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Thanks for that, Christian. It's a beautiful piece, and it's very heartening to see a group of young musicians interpreting it in their repertoire. Do you know the story behind that choice? It also shows (as if we needed reminding) just how brilliant John Williams' source cues were for the disaster epics. All of them have at least one absolutely gorgeous source cue, open to multiple interpretations. As Grecchus says, it is indeed somewhat different from the original, but in this case it's perfectly valid - like jazz standards performed for the umpteenth time yet with a different nuance. It really does keep "old" music alive.
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Ah yes, Henry Mancini's absolutely completely freestyle take on the Williams theme!
That just reminded me that both Williams and Mancini did a lot of tracks called "Something For... (insert name)." I believe they were in cahoots.
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They also liked to call things "Son of..." a la the Universal classic horror, Son of Dracula. So they'd have Main Title followed by Son of Main Title (The Moneychangers), etc. Mostly that was Mancini's gag but Williams did it on Goodbye Mr. Chips.
Lukas
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EARTHQUAKE - "Something for Rosa"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pttBw3h6HSg
Absolutely love that Williams track. The piano and flute solos are fantastic. I don't care if people roll their eyes and call it "supermarket music". I wish they played that in MY supermarket.
I couldn't find Williams' "Something for Remy" - the YouTube clip is titled such, but its really the suspense montage. I can't remember how it goes... anyone help?
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Grecchus, no complete release of EARTHQUAKE as far as I know. I imagine the film version of the Main Title is direct from the video/DVD/telly.
I think there's a mix-up about the track "Something for Remy". On YouTube it's titled in that way, but I believe it's the one called "Watching and Waiting" (?), which was a suspense montage. One of the CD releases had an additional track of sound effects, so the track numbers were changed. That's what happened here I think. Surely "Something for Remy" is one of the tuneful upbeat/ jazzy/ romantic re-recordings done at the time for the original album (?), but I can't remember the actual melody at this time.
QUICK CORRECTION/ ADDITION -
I see that the release with the additional track of sound effects at the end also switched the order of "Something for Remy" and what I called "Watching and Waiting" (it's actual title is simply "Medley"). Maybe "Something for Remy" is on YouTube under "Medley". Must run!
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No sign of Remy yet, but on the link to the film version of the Main Theme which Grecchus posted, they do state that it's taken from the DVD, except for the final seconds, which are edited in from the album release in order to cover up the sound of a sweaty Charlton Heston heavily jogging along the street.
I do so love John Williams' source cues from all those '70s films. In my "research" (Ha! Pressing a button!), I also found out that in some soundtrack site reviews, EARTHQUAKE's score has been called "so bad it's good", with particular vitriol spilled over the "elevator muzak" bits. I feel sorry for those who cannot feel the genius behind John Willams' elevator!
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