...in STAR TREK The Movie

[poomshanka]

Since we are takilng about movies..What Orch. and tuba player play in E.T.1982(John Fletcher)??? Also who played in the L.A studio orh. in 2002 ....At the 20 Anniversary of E.T. the live concert with John Williams??? Thanks Joe

E.T. (1982) was Norm Pearson on the first release of the soundtrack, and Tommy Johnson on the second "expanded" release featuring music directly from the movie. A score can be "program music" in the context of the movie, and as such might be somewhat disjointed sounding when heard by itself. From what I understand, it's not an uncommon practice for the soundtrack releases to feature slightly different cues from what actually makes it into the movie. For E.T., Tommy recorded what made it into the movie (the second release of the score), but Norm recorded what was originally released in 1982. At least that's the story I've heard.

Live orchestra/anniversary performance was Jim Self.

...Dave

Some truncated audio clips from Tommy's version of E.T. can be found here:

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[poomshanka]

Thanks Dave for the info..Yes I just looked at the 20 year live Concert DVD..yup that was Jim Self..horn looks like 6/4 silver ..Yamaha '' Yam York Protype.....?? or what..??? About the 1982 sound track on MCA record..is it possible to get touch with Norman and find out what horn he used.. wonderful sound ..How old was Norman I thought he was too young to make that recording in 82..Was he still at UCLA at the time???..I guess Tommy used 188 or maybe 190 CC..Wow great stuff once again Thanks Dave for the info ..Joe

That would've been Jim's "Monica" Yamayork for the anniversary performance. Norm was playing his 188, and was very young at the time (just 24 years old!). It was one of his first big "studio dates". Tommy used his 190 for the score, and when I owned it, I used to refer to it as "E.T.". It's really amazing to listen to the clips I posted with a good pair of headphones and actually hear how Tommy's horn "couples" with the acoustical space of the studio. It kinda comes across like the sound is bouncing off the walls and ceiling. Monstrous!

I'm looking forward to trying the new 190 CC when it gets into town here soon...

...D

[David]

I'm not sure if it was a cimbasso or bass trombone, but... damn!

Thats for sure. Even the second time around, its like "damn" when the Romulan theme comes on...

[harrell]

What type of tubas were used on these recordings?

[harrell]

What tubas were used in these recordings? -- That is in Star Trek The Movie, not ET or the other rabbits that are bein chased above?