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It doesn't really matter to me. What matters is the end result. Some of my favourite scores have been 'group efforts' (like THE ROCK).

It has its perks, but you're leaving yourself open to STDs.

Doug Adams recently shared on Twitter this JVC ad with Williams which I had previously been unaware of:

These demands by the usual offenders for the immediate release of this score are typical detached from reality JWFan entitlement. I hope it never gets released, just to punish these people.

Indiana Jones is one of those franchises where, good or bad, I'll take as much as I can get as long as Ford, Spielberg, and Williams are collectively behind the wheel. Spielberg seems aware of how the audience generally felt about KOTCS and has been humbled a bit with recent films like The BFG. For the first time in a long time, Spielberg has something to prove, and that alone is reason for some excitement.

I have a feeling that Williams' Indy V will be an improvement over the last, a major improvement even (especially if this is the sentimental send-off that I'm expecting/hoping for).

I prefer scoring where I can hear the individual musical voice of the composer. His fingerprints as it were. You don't really get that with scores that have been done by a committee.

That must have been what Galen Erso thought when he designed the Death Star; make it so horribly unsafe that stormtroopers and officers will risk a fall. There was more self sabotage than just the trench hole that makes it blow up.

I mean, to be frank (thought I'd give it a try), I find the "one voice = better music" argument to be a load of old codswallop. The roots of which surely lie in defensive famyboyism and the fawning over beloved artists.

This is why the CinemaSins approach is useless and a waste of time. You can pick apart any story ever told in this way.

- outdated CGI for almost everything they replaced - unnecessarily added scenes that are redundant and interfere with pacing - Vader's "NOOOOO!" - scenes everywhere slightly reframed or cropped, not to mention Lucas' annoying habit of that slow zoom in - dialogue changes here and there - Emperor replaced in ESB. Before it was creepy, now it's cheesy - new Ewok eyes are garish - Jedi Rocks (are they actually singing about Jedi?) - Victory Celebration sucks and the whole scene was re-edited for some reason - yuck! - etc. Why does everything else get an "archival" release that's accurate to the original theatrical exhibition but SW is taboo?

Maybe an official letter from the JWfan network staff to Byrant, from JWfan to JWfan, aksing him if he can make the music released does not sound like a bad idea....

I think the theme itself is okay. If I had to rank it with all the melodies he's ever written, it'd probably get lost somewhere right in the middle with most of them. I mean, if it was the main theme to a feature length score, I might get a little sick of it after like an hour, but it works swell for this and he sure makes the most of it in a few minutes. I wasn't too sure what level he was gonna pitch this thing....I was basically expecting the sentimental Americana style, but I thought it might be a little more mellow overall since that's what he's been doing lately. I'm glad he basically went for the throat, though, it's fun to hear him just indulging himself at the end there.

Does it really count as unreleased when it just premiered a couple of days ago?

the more I listen to it the more I like it, and the more angry I get we don't have the music released This is the kind of stuff I wish we had more of in the BFG but didn't get

You should already have a space in your Blu-ray box from the fourth movie you were legally obligated to discard.

If he would have done just that, he might have survived the theater.

I don't care a lick for basketball, but this was really sweet. I think it's possible to tell when John is writing from a place of genuine emotion and understanding rather than just going through the paces - it is definitely the former here. Even in the space of a few minutes, one still feels the sense of a true master of his craft at work, in top form, the same sense that's been around since, I dunno, Lincoln. Looking forward to the new Star Wars score. Is Bryant a piece of shit, like so many professional athletes seem to be? Does anyone know? Wonder if he really deserved this.

So now that there's an extra year, I wonder if Spielberg is gonna try and squeeze in another movie for 2019. Like go back to Edgardo Mortara, or whatever else.

I also love how the DOS soundtrack and the first half or so of the BOTFA soundtrack have this neat exotic feel that we haven't heard before in a Middle Earth film. Then the second half of the BOFTA soundtrack begins to seamlessly change into the style and feel of the music of LOTR.

