SIGNS · Main Titles & The Hand of Fate · Prague Film Orchestra

[@PragueFilmOrchestra]

A rare live performance of awesome three tracks from a great movie with tremendous music by James Newton Howard. This three-track title is very difficult for flutist especially. The special "owl" sound, in the beginning, is two ocarinas. "Main Titles" is very special due to film titles being completely built on the music. It's just fade in-out text with different speeds yet the music tells you everything you need and brings an awesome atmosphere full of chills and beats. "The Hand of Fate" is two-part track where the music is mainly from the end of the movie (don't worry, no spoilers there). Part 1 is mainly action and overcoming difficulties in the plot with a small time to breathe. Part 2 however is the "victory" track with great harmonies and just putting pleasant feeling and a feel of accomplishment to your face. It's really a tremendous music and in our opinion, one of the best of James Newton Howard.

[@kaiserdavidkonrad]

Nada

[@hugocarmelo6903]

A trick : watch movies on flixzone. I've been using them for watching all kinds of movies recently.

[@wyattzain5486]

@Hugo Carmelo Yup, have been watching on flixzone for since november myself :)

[@briaralaric3487]

@Hugo Carmelo Yea, I've been watching on flixzone for years myself :D

[@luisdominik128]

@Hugo Carmelo Definitely, I've been using Flixzone for since november myself =)

[@mmssb7]

This brought me to tears. This is such a fine example of the impact of music on cinema. It took me back to Mel’s performance with the struggling forces of faith and redemption. Wonderful performance

[@J.B.0815]

"Swing Away, Merrill! Merrill, swing Away!"

[@OmarMohamed-ed7kz]

This film is in my top ten of all time. I’ve watched it many times. It has many great messages and lessons and I love it. The music makes it such a classic in my eyes.

[@fgbowen]

Agreed 100%. Couldn't agree more.

[@Nalijay]

It is well put together, almost every time I watch it I discover something new.

[@325hpls1]

Agree. The whole "swing away" message and destiny/fate/chance discussion.

[@Sannamuller]

😂

[@WhiskeyAngel]

Saw this in theaters as a child. The direction, score, and acting were phenomenal. Easily a top 10 movie for me. The story of loss, faith, and redemption are as old as time. A beautiful film from start to finish.

[@jaros428]

The violinist at 6:10 smiles because he knows the best part is coming up, haha

[@nickt2985]

Underrated film and score

[@jerryzucchero5087]

Thumbs up again, again, again forever. This song hits me hard.

[@Shotsmoky]

So I'm not the only one who loved this movie. I knew it.

[@GiordanoBrunoFerri]

Wonderful! Bravo!

[@osinaldoastral]

Simplesmente maravilhoso!!!👏👏👏

[@evillink1]

Imagine if you sat Beethoven down to hear some of the stuff some of these movie composers made the last hundred years. It would blow his freaking mind man!

[@sidpheasant7585]

That is a great and deep comment - meaning, miraculously, that, although music has been being made for thousands of years, it has gone on growing. Only God can do that, through the Holy Spirit, and this is a sign! Well of course it is... Thanks be to God.

[@tigerroots4758]

Que maravilha,Santo pai! Uma obra-prima!!!❤👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@D4veJap4n]

I can’t think of a more beautiful piece of music

[@sidpheasant7585]

That's because of God, whose Holy Spirit inspired and resides in this music (even this not-perfect version). The film called "Signs" about signs from God for the characters in it also has signs of God's presence and love to offer us! How gorgeous, neat, inspiring and indeed beautiful is that? Nothing beats it - this is why we struggle on to live, this is why the world exists, this is the gate into the cosmic miracle that God's love is everywhere in it - empty as it may look...

[@gabrielwillames]

Spider-Man 2002 Main titles, Hulk 2003 MT

[@AnakinsDaycareForPadawans]

@@gabrielwillameslol

[@markusvinicius4972]

Newton-Howard & Shyamalan: perfect duo.

[@sidpheasant7585]

It's a trio - the Holy Spirit is there too. Thanks be to God.

[@tavlinjavelin1230]

At 4:30 when it starts to build with the violins is the best. The mom telling graham to tell Merril to “swing away.” What a masterpiece of a score and movie!

[@BillieArd]

The film was made even scarier by the score!!!! Great job!!!!

