The Baton: A John Williams Musical Journey
TV & Film:Film History
The 1982 film "Monsignor" is the first straight drama containing a John Williams score in eight years. Besides what host Jeff Commings calls "the most depressing love theme John Williams has ever written," the Maestro wrote a bold piece for organ and choir to accompany the film's major climactic scene. The film features just 30 minutes of music, probably due to the limited time Williams had to compose the score outside of his work on "ET," his summer conducting the Boston Pops and the beginning of his work on "Return of the Jedi." The score is notable for being nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award that picks the worst in film. And, we also discuss the song Williams wrote for Luciano Pavarotti for the film "Yes, Giorgio" that earned him another Original Song Oscar nomination the same year he won for scoring "ET."
Episode 113 - Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Episode 112.5: While You Wait For Episode 113...
Episode 112 - The Fabelmans
Episode 111 - Epilogue
Episode 110 - The Rise of Skywalker
Episode 109 - The Post
Episode 108 - The Last Jedi
Episode 107 - The BFG
Episode 106 - The Force Awakens
Episode 105 - The Book Thief
Episode 104 - Lincoln
Episode 103 - War Horse
Episode 102 - The Adventures of Tintin
Episode 101 - Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Episode 100 - Munich
Episode 99 - Memoirs of a Geisha
Episode 98 - War of the Worlds
Episode 97 - Revenge of the Sith
Episode 96 - The Terminal
Episode 95 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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