekrausse7459

    @henrygustavekrausse7459

    3 жыл бұрын

    You mean Ginsburg herself?

  • @DrFearfall

    @DrFearfall

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ryan Bader?

  • @mr.vorrnyvorrn2516

    @mr.vorrnyvorrn2516

    Жыл бұрын

    *Vader

  • @ABFan-bj2uj
    @ABFan-bj2uj4 жыл бұрын

    Orchestration: 2 Flutes Piccolo 3 Oboes 1 Cor Anglais 2 Clarinets in Bb 1 Clarinet in Eb 2 Bassoons 1 Contrabassoon 4 French Horns 4 Trumpets 2 Trombones 2 Bass Trombones (1st dbl. Tenor Trombone 3) 1 Tuba Timpani Percussion Piano Harp Violins 1 Violins 2 Violas Violoncelli Double Basses

  • @itznoxy7193

    @itznoxy7193

    4 жыл бұрын

    Surprised he only takes 4 horns against all those woodwinds and heavy brass. He could have easily done 6 or even 8

  • @aaronzacharyreed6163

    @aaronzacharyreed6163

    3 жыл бұрын

    ...and SATB choir!

  • @jackeris1302

    @jackeris1302

    3 жыл бұрын

    What percussions instruments are used in duel of the fates? It doesn’t say

  • @aaronzacharyreed6163

    @aaronzacharyreed6163

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jackeris1302 timpani, tom-toms, xylophone, glockenspiel, chimes, suspended cymbal, large tam-tam, piatti (crash cymbals), triangle, side and field drums (types of snare drum), “Med. High Drum (Quasi Hand Tabla)”, “Deep Drum” (I assume this is like a floor tom?), Gran Cassa (concert bass drum), “Med. Low Drum”

  • @jackeris1302

    @jackeris1302

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@aaronzacharyreed6163 thank you so much man. That’s really helpful!

  • @FreakieFan
    @FreakieFan2 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful use of the Lydian mode in Anakin's Theme

  • @brandonmacey964

    @brandonmacey964

    3 ай бұрын

    Raised 4th, I’m working on my modes

  • @viper1320
    @viper13205 жыл бұрын

    OMG 😮 😳! Wow, thank you so much for sharing 🙏🏾 ☺️

  • @mfeij001
    @mfeij001 Жыл бұрын

    Holy Sh@ this sountrack is a tidal wave, just incredible

  • @WhiteBeansYT
    @WhiteBeansYT6 жыл бұрын

    Great Stuff! John Williams is my BOI!

  • @timothyvoi9699
    @timothyvoi96996 жыл бұрын

    Great music, 1 of my favorites

  • @fredericchopin6445

    @fredericchopin6445

    4 жыл бұрын

    Timothy Voi check out liszt dante symphony ;)

  • @jarontu4800
    @jarontu48006 жыл бұрын

    This is great!

  • @Dragontrumpetare
    @Dragontrumpetare4 жыл бұрын

    That flagparade is actually cooler in this version. Its not the very same as in the movie, but more made for concert. There are really nice qualities.

  • @qwertyuiopzxcvbnm9890

    @qwertyuiopzxcvbnm9890

    21 күн бұрын

    It's longer here but it also has some unnecessary changes

  • @HunterBelkiran
    @HunterBelkiran3 жыл бұрын

    What a genius

  • @ArmandoGarcia-ci7el
    @ArmandoGarcia-ci7el3 ай бұрын

    11:27 So many notes!!

  • @ABFan-bj2uj
    @ABFan-bj2uj4 жыл бұрын

    Damn! I wish there was a cimbasso in there.

  • @TheMaestro2005
    @TheMaestro20053 жыл бұрын

    That first trumpet player!

