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Interesting Low Brass Photo
Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 3:16 pm
by Steve Marcus
There is a very
interesting photo that comes from a fascinating website,
http://www.moviebrass.com, which has biographical information about
Tommy Johnson,
Jim Self, and
John Fletcher.
The photo is copyrighted, so it has not been cut and pasted to TubeNet. Don't worry--it is rated for family viewing.
You can even print out the tuba solo,
Jabba the Hutt, from this website (I wonder how
that got by the copyright police!).
Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 3:39 pm
by Dylan King
Looks like the Newman stage to me.
Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 5:08 pm
by Steve Marcus
Other than the Star Wars soundtrack itself, I believe that Chester Schmitz also recorded the Jabba the Hutt solo.
Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 6:58 pm
by Dylan King
The cimbasso looks like a CC.
Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 10:24 pm
by Rick Denney
Jonathantuba wrote:It is on John Williams FROM THE STAR WARS TRILOGY (Philips 432 050-2). Chester Schmitz plays it with the Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Williams. It is a really superb performance - possibly better than that on the film soundtrack.
It used to be on CD that Philips titled "Out of this world". Same track, of course.
I've watched the movies several times, but I've never heard the tuba solo in the soundtrack. Where does it appear?
Rick "who thought it ended up on the cutting room floor" Denney
Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 11:20 pm
by Doug@GT
Rick Denney wrote:Jonathantuba wrote:It is on John Williams FROM THE STAR WARS TRILOGY (Philips 432 050-2). Chester Schmitz plays it with the Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Williams. It is a really superb performance - possibly better than that on the film soundtrack.
It used to be on CD that Philips titled "Out of this world". Same track, of course.
I've watched the movies several times, but I've never heard the tuba solo in the soundtrack. Where does it appear?
Rick "who thought it ended up on the cutting room floor" Denney
Amazingly, it appears in the first film, although it's on the soundtrack for the third. The "new" scene with Jabba the Hutt is where it occurs:
Jabba: Solo! Come out, Solo!
Han: Right Here, Jabba.
That's the line where it starts.
In the third film, the meolody can be heard when Princess Leia is bartering with Jabba over Chewbacca. (The whole thermal detonator thing) The tuba is heard a couple of times, but the theme is carried by (it sounds like) bassoons and some higher instruments.
According to the notes in one of my soundtrack sets, the "Jabba's Theme" piece was composed as 'filler' for the soundtrack and never meant to be used in the film.
For the record, I like the "Jawa Theme" from the first film better as a tuba solo. It's about a 30 second ditty, but it's perfect for the scene.
Doug "Star Wars geek"