http://www.viewpoints.com/John-Williams-Boston-Pops-Orchestra-John-Williams-Conducts-Music-from-the-Star-Wars-Saga-reviews Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:21:53 GMT Latest reviews about John Williams/Boston Pops Orchestra - John Williams Conducts Music from the Star Wars Saga http://www.viewpoints.com/John-Williams-Boston-Pops-Orchestra-John-Williams-Conducts-Music-from-the-Star-Wars-Saga-review-95372 <p>On May 18, 1999, exactly one day before the premiere of <em>Star Wars - Episode I: The Phantom Menace, </em>composer/conductor John Wiliiams' old label Philips released <strong>John Williams Conducts Music from the Star Wars Saga</strong>, a 14-track collection of pre-existing recordings of themes not only from the Classic <em>Star Wars </em>Trilogy (<em>A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, </em>and <em>Return of the Jedi</em>, but also compositions for such films <em>as Superman, Close Encounters of the Third Kind </em>and <em>E.T.: The Extraterrestrial.</em></p><p>When the recording was released, Williams was no longer the principal conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra, the world-famous "light classical" alter ego of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (he was, and still is, its Laureate Conductor),  so this was clearly an effort by Philips to "cash in" on the initial excitement caused by the imminent release of <em>The Phantom Menace. </em>In fact, all of the tracks had previously been released in a wide array of Williams/Boston Pops albums, including 1983's <strong>Out of This...</strong></p>... Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:21:53 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/John-Williams-Boston-Pops-Orchestra-John-Williams-Conducts-Music-from-the-Star-Wars-Saga-review-95372 Fardreamer 4