Fiddler On The Roof – John Williams



filmcollector16
06-24-2015, 04:39 PM
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merdam
06-24-2015, 05:20 PM
Thank you.

Kaolin
06-24-2015, 07:54 PM
Thank you, filmcollector.

biff_stroganoff
06-25-2015, 10:37 AM
Sorry to be pedantic, but the music was NOT composed by John Williams. Great soundtrack, though.

filmcollector16
06-26-2015, 12:24 AM
funny how he won an academy award for music then!

biff_stroganoff
06-26-2015, 11:35 AM
Nothing funny about it. They used to give out an Oscar for a Category called Best Original Song Score or Adaptation Score; meaning that it was for musicals. If it was based — as Fiddler on the Roof was — on a musical that already existed (on Broadway, etc.), then the person who adapted the music for the movie won the Oscar. Williams merely took someone else’s songs and adapted them for the movie. But he did not write the songs, and the score consisted almost entirely of orchestral versions of those songs. He wrote a limited amount of underscore music that might reasonably be called Williams compositions (not sure how much, but it’s very little); however, the VAST majority of it was composed (for the original Broadway version on which the movie was based) by Jerry Bock.

Williams performed similar services for Valley of the Dolls, the remake of Goodbye Mr. Chips, and the 1973 version of Tom Sawyer.


NefMor
06-26-2015, 02:06 PM
Thanks for your share.

mrcbrl
06-26-2015, 07:52 PM
Thank you!

Sexton Blix
06-27-2015, 12:01 AM
Many thanks! Link received.

Branais
06-29-2015, 05:55 AM
Williams merely took someone else’s songs and adapted them for the movie. But he did not write the songs, and the score consisted almost entirely of orchestral versions of those songs. He wrote a limited amount of underscore music that might reasonably be called Williams compositions (not sure how much, but it’s very little); however, the VAST majority of it was composed (for the original Broadway version on which the movie was based) by Jerry Bock.
Williams also orchestrated the entire score, and his orchestrations are brilliant. Admittedly they jettisoned the folky village feel of the Broadway score, but that’s the way of filmed musicals — they do generally go for the sound of a full orchestra and use the pit-orchestra sound only as an overt stylistic choice.

filmcollector, I don’t agree that Topol sounded tired. He was certainly less frenetic in the role, and did less kvetching, than Mostel, who frankly I have trouble warming to, both in this and shows like A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, so I’m personally glad Topol was chosen for the film. (A matter of personal taste though, obviously.) Rather than tired, I thought Topol sounded world-weary, which was an aspect of the character, not the actor.

But there you go. This is one of my all-time favourite film versions of a stage musical, which is why I PMd you for the FLAC copy. 😉


Douglas Quaid
07-05-2015, 05:54 AM
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!

killer croc
07-13-2015, 12:54 PM
may i have a link for download many thanks!

dconline
07-14-2015, 05:59 PM
Link received a while back. Still wanted to say thanks for sharing this. Much appreciated!

Petros
07-22-2015, 01:28 PM
Thank you very much for the link.

yourfunnyboy
07-23-2015, 02:39 AM
Thank you very much, Miracle of Miracles! 🙂

GusMac
08-16-2015, 06:17 PM
Thank you for sharing the link!

enio otani
08-24-2015, 12:25 AM
Have the original 2 LPs soundtrack.This edition with extra tracks only adds to the pleasure of listening to this beautiful film score.
John Williams did indeed a great job adapting the music.A well deserved Academy Award.

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