180-gram double LP
Includes insert with liner notes by music journalist Jackson Braider
Featuring a collection of Olympic themes conducted by John Williams and performed by the Boston Pops Orchestra
Includes Williams` official centennial Olympic Theme "Summon The Heroes," and other themes by Mikis Theodorakis, Leonard Bernstein, and Vangelis
Available for the first time on vinyl!
Limited edition of 800 copies on translucent yellow vinyl
Summon The Heroes is an album by legendary composer John Williams, performed by the Boston Pops Orchestra. This album, featuring works by Williams, Leo Arnaud, Carl Orff, Leonard Bernstein, Dmitri Shostakovich, and others, certainly counts among the Baron, founder of the modern Olympic Games, his "opportunities for beauty." Some of the works come from the Games themselves — Josef Suk`s "Toward a New Life," indeed, won a silver medal in the 1932 Olympics for musical composition — other from what might loosely be called the "spectacle" inspired by the Games.
Many fit nicely into the fanfare style that characterizes the opening ceremonies; others capture the solemnity of the occasion, culminating in the Olympic Oath. Taken together, they provide a splendid soundtrack not only for the centennial of the modern Olympics, but for the entire drama of the Olympic phenomenon.
Summon The Heroes is available for the first time on vinyl as a limited edition of 800 copies on translucent yellow colored vinyl and includes an insert with liner notes by music journalist Jackson Braider.
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沒有約翰‧威廉斯，世界電影音樂歷史肯定得大幅度改寫。他的配樂以動人的主題、多變的氣氛與聲音效果，還有豐富的感染力吸引影迷與愛樂者，總計得過五座奧斯卡、五座艾美獎、四座金球獎與二十五項葛萊美獎的肯定。除此之外，約翰‧威廉斯還寫有多部管弦樂曲與室內樂，並且把個人最具代表性的電影配樂重新配器為各種編制。
約翰‧威廉斯演出的作品除部份為原創曲外，也包含其他音樂家的作品，如：伯恩斯坦、韋伯、蘇沙、柯普蘭、蓋希文等。重要的錄音包含：星際大戰三部曲、史蒂芬‧史匹柏電影配樂、法蘭克‧辛納屈作品與蓋希文作品重新演繹，以及百老匯和好萊塢知名劇作之音樂。這些作品代表了美國流行文化重要的一部分，由引領潮流的音樂巨擘親自指揮，更具有十足的感染力與說服力。