The Very Best of John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra

~ Release by John Williams, Boston Pops Orchestra (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: America, the Dream Goes On / Pops Play a Movie Spectacular
2▶CD: Quiet Night... With the Pops / Starlight Swing... With the Pops / The Pops on Broadway
3▼CD: The Pops Salute All-Time Popular Favorites / The Pops Around the World
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1Ebb Tide
recording engineer:
John Newton (editor, engineer mixer)
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (in 1987-06)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer) (in 1987-06)
arranger:
Angela Morley
balance engineer:
Onno Scholtze (sound engineer)
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (in 1987-06)
cover recording of:
Ebb Tide (in 1987-06)
lyricist:
Carl Sigman
composer:
Robert Maxwell (US harpist, songwriter and teacher)
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), EMI United Partnership Ltd., France Mélodie, Robbins Music (publishing company owned by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.), Robbins Music Corp., SBK Robbins Catalog, Inc., フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (Yamaha Music Publishing) (until 2017-03-31) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
arrangement of:
Ebb Tide (original instrumental version)
Robert Maxwell4:05
2More
recording engineer:
John Newton (editor, engineer mixer)
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (in 1987-06)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer) (in 1987-06)
arranger:
Richard Hayman
balance engineer:
Onno Scholtze (sound engineer)
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (in 1987-06)
recording of:
Ti guarderò nel cuore (in 1987-06)
lyricist:
Marcello Ciorciolini (Italian screenwriter, director, playwright, television/radio author & lyricist)
composer:
Nino Oliviero (Italian musician and composer) and Riz Ortolani
Nino Oliviero & Riz Ortolani3:34
3Here You Come Again
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (in 1983)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer) (in 1983)
arranger:
Don Sebesky
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (in 1983)
instrumental recording of:
Here You Come Again (in 1983)
lyricist:
Cynthia Weil
composer:
Barry Mann
publisher:
Dyad Music Ltd., EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty. Limited (not for release label use!), Screen Gems–EMI Music, Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI), Summerhill Music Songs and Summerhill Songs
Barry Mann2:59
4Unchained Melody
recording engineer:
John Newton (editor, engineer mixer)
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (in 1987-06)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer) (in 1987-06)
arranger:
Lee Holdridge
balance engineer:
Onno Scholtze (sound engineer)
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (in 1987-06)
recording of:
Unchained Melody (in 1987-06)
publisher:
Hy Zaret
lyricist:
Hy Zaret
composer:
Alex North (US composer)
publisher:
Frank Music Corp. (ended), HZUM Publishing, MPL Communication Ltd. (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company), MPL Communications Australia, MPL Musik Verlags GmbH, North Melody Publishing and Unchained Melody Publishing, LLC
sub-publisher:
日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
part of:
The 28th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
Alex North3:42
5The Girl From Ipanema
recording engineer:
John Newton (editor, engineer mixer)
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (in 1987-06)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer) (in 1987-06)
arranger:
Patrick Hollenbeck
balance engineer:
Onno Scholtze (sound engineer)
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (in 1987-06)
recording of:
The Girl From Ipanema (in 1987-06)
lyricist:
Vinicius de Moraes (O poetinha)
composer:
Antônio Carlos Jobim
translator:
Norman Gimbel
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Corcovado Music Corp., Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated), MCA Music Ltd., New Thunder Music Co., Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Universal Duchess Music Corp., Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group), Windswept Music (London) Ltd. and Words West LLC
sub-publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (Hong Kong)
translated version of:
Garota de Ipanema
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
Antônio Carlos Jobim3:21
6Theme from "Summer of '42"
recording engineer:
John Newton (editor, engineer mixer)
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (in 1987-06)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer) (in 1987-06)
arranger:
Eric Knight (Alternative Rock)
balance engineer:
Onno Scholtze (sound engineer)
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (in 1987-06)
recording of:
The Summer Knows (Summer of ’42; instrumental version) (in 1987-06)
composer:
Michel Legrand
publisher:
Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Olive Music LLC and Warner/Chappell North America
Michel Legrand3:53
7Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (in 1982)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer) (in 1982)
arranger:
Angela Morley
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (in 1982)
recording of:
Main Theme (Friendly Persuasion) (in 1982)
composer:
Dimitri Tiomkin
Dimitri Tiomkin3:54
8Where Is Your Heart? (the song from "Moulin Rouge")
recording engineer:
John Newton (editor, engineer mixer)
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (in 1987-06)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer) (in 1987-06)
balance engineer:
Onno Scholtze (sound engineer)
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (in 1987-06)
recording of:
The Song From Moulin Rouge (aka “Where Is Your Heart”) (in 1987-06)
lyricist:
William Engvick
composer:
Georges Auric (composer)
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
part of:
Moulin Rouge (1952 film)
Georges Auric3:07
9Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
recording engineer:
John Newton (editor, engineer mixer)
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (in 1987-06)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer) (in 1987-06)
arranger:
Angela Morley
balance engineer:
Onno Scholtze (sound engineer)
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (in 1987-06)
recording of:
Love Is a Many‐Splendored Thing (in 1987-06)
lyricist:
Paul Francis Webster
composer:
Sammy Fain
publisher:
EMI Miller Catalog, Inc., EMI United Partnership Ltd., J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Miller Music (publisher) and WC Music Corp.
