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Poopus Disappearex!

https://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/19/john-williams-lets-his-muses-carry-him-along/ https://www.chronicle.com/article/Conversations-With-John/4906

Right, that's our job!

Just curious, as I've observed several posters writing about book plans. And who will be the first to publish a non-academic biography? For those who answer yes, could you write a few words about your upcoming book?

Main post updated with a high-res cover and a link to where SAMPLES can be listened to Starts shipping Feb 12 - just assume that will be delayed, so you won't be disappointed when it is!

Thank you, filmmusic! I knew the first one, but had never read the second one, which is very interesting.

My Brilliant Friend I think the first thing that strikes you about the show is how extraordinarily unremarkable its ambitions appear to be. With its muted visuals and lack of dramatic or stylized narrative, you wouldn't think it'd fit in with its peers in the "Golden Age of Television". I can imagine most of the Netflix kids giving up halfway through the first episode from boredom. And yet when you see Lenu pass a stone to Lila in a fight with the boys, or she sees the ocean for the first time, there's a remarkable weight to watching those moments unfold. That's exactly how My Brilliant Friend draws you in, in its earnestness. Suddenly what you took for granted, the dusty streets of Italian "suburbia", the neighbourhood family politics and the beautiful language lure you into a sort of trance. One that centers around two girls who cannot help but love and despise each other, constantly facing conflicts, however banal at first, that draw them into complicated emotional territory that feels at once both strange and familiar. You can't turn away. Richter's score does a lot to really sell the emotional beats, as he did with The Leftovers, though here, the music itself is really just variations of La Folia anyway (something he had already explored in his Woolf ballet). It's wonderful stuff. Like TV that belongs to a different time. I look forward to seeing how the second season turns out.

Oh its not. RoTJ is a far superior film than Sith despite its flaws. Richard don't force me to tie you up at the dinner table and then serve a 4 course home cooked family meal while you watch because I will.

The Ancient Romans had sewers but Hogwarts couldn't manage plumbing in any form until round about American Revolutionary times?

4 CDs of anything Zimmer is 3 1/2 CDs too many.

no no no no, we're not reinforcing the blurays being canon. CG Sebastian Shaw's head in like Cushing!

Yes! The show is really good with character-based stories, and getting better with the sci-fi based ones too

They certainly could have done more.

From what I understand about Malick, and hearing about his treatment of Horner's The New World, this set isn't going to be the place to go to hear what was in the film. Luckily I've never seen the film so I wouldn't notice any mixing issues. Whether I buy this depends on whether the actual film score is as interesting as Zimmer's OST. Also, is there anything by Badelt on this release? I have a beautiful track from a promo called 'Music for Films' apparently written for TTRL. I wish they would stop using the phrase 'important score' in descriptions. Zimmer's already the most pretentious composer on the planet without that....

I'd thought of this too, that some of the films had conditioned many fans into expecting that everyone of narrative significance was biologically related somehow, and the "I am your father" twist would be repeated continually.

Yes, someone using the Force must mean she's somebody! It's not like Force users were born to completely random parents for thousands of years, then taken away by the Jedi Order at all...

That's nice. His vocals in the score are luckily not as distracting as his song. Waste of good disc space I say! While I perhaps like the second score still a bit more, the third one is one heck of a send off to the trilogy. As @crocodile said, there is a lovely nostalgic quality to the whole work while still continuing to develop thematically and Powell expertly handles the juggling of his numerous themes, new and old. I am especially fond of the new added vocal dimension of the music and some of the finale choral work is just heart warmingly lovely.

Star Wars is about a whiney turd who gets magic powers and screws up millions of lives. Substitute magic powers with the ability to post on a forum and it is the story of Mattris.

What the hey, I'll do another theme ID, since I'm a rare lad that's actually watched these movies and thus has some idea what theme applies to who/what. This is the theme for the beautiful thief of my heart, Astrid! My otherwise cold dead cat-loving heart ignites whenever it pops up throughout the three scores. 2:59 And of course, Romantic Flight. Also opens the cue "Coming Back Around". In HTTYD2, you'll hear it in "Hiccup the Chief" and the latter half of "Two New Alphas".

