John Williams – Paseo (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

John Williams – Paseo (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 48:58 minutes | 892 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © JCW Recordings

La Ciudad de las Columnas (2004) by the Cuban composer, guitarist and conductor Leo Brouwer, is an evocation of various scenes of Havana, his home. It is subtitled Variations on Piece without title No. 1 which is called here “Andar la Habana” and is proceeded by the introduction.

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John Powell, John Williams – Solo: A Star Wars Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack/Deluxe Edition) (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

John Powell, John Williams – Solo: A Star Wars Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack/Deluxe Edition) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 02:07:31 minutes | 3,61 GB | Genre: Film Soundtracks
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Walt Disney Records

Lucasfilm releases the Deluxe Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to Ron Howard directed origin story of Star Wars’, with the original theme by legendary series composer John Williams alongside John Powell’s (How to Train Your Dragon, The Bourne Identity, Shrek, Happy Feet, Chicken Run, X-Men: The Last Stand) momentous original score.

The album features the Academy Award-nominated composer’s expanded original score from the movie, including over 40 minutes of previously unreleased music.

Board the Millennium Falcon and journey to a galaxy far, far away in Solo: A Star Wars Story, an all-new adventure with the most beloved scoundrel in the galaxy. Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian, in a journey that will set the course of one of the Star Wars saga’s most unlikely heroes.

This Extended version adds a new bonus track!

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John Williams – Jurassic Park – 20th Anniversary (1993/2013) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

John Williams – Jurassic Park – 20th Anniversary (1993/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:21:19 minutes | 1,68 GB | Genre: Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Geffen*

Legendary composer John Williams penned the monumental score for the blockbuster film Jurassic Park. The heavily orchestrated work will have listeners at the edge of their seats, capturing the collaborative brilliance of Williams and Spielberg. This twentieth anniversary edition includes the four bonus tracks personally selected by John Williams: “The History Lesson,” “Stalling Around,” “The Coming Storm” and “Hungry Raptor.” The soundtrack remains one of Williams’ greatest achievements and one of music’s finest scores. This is a quintessential must-have album.

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John Williams – The Magic Box (2001) SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

John Williams – The Magic Box (2001)
PS3 Rip | ISO | SACD DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 56:58 minutes | Scans included | 2,29 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 1,02 GB
Guitar / World / Easy Listening / Classical

John Williams, classical guitar virtuoso, is known for his wide-ranging approach to repertory, which includes appearances playing electric rock guitar and international music…

With his crystalline articulation and extraordinary rhythmic prowess, John Williams ranks among the greatest solo voices the acoustic guitar has ever known. Now, with the joyous evocations of the African guitar tradition, Williams has hit upon his most emotionally satisfying crossover recital to date. Though both chief soloist and arranger, Williams nevertheless avoids shining the spotlight on his virtuosic skills–even his solo showcase, “Masagna,” places greater emphasis on the tune’s folkish incantations. He allows plenty of melodic space for the likes of steel-string player John Ethridge, while guiding listeners through the idiomatic flora and fauna of the pan-African experience: from the hornpipelike airs of Madagascar (“Mitopa”) and kora-styled arpeggios of Mali (“Malinke Guitars”) through to intimations of South African vocal traditions with a lovely children’s chorus on the anthem of the African National Congress, “Nikosi Sikelel’I Africa.” Simply expressive and deeply felt, Magic Box exudes a universal vibe that transcends borders and nationalities.

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John Powell, John Williams – Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

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John Powell, John Williams – Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:16:53 minutes | 3,01 GB | Genre: Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Walt Disney Records

Ever since the Star Wars franchise began in 1977, its music has been synonymous with legendary film composer John Williams. Now that the 86-year-old composer has announced that next year’s Episode IX will be the last time he’ll be scoring a Star Wars film, we can’t help feeling melancholic.

One of the most important things about any Star Wars movie is the soundtrack. Everyone knows how a Star Wars movie sounds. The opening is classic. There’s the great fanfare as the screen goes black and that big chord breaking into the familiar, triumphant main theme when the crawl starts. There are the leitmotifs of Luke, Leia, and The Imperial March, some of which fans can sing by heart. But the Solo: A Star Wars Story soundtrack is very different. For one thing, they don’t have the opening. Why? Because, like Rogue One before it, Solo is an anthology film, and does not have a crawl.

Solo is also like Rogue One in that composer John Williams did not write the score. He contributed (more on this in a minute) but the overall score was done by musician John Powell, who is best known for his work on How To Train Your Dragon and Shrek. (Yes, Shrek.)

The score for Solo is 20 tracks in all, 19 of which are done by Powell. The good news is none of the titles listed on the album are direct spoilers, so one can peruse the names in peace. Though some do bring to mind questions, such as the track entitled “Lando’s Closet.” Seriously, the man’s wardrobe gets its own theme song.
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John Williams – The Spielberg/Williams Collaboration Part III (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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John Williams – The Spielberg/Williams Collaboration Part III (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:14:25 minutes | 1,35 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sony Classical

Over the 90-year history of sound film, there have been a handful of instances where a director and a composer have formed a longtime partnership that resulted in a series of classical scores, creating music that stands the test of time. None, however, have been as long or as fruitful as the 43-year collaboration of Steven Spielberg and John Williams. None have encompassed such a wide range of subject matter or, more significantly, have had such an enormous impact on worldwide popular culture. From the ominous shark signature of Jaws to the five-note alien greeting of Close Encounters of the Third Kind; from the heroic march of Raiders of the Lost Ark to the moving themes for Schindler’s List the music Williams has written for more than two dozen Spielberg projects has not only served them brilliantly but entered the wider public consciousness.
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John Williams – The Post (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

