The Baton: A John Williams Musical Journey
TV & Film:Film History
The journey to bring "Hook" to the big screen was a long one -- 16 years, to be exact. It started out as a Steven Spielberg project in 1985, and was to be a retelling of the classic story … with Michael Jackson in the lead role! There was also a plan to make the story into a musical, an idea that stayed with Spielberg when he officially started work on it in 1990. John Williams brought on lyricist Leslie Bricusse to create eight songs for the film, and only two survived after the musical idea was scrapped. Williams kept some of the melodies from the discarded songs, including an airy theme for Peter's childhood and a fun march for the pirates. Host Jeff Commings and co-host Derek Scholl disagree on many of the merits of the film and score, but agree on some of the finer points, including the soaring orchestrations for Peter's first flight. Grab a seat for a Never-Feast of music!
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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