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In some ways - definitely. Its kind of the opposite of The Last Jedi, which feels directed, to a fault. I do think films like Empire Strikes Back and The Force Awakens strike a nicer balance, where the camera is doing interesting things, but still your attention is never drawn to it too much. That is all.

ffs it's been over a year, just let it go

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1968 - Heidi My Google Doc 1969 - The Reivers JWFan thread discussing the complete cue list 1969 - Goodbye, Mr. Chips Mike Matessino text interview by Neil Bulk on the FSM Edition, March 2006 (1) Mike Matessino text interview by Neil Bulk on the FSM Edition, March 2006 (2) 1972 - The Cowboys Score Restore videos by Holko 1972 - The Poseidon Adventure Mike Matessino audio interview by Maurizio Cashetto and Tim Burden on the La-La Land edition, December 2019 1974 - The Sugarland Express My Google Doc 1974 - Earthquake Mike Matessino audio interview by Maurizio Cashetto and Tim Burden on the La-La Land edition, December 2019 1974 - The Towering Inferno My Google Doc Mike Matessino audio interview by Maurizio Cashetto and Tim Burden on the La-La Land edition, December 2019 1975 - Jaws My Google Doc Tim Burden and John Takis discuss Jaws (July, 2012) Mike Matessino text interview by me on the 40th Anniversary Intrada Edition, November 2015 JWFan thread discussing the complete cue list Music synced to picture by Disco Stu 1977 - Star Wars My Google Doc Unused music restored to picture by Faleel 1977 - Close Encounters of the Third Kind My Google Doc Mike Matessino text interview by me, November 2017 (includes brief Close Encounters discussion) Mike Matessino audio interview by Tim Burden for Cinematic Sound Radio on the 40th Anniversary La-La Land Edition, February 2018 Music synced to picture by Disco Stu 1978 - The Fury Tim Burden and John Takis discuss The Fury (March 2013) 1978 - Jaws 2 My Google Doc Mike Matessino text interview by me on the Intrada Expanded Edition, November 2015 1978 - Superman: The Movie My Google Doc Mike Matessino text interview by Neil Bulk on the FSM Blue Box, March 2008 Mike Matessino audio interview by Soundcheck, June 2013 Mike Matessino audio interview by Tim Burden for Cinematic Sound Radio, February 2018 (Includes brief Superman discussion) Mike Matessino audio interview by Maurizio Caschetto and Tim Burden on the 40th Anniversary La-La Land edition, February 2019 (part 1) Mike Matessino audio interview by Maurizio Caschetto and Tim Burden on the 40th Anniversary La-La Land edition, February 2019 (part 2) Mike Matessino text interview by Todd Gilchrist for Nerdist, June 2019 Score Restore videos by Faleel 1979 - Dracula My Google Doc Mike Matessino audio interview by Tim Burden on the Varese Deluxe Edition, November 2018 Score restore videos by Holko 1979 - 1941 My Google Doc Mike Matessino text interview by me on the 2011 La-La Land Expanded Edition, September 2011 1980 - The Empire Strikes Back JWFan thread discussing the complete cue list Unused music restored to picture by Faleel 1981 - Raiders of the Lost Ark A VERY OLD Google Doc Unused music restored to picture by Faleel 1982 - E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial My Google Doc Mike Matessino text interview by me on the 35th Anniversary Edition by La-la Land Records, November 2017 Mike Matessino audio interview by Tim Burden for Cinematic Sound Radio on the 35th Anniversary Edition by La-la Land Records, February 2018 Music synced to picture by Disco Stu 1983 - Return of the Jedi My Google Doc Unused music restored to picture by Faleel 1984 - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom A VERY OLD Google Doc Unused music restored to picture by Faleel 1984 - The River My Google Doc Audio Interview by Maurizio Caschetto and Tim Burden, May 2020 Score restore videos by Disco Stu 1986 - SpaceCamp My Google Doc 1987 - Empire of the Sun My Google Doc Mike Matessino JWFan article on the 2014 La-La