The Baton: A John Williams Musical Journey
TV & Film:Film History
With the beautiful mezzo soprano voice of Pamela Dillard and the stately trumpet playing of Tim Morrison in his arsenal, John Williams delivered a score for "Amistad" that feels like the Maestro wrote two different scores for one film. One part of the score features tribal African percussion rhythms accentuated by Dillard vocalizing the main theme, while the other features an Americana flavor for the theme for President John Quincy Adams. But, in the context of the film, the two sides of the same score work wonderfully. Jeff Commings is joined for the third time on "The Baton" by Brian Martell as the two discuss the scenes that feature some moving and memorable music, and highlight the song that Williams wrote called "Dry Your Tears, Afrika," based on a 1967 poem that perfectly fits the scenes for which they were written.
Episode 54 - Raiders of the Lost Ark
Episode 53 - The Empire Strikes Back
Episode 52 - 1941
Episode 51 - Dracula
Episode 50 - Superman
Episode 49 - Jaws 2
Episode 48 - The Fury
Episode 47 - Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Episode 46 - Star Wars
Episode 45 - Black Sunday
Episode 44 - Midway
Episode 43 - The Missouri Breaks
Episode 42 - Family Plot
Episode 41 - Jaws
Episode 40 - The Eiger Sanction
Episode 39 - The Towering Inferno
Episode 38 - Earthquake
Episode 37 - The Sugarland Express
Episode 36 - Conrack
Episode 35 - Cinderella Liberty
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