The River (Count Vlad does Steve Hackett, John Williams and Steve Howe)

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[BEJ]

Count Vlad has taken Steve Hackett's (Genesis) guitar piece “Horizons” and combined that with John Williams' “Classical Gas,” with a guest appearance from Steve Howe's (Yes) “Mood for a Day.” He has created a beautiful river of flowing sound. Hence, the title of the piece. Some of progressive rock's most monumental pieces are combined and arranged into a unique and sonorous blend. If you like the music please subscribe.

[Publius]

“Classical Gas” was Mason Williams, not John.

[willk]

I’m confused. There was a movie called The River with Sissy Spacek and Mel Gibson. John Williams did the soundtrack. I think it won an Oscar. This isn’t the same thing. The movie was terrible but the soundtrack is one of my all time favorites. To me, anyway, it is very haunting. I had bought the cassette tape on my way out into the desert outside Las Vegas around 1993. I was searching for the crash site of Bonanza Airlines Flight 114 which occured on November 15,1964 during a freak snowstorm. I grew up in Blythe, Ca and we lived under the final approach. Many times Bonanza F27 aircraft would fly low over our house. I wanted so bad to grow up and pilot one of those planes. I was 7 years old in 1964 and news of the crash devastated me. My Dad was watching Walter Chronkite and we were shocked seeing wreckage on TV. So in 1993 I went to the crash site. There was still some pieces of wreckage. I’ve always thought if I was going to make a movie about the tragedy I would use this soundtrack.

[BEJ]

No. This was done by Count Vlad and is an arrangement of 3 progressive rock songs. I got the name John Williams wrong – Mason Williams actually wrote “Classical Gas.” Sorry for the confusion.

[BEJ]

Thanks for telling me. You are right. I don’t know why John Williams jump into my mind.