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
The 28th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1955 winner)
Sammy Fain3:30
10Never on Sunday
recording engineer:
John Newton (editor, engineer mixer)
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (in 1987-06)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer) (in 1987-06)
arranger:
Richard Hayman
balance engineer:
Onno Scholtze (sound engineer)
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (in 1987-06)
recording of:
Never on Sunday (in 1987-06)
lyricist:
Manos Hadjidakis (Manos Hatzidakis, Greek composer) and Billy Towne (movie/musical composer)
composer:
Manos Hadjidakis (Manos Hatzidakis, Greek composer)
translator:
Billy Towne (movie/musical composer)
publisher:
EMI Catalogue Partnership, EMI Unart Catalog Inc. and EMI United Partnership Ltd.
part of:
The 33rd Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1960 winner)
arrangement of:
Τα παιδιά του Πειραιά
translated version of:
Τα παιδιά του Πειραιά
Μάνος Χατζιδάκις2:50
11La Bamba
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (on 1988-05-18, on 1988-06-04)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer) (on 1988-05-18, on 1988-06-04)
arranger:
Richard Hayman
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (on 1988-05-18, on 1988-06-04)
recording of:
La bamba (from 1988-05-18 until 1988-06-04)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
[traditional]4:44
12Irish Tune From Country Derry (Danny Boy)
recording engineer:
Erdo Groot (sound engineer for recordings of classical music)
engineer:
Erdo Groot (sound engineer for recordings of classical music) (in 1987-05)
producer:
George Korngold (producer) and John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
editor:
Amelia Rogers
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (in 1987-05)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer) (in 1987-05)
arranger:
Percy Grainger (Australian composer 1882–1961)
balance engineer:
Onno Scholtze (sound engineer) (in 1987-05)
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (in 1987-05)
recording of:
Danny Boy (in 1987-05)
publisher:
Alfred Music (publisher of sheet music for music education)
lyricist:
Frederick Edward Weatherly (from 1910 until 1913)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. (USA, publisher; do NOT use as release label)
sub-publisher:
Public Music AB
is based on:
Londonderry Air
recording of:
Irish Tune from County Derry (in 1987-05)
composer:
Percy Grainger (Australian composer 1882–1961)
version of:
Londonderry Air
Percy Grainger3:47
13American Medley: New York, New York / Lonely Town / America
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (in 1984-06)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer) (in 1984-06)
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (in 1984-06)
compilation of:
America Medley: On the Town: New York by Boston Pops Orchestra, John Williams (American score composer), America Medley: On the Town: Lonely Town by Boston Pops Orchestra, John Williams (American score composer) and America Medley: West Side Story: America by Boston Pops Orchestra, John Williams (American score composer)
recording of:
America (West Side Story, German version) (in 1984-06)
lyricist:
Stephen Sondheim
composer:
Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist)
translator:
Max Colpet
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Musikverlag GmbH, The Leonard Bernstein Music Publishing Co., LLC and Universal Music Publishing GmbH (Universal Music Publishing Group Germany)
translated version of:
West Side Story: America (Anita, Shark Girls)
recording of:
On the Town: Lonely Town (in 1984-06)
lyricist:
Betty Comden and Adolph Green
composer:
Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist)
publisher:
The Leonard Bernstein Music Publishing Co., LLC, Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
On the Town
recording of:
On the Town: New York, New York (in 1984-06)
lyricist:
Betty Comden and Adolph Green
composer:
Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist)
publisher:
The Leonard Bernstein Music Publishing Co., LLC, Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
On the Town
Leonard Bernstein7:41
14Tuxedo Junction
engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer) and John Newton (editor, engineer mixer)
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
solo flute:
Leone Buyse (American classical flautist) (in 1984-05)
solo piano:
Robert Winter (pianist) (in 1984-05)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (in 1984-05)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer) (in 1984-05)
arranger:
Richard Hayman
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (in 1984-05)
instrumental recording of:
Tuxedo Junction (in 1984-05)
lyricist:
Buddy Feyne
writer:
Dash, Feyne, Hawkins and Johnson (US jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist & arranger)
composer:
Bill Johnson (US jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist & arranger), Julian Dash, Buddy Feyne and Erskine Hawkins
Julian 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 / Tradition
engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer), Jack Law (engineer) and Michael Mailes (engineer)
producer:
George Korngold (producer)
solo violin:
Emanuel Borok (violinist) (in 1981)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (in 1981)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer) (in 1981)
arranger:
John Williams (American score composer)
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (in 1981)
medley including a recording of:
If I Were a Rich Man (Fiddler on the Roof) (in 1981)
lyricist:
Sheldon Harnick
composer:
Jerry Bock
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Sunbeam Music Corp.
