The Very Best of John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra
Compilation by John Williams, Boston Pops Orchestra
Released 1995
Tracklist
- CD 1: America, the Dream Goes On / Pops Play a Movie Spectacular
- 1Liberty FanfareJohn Williams4:15
- 2America the BeautifulSamuel Augustus Ward, Katharine Lee Bates3:08
- 3This Land Is Your LandWoody Guthrie3:30
- 4Richard Rodgers' Waltzes: Lover / Falling in Love With Love / Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' / It's a Grand Night for SingingRichard Rodgers6:02
- 5March From "Superman"John Williams4:27
- 6Fanfare for the Common ManAaron Copland3:00
- 7America, the Dream Goes OnJohn Williams, Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman4:31
- 8Hoedown From "Rodeo"Aaron Copland3:29
- 9Seventy-Six TrombonesMeredith Willson3:01
- 10Theme From "A Summer Place"Max Steiner2:40
- 11Singin' in the RainNacio Herb Brown3:37
- 12Over the RainbowHarold Arlen3:10
- 13The Trolley SongHugh Martin, Ralph Blane3:27
- 14Somewhere Out ThereJames Horner3:41
- 15March from "Raiders of the Lost Ark"John Williams5:28
- 16A Salute to Fred Astaire: Top Hat, White Tie and Tails / The Carioca / Dancing in the Dark / I Won't Dance / The ContinentalVincent Youmans, Arthur Schwartz, Jerome Kern, Con Conrad & Irving Berlin8:30
- 17Theme from 2001: "A Space Odyssey" (Also Sprach Zarathustra)Richard Strauss1:48
- 18Theme from "New York, New York"John Kander3:20
- CD 2: Quiet Night... With the Pops / Starlight Swing... With the Pops / The Pops on Broadway
- 1Fantasia on "Greensleeves"Ralph Vaughan Williams4:39
- 2Theme from "Out of Africa"John Barry2:58
- 3Clair de LuneClaude Debussy4:36
- 4Adagio for Strings and OrganTomaso Giovanni Albinoni6:27
- 5Sleepy LagoonEric Coates2:46
- 6A String of PearlsEddie DeLange, Jerry Gray3:11
- 7Begin the BeguineCole Porter3:18
- 8Song of IndiaНиколай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков3:29
- 9Sing, Sing, SingLouis Prima3:58
- 10Sophisticated Ladies (A Tribute to Duke Ellington): Sophisticated Lady / Take the "A" Train / Mood Indigo / It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)Ralph Burns, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Billy Strayhorn8:24
- 11MemoryAndrew Lloyd Webber4:36
- 12There's No Business Like Show BusinessIrving Berlin3:27
- 13Slaughter on Tenth AvenueRichard Rodgers8:48
- 14Overture to "A Chorus Line"Marvin Hamlisch9:13
- CD 3: The Pops Salute All-Time Popular Favorites / The Pops Around the World
- 1Ebb TideRobert Maxwell4:05
- 2MoreNino Oliviero & Riz Ortolani3:34
- 3Here You Come AgainBarry Mann2:59
- 4Unchained MelodyAlex North3:42
- 5The Girl From IpanemaAntônio Carlos Jobim3:21
- 6Theme from "Summer of '42"Michel Legrand3:53
- 7Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)Dimitri Tiomkin3:54
- 8Where Is Your Heart? (the song from "Moulin Rouge")Georges Auric3:07
- 9Love Is a Many-Splendored ThingSammy Fain3:30
- 10Never on SundayΜάνος Χατζιδάκις2:50
- 11La Bamba[traditional]4:44
- 12Irish Tune From Country Derry (Danny Boy)Percy Grainger3:47
- 13American Medley: New York, New York / Lonely Town / AmericaLeonard Bernstein7:41
- 14Tuxedo JunctionJulian Dash, Buddy Feyne, Erskine Hawkins & Bill Johnson2:54
- 15"Fiddler on the Roof" Medley: If I Were a Rich Man / To Life / Miracle of Miracles / Sunrise, Sunset / Matchmaker, Matchmaker / TraditionJerry Bock7:24
- 16CiribiribinAlberto Pestalozza2:50
- CD 4: Pops... Go the Classics / A Pops Tribute to Gershwin / Marching With the Pops
- 1Rhapsody in BlueGeorge Gershwin16:09
- 2PavaneGabriel Fauré6:30
- 3Orb and Sceptre (Coronation March)Sir William Walton6:53
- 4The SwanCamille Saint‐Saëns3:09
- 5An American in ParisGeorge Gershwin18:45
- 6St. Louis Blues MarchWilliam Christopher Handy3:04
- 7Under the Double EagleJosef Franz Wagner3:19
- 8American Salute (When Johnny Comes Marching Home)Morton Gould4:32
- 9Strike Up the BandGeorge Gershwin2:46
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Release credits
- additional [13], arranger [2, 11-13, 16]
- editor [3.12, 2.1]
- arranger [1, 7, 9]
- timpani [9]
- arranger [18]
- arranger [7]
- performing orchestra [3.1-11, 3.11-16, 4.1-9, 1.1-14, 1.14-18, 2.1-2, 2.2-14]
- solo [6], trumpet [6]
- membranophone [9]
- arranger [11, 13]
- arranger [9]
- arranger [2.8, 3.3]
- solo [15], violin [15]
- engineer [3.12, 2.1], recording [3.12, 1.1]
- arranger [2.11, 3.6]
- cymbal [9]
- drums (drum set) [9]
- producer [3.12, 3.15, 1.4-5, 1.9, 2.1, 4.3, 4.6-7, 4.9]
- arranger [1.14, 3.16]
- balance [1, 5]
- arranger [3]
- engineer [4.3, 4.6-7, 4.9, 1.4, 1.9, 3.15]
- vocal [7]
- arranger [7]
- producer [2]
- arranger [2]
- balance [2], producer [4.1-2, 4.4-5, 4.8, 3.1-10, 3.12-14, 3.16, 1.1-3, 1.6-8, 1.10-13, 1.15-18, 2.1, 2.3-14]
- balance [1, 5], engineer [3.14, 2.5-9], recording [1.10, 3.1-2, 3.4-6, 3.8-10, 3.16]
- chorus master [2-3, 7]
- arranger [15], conductor [2.1-2, 2.2-14, 3.1-11, 3.11-16, 4.1-9, 1.1-14, 1.14-18]
- arranger [3.4, 1.10]
- flute [3.14, 4.2, 2.1, 2.5], solo [2.5, 3.14]
- arranger [4]
- cello [4]
- arranger [14]
- violin [4]
- engineer [4.3, 4.6-7, 4.9, 3.15, 1.4, 1.9]
- piano [1]
- arranger [12]
- solo [8], trombone [8]
- balance [3.1-2, 3.4-6, 3.8-10, 3.12, 3.16, 2.1, 1.1, 1.10]
- arranger [5]
- arranger [4]
- arranger [12]
- arranger [10]
- arranger [1]
- arranger [3.2, 3.10-11, 3.14, 2.5-6]
- arranger [13]
- piano [14], solo [14]
- arranger [8]
- engineer [1.4, 1.9, 2.5-9, 4.3, 4.6-7, 4.9, 3.14-15]
- arranger [3], performer [3]
- choir vocals [2-3, 7]
- clarinet [7], solo [7]
- bass drum [9]
- recording [1, 5]
- arranger [3]
Issues
T1995