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John Williams – The Post (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 40:13 minutes | 379 MB | Genre: Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sony Classical

The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by John Williams (Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T., Jurassic Park, Jaws, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone). The Post starring Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Bob Odenkirk, David Cross, Bruce Greenwood, Tracy Letts, Alison Brie, Carrie Coon, Sarah Paulson, Jesse Plemons, Matthew Rhys, Michael Stuhlbarg, Bradley Whitford and Zach Woods tells the story of the unlikely partnership between The Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham and editor Ben Bradlee, as they race to catch up with The New York Times to expose a massive cover-up of government secrets that spanned three decades and four U.S. Presidents.
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John Williams – Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

John Williams - Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz] Download

John Williams – Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:16:41 minutes | 2,93 GB | Genre: Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Walt Disney Records

UMC/Walt Disney Records are releasing the original motion picture soundtrack for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. The album features a new score conducted and composed by five-time Academy Award-winning composer John Williams.
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John Williams – Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999/2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

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John Williams – Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999/2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:13:57 minutes | 3,00 GB | Genre: Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Walt Disney Records

The original album was released to accompany the film (May 4, 1999). This release was certified Platinum in the U.S. and Gold in the UK, containing 17 tracks from selections of the score, meant to stand alone as a separate listening experience and not as one hears the score in the film. John Williams edited each track to present the score as one would hear it in a concert suite. Recorded in Abbey Road studios over a week, starting on February 10, 1999 performed by the London Voices and London Symphony Orchestra, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace was the first Star Wars score Williams had composed in over 16 years. The scores of the following two films would rely heavily upon tracking from this score, a decision that Williams and George Lucas had made early into production of the film.

“Once again, John Williams has exceeded my expectations and produced a lavish, rich, moving and thrilling score. Every fan of Star Wars—and of great music—is in his debt.” (George Lucas)
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John Williams – Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz] Download

John Williams – Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:17:38 minutes | 2,96 GB | Genre: Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Walt Disney Records

The soundtrack to the most anticipated movie of the year, Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Starring Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Benicio Del Toro, Mark Hamill and the late Carrie Fisher, the movie is the official Episode VIII in the universe-conquering film franchise. Once again composed by the legendary John Williams.
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John Williams – Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz] Download

John Williams – Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:17:38 minutes | 1,50 GB | Genre: Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Walt Disney Records

The soundtrack to the most anticipated movie of the year, Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Starring Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Benicio Del Toro, Mark Hamill and the late Carrie Fisher, the movie is the official Episode VIII in the universe-conquering film franchise. Once again composed by the legendary John Williams.
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John Williams – Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980/2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

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John Williams – Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980/2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:13:31 minutes | 2,73 GB | Genre: Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Walt Disney Records

By the end of the 1970s, John Williams was already a legend among filmmakers and film-scoring buffs. But the success of Star Wars elevated him to something he probably could have scarcely imagined–bona fide pop-culture icon. Williams’s masterful score to the first Star Wars sequel (and the chapter many sci-fi fans cite as the series’ most dark, emotionally complex, and satisfying) fleshes out his original character themes with some new ones while painting compelling musical portraits of alien worlds as disparate as the ice planet Hoth and the swampy Dagobah. Notable are the menacing, Prokofiev-inspired “Imperial Theme (Darth Vader’s March)”; the noble “Yoda and the Force”; and Hoth’s “Battle” cues, which are some of the most dramatic action cues ever. This expanded edition also fleshes out the already familiar themes with new tracks that restore the score to its status as a grand galactic symphony. A richly illustrated booklet is included as well, helping listeners place each piece of music in its proper cinematic context. Of his four attempts at coloring George Lucas’s rich stellar saga, this remains Williams’s most consistent and compelling.
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John Williams – Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (2005/2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

John Williams - Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (2005/2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz] Download

John Williams – Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (2005/2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:10:45 minutes | 2,68 GB | Genre: Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Walt Disney Records

Originally released alongside the movie in 2005, the Episode III: Revenge of the Sith soundtrack features a score by five-time Oscar winner John Williams, who is also the composer and conductor of the score for each film in the 9 – chapter Star Wars saga. The score found on the Episode III soundtrack is decidedly darker than previous Star Wars prequel soundtracks, as the musical themes match the growing darkness woven into the story and the galaxy as the Empire consolidates its power at the conclusion of the prequel trilogy. Many of the heroic, anthemic themes woven throughout Episode Three: Revenge of the Sith will nonetheless be very familiar to any fan of the series, from the “Imperial March” to the main theme.
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John Williams – Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983/2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

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John Williams – Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983/2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 45:14 minutes | 1,74 GB | Genre: Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Walt Disney Records

The “Return of the Jedi” score was recorded at the Abbey Road studios in January and February 1983 by the London Symphony Orchestra. The score won another Oscar nomination for John Williams. Because of the decrease of popularity for the vinyl format, Return of the Jedi, which has the longest score of the original trilogy, was only released on one LP instead of two like the scores for its predecessors, A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back.
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John Williams – Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (2002/2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

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John Williams – Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (2002/2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:13:28 minutes | 3,10 GB | Genre: Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Walt Disney Records

Originally released alongside the movie in 2002 by Sony Classical, the original motion picture soundtrack to Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones’ 13-track score from legendary composer John Williams has been remastered to maximize the recording’s dynamic range.
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