Most awkward audience ever.KiltieTuba wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcX0Yi-K8zA" target="_blank
I think that's a Martin 4 valve Mammoth.
Man!.... I don't know about you guys.... but THAT made me wanna get right up and DANCE!KiltieTuba wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcX0Yi-K8zA" target="_blank
I think that's a Martin 4 valve Mammoth.
Sounds like something my brother, the music composition professor and apparently well received modern composer and whose music I could never stand, would say.bloke wrote:In my opinion, the E.T. soundtrack is "junk music"...
...because the guy who wrote it isn't a Professor of Music, and because (instead of taking a one-year sabbatical to write it) he whipped it out (score & parts) in three or four weeks. Also, any new music written for a symphony orchestra that most people "like" CAN'T be good !
Holy balls at 5:20. Bones and Pokorny rattling the rafters.tubaman1019 wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLHj-eekdNU" target="_blank
Nice find!KiltieTuba wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcX0Yi-K8zA" target="_blank
I think that's a Martin 4 valve Mammoth.
You know deep down you love the Kings as much as your Conns. 
bloke wrote:In my opinion, the E.T. soundtrack is "junk music"...
...because the guy who wrote it isn't a Professor of Music, and because (instead of taking a one-year sabbatical to write it) he whipped it out (score & parts) in three or four weeks. Also, any new music written for a symphony orchestra that most people "like" CAN'T be good !
At first I thought you were being serious and I was like WTF??? But then I read your post all the way through 
Many 6/4 tubas sound very woofy and muddy.Tommy played his Mirafone 190 CC on the score that was actually used in the movie. That's the version you've linked to on YouTuba. This iteration was remastered and released for the 20th anniversary. If you listen to the whole score off the CD with a good pair of headphones, you can actually hear Tommy's sound banking off the walls and ceiling of the recording studio. I always thought of that horn as only half a tuba. The other half was the effect of it coupling with the room it was being played in. Truly a unique, omnipresent, visceral sound.tooba wrote:I will start this thread with a link to a classic filmscore with some classic good tuba sound!! Jim Self on a Miraphone 185 ? (I think): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-lw5eyg ... re=related
I remember hearing this while watching the movie "E.T." as a tuba student 15 years ago.
There are some great tuba parts throughout the movie; especially the bike scene near the end. It is what I consider a near-perfect tuba sound: very deep, round, compact, centered, clear, rich and full. What a sound!
Post your favorite serious tuba sound links and clips.
Hah, I like the quote underneath the clip:Liberty Mo wrote:Holy balls at 5:20. Bones and Pokorny rattling the rafters.tubaman1019 wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLHj-eekdNU" target="_blank
Well since you and ZNCDandy say it's Tommy Johnson, I'll take your word for it. It's just confusingpoomshanka wrote: Tommy played his Mirafone 190 CC on the score that was actually used in the movie. That's the version you've linked to on YouTuba. This iteration was remastered and released for the 20th anniversary. If you listen to the whole score off the CD with a good pair of headphones, you can actually hear Tommy's sound banking off the walls and ceiling of the recording studio. I always thought of that horn as only half a tuba. The other half was the effect of it coupling with the room it was being played in. Truly a unique, omnipresent, visceral sound.
*However*
The very original release, way back in the day, was Norm Pearson on his 188. From what I can gather, it's not an uncommon practice for cues from a movie to be re-recorded specifically for the soundtrack release. When this was done for E.T., Tommy was perhaps unavailable for the date, and a young and upcoming stud was sent in to pinch hit. Pretty big shoes to fill, but Norm acquitted himself quite admirably.
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when you read and hear conflicting stories. I wish there would be a credit-roster for each film for the musicians who played on them. That way there would be no confusion and credit would be given to the correct player. Wellll....tooba wrote:Well since you and ZNCDandy say it's Tommy Johnson, I'll take your word for it. It's just confusing
That said, I just listened to some Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom clips from Youtube. I knew for sure Johnson played on that, and when I listen closely the tuba sound is identical to the tuba sound on E.T. Amazing sound....I love it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZuFAwhR ... re=related