Land Records Expanded Edition (1) Mike Matessino JWFan article on the 2014 La-La Land Records Expanded Edition (2) Mike Matessino audio interview by Tim Burden, June 2014 Score restore videos by Holko 1989 - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade My Google Doc 1989 - Always My Google Doc 1989 - Born on the Fourth of July My Google Doc 1990 - Stanley & Iris My Google Doc Mike Matessino text interview by me on the 2017 Varese Deluxe Edition, November 2017 1990 - Home Alone Mike Matessino text interview by me on the 2015 25th Anniversary Edition by La-La Land Records, November 2015 Score Restore videos by Holko 1991 - Hook Didier C. Deutsch text interview by me on the 2012 La-La Land Records Expanded Edition, March 2012 Didier C. Deutsch text interview by Olivier Soude on the 2012 La-La Land Records Expanded Edition, March 2012 Tim Burden interviews MV Gerhard and Matt Verboys on the LLL edition (March 2012) JWFan thread discussing the complete cue list 1991 - JFK My Google Doc 1992 - Far and Away My Google Doc Audio Interview by Maurizio Caschetto and Tim Burden, May 2020 1992 - Home Alone 2: Lost In New York My Google Doc Mike Matessino text interview by 'Kevin McCallister' on the Varese Deluxe Edition, February 2003 Score Restore videos by Holko 1993 - Jurassic Park My Google Doc Mike Matessino audio interview by The Jurassic Park Podcast on the 2016 La-La Land Records Expanded Edition, December 2016 Mike Matessino text interview by me on the 2016 La-La Land Records Expanded Edition, November 2017 Music synced to picture by Mr. Breathmask JWFan thread discussing the complete cue list 1993 - Schindler's List My Google Doc 1995 - Sabrina My Google Doc 1997 - Rosewood My Google Doc 1997 - The Lost World: Jurassic Park My Google Doc Mike Matessino text interview by me on the 2016 La-La Land Expanded Edition, November 2017 Music restored to picture by Mr. Breathmask JWFan thread discussing the complete cue list Mike Matessino and me on the Legacy of John Williams for the 2023 reissue 1997 - Amistad My Google Doc Mike Matessino and me on the Legacy of John Williams for the 2022 expansion 2001 - A.I. Artificial Intelligence My Google Doc Mike Matessino text interview by me on the 2015 La-La Land Records Expanded Edition, June 2015 Score Restore videos by Holko 2001 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone My Google Doc Mike Matessino audio interview by Tim Burden on on the La-La Land edition, November 2018 Score restore videos by Holko 2002 - Attack of the Clones My Google Doc 2002 - Minority Report My Google Doc Score restore videos by Chewy 2002 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets My Google Doc Mike Matessino audio interview by Tim Burden on on the La-La Land edition, December 2018 Score restore videos by Holko 2004 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner Of Azkaban My Google Doc Mike Matessino audio interview by Tim Burden on on the La-La Land edition, December 2018 Score restore videos by ragoz350 2004 - The Terminal My Google Doc 2005 - War of the Worlds My Google Doc 2005 - Memoirs of a Geisha My Google Doc 2008 - Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull My Google Doc 2011 - War Horse My Google Doc 2012 - Lincoln My Google Doc 2013 - The Book Thief My Google Doc 2015 - Star Wars: The Force Awakens My Google Doc 2017 - The Post My Google Doc Score restore videos by Disco Stu 2019 - Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker My Google Doc 2022 - The Fabelmans My Google Doc 2023 - Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny My Google Doc Miscellanea Future Proofing The Music of John Williams - Tim Burden interviews Mike Matessino (June 2018) Producing Soundtrack Albums: an Interview with Mike Matessino (part I) - David Collins interviews Mike Matessino (November 2018) Producing Soundtrack Albums: an Interview with Mike Matessino (part II) - David Collins interviews Mike Matessino (December 2018)

Apparently something not within your awareness level.