It'll be nice, after watching VIII, we won't have to wait another year for the next Star Wars movie.

There are so many perfectly personality-free solo efforts - does it matter then?

http://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-episode-ix-and-next-indiana-jones-get-release-dates

Someone re-uploaded it earlier today:

I definitely consider "fanboyism" as being attributable to certain subsections of the single artist argument though. People can be fiercely defensive of their precious personal tastes and sensibilities, and one will often parade something like their favourite musical artist [male] over those group musical works contemplated or preferred by others in a sort of pointless attempt to place themselves higher up than their perceived critical opponents in a silly sophisticates hierarchy which they have invented. It's all ego stroking nonsense, but you only have to browse this forum to see it manifest rather casually and often. But yes, what is so different about the celebrated music produced by The Beatles, Queen, Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd, anyway? Do "byronists" not understand what collaboration means? What really makes film music so different from other musical forms in regards to the collaborative process of just making very fine music? Nothing. It's total and utter snobby BS, that's all. My belief is the "one composer is just better" stance is naught more than yet another construct erected around precious movie music in order to elevate and jealousy protect it at all costs, even when there's nothing really to defend it from in the first place. One theory is the long-standing classical elitism towards film music is partly to blame for any overreaction towards the group composer ethic and the modernisation of the scoring medium. Basically, vehement supporters of the solo artist principle adopt the same practices as the classical elitists they so despise, so this means they sneer and point the finger disapprovingly at the crass idea of sacred orchestral composition as a collaborative process. What an affront! They jealousy yearn to ascend the imaginary hierarchy of discerning cultural intellectualism and look down upon those lowly supporters of different methods and lesser tastes. Meanwhile, others just shrug and think it's all a big waste of time.

I do think that some people (mostly the reddit type) tend to overestimate the benefits of grouping two well-established composers. For example, in no world would a John Williams/Hans Zimmer penned score work, nor would a Howard Shore/Michael Giacchino Star Wars score (an actual suggestion somebody made).

That's not what I'm talking about. I don't mean some Byronic nonsense. I personally think humans have an innate instinct to value individual achievement over group achievement, nothing to do with tortured or not. I guess it's like an aspirational thing. I think it was true thousands of years before the Romantic period.

It's one of the legacies of romanticism. The celebration of the tormented artist who'll stop at nothing to achieve his singular vision. Before that the artist was merely a servant of the church, court and aristocratic patrons. He was now a free agent.

I'd assign it to human nature, personally. At least in Western culture, we have a natural desire to recognize individual achievement in the arts especially

I agree with JNH that this is one of his strongest scores in terms of themes! I hope the premiere of the suite is filmed and uploaded to Youtube

Titanic is a masterpiece!!

Nope. I don't have a personal edit. The La-La Land release is perfect as it is.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1632733436740972&id=1365559120125073&fs=1 JNH's new video blog. He discusses the premiere of his suite for Fantastic Beasts at a Czeck film festival and then he plays a couple of themes from the film on piano.

New actor playing Indy, new universe. Best course of action.

Hunt! Hunt! Show us the Hunt! Hunt! Hunt! Give us the Hunt!

That's where I stand. He's either a criminal or just a run-of-the-mill jerk. Still, glad he inspired Williams to write some beautiful music.

If Williams works up a concert version, I could see him expanding this as the B-theme.

Cough... and Lucas... cough...

Bring it on! The odd-numbered Indiana Jones movies are good!

God save us from Trevorrow.

RIP

Sure, bring it on. Like Star Wars, the unimpeachable trilogy has been impeached by some bad work, so why not play around now that the pressure is off?

Hell yes!

Don't be so sure. Could be temp music from a trailer house that hasn't been removed yet.

Kwik, Kwek en Kwak?

She's over thirty minutes longer than Avatar! And far more luxurious....

That's one nice album. I was listening to it earlier today while driving to work...

Do you have gift cards you need to use?