[@sparrow845]

5:25 is my favorite part

[@sirredeyedxaxa2803]

Hearing this song at the opening always made me scared when I was younger, since I’ve grown more I’ve cone to appreciate this master piece! This orchestra did a phenomenal job playing this, the highs were more intense and suspenseful, the piano was gorgeous. Beautiful work!

[@aurox757]

6:17 was always my favourite part from Hand of Fate Pt.1 and Hand of Fate Pt. 2 just simply beautiful :)

[@sidpheasant7585]

What you feel at that moment is the power of the Holy Spirit, telling us the truth about our universe - just as the film told Graham Hess the truth about his universe. How neat is it that a film about signs called Signs has a sign for us? Very! But the Holy Spirit is wondrous, beautiful, loveable, playful, magnificent, kind, cleansing, caring, warm, yet with a strength and power beyond our possibilities to understand. Amazingly, I speak from an experience that changed my life. This love overwhelms and takes one's breath away. Next time you hear and feel and see, please understand it for what it is...

[@matsch6777]

@@sidpheasant7585 Dear sir, it is nice to hear, that the believes you put your faith in gave you such nice experiences - however, whatever might be out there that could hold its hand upon us, is everyones OWN personal matter. Please do not use youtube for proselytizing.

[@sidpheasant7585]

@@matsch6777 To the best of my knowledge, everybody who writes reasonably (as opposed to abusively and in hate) on KZbin is hoping that others will read the point they have to make, and see what it means to them. I suspect (hope/trust) I also do no more than that. No forcing, demanding, compelling. But if I head even slightly in that direction, forgive me. The essence of this whole deal is that we have freedom of choice, and I would not ever wish to change that.

[@Palafico3]

​@@sidpheasant7585 I'm a huge fan of Lord of the Rings and Signs, and though I may be agnostic I can still acknowledge the sheer feeling and message of faith and what that truly means. This movie and its music remind me of what it means to have hope and a feeling that there are things far greater than us, that there is something looking out for us in the end. Love, connection, and above all - empathy: these will be the things that save us in the end.

[@sidpheasant7585]

@@Palafico3 Very nice that you "read" so many of those signs ... in "Signs", and therefore see that the boundary between life and art is pretty fluid - that could be a risk as well as a blessing, hence (in my view) the action of the Holy Spirit at all stages of the conveying process. The process of conveying from AI (hot topic this week) probably lacks that, as soulless. Obviously a lot of my online conversations are with atheists and agnostics, and typically (though not universally!) those interactions are on a high level, that can be a sourcevof joy. Obviously, Our Lord had similarly precious experiences with doubters and non-believers! He was less keen on and forgiving for religious fakers, hypocrites and zealots and those who were over-rigid, pompous and judgmental. I see clearly how many times since the return of Jesus to His Father that the Holy Spirit as new Paraclete has worked with atheists and agnostics - great British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams is the best example, though not the only one. However, your twin reference to Signs and LOTR is very telling. Of course, I admire the magnificent Jackson double-trilogy and Tolkien too, and once went to visit the latter's grave in Oxford, with my wife and my daughter (to whom I read the books out Lord TWICE!!). But Tolkien (whose life history bore some resemblance to that of Vaughan Williams, in fact) was far from being an atheist, yet he chose to create a world with magic, but no divine blessing or Saviour, and in essence no religion. Useful for his purposes, because then the good guys can kill orcs, etc., without compunction and mercy. In our world saved by Jesus, Aragon and co. would kneel to beseech the Lord to reach the stony heart of Sauron (as we true believers and followers now do with Putin - the comparison is not idle as the Ukrainians actually call their enemy orcs). So Middle Earth is not our Earth, though we do notice how Gandalf honours Bilbo/Frodo for showing mercy even to Gollum. The Hobbits are the most down-to-Earth, least-magical, most-modern species on Middle Earth (and the most obviously British), yet it is among them that we see the closest things to faith, mercy and divinity. It protects them from the darkness, atheists though they and all of Middle Earth are...