  • @davidesteban3316
    @davidesteban33163 жыл бұрын

    Wow🎧🎵🎶😍😍

  • @bobgrainier
    @bobgrainier3 ай бұрын

    I LOVE STAR WARS I LOVE JOHN WILLIAMS

  • @user-qc7yt2wq4u
    @user-qc7yt2wq4u Жыл бұрын

    귀가 펑 뚫리네요~와우~ 존경하는 존 윌리엄경~ 대단하시네요~

  • @Sir_Zerfer
    @Sir_Zerfer6 жыл бұрын

    Very good ! Can we have the staff of Star Wars 2 ?

  • @heiwiik8744
    @heiwiik87444 жыл бұрын

    groovy

  • @divinekinglysamurai6198
    @divinekinglysamurai61986 жыл бұрын

    Ay this is weird the percussion doesn't play for the majority of Duel

  • @qwertyuiopzxcvbnm9890

    @qwertyuiopzxcvbnm9890

    21 күн бұрын

    Well yes. Normally he writes it and then after the recording it sometimes gets removed from the mix. Or it gets removed before recording. For me I like it with and without. Either way

  • @johnmillholland6550
    @johnmillholland65505 жыл бұрын

    If you listen to the horn melody starting in measure 8 00:13 you will hear a brilliant reworking on the Imeperial March theme. So brilliantly done wow! Of course this is young Darth Vader’s story

  • @jakegearhart

    @jakegearhart

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's a completely different melody. It's closer to the Droid March than the Imperial March but it's different from both.

  • @BlazinInfernape

    @BlazinInfernape

    3 жыл бұрын

    There are some similarities to Imperial March throughout The Flag Parade, the constant fast triplets being the main one, but my god I have no clue what melody you're hearing because that thing is in almost no way anything like that of Imperial March.

  • @FreakieFan

    @FreakieFan

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@BlazinInfernape Perhaps a wrong timestamp? Because the Imperial March is certainly audible and nicely reworked in the second piece, Anakin's Theme.

  • @qwertyuiopzxcvbnm9890

    @qwertyuiopzxcvbnm9890

    21 күн бұрын

    ​@@BlazinInfernapeWilliams uses fast triplets all the time. It has nothing to do with the Imperial March

  • @BlazinInfernape

    @BlazinInfernape

    21 күн бұрын

    @@qwertyuiopzxcvbnm9890 Wow this is an old comment. Back then most of what I knew about John Williams came from Star Wars, so I had limited separation of what techniques were a "Star Wars thing" and what was just a "John Williams thing." Modern me would agree with you, so uhh... when you're right, you're right.

  • @HunterBelkiran
    @HunterBelkiran3 жыл бұрын

    5:28 - Darth Vader's theme referenced.

  • @alsamnapal851
    @alsamnapal8516 жыл бұрын

    Hi @Silfimur , when can we get synthesia for Illusions Thomas Bergersen? That was really your masterpiece :)

  • @adamdonahue2079
    @adamdonahue20793 жыл бұрын

    12:16 my favorite part

  • @musicmanx100

    @musicmanx100

    3 жыл бұрын

    The triplets in the strings and the final rip up to the leading tone in the horns is great

  • @machida5114
    @machida5114 Жыл бұрын

    sodelicious

  • @mrtchaikovsky

    @mrtchaikovsky

    4 ай бұрын

    I did not expect to find you here.

  • @FULANODETAL
    @FULANODETAL4 жыл бұрын

    damm its like an alien lenguage for those who never saw a score

  • @jakegearhart

    @jakegearhart

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's not that complicated. The higher the dots are on each part (each set of five the lines), the higher the pitch.

  • @mydogskips2

    @mydogskips2

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jakegearhart True of course, but a gross oversimplification for sure. I mean, the clef sign alone matters a great deal with just what you've said.

  • @jakegearhart

    @jakegearhart

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@mydogskips2 The Clef, Key Signature, and transposition tell which exact notes to play, but the relative placement notes on a staff will always represent higher or lower pitches, and that's really all you need to understand what's going on in a score from a basic level. You can also add on top of that that the more straight lines drawn connecting notes, the faster they are played.

  • @0live0wire0

    @0live0wire0

    9 ай бұрын

    @@jakegearhart lol that's the understatement of the century. Like saying "the human body's not that complicated - it's a lot of cells stacked together".

