Best known for his film scores and ceremonial music, Williams is also a noted composer of concert works and a renowned conductor. Williams’ scores for films such as JAWS, E.T.: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL, SCHINDLER’S LIST, as well as the INDIANA JONES, STAR WARS and the HARRY POTTER series have won him multiple awards and produced best-selling recordings.
Williams has composed the music and served as music director for many films, including SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, AMISTAD, SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET, THE LOST WORLD, ROSEWOOD, SLEEPERS, NIXON, SABRINA, SCHINDLER’S LIST, JURASSIC PARK, HOME ALONE, FAR AND AWAY, JFK, HOOK, PRESUMED INNOCENT, ALWAYS, BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY, the INDIANA JONES series, THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST, EMPIRE OF THE SUN, THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK, the STAR WARS series, SUPERMAN, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND, JAWS, GOODBYE MR. CHIPS and many more.
Dan Redfeld is a classically trained concert pianist and composer/conductor who studied at Boston’s New England Conservatory. While many of his fellow students were embracing modernistic, atonal music, Redfeld was more interested in tonal, neo-romantic music, an inclination grounded by his studies with acclaimed composer and pianist William Thomas McKinley. At the same time, Redfeld had discovered a love for film music through the work of John Williams in JAWS and STAR WARS. Through McKinley, Redfeld met and watched Williams at work with the Boston Pops, and the famous film composer’s influence settled into his artistic design. Redfeld began scoring short films for the American Film Institute, and in a day when many film composers were coming out of popular music into Hollywood film scoring careers, he found his academic background particularly advantageous to the music he was writing.
Track Listing
THREE PIECES FROM SCHINDLER’S LIST
Elizabeth Hedman, violin • Dan Redfeld, piano
Arranged by John Williams
Published by Songs of Universal OBO USI B Music Publishing (BMI)
1. Theme from Schindler’s List (4:39)
2. Jewish Town (Krakow Ghetto – Winter ’41) (4:51)
3. Remembrances (5:45)
4. THE TERMINAL:
Viktor’s Tale (4:02) Donald T. Foster, clarinet • Dan Redfeld, piano
Arranged by John Williams
Published by Sony/ATV Songs LLC OBO Songs of SKB (BMI)
5. MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA:
The Chairman’s Waltz (2:43)
Elizabeth Hedman, violin •
Dan Redfeld, piano
Arranged by Dan Redfeld
after the original by John Williams
Published by Sony/ATV Songs LLC OBO Songs of SKB (BMI)
6. Tango (Por Una Cabeza) (4:22)
Elizabeth Hedman, violin •
Dan Redfeld, piano
Music by Carlos Gardel,
Lyrics by Alfredo Le Pera
Arranged by John Williams
Published by W.B.M. Music Corp.
O/B/O Editorial Mus.
Korn Interson and Sadaic Latin Copyrights, Inc. (BMI)
7. JFK: Main Theme (5:36)
David Washburn, trumpet •
Dan Redfeld, piano
Arranged by Dan Redfeld
Published by Fox Film Music Corp. O/B/O New Enterprises Music (BMI)
8. THE PATRIOT: Main Theme (4:20)
Elizabeth Hedman, violin •
Dan Redfeld, piano
Arranged by Dan Redfeld
Published by Fox Film Music Corp. O/B/O New Enterprises Music (BMI)
9. SABRINA: Main Theme (5:43)
Elizabeth Hedman, violin •
Dan Redfeld, piano
Arranged by John Williams
Published by Sony/ATV Melody (BMI)
10. MONSIGNOR: Main Theme (2:35)
David Washburn, trumpet •
Dan Redfeld, piano
Arranged by Dan Redfeld
Published by Warner-Tamerlane
Publishing Corp (BMI)
11. DRACULA: End Credit (3:55)
Elizabeth Hedman, violin •
Dan Redfeld, piano
Arranged by Dan Redfeld
Published by Songs of Universal OBO USI B Music Publishing (BMI)
12. FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (4:30)
Elizabeth Hedman, violin •
Dan Redfeld, piano
Music by Jerry Bock,
Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
Adaptation, arrangement & violin cadenzas by John Williams
Published by Alley Music Corp/
Bock IP LLC /
Trio Music Company, Inc. (BMI)
13. A.I. – ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE:
Where Dreams are Born (4:33)
Karen Hogle Brown, soprano •
Dan Redfeld, piano
Arranged by Dan Redfeld
Published by Songs of Universal, Inc.
OBO Warner-Barham Music Inc., LLC (BMI)
And Sony/ATV Songs LLC OBO
Songs of SKB (BMI)
Total Time: 58:55