[@fintherebel5000]

SIGNS will always be a movie that freaks me out I still get scared by it to this day

[@smarthousetech8593]

One of the Best. James Newton Howard Never dissapoints

[@rajgkumar6172]

8:20 owwards is so mesmerizing

[@sidpheasant7585]

Mesmer was a hypnotist, so you may suggest that you are receiving a certain kind of hypnotism. But you aren't. What you are getting, even in this slightly rough rendition, is the unending, wondrous, beautiful, beyond-all-words power of God, in us, on Earth and in the universe. He cares for us. In the movie, this is the moment when they realise / see that God has equiped them and loved them and helped them from the beginning to combat the demons in their lives (those are not aliens). At times that has involved sacrifice and loss, for God's ways are mysterious - indeed, some of the "weapons" in the fight the family must fight look odd or eccentric. But that is just as the Holy Spirit is. But nothing He touches fails to be beautiful - including James Newton Howard's amazing music for the Shyamalan movie. The Director and crew were just beginning to make the movie "Signs" when 9/11 happened. Shyamalan rededicated his work to giving people back a little bit of hope in the face of the vast, tainted worldly evil that they and we all had witnessed. Obviously, the Holy Spirit got behind an idea like that, offering one of His signs throuh culture. In the movie, in the music, beyond the movie too. The movie about signs called "Signs" is a sign for us too. The life-art barrier is not so important for the Holy Spirit. The movie is in fact prophetic, if you look at the new, 750-page book by prof. Daniel O'Connor called "Only Man Bears His Image". It's about the upcoming deception that will try to separate us from God by suggesting that aliens (that are actually demons) can help us with our troubles more than God can...

[@ingridfloresbanares3158]

Brutal

[@Errror_4O6]

Movie & Soundtrack are simply fantastic. The unsettling feeling over the whole Movie is awesome!

[@matsch6777]

I still remember how I was scared when the Alien went out of the hedge at this childs birthday party!!!

[@nickpeluso7511]

Underrated film.

[@gocookies77]

Damn m.night. You once gave this your seal of approval…

[@budirachman4414]

I fall in love with this score.

[@sidpheasant7585]

Yes, this version is by no means perfect, yet it STILL carries out to us all the miracle that the Holy Spirit incorporated into this music as he came to James Newton Howard - working on a movie that M. Night Shyamalan wanted to use to try and give people renewed hope after 9/11. Just as the film "all makes sense" out of seemingly meaningless or trivial things; so we can make more sense out of the universe if we listen to this music. A wonderful thing!

[@mattierhodes5847]

“Signs” is my favorite movie of all time. I love getting to watch it be performed live! Absolutely stunning!! Love this!

[@JayaMadhavadas]

WOW

[@GabrieLight]

3:25 - 4:30 This minute always make me feel comfortable, love to listen it night at my window, when I'm feeling exhausted by life and people, hit me with a mixed feelings, between anxiety, anticipation, caving and satisfaction, it make me see my whole life as a pictures in my mind, make me take a deep breath, thinking in the unknown, my choices, humanity overall, it's just a feeling i can't describe! But i like it.

[@sidpheasant7585]

Let me describe it for you, Gabriel Light (great name!). This is by, with, through and from the Holy Spirit. With Him, signs give more signs, and all adds up as it should and must in God's universe. That was the transcending meaning of the movie... (whose making was just beginning as 9/11 happened, allowing Shyamalan to dedicate it to the restoringn of hope. Impossible for the Holy Soirit to resist such a chance! And He did not!

[@GabrieLight]

@@sidpheasant7585 Hahaha i admire your dedication man! I already read your comments for everyone before you put this reply, but believe me when i say my feelings has nothing to do with religion, and I've much respect for the prophet Jesus Christ peace be upon him. 😊

[@sidpheasant7585]

@@GabrieLight It is sweet that you read my earlier comments too. They come through me, but are not fully mine, and I would not be here writing (or even maybe alive?) had the Holy Spirit not shown His healing, cleansing, love and mercy when I was brought low, and begged for help. Only since that time have I seen and known more. Awareness grows in this way ... Just a few weeks ago I began to realise that - TRULY - I do NOT want anything much for myself from these posts (even though they do indeed give me joy and meaning in my life). I get no money in this way, and do not want any. I do not want power or fame (this is not my true name) or influence. All I want is to serve the Trinity. They deserve that from me, and I have joy in offering such service. If you offer your wonderful description here, but then go on to say it is not religious for you, then alll you are really saying is that the word "religious" is a tried, small and inadequate and potentially divisive one (which I rarely use to describe myself, even as an intellectual "short-cut"). I responded to your post because it showed wisdom and joy and insight. They are known to be gifts from the Holy Spirit. You are free to disagree... but don't stop listening to this great music! That would be the last thing I would want!!!

