Complete Philips Recordings (2025 Reissue/Reprint of the 2022 Box Set)
~ Release by John Williams And The Boston Pops Orchestra (see all versions of this release, 2 available)
Annotation
A limited edition, 21-CD set of John Williams' complete recordings made for Philips during his first 10 years with the Boston Pops Orchestra.
Annotation last modified on 2026-02-18 20:54 UTC.
Tracklist
| || 1CD: Pops on the March | ||||
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| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
| 1 | Under the Double Eagle
| Josef Franz Wagner | 3:17 | |
| 2 | Pomp and Circumstance Marches: March no. 4 in G
| Edward Elgar | 4:59 | |
| 3 | Festival Coronation March
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 4:38 | |
| 4 | Orb and Sceptre
| William Walton | 6:51 | |
| 5 | Strike Up the Band
| George Gershwin | 2:47 | |
| 6 | St. Louis Blues March
| W.C. Handy | 3:01 | |
| 7 | Midway March
| John Williams | 4:12 | |
| 8 | Seventy-Six Trombones
| Meredith Willson | 3:00 | |
| 9 | South Rampart Street Parade
| Ray Bauduc | 5:13 | |
| 10 | Conquest
| Alfred Newman | 3:39 | |
| 2CD: Pops in Space | ||||
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| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
| 1 | Superman: March
| John Williams | 4:27 | |
| 2 | Superman: Love Theme
| John Williams | 4:49 | |
| 3 | The Empire Strikes Back: The Asteroid Field
| John Williams | 4:15 | |
| 4 | The Empire Strikes Back: Yoda's Theme
| John Williams | 3:21 | |
| 5 | The Empire Strikes Back: The Imperial March
| John Williams | 3:07 | |
| 6 | Star Wars: Main Title
| John Williams | 5:38 | |
| 7 | Star Wars: Princess Leia
| John Williams | 4:06 | |
| 8 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind Suite
| John Williams | 10:09 | |
| 3CD: That's Entertainment (Pops on Broadway) | ||||
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| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
| 1 | The Band Wagon: That's Entertainment / Gypsy: Let Me Entertain You
| Arthur Schwartz / Jules Styne | 3:40 | |
| 2 | Fiddler on the Roof: a. If I Were a Rich Man / b. To Life / c. Miracle of Miracles / d. Sunrise, Sunset / e. Matchmaker / f. Tradition
| Jerry Bock | 7:25 | |
| 3 | A Little Night Music: a. Night Waltz / Send in the Clowns
| Stephen Sondheim | 8:56 | |
| 4 | Richard Rodgers Waltzes (Medley): a. Love Me Tonight: Lover / b. The Boys from Syracuse: Falling in Love with Love / c. Oklahoma!: Oh, what a Beautiful Mornin' / d. State Fair: It's a Grand Night to Singing
| Richard Rodgers | 6:02 | |
| 5 | Pops on Broadway: a. A Chorus Line: One / b. Annie: Tomorrow / c. Evita: Don't Cry for Me Argentina
| Marvin Hamlisch / Charles Strouse / Andrew Lloyd Webber | 6:58 | |
| 6 | Gigi: The Night They Invented Champagne / Gigi / Waltz at Maxim's / I'm Glad I'm Not Young Anymore / The Parisians / Say a Prayer for Me Tonight / Thank Heaven for Little Girls
| Frederick Loewe | 8:58 | |
| 4CD: We Wish You a Merry Christmas | ||||
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| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
| 1 | We Wish You a Merry Christmas
| [traditional] | 1:57 | |
| 2 | Christmas Festival (Medley): a. Joy to the World / b. Deck the Halls / c. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / d. Good King Wenceslas / e. Hark! The Herand Angels Sing / f. The First Nowell / g. Silent Night / h. Jingle Bells / i. O Come, All Ye Faithful
| [traditional] / [traditional] / [traditional] / [traditional] / Felix Mendelssohn / [traditional] / Franz Xaver Gruber / James Lord Pierpont / [traditional] | 9:12 | |
| 3 | A Christmas Greeting: The Carols of Alfred Burt: a. Come, Dear Children / b. All On a Christmas Morning / c. Christ, In the Stranger's Guise / d. Caroling, Caroling / e. Some Children See Him / f. O Harken Ye
| Alfred S. Burt | 12:51 | |
| 4 | Holidary Cheer (Medley): a. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! / b. The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting) / c. Jingle Bell Rock / d. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas / e. All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth / f. I'll Be Home for Christmas / g. Silver Bells
| Jule Styne / Mel Tormé / Joe Beal & Jim Boothe / Hugh Martin / Donald Yetter Gardner / Walter Kent & Buck Ram / Jay Livingston & Ray Evans | 9:33 | |
| 5 | A Christmas Carol
| Charles Edward Ives | 2:15 | |
| 6 | Carols of the Drum
| Katherine Kennicott Davis | 3:34 | |
| 7 | The Twelve Days of Christmas
| [traditional] | 3:48 | |
| 5CD: Pops Around the World | ||||
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| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
| 1 | Colas Breugnan: Overture
| Dimitri Kabalevsky | 4:37 | |
| 2 | Boccaccio: Overture
| Franz von Suppé | 7:02 | |
| 3 | The Bronze Horse (Le Cheval de bronze): Overture
| Daniel François Esprit Auber | 6:57 | |
| 4 | Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture
| Mikhail Glinka | 5:23 | |
| 5 | The Cowboys: Overture
| John Williams | 8:52 | |
| 6 | L'Italiana in Algeri: Overture