I just call it the Snappening.

Do we have specific citations about when he said Haydn was his favorite, or one of his favorite composers?

What about Return Of The Jedi?

I will try.

More like Braccae non olet!

It's got that nostalgic feeling.

14 months ago, would you have guessed that the fandom would be split in half after TLJ... that SOLO would have lost $200M... and that the Star Wars consumer products division is costing Disney money? Rey is the principal protagonist of the sequel trilogy. For most fans to accept her, she must be someone of significance. Delusion? The irony! As a customer, I am not entitled to anything. Just as Disney/Lucasfilm are not entitled to the fans' business. How were "The Force can be wielded by anybody" and "greatness can come from the humblest of places" significant themes of TLJ? 'Failure can be one's greatest teacher' was a significant theme. Again, what irony. Rey's powers and origin must be explained more completely than 'she is the good to Kylo's bad'. Based on a passage in one of the Aftermath novels, Rey could have come from a Force test-tube... of Palpatine's creation.

So far, Rey's origin has not been explained. But all characters that have met her like her. She acquires skills with no training, succeeds at nearly everything she does, and moving forward, will be inspirational leader. She is not Kathleen Kennedy's metaphorical avatar in the slightest. And if you like Rey more because I do not care for her, you are a sad person.

Don't be ridiculous! In American the streets are obviously paved with good intentions! I would actually buy that in a heartbeat.

In his last role ever. It's a nice goodbye.

changed it

In the mood for some Smetana:

They are that. But people caught up analyzing films and score sometimes/oftentimes forget to simple feel it instead. You do not get run from analyzing.

Hmmm.... An American Tail? Somewhere Out There? Karol

It didn't have slow motion photography, so it didn't have the impact it should have.

How To Train a Dragon: The Hidden World by John Powell Magnificent score. The new themes are excellent, and the writing mature and really top notch. Very engaging. Definite influences of Vaughn Williams can be heard. I also hear the mark of John Williams in some of the action passages. What is remarkable is that it does not come off as a derivative score at all. Powell has enriched his own style here, taken it to a new level, and I really like where he's at right now. Legend Has It/ Cliffside Playtime and Once There Were Dragons are the standout cues for me.

And it did achieve that goal. Part of why it was succesful is that JJ Abrams took a formula from the seventies, and managed to repackage it for the audiences of the 2010's quite succesfully. For instance, there's nothing too remarkable about the camerawork in the original Star Wars. The compositions are often striking, but the camera itself is very static, the lighting is predominantly high-key, the close-ups don't pop, there's no use of slow-motion, there are no long takes to speak of. That kind of understated directing will have worked for 70s audiences, but quite simply was not going to fly in 2015. So JJ Abrams took that formula but updated the cinematography - the use of long-takes is particularly noteworthy - without ever drawing the audience's attention too much to how the film was directed. Its a seamless experience in that regard, and that's no small feat.

The original one. Warm and broad sound. Not every piece of music benefits from extreme detail and super clarity.

And here's Anakin's Theme analysis for You!

That wasn't a tweet. During the book tour for Deathly Hallows she was asked by an audience member if Dumbledore found "true love". Her answer was that Dumbledore is gay and was in love with Grindelwald. He was blinded by love and was horribly let down by it. His love Grindelwald was his 'great tragedy'. The audience gasped, then applauded, to which she said something like "I would have told you earlier if I knew it would make you so happy." Steve Kloves later revealed that he had written a scene for the script of Half-Blood Prince in which Dumbledore reminisce about a girl. Her only note to the scene was 'Dumbledore is gay'. While it may not be explicit in the books, I definitely think it's hinted at in the last book when we learn about Dumbledore's back story.

I'll pass on Potter and Schindler's List, but definitely grab this!