[@ulysseszoleruiz8790]

You can feel the tensión in every part

[@JD-qf8ul]

The talent of all involved is incredible

[@sidpheasant7585]

Because that talent is raised further by the Holy Spirit of God, who loves as he cleanses, heals and inspires. There is NOTHING else like that

[@mykahlifischer379]

You gotta love James Newton Howard.

[@frankmartinez1328]

THIS PIECE OF MUSIC ALWAYS SACRED ME BUT I LOVE IT

[@sidpheasant7585]

You wrote "sacred", instead of "scared" ... that is NOT by chance. You do indeed love it because it is sacred - inspired by the Holy Spirit!

[@controlledburst]

The cellular interference at the start was fitting: a prophetic pretense of the horror to come. A reflective reference to the baby monitor.

[@alexanderjaspers]

But very annoying!

[@jackbeauregard5966]

basically I'm here for the mafia game. Then I discover the masterpieces of this orchestra. I subscribe immediately. What emotions

[@KarelChytilArt]

Mám Vánoce. Děkuji 😁

[@EduardoreneCano]

Bravoooooo

[@checkfoldcallraise]

Omg this is amazing! I love the movie probably because of the music. It sooo sets you up for horror. Then the slow burning creepiness of the film with occasional jump scares makes it so fun to watch. I saw it in theaters as a teenager and I jumped when the alien hand tried to get Mel Gibson from under the pantry door lol.

[@yasminmraczansky1659]

Amazing performance. This give me goosebumps! Simply brilliant

[@sidpheasant7585]

It is far from perfect performance. But the Holy Spirit is still with it, as He will be forever. the sign from the movie Signs, which is about signs.

[@raymondyusuf890]

Hauntingly eerie and beautiful. One of my absolutely favorite scores of all time.

[@razor09ish]

sends shivers up my spine

[@JamieTimen]

Love it since forever...

[@rnw2739]

Brilliant performance!

[@Bragaldino]

That sounds perfect!

[@buly9233]

6:13 PERFECTION

[@carlmark8611]

PART II - AMAZING!

[@bengeissler241]

Awesome job, from Texas! First time i saw this movie the music was what gripped me.Very eerie and chilling. Yall captured it!

[@PragueFilmOrchestra]

Thank you. It’s an awesome music and a movie indeed.

[@malcolmhill7932]

Excellent!

[@InFltSvc]

Bravo’ to ALL you students... congratulations.. keep your dream going and NEVER stop ... this is absolutely beautiful..... God Bess all of you !!

[@sidpheasant7585]

As God indeed resides in this music, there are indeed blessings - and a deeper insight - for all who recreate it, as for all who hear it...

[@marioromoda1243]

This is AMAZING

[@sidpheasant7585]

The Holy Spirit behind it, within it and from it is amazing... The movie is "Signs", and with the Holy Spirit that life-art barrier is not so important. The movie IS a sign, and so is the music. SEE!!! This is not a random universe, but one in which we are ALWAYS loved and cared for and noticed. All of us.

[@rodolfohernandezgarcia9487]

Super!!!

[@kirk09100]

I am not a music technician but i listen to soundtracks since the 70's and to my ear, the main title is VERY inspired by John Williams. I know many of you Think about Bernard Hermann on that one and maybe I have it all wrong but here is what I think: Three notes high tempo motive (generates anxiety), atonal violins(Same thing but with a touch of countryside or rustical sound which represents the father and his crisis of fate), deep menacing William-esque brass (The E.T. s !) and very dynamic harp partition (The little girl who has premonition and save her family which counterbalance the aggression of the ETs). Listening to that wonderful score, i cannot help but remember the Jaws theme in its structure. Now don't get me wrong, James Newton Howard is a tremendous composer. But I cannot help thinking about John Williams on that one.

[@jaynecooney9549]

So perfect I got chills just rembering

[@piotrhummel]

Bravissimo. Superb conductor!, amazing musicans. Great recording and soundstage.

[@trayahzz537]

Superb performance

[@Rosenblum18]

Bravo!

[@edilnolorves]

Perfeitos. Queria tanto poder assistir ao vivo

[@MrScoreCrave]

Nice work! Love seeing this in concert.

[@belfosama]

6:30 Greatness !!!

[@voyagerofdoom]

One of his best scores. Loved that you guys covered these songs specifically, well done.

[@Dad.and.Addison]

I’ve always found stuff like this really interesting. So many people playing different pieces and it all goes together so well. One screw up the whole thing falls apart.