  • @yodagaming2559
    @yodagaming25594 жыл бұрын

    GENERAL KENOBI

  • @ABFan-bj2uj
    @ABFan-bj2uj4 жыл бұрын

    Any reason why in Flag Parade, there is an F1 and a G2 on the piano? On the F, just add a double sharp.

  • @aaronzacharyreed6163

    @aaronzacharyreed6163

    3 жыл бұрын

    What measure?

  • @ABFan-bj2uj

    @ABFan-bj2uj

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@aaronzacharyreed6163 120

  • @aaronzacharyreed6163

    @aaronzacharyreed6163

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ABFan-bj2uj Yeah, I think it's a typo as far as I can tell. All other bass instruments have a G there. Notice the Dm7 chord on the & of 2 in that measure though. Maybe the copyist was looking at that and stuck an F in the piano LH by accident.

  • @nevinndonwi3274
    @nevinndonwi32745 жыл бұрын

    How do I get the sheet music ?

  • @tajaldeenwahab4528

    @tajaldeenwahab4528

    3 жыл бұрын

    transcribe it by ear :)

  • @xiyyea5205

    @xiyyea5205

    3 жыл бұрын

    zoom in and screenshot :D

  • @bordeauxcolor

    @bordeauxcolor

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hal Leonard John Williams Signature Edition

  • @TheodoreBrown314

    @TheodoreBrown314

    3 жыл бұрын

    If you look on Williams' website, there's a list of all his compositions. Copy the exact name of this and Google search it, and sheetmusicplus has it on their site. The link on Williams' site appears to be broken, so that extra step is unfortunately necessary

  • @paciaciak3986
    @paciaciak39863 жыл бұрын

    from where u have orchetra score, and could i get a trumpet part?

  • @jaschanakladal

    @jaschanakladal

    3 жыл бұрын

    You can buy the score and the parts online.

  • @TheRat1
    @TheRat14 жыл бұрын

    9:55

  • @razor6020

    @razor6020

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for that ive been looking for the score for duel of the fates a long time now

  • @exodus_20_15
    @exodus_20_152 ай бұрын

    Eighty-third

  • @extras5164
    @extras51645 ай бұрын

    where can i buy the score?

  • @jbhm73
    @jbhm736 жыл бұрын

    Do more pvz

  • @mydogskips2
    @mydogskips23 жыл бұрын

    I'm sorry, I love, love, love me some John Williams, but this is pedestrian at best, completely uninspired. But then again, I guess it matches the movie in that sense. Not much interesting here at all. I think he did much better work for Episodes II and III. Alright, I'm leaving now. ; )

  • @jakegearhart

    @jakegearhart

    3 жыл бұрын

    Uninspired? I think you should take another listen to Anakin's theme. It's one of the most complex themes Williams ever wrote.

  • @mydogskips2

    @mydogskips2

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jakegearhart It's just a bunch of meandering dissonances with no real direction or purpose. I suppose it reminds me a bit of his E.T. music which I love, but of course, that music created an entirely different atmosphere and feeling than what is here. I think Across the Stars is amazing, quite reminiscent of Tchaikovsky, but Anakin's theme reminds me of Shostakovich, a bunch of wandering discords, be Shostakovich always manages to generate interest with his themes, they're biting and sardonic as I once read, have a drive, development and purpose. While others are a poor imitation of Williams, like Michael Giacchino for instance, at least for his "Star Wars" music, John is lacking something here, not that I think he's trying to imitate Shostakovich. And I'm sorry, but in my opinion, Duel of the Fates is one of the worst things John has ever written, it is far from complex and is really quite dull, insipid. At least he wrote better music for episodes II and III. But in my opinion, nothing compares to his work for the original trilogy, that music was truly inspired and was quite revolutionary at the time.

