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The horror, the horror! DO NOT WAAAAANT! Now I need to wash my eyes with lye to remove that image from my retinae! Thanks for that! I find it hilarious that Williams even for a moment considered that the director would want to replace his main title music with something else. But he of course takes collaboration very seriously so he must have been in that mindset already, taking in suggestions from the director. Rian: "John could you compose something new for three tubas, a piccolo trumpet and single kettledrum for the main title." John: "Uh... sure Rian... yes. I'll get right on it." *looks crestfallen and worried* Rian: "I kid, I kid!" John Williams gives Rian Johnson a long annoyed look and shanks him with a baton. John: "Respect the craft mo*@&erfu@%&er! I am here to work, not to swap jokes! This is a spotting session! Never ever make jokes at spotting sessions! Lives depend on that I interpret you correctly! Musician lives!

We all know Williams was asleep and wearing these glasses during the screening:

At least they didn't hire John Jackson.

Obviously he's referring to Prince John William.

According to a close source at Lucasfilm, Williams had an unexpected reaction to Rian's joke: Yeah, look Rian, we can turn the lights back on. *clicks fingers* On! NOW! *grabs Rian by the collar* Look, Colin, I've been scoring these fucking things for four decades now. Let's skip the fucking irony-fuelled pleasantries so I can start writing this fucking thing! And tell me who Rey's father is! NOW! *shakes Rian violently*

I would watch a Qui-Gon Jinn film with Neeson. I actually would. We already have a main theme! Karol

McGregor's been asked about this several times a year pretty much since 2012 and every time he's said he would so probably a given. I think Daldry's switched composers with every film so hard to predict, but wonder if he'd go back to Desplat on this one.

If this is real, I'm hoping for a James Newton Howard Obi-wan: A Star Wars Story score. Or maybe even Howard Shore.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/heat-vision/obi-wan-kenobi-star-wars-film-planned-director-talks-1030505 Obviously this isn't official yet but I'm taking it as such. Hopefully Ewan signs on and there's no Giacchino!

Superman by John Williams: I just got my Blue Box so I think I'll go through it from beginning to the end in the next few days. This score really does sound better in this iteration and the writing is not too bad either. P.S. The whole Krypton sequence is just musically marvelous stuff. I keep forgetting what gamut of emotions this section alone goes through. Fantastic!

Why do you have that photo of Steef?

Still not as long as the demos for Zimmer's Joker theme!

Probably, the CR's seem like enough though tbh.

Great examples above. I would like to add Black Sunday with its suspenseful conspirator music. I love the little repeating figure obsessively weaving through the score.

There's nothing generic about Russo's work on Fargo

Roy Budd's The Thief from his score for Diamonds starring Robert Shaw and Richard Roundtree. Dat phat bass!

You need to see Spider-Man: Homecoming at some point. Probably the most well-done MCU movie villain.

"Conspiratorial," in the broadest sense. Doesn't have to be from John Williams. Some of my favourites... 1. The Conspirators (JFK) 2. Dennis Steals the Embryos (Jurassic Park) 3. The Plot (Mission Impossible) 4. Ludlow's Speech (The Lost World) 5. Everybody Runs! (Minority Report) 6. The Ellsberg Break-in and Watergate (Nixon) 7. Theme from Mission Impossible 8. Nicaragua (Under Fire)

The Fury. Picked up the Arrow Video Blu-ray today. Watching now. Karol

I wonder which director will takeover half way through production

(softly, resignedly) geez, not another one?

Liam Neeson has to be in this. It would be safe to presume, with Yoda telling Obi-wan at the end of ROTS that it is possible to communicate with those who have passed away, that Qui-Gon Jinn's spirit would most likely appear in some form in an Obi-wan standalone. Perhaps some more Jedi training is in store for the title character? Also, I wonder if they'll explain how Obi-wan aged 40 years in the span of less than two decades.

I'm off for 6 days so it's time to check a show off the watchlist: The Leftovers Lindelof, return to me!

It would be bizarre watching a Star Wars film with two hours of musical silence between Main and End Titles!

The real conspiratorial piece from Under Fire would be "Betrayal".

Cinemas are desolate places these days. Here in Australia, you purchase your tickets and seats and if you're seeing the film outside of the opening weekend, you'll find the place is a dead zone. I could walk into any screen and watch the film without worrying about taking someone's reserved seat. I think this is a great idea to get people to come back if all it cost was $10 a month!

I think it's hilarious what John must have been thinking the moment Rian said that. I can only imagine the look of bewilderment on his face if he hadn't processed the joke.

Now you're talking. Greatest living composer, I believe.

Far and Away The Lost World: Jurassic Park The Fury The Happening. Can't imagine what JNH must have been thinking of this assignment. I never experienced a composer working this hard to try to sell a film this terrible. This is one of my favourite scores of his actually. Karol

Not much of a restriction for most people.

If the film is actually good that's just icing on the cake for me, I'm mostly interested in Kraemer's score.

He says "William". Freak out NOW.

Got this last week. Quite spectacular! I'll have to listen to it a few more times to get familiar with it, but both Newman's lyrics and arrangements/orchestrations are as witty as ever. Having two characters complaining about him in the opening number may be even more meta than his brilliant Shame from 1999. One thing I'm not quite happy with is the sound, as I already noticed when Putin was pre-released online months ago: Some tracks (especially those with orchestra) are brickwalled so much that I find it hard to understand the lyrics. Here's an interesting article with Newman's comments about every song on the album, by the way.

I edited some posts above to put commentary on the episode in spoiler blocks. People who watch early, please, respect those who don't. By all means say whatever you want to about the episode, just put it in a spoiler block. Thanks.

I actually wish it wasn't a joke.

The Witch is superb. One of those films which comes with a thick, dreadful air of unease from start to finish, it's in its veins.

BFG, though both scores are nice and both films are fine The BFG is more a fun and unique film; The Book Thief is a more standard film. The BFG score has more heart in it, the Book Thief score is more depressing

I think every plot line had its merits, there was just too much for one movie. I think New Goblin deserved his own movie and so did the Black Suit/Venom thing, though you could just as easily have the black suit in one film and Venom in the next. Sandman would be nice to have, but at that point, we still hadn't seen Lizard, Electro or the Vulture yet. And what about the Sinister Six?? Too much for one movie? Probably. But set it up like the Avengers and make the whole movie about them. I would have loved to see the Green Goblin and Doc Ock join the others for some really crazy action sequences. Yes it would be ridiculous, but Homecoming did alright with 4 comic book villains (Tinker, Vulture, Shocker, Scorpion). Edit to add: That last parenthetical would make a decent alternate title to Homecoming.

Spider-Man 3 kind of fucked him up. That film had so many elements that, fleshed out individually would've made the film less bloated and more cohesive. There were too many storylines competing for attention and not enough focus on a good solid plot/arc. Spider-Man 3 had FIVE bloody plotlines: -Venom/Black Suit Spider-Man -Mary Jane and Peter's strained relationship -Sandman's intertwined story with the death of Ben. -Gwen Stacey and Peter -The New Goblin/ Harry vs. Peter. Jesus Christ!

Step 1: Don't hire Topher Grace They're already on the right track!

Oh for sure, he's just showing his ignorance. People who are passionate about comics obviously know there's a difference in tone, approach, and types of stories told. What's refreshing is an actor in a comic book movie not paying insincere lip service to "the fans" or faking that he gives a shit about the source.

Jeff Goldblum, my hero.