[@doubleOO32790]

THe sounds of hope, fear, defiance, wonder and chance..I have never been more scared after watering Signs, and when i watch it again i'm even more terrified! Do you believe that people see signs? Or, just get lucky?

[@sidpheasant7585]

People see signs because they are blessed; because the beloved Holy Spirit is beautiful and active (including as the life-art boundary is transcended); and because the Spirit (as the product of love and truth pertaining between Father-Creator and Son-Saviour) has as His sole, wondrous goal the enhancement of Discipleship that lights up this dark, 1 John 5:19 world...

[@markux1983]

This is art, man!

[@rafaelaferreira6636]

So amazing!! 🤍

[@bfielding91]

Let’s go!!!

[@Missprada_]

7:21 this one hit me hard...welp ima watch signs now bye (sniffle)

[@sidpheasant7585]

Hope you've seen it now, and have received the message in the film for its characters - but outside the film for all of us - that God is with us and loves us and leaves nothing to chance!

[@raulfontenele]

wow

[@sebastiangehlert6487]

despite some few but manifest timing problems there are some parts better than the original, impressive

[@damienspectre4231]

I love 8:23 onwards

[@sidpheasant7585]

Of course you do. Anyone with eyes to see and a soul to feel will do so. Thanks to the ever-loving and ever-forgiving and ever-inspiring Holy Spirit that moment (one of several in the music from James Newton Howard and the Paraclete) is a mini-meeting with God, which tells us just a bit about what the true meeting will be like, and what it is that actually fills a seemingly-empty and seemingly-hostile universe...

[@marcela77777]

Nemám slov... Úžasné !!! 👌

[@Odin310]

beautiful

[@thegoodgeneral]

Really awesome to see this music tackled by performers, I hope more orchestras play it. You guys are also sounding better, you’re improving! A minor criticism: don’t have a photographer during performances. Or if you do, please ensure their camera is silent and doesn’t produce a shutter noise. People paid to hear music in a quiet space, not to hear the incessant clacking noise all throughout the concert.

[@andyrrafaelthebeastemperor8709]

This movie has a beautiful message, but for those who cared about it. I watched this movie as a child, and to this day I'm horrified of this movie's aliens.

[@joshuashorba6892]

4:30 is chilling

[@jackbeauregard5966]

@George Korynta, please, it's time to play "Soviet Connection" From The Grand Theft Auto IV ost.

[@coisasdasol8419]

Amei, muito lindo !!!

[@simssistersfull]

Bombaaa😍😍😍

[@sidpheasant7585]

Bomba lásky vybuchla Duchem Svatým

[@d-documentarios2058]

Not even the artists can hold their excitement

[@marquinhosantonio3999]

7:21 best 💖

[@animal479]

masterpiece

[@harukatakahashi8822]

@@animal479 surprised you text this 2 weeks ago

[@sidpheasant7585]

That's GOD, believe me!!!

[@drewrogers9171]

swing away

[@josecarlosbarbosaneto9937]

Swing away!!

[@jaxon_pardo]

❤

[@marucalopez258]

〽️⚡⚡〽️👽👽

[@Frorath]

Super skladba. Velka pochvala za kvalitu zvuku pri nahravani. Teda az na toho fotografa a ze 4:12+ mi to ide viac do laveho sluchatka, nez pekne spravodlivo do oboch usi :)

[@PragueFilmOrchestra]

Moc děkujeme :) Fotografa upozorníme a na panorama zvuku naopak video editora. Pracujeme na tom, aby se zvukově nahrávky co nejvíce zlepšovaly.

[@Frorath]

@@PragueFilmOrchestra je to vidiet oproti starsim videam, naozaj je zvuk lepsi

[@sebastianmorris4316]

Where did you purchase this score?

[@computerboy528]

You guys did an amazing job!!!! I wish my school could play this. Where did you buy the score?

[@Darttxx]

Amazing soundtrack! but it still scares me

[@RinnetteSilva]

Onde eu encontro o filme Sinais pra ver de novo? É maravilhoso.

[@lucasbiermann257]

certeza q tem em uma das varias plataformas de streaming. No momento n tem no netflix. Mas o catalogo deles vive mudando. pode ser q tenha no Amazon Prime no momento. mas tem pra alugar no google play.