| Gioachino Rossini | 8:04 | |
| 7 | Candide: Overture
| Leonard Bernstein | 4:16 | |
| 6CD: Aisle Seat | ||||
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| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
| 1 | E.T.: The Flying Theme
| John Williams | 3:43 | |
| 2 | Chariots of Fire: Main Theme
| Vangelis | 4:09 | |
| 3 | Raiders of the Lost Ark: Raiders of the Lost Ark March
| John Williams | 5:28 | |
| 4 | Yes, Giorgio: If We Were in Love
| John Williams | 4:57 | |
| 5 | New York, New York: Main Theme
| John Kander | 3:21 | |
| 6 | Gone with the Wind: Tara's Theme
| Max Steiner | 4:40 | |
| 7 | The Wizard of Oz: Over the Rainbow
| Harold Arlen | 3:10 | |
| 8 | Singin' in the Rain: Main Theme
| Nacio Herb Brown | 3:39 | |
| 9 | Friendly Persuasion: Main Theme (Thee I Love)
| Dimitri Tiomkin | 3:52 | |
| 10 | Meet Me in St. Louis: The Trolley Song
| Hugh Martin | 3:29 | |
| 7CD: Out of This World | ||||
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| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
| 1 | 2001: A Space Odyssey: Also sprach Zarathustra: Introduction
| Richard Strauss | 1:48 | |
| 2 | E.T.: Adventures on Earth
| John Williams | 9:13 | |
| 3 | Alien: Closing Title
| Jerry Goldsmith | 2:48 | |
| 4 | Star Trek - The Television Show: Main Theme
| Alexander Courage | 3:39 | |
| 5 | Battlestar Galactica: Main Title
| Stu Phillips & Glen A. Larson | 3:25 | |
| 6 | Star Trek - The Motion Picture: Main Title
| Jerry Goldsmith | 4:05 | |
| 7 | Twilight Zone: Theme and Variations
| Marius Constant | 3:38 | |
| 8 | Return of the Jedi: Parade of the Ewoks
| John Williams | 3:32 | |
| 9 | Return of the Jedi: Luke & Leia
| John Williams | 4:25 | |
| 10 | Return of the Jedi: Jabba the Hutt
| John Williams | 3:33 | |
| 11 | Return of the Jedi: The Forest Battle
| John Williams | 4:03 | |
| 9CD: With a Song in My Heart | ||||
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| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
| 1 | The Boys from Syracuse: Falling in Love with Love
| Richard Rodgers | 2:11 | |
| 2 | Rosalie: In the Still of the Night
| Cole Porter | 2:43 | |
| 3 | I Married an Angel: Spring Is Here
| Richard Rodgers | 3:32 | |
| 4 | You Were Never Lovelier: I'm Old-Fashioned
| Jerome Kern | 2:32 | |
| 5 | House of Flowers: A Sleepin' Bee
| Harold Arlen | 4:21 | |
| 6 | Can-Can: I Love Paris
| Cole Porter | 2:42 | |
| 7 | Music in the Air: The Song Is You
| Jerome Kern | 3:43 | |
| 8 | Hayride: I Love You
| Cole Porter | 2:15 | |
| 9 | Goldwyn Follies: Love Is Here to Stay
| George Gershwin | 3:36 | |
| 10 | Very Warm for May: All the Things You Are
| Jerome Kern | 4:02 | |
| 11 | Goldwyn Follies: Love Walked In
| George Gershwin | 2:39 | |
| 12 | With a Song in My Heart: With a Song in My Heart
| Richard Rodgers | 2:43 | |
| 10CD: Swing, Swing, Swing | ||||
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| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
| 1 | Opus One
| Sy Oliver | 3:17 | |
| 2 | Begin the Beguine
| Cole Porter | 3:16 | |
| 3 | Sunrise Serenade
| Frankie Carle | 2:55 | |
| 4 | Tuxedo Junction
| Erskine Hawkins, Bill Johnson & Julian Dash | 2:53 | |
| 5 | Satin Doll
| Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn | 2:23 | |
| 6 | In the Mood
| Joseph Garland | 3:27 | |
| 7 | Sing, Sing, Sing
| Louis Prima | 3:59 | |
| 8 | Stompin' at the Savoy
| Edgar Sampson, Benny Goodman & Chick Webb | 2:39 | |
| 9 | Moonlight Serenade
| Glenn Miller | 3:47 | |
| 10 | A String of Pearls
| Jerry Gray | 3:09 | |
| 11 | Sleepy Lagoon
| Eric Coates | 2:44 | |
| 12 | Song of India
| Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | 3:27 | |
| 13 | Snowfall
| Claude Thornhill | 3:12 | |
| 14 | Swing, Swing, Swing
| John Williams | 4:25 | |
| 11CD: America, the Dream Goes On |
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| 12CD: On Stage |
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| 13CD: Bernstein by Boston |
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| 14CD: Pops in Love |
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| 15CD: Holst: The Planets |
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| 16CD: Digital Jukebox |
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| 17CD: Lucky to Be Me |
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| 18CD: Salute to Hollywood |
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| 19CD: Pops à la Russe |
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| 20CD: Pops by Gershwin |
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| 21CD: By Request… / Pops Britannia |
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Credits
Release
| Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/release/36545098 [info] |
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| purchase for mail-order: | https://store.deccaclassics.com/products/john-williams-complete-philips-recordings-21cd-boxset [info] |
Release group
| part of: | Boston Pops conducted by John Williams compilations (order: 20) |
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