This week we’re going to the movies with music written for the silver screen brought to life on the organ.
Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein
Playlist
Organs once provided the accompaniment for silent movies. This week we’re bringing the movies to the organ!
OPENING MUSIC
Title: Hooray for Hollywood
Composer: Richard A Whiting
Organist: Steven Ball
Organ: IV/36 Wurlitzer Fox Theatre, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Title: Superman March
Composer: John Williams
Title: Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan – Main Titles
Composer: James Horner
Organist: Josh Perschbacher
Album: Bombasia
Organ: IV/109 Rosales-Glatter-Götz Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, California, USA
Title: Ouverture from El Cid, Love Theme from El Cid, Friendship, El Cid’s Death
Composer: Miklós Rózsa
Organist: Philipp Pelster, Transcribed by Philipp Pelster
Album: El Cid Antes – BM319296
Organ: V/89 Klais Cathedral of St. Mary, Léon, Spain
Title: Baby Elephant Walk from Hatari
Composer: Henry Mancini
Organist: Harry Meehan, arr. Stuart Nicholson, Victoria Green, Flute, Áine Balfe, Flute and Piccolo
Album: Fireworks and Fantasies
Organ: IV/72 Willis/Harrison and Harrison St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland
Title: March from Love of Three Oranges
Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
Organist: Keith John, trans. Jean Guillou
Album: Great European Organs No 2 Priory – PRCD 174
Organ: IV/75 Kleuker Our Lady of Grace Church (Chant d’Oiseaux), Brussels, Belgium
Title: Cantina Band from Star Wars
Composer: John Williams
Organist: Stuart Nicholson, arr. Matt J Baker
Album: Fireworks and Fantasies
Organ: IV/72 Willis/Harrison and Harrison St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland
Title: Star Wars Suite – IV. Yoda’s Theme
Composer: John Williams
Organist: Harald Feller, arr. Harald Feller
Album: Phantomes – An Organ Spectacular
Organ: IV/82 Goll St. Martin’s Church, Memmingen, Germany
Title: Star Wars – Ben Kenobi’s Death and TIE Fighter Attack
Composer: John Williams
Organist: Konstantin Reymaier
Album: The New Organ at St. Stephens Cathedral in Vienna Deutsche Grammophon – 485 5180
Organ: V/163 Rieger St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Vienna, Austria
Title: Star Wars – Throne Room and End Title
Composer: John Williams
Organist: Richard Webster
Album: Great Organbuilders of America: A Retrospective, Vol 12 JAV – JAV 125
Organ: IV/59 EM Skinner/Thompson-Allen St. Luke Episcopal Church, Evanston, Illinois, USA
Title: Toccata Schlafes Bruder
Composer: Enjott Schneider
Organist: Felix Hell
Album: Orgelgiganten Organ – ORG 7010 2
Organ: IV/154 Schantz Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Newark, New Jersey, USA