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The really exciting thing for me is how Williams scores the epic lightsaber battle that presumably ends IX. Some of the most incredible music from all of Star Wars has come from these battles, whether Duel of the Fates, Battle of the Heroes, The Dark Side Beckons, The Clash of Lightsabers or A New Alliance. About the only cues that don't rank up there for me are Ways of the Force and the AOTC duel (that percussive music for Anakin v Dooku). Considering the sequel trilogy's darker, more elegiac style of writing, it's hard to predict how Williams would approach such a sequence at his age. I think the grandiose choral style of the prequels is long behind him.

Jim Titus' article about making the artwork: https://www.behance.net/gallery/77779803/Dracula-(1979)

I could have killed more...

I can't wait for the big lightsaber duel in IX. I feel like not having one at all in TLJ has really ramped up the excitement to see what Abrams does, and if the brief fight at the end of TFA is anything to go by it'll be worth it.

Future generations will salute you're courage!

What the heck is this? JOKER'S LIST?

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Can I just list my top five favorite movies and be done with it? Not this 'from decades' nonsense! Here, my five desert island pictures!

I also get an 'energy boost' every time I see him attached to an exciting and fitting project!

Brilliant choice, if you ask me. I hope he goes back to the all-electronic roots; if so, JXL is the right man for the job.

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If you insist: 2010s 1. Shin Godzilla 2. Godzilla 2014 2000s 1. Godzilla x Mothra x King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack 2. Godzilla x MechaGodzilla 3. Godzilla x Mothra x MechaGodzilla: Tokyo SOS 4. Godzilla x Megaguirus 5. Godzilla: Final Wars 1990s 1. Godzilla vs Destoroyah 2. Godzilla vs King Ghidorah 3. Godzilla vs MechaGodzilla 4. Godzilla '98 5. Godzilla 2000: Millennium 6. Godzilla vs Space Godzilla 7. Godzilla vs Mothra 1980s 1. Godzilla vs Biollante 2. Godzilla '84 1970s 1. Terror of MechaGodzilla 2. Godzilla vs MechaGodzilla 3. Godzilla vs Gigan 4. Godzilla vs Hedorah 5. Godzilla vs Megalon 1960s 1. Mothra vs Godzilla 2. Ghidrah the Three-Headed Monster 3. Mothra 4. Monster Zero 5. Destroy All Monsters! 6. King Kong vs Godzilla 7. Ebirah, Horror of the Deep 8. Son of Godzilla 9. Godzilla's Revenge 1950s 1. Godzilla 2. Godzilla Raids Again 1930s 1. King Kong 2. The Son of Kong

Oh, alright. I'm a hero to the Human race. It's a tough accolade to bare, but I'll do my best.

Hey, you stole my copy!

There's nothing more I like than discovering new music.

Don't you "?" me! Ever heard of the phrase "Frankenstein's monster"? This will haunt me to the end of my days, and beyond. My tombstone will say "Here lies Richard, creator of The THE BANGLES Thread". Oh, the humanity!

I'm hoping we get a theme or two from the prequels in IX, if only just so there can be a Star Wars score that musically spans all 3 trilogies (and Talk of Podracing in TFA doesn't count 😄).

90s Schindler's List GoldenEye Beauty And The Beast The Iron Giant Groundhog Day Fargo The Fugitive

No, Bes; it worked. It worked.

I love Poltergeist II’s score because it goes in a completely opposite direction. The use of the hymn is very creepy and chilling at times.

For an amp, I got the Denon AVR-X4400H. For speakers, I got the Q Acoustics 3020i and the 3090Ci. As for the sub, I got the Elac 2030. I can highly recommend all of the above, the sound is massive. Great depth, fantastic details and lots of fast responding, deep bass when you need it. What are you currently playing your music on?

It reminds me of Rambo II I know that the first score is better, but I prefer listening to the second one. Don't ask me why, but it gets twice as much spins in my player as the first score.

Yes - but at 320 kB/s the orchestra is still mixed the way it is. It just sounds a little strange to me at times. Somebody said it earlier: some instruments sound like really far away and then snare and harp is very close, with a reverb that to me doesn’t sound very realistic to me. Still fantastic playing though!

@lairdo helped me to update the discography, thanks! On the Blu-Ray page, I added the Bernstein at 100 disc with Highwood's Ghost. For other works, I added Celebrating John Williams under 2019 Concert works: I added the Leonard Bernstein Tribute with To Lenny! To Lenny! and Hooten Plays Williams http://www.goplanete.com/johnwilliams/index.htm

Here's a list from SABAM: A SMALL DEMONSTRATION (2:15) - John Debney ALONG THE WAY (02:38) - Felton / Thomas / Vukcevic / Felton / Kilcoyne / Popson / Schmitz / Hetrick ARABIAN BRIDE (00:08) - Damil Ahmed / Mladen Franko BALTHAZAR ARRIVES (01:56) - John Debney BALTHAZAR'S CAMP (01:45) - John Debney BOO! (