part of:
Fiddler on the Roof
medley including a recording of:
Matchmaker, Matchmaker (Fiddler on the Roof) (in 1981)
lyricist:
Sheldon Harnick
composer:
Jerry Bock
publisher:
Sunbeam Music Corp.
part of:
Fiddler on the Roof
medley including a recording of:
Miracle of Miracles (Fiddler on the Roof) (in 1981)
lyricist:
Sheldon Harnick
composer:
Jerry Bock
publisher:
Sunbeam Music Corp.
part of:
Fiddler on the Roof
medley including a recording of:
Sunrise, Sunset (Fiddler on the Roof) (in 1981)
lyricist:
Sheldon Harnick
composer:
Jerry Bock
publisher:
Sunbeam Music Corp. and Valando Music Co. Ltd.
part of:
Fiddler on the Roof
medley including a recording of:
To Life (Fiddler on the Roof) (in 1981)
lyricist:
Sheldon Harnick
composer:
Jerry Bock
publisher:
Sunbeam Music Corp. and Valando Music Co. Ltd.
part of:
Fiddler on the Roof
medley including a recording of:
Tradition (Fiddler on the Roof) (in 1981)
lyricist:
Sheldon Harnick
composer:
Jerry Bock
publisher:
Sunbeam Music Corp. and Valando Music Co. Ltd.
part of:
Fiddler on the Roof
medley including a recording of:
If I Were a Rich Man (Fiddler on the Roof)
lyricist:
Sheldon Harnick
composer:
Jerry Bock
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Sunbeam Music Corp.
part of:
Fiddler on the Roof
medley including a recording of:
Matchmaker, Matchmaker (Fiddler on the Roof)
lyricist:
Sheldon Harnick
composer:
Jerry Bock
publisher:
Sunbeam Music Corp.
part of:
Fiddler on the Roof
medley including a recording of:
Miracle of Miracles (Fiddler on the Roof)
lyricist:
Sheldon Harnick
composer:
Jerry Bock
publisher:
Sunbeam Music Corp.
part of:
Fiddler on the Roof
medley including a recording of:
Sunrise, Sunset (Fiddler on the Roof)
lyricist:
Sheldon Harnick
composer:
Jerry Bock
publisher:
Sunbeam Music Corp. and Valando Music Co. Ltd.
part of:
Fiddler on the Roof
medley including a recording of:
To Life (Fiddler on the Roof)
lyricist:
Sheldon Harnick
composer:
Jerry Bock
publisher:
Sunbeam Music Corp. and Valando Music Co. Ltd.
part of:
Fiddler on the Roof
medley including a recording of:
Tradition (Fiddler on the Roof)
lyricist:
Sheldon Harnick
composer:
Jerry Bock
publisher:
Sunbeam Music Corp. and Valando Music Co. Ltd.
part of:
Fiddler on the Roof
Jerry Bock7:24
16Ciribiribin
recording engineer:
John Newton (editor, engineer mixer)
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (in 1987-06)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer) (in 1987-06)
arranger:
Glenn Osser
balance engineer:
Onno Scholtze (sound engineer)
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (in 1987-06)
instrumental recording of:
Ciribiribin (They’re So in Love) (Harry James theme song) (in 1987-06)
lyricist:
Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor) and Jack Lawrence (US songwriter)
composer:
Alberto Pestalozza
is based on:
Ciribiribin (original Italian version)
part of:
Hit the Deck (1955 movie)
Alberto Pestalozza2:50
4▶CD: Pops... Go the Classics / A Pops Tribute to Gershwin / Marching With the Pops