[@rocketrodlover]

Caroline....is this the last time I'm gonna talk with my wife? Yes it is.... *CHILLS*

[@lonard7221]

Are you going to play again soon ?

[@PragueFilmOrchestra]

Hello. Yes, dear viewer. We had concert yesterday which we streamed and another should be this Saturday 😉.

[@lonard7221]

@@PragueFilmOrchestra Wow! Great, I'll watch it right now. So, are you going to play the signs again ?

[@bmshaven]

ugh...trombones were way to weak from 5:27 - 5:43...lacking in punch and snarl. Perhaps simply drowned out by the rest of the orchestra...

[@sidpheasant7585]

Agreed. But because this is the divine,/divinely-inspired music it is, it STILL carries its power, thanks be to the Holy Spirit...

[@garretcarlyle9489]

I love this score! JNH is a genius! I dont doubt these are great musicians, and I really enjoyed it. Its just that I hear several issues here, like the strings were overpowered for the entire performance, brass was too loud and I think they missed some notes, winds were a bit off too, and at some parts it felt very rushed. Maybe if dynamics were a bit more exaggerated it couldve made some issues less noticeable. What got me the most is that the strings were so overpowered, I mean, you could see at 0:40 that the first chair is trying his best to be heard and he just gets overpowered, then again at 1:24 strings are not that noticeable. Another big moment for strings was at 6:17 and again they got suffocated. Im sure hearing them in the theatre was awsome, and its probably my device that has bad speakers

[@sidpheasant7585]

While maybe these performers are not quite able to master this immense task, TBH. the effect is stunning and beautiful anyway, so they can still be proud of their efforts. To be honest, though, they had a little help, as this music (like the film in which it features) carries in it God's loving and merciful Holy Spirit and its impact is therefore transcendent and offers us a glimpse beyond the curtain. Since the film from M Night Shyamalan was designed to help people try and get past the evil of 9/11, and since it tells the story of God's care for us that goes beyond anything that we can ever imagine, anyone who listens to the music, participates in the film experience, or plays the music, has their moment of encounter with the divine. That is a wonderful thing that can and must never be wasted. Listen, "see" (as Graham was told to do in the film) and make the necessary changes in your life...

[@-Griffin-]

too fast a the end

[@jd5985]

Hand of Fate part 1 sounds a bit to rushed! but its ok...its not James Newton Howard conducting his Orchestra. I like it though. great try!

[@parupunteto]

サムネの髪型どうなってるのか

[@RomanCoop]

Дерево на 9:16 Серьёзно???

[@fgbowen]

6:23 - This is the premier Section - And It's DEAD!! The Brass should have been Workshopped All By Themselves on this section. This Section is all about Brass Glory, and That is Totally lost here. (Again,... this Section..of this Piece. To be clear.) Sheesh. And to the director... a Great Performance is Not About Head-Bouncing. If you want to move your audience, the Focus Must Be on the music. Ah-sheesh. One of the two best pieces EVER WRITTEN for film (The second is Part 2).. and it's... just not right. Again sheesh. And Furthermore... if I were you, I would have Contacted JNH, and Asked him if That Organ could be incorporated slightly. It doesn't matter that the flute part is difficult - She did a fine job no matter. Special note: The pianist should have been asked to play with more feel. He's too "by-the-book" in his solo. And during his alien parts with the flutes, etc - he should have been more strickative and clippy - In Fact, All the players playing Alien-3-notes should have rehearsed At Least Once All Together. And So The Strings - for their beautiful sweetening when they come in there in the middle section. They should EMERGE into the scene - Like Jesus and his Grace - and Clouds that flow along beautifully. They should Emerge. But definitely the brass. They should be virtually "putting their foot down" - "making a Grand Statement" - They should play those last statements like they are walking Triumphant into the winners stadium - the "Stadium of truth and justice" - literally they must Move Time, or Stop it, one. Those Grand passages they so eloquently have there at the end must speak VOLUMES of rightness and foundation.

[@DarkCyberElf]

Agree with this sentiment entirely. The compositions themselves are marvelous and ambitious, but what makes the final piece as heard in the film so incredible was the session that JNH managed to get out of his orchestra after a few more attempts and guidance from the director. Admittedly some of it is very difficult to achieve without digital modification of certain instrument sections but the real problem with this live performance was as Fletcher in "Whiplash" put it: "rushing or dragging" and knowing the difference. This orchestra was definitely rushing, and judging by the conductor, being made to rush unnecessarily.