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 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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