  • @jakegearhart

    @jakegearhart

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@mydogskips2 Meandering dissonances? Shostakovich? I don't think we're listening to the same thing. And I don't think you understand why Anakin's theme is the way it is. Every time the music moves upwards, it's _literally_ pulled down by Darth Vader's theme. Anakin's theme is trying to escape, but it can't. Darth Vader's theme is present at all times. It's a masterpiece. It's probably the most complex thing he's ever written composition-wise. Composition-wise as well, you really can't make any critiques about Duel of the Fates. It's fully realized complex music. And it's one of the most popular things he ever wrote. So it really is just your opinion against a sea of others that believe it is phenomenal. And Revenge of the Sith's score is so much deeper than anything he wrote for the original trilogy. The Dies Irae theme, the Immolation Scene, this: kzread.info/dash/bejne/qWuVpZd7ZbbNpZs.html

  • @mydogskips2

    @mydogskips2

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jakegearhart Camille Saint-Saens' Carnival is of the Animals is the most popular thing he ever wrote, but far from his greatest work(I think he didn't even want it published in his lifetime), something which only shows that people can be wrong. I suppose I should say that it's not a bad piece of music, it's easy and accessible to people which is probably why they like it, it's also what Saint-Saens intended it to be, but those who are more advanced in their musical understanding have difficulty appreciating it for its lack of sophistication. Glenn Miller's In the Mood is exceedingly popular, and I happen to love it myself, but it's a simple piece based on a piano exercise. My college music appreciation teacher actually told our class that Richard Strauss's Zarathustra wasn't a good piece, and while I think I know why she said it, I think she was completely wrong. Also Sprach Zarathustra is hugely complex, I mean, it is based on Nietzsche after all, it's definitely not easy listening, not easily accessible or understood by someone who is uninitiated in music, and it may not have the most lyrical of melodies for most of its 30 minutes' length, and those things keep it from being especially popular, I mean, after the first 90 seconds most people don't know anything about it, but it's a true masterwork of the highest order. I guess I'm just trying to say that we cannot judge a work solely on the basis of how popular it is or how complex it is. Beethoven's Grosse Fugue is immensely complex, but far from popular; complexity alone does not make a piece of music good in itself. And like Beethoven's Egmont overture, a piece which is very popular, I think people like Duel of the Fates because it's SIMPLE, it has a recurring theme/rhythm/meter making it easy to follow, especially for people who don't know anything about music, not something which I'm saying about you by the way. Okay, the opening voices(sung in what is it, Latin I think, I'm not sure) make the piece "Epic," but so what, the rest of the piece is just repetitive trope with a dull melody embellished with a dash of counterpoint. And you're right, I don't understand the "meaning" of Anakin's theme, why it is the way it is, I'm just listening to it as a piece of music, and on that basis, I stand behind what I said earlier, it's uninteresting and has no direction or purpose. I don't know if these are exact correlations, but let's say the Flag Parade music is like the music from the Throne Room from A New Hope, Anakin's theme is analogous to Luke's theme, I don't what to say for Jar Jar, and let's say the Star Wars main title/theme is correlated to Duel of the Fates, personally, I don't think any of those pieces from Episode I top the equivalents from Star Wars IV. I guess we're probably not going to agree on this, and that's fine, people can disagree. Besides, as I said in my original post, I was leaving because I don't like music. I don't know why I wrote it, it wasn't meant to be a hit job against John Williams or anyone else, I guess I just felt the need to express my opinion although I knew it went against what most others think, I really wasn't trying to convince anyone of anything, I was just stating what came to my mind while listening. I'm happy to discuss it further with you, I think we're having a respectful and cordial discussion here, but I don't know what more to say, I simply do not believe this is particularly good music, certainly not by the standard John Williams has set for himself after having written so many incredible scores.

  • @mydogskips2

    @mydogskips2

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jakegearhart I listened to the track in the link you posted, and I like it a lot, it has everything Anakin's theme does not, a musical sequence with direction and purpose, it not only generates interest, but tension and suspense, but more importantly, even though it's called Anakin's Nightmare, it really has little to do with Anakin's theme, it's really a dark version of Across the Stars with different interludes.

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