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John Williams Live in Vienna, a live concert of Williams’ most notable film soundtracks, from Star Wars to Jurassic Park, arrives at Amazon Music HD and Deutsche Grammophon’s Blu-ray on August 14. This is the first time the famous composer’s music has been played. live, however, is one of the few times it is recorded and combined in Dolby Atmos, the same immersive audio format used in cinemas and, increasingly, in people.
The concert, which he conducted and recorded in January, was Williams’ first European concert. He conducted the Wiener Philharmoniker at Vienna’s famous Musikverein concert hall. The virtuosic violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter accompanied the orchestra, betting music that Williams had specially adapted for her.
When played in a home theater formula supplied with Dolby Atmos, listeners of the album’s attendance get a broader concept of what it would have been like to be sitting in the audience.
“There are so many major glorious problems and spatial effects in classical music that are lost in the popular stereo mix,” Deutsche Grammophon President Clemens Trautmann said in a press release. He explains that these effects become audible through Dolthrough Atmos, “adding size to the listening experience”.
John Williams Live’s tracks in Vienna are read as a list of Hollywood’s biggest hits and last more than an hour and 15 minutes:
Hook’s flight to Neverland
Excerpts from third-rate meetings
Harry Potter Hedwig theme and the Philosopher’s Stone
Sabrina’s theme
Donnybrook Fair so far
Eastwick Witch Devil Dance
Adventures on Earth through E.T. The Alien
Jurassic Park Theme
Dartmoor, 1912 via War Horse
Sea in and Jaws’ escape shark cage
Marion’s Theme of In Search of the Lost Ark
Raiders ‘ Raiders of the Lost Ark Raiders
Raiders March by Raiders of the Lost Ark
Rebellion reborns from Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Luke – Leia from Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi
Star Wars: A New Hope Title
The Imperial March of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Nice to be Cinderella Liberty
The Duel of Tintin’s Adventures
The Secret of the Unicorn of Tintin’s Adventures
Memories of Schindler’s list
We can’t think of any music that deserves the Dolby Atmos remedy more than the works of John Williams. Unfortunately, unless you buy Blu-ray, you may not be able to enjoy the full effect of John Williams Live in Vienna. Although available in Dolby Atmos through Amazon Music HD, Amazon’s Echo Studio is the only device that will allow you to listen to music in this format. The Echo Studio is a perfect speaker, but you can’t compare it to a full or impressive home theater with Dolby Atmos 5.1.2.
Tidal also gives Dolby Atmos Music tracks their high-fidelity service level, and runs in home theaters with an Apple TV 4K, but for now, there are no plans to launch John Williams Live in Vienna on Tidal.
The Blu-ray costs $36 and is
available on Amazon
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