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Two scores OnyaBirri might like - and two of my personal favorite Williams scores, also - are "The Long Goodbye" (which is applied so brilliantly in the film, I think) and "Images," (which someone else mentioned above). The former is a really marvelous monothematic essay, and easily the most satirical thing Williams ever wrote; the latter has some tremendous string writing, and some great, memorable avant-garde effects (some purely of Williams's own design, and some done in collaboration with Stomu Yamashta) - it's simultaneously icy and emotive. Irwin Bazelon's marvelous book "Knowing the Score" spends quite a bit of time with "Images," (and includes some manuscript excerpts) and has an enlightening interview with Williams, too. I must also put in a vote for his "Violin Concerto," which has some great moments of strident and anguished beauty, and further demonstrates his versatile touch with the orchestra.
Of course, if you already have both of these, my apologies for dragging them up again, but I think they're well worth the listening.
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Knowing a little bit about Onya's taste, I wouldn't recommend stuff like JANE EYRE, TINTIN, DRACULA or other things in a more classical style (great as I personally think they are). I stand by my recommendations earlier in the thread, which IMO are more suited to Onya's leanings.
Onus said he loves Daphis et Chloe (my favorite Ravel piece by far) and that plus liking Les Baxter (unless his superb horror scores like Usher are things of his Onya doesn't like) plus some other things I've seen him like has me positive that Dracula would be worth the $10 to him.
Jane Eyre I think is related to Dracula and no where near the 'classical era'...maybe a few Baroque touches which he likes (Family Plot is also fun with a delicious harpsichord element so I suspect he'd love that too).
As for TinTin, that would be more of a longshot, but it's my favorite recent Williams score and it is so free and joyous and fun, kinda like Catch Me If You Can, which Onya said he liked a lot. The main title in particular (film and score) are very much in the same vein. I don't know for 100% certain that Onya will like all of my recommendations but I *have* thought about them carefully Thor.
Yavar
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Jul 9, 2015 - 6:41 PM
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OnyaBirri
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How goes the Williams journey, Onya?
Well, I don't exactly look for John Williams. Far from it. However, the only ones I stumble across are the ones from his Reaganite Cinema period, and these don't interest me in the least.
I did stumble across an early-ish one that is supposed to have jazz content, but it featured a harmonica, and I live in a harmonica free zone. It is possible that I own some LPs that were processed in a plant that made harmonica records, admittedly, but my allergy is not that severe.
I did find the Kenton album that features one of his pieces, but it was a stereo, and I would rather hold out for mono.
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Feb 7, 2016 - 9:11 AM
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OnyaBirri
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How goeth it now, almost another year later? Shame on you for the lack of updates. 
I had a gift certificate to the greatest record store on earth, Dusty Groove, and as I was perusing their soundtrack section I came across a Johnny Williams title for only $3.99: Not With My Wife, You Don't.
As I read the title, I could almost imagine the cover art, and imagined that it starred Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, or both. I checked imdb and it stars Tony Curtis.
The LP was very good, and yet another example of how influential Henry Mancini was during that decade.
The LP even includes a Chico Hamilton/Gabor Szabo knockoff titled "Hungarian Jungle Rock" or something similar.
That is the only John Williams I have purchased since starting the thread.
EDIT: i paid dollar for AI and after one spin brought it right back to the thrift store.
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