Great John Williams movie themes, a capella (video)

Posted by Xeni Jardin, November 3, 2008 9:41 AM | permalink

"Star Wars" - an a capella tribute to John Williams, from YouTube star Corey Vidal. (YouTube, thanks Mark Day!)

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#1 posted by nigelstwin , November 3, 2008 10:07 AM

Great.
Now the Indiana Jones music is stuck in my head for who knows how long.
Sheesh.

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#2 posted by Anonymous , November 3, 2008 10:07 AM

Probably should have pointed out that he isn't singing the four parts, just making a video to something done years ago. It's still incredible, though.

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#3 posted by Xeni Jardin

, November 3, 2008 10:09 AM

@nigelstwin: do some math in your head, count out your times tables. that'll kill it!

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#4 posted by Tom Hale , November 3, 2008 10:10 AM

That was incredible! Thanks for posting.

I loved it, but about half way through, my wife (reading), asked, "That's not going to last much longer is it?" Women don't seem to appreciate this stuff as much as guys.

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#5 posted by nigelstwin , November 3, 2008 10:15 AM

@xeni jardin: I'm an "English" teacher at VCU! Math is out of my field! (grin)

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#6 posted by keighvin , November 3, 2008 10:21 AM

Credit where it's due (which is mentioned in the YouTube sidebar), this was originally the work of the Moosebutter a capella comedy troupe:

http://www.moosebutter.com/starwars

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#7 posted by Tom Hale , November 3, 2008 10:22 AM

An English teacher - Great! I always have trouble with my commas and where I should, or shouldn't use them. Do I need to use one before the word, "or?" And, did I punctuate correctly in my above post? Also, is it OK to start sentences with, "And" and "Also," as I have in this post?

Thanks

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#8 posted by Glottis , November 3, 2008 10:24 AM

Cute. Also of note is the one-man 64-track acapella cover of Thriller.

http://www.noob.us/entertainment/one-man-64-vocal-tracks-thriller-acapella/

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#9 posted by Takuan , November 3, 2008 10:36 AM

la la la!

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#10 posted by Xeni Jardin

, November 3, 2008 10:48 AM

@nigelstwin, no way! My father taught there!

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#11 posted by nigelstwin , November 3, 2008 10:59 AM

@xeni jardin: Yeah, way. I just found out that we had Richmond in common a few days ago. It's good to see people escape. Keep up the good work!

@tom hale: I used to date a criminal psychologist and nobody ever talked to us at parties 'cause people were afraid that I was judging their grammar and she was evaluating them. That is to say, I don't usually quibble about the little stuff on the interwebs. I mostly have issue with the folks who don't bother with spelling. Ergo, you're doin' an awesome job.

And now, after a third view, it's Superman that's running in my head. Ack!

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#12 posted by akbar56 , November 3, 2008 11:17 AM

@Tom Hale

How unfortunate. I showed this to my wife over the weekend and she loved the whole thing.

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#13 posted by Lea Hernandez , November 3, 2008 11:40 AM

I'm a woman, I loved it, but I tend to make up words for instrumentals.

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#14 posted by zikman

, November 3, 2008 11:59 AM

no way, I ATTEND VCU!

too much richmond for one posting...

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#15 posted by codeman38

, November 3, 2008 12:11 PM

If you're familiar with the anime Azumanga Daioh, you're probably familiar with its rather whimsical soundtrack, which was performed by a group known as Kuricorder.

The reason I mention this? They also performed a cover of the Imperial March from Star Wars, in the same style.

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#16 posted by Razzabeth , November 3, 2008 12:41 PM

Mind = Blown.

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#17 posted by arkizzle , November 3, 2008 12:45 PM

Clever "player" tshirt, top-left.

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#18 posted by arkizzle , November 3, 2008 12:50 PM

..after watching: Top Drawer!

That was great! Took me a minute to get that the words weren't specific to each theme, but Brilliant!

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#19 posted by Tom Hale , November 3, 2008 12:59 PM

codeman38, Their version of the Imperial March was great! Thanks for posting.

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#20 posted by vjinterkosmos , November 3, 2008 1:45 PM

good job, good enough to slip thru my anti-SW filter.

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#21 posted by arkizzle , November 3, 2008 1:59 PM

Codeman & TomHale

Here's Kuricorder doing the sound for a fabulously clever music video.

It take a sec to click in, but watch it all :)

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#22 posted by Tom Hale , November 3, 2008 2:31 PM

arkizzle, What a delightful video and piece of music. I'll have to look into this group. Thanks

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#23 posted by SamF , November 3, 2008 7:34 PM

Good stuff.

Reminds me of this classic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53DQgbj2mIc

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#24 posted by freeyourcrt , November 3, 2008 9:54 PM

Petra Haden does a multi track a capella version of "the Who Sell Out." You can sample it on iTunes. Her rendition of Armenia In The Sky is particular awesome. Floating around out there is an interview of her and Mike Watt I think discussing the process.

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#25 posted by velkymx , November 3, 2008 11:05 PM

Freakin Brilliant! Great find Xeni!!!

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#26 posted by Blaatann , November 4, 2008 5:49 AM

Hah! I bought this song just two weeks ago, unfortunately nothing else on the cd warranted buying the whole album..

Favourite part: Jurassic park/whiny Luke. Fantastic!

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#27 posted by gwynsen , November 4, 2008 9:43 AM

really amazing what this ppl are doing, I wished I could to music this way or playing an instrument.

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#28 posted by Anonymous , November 11, 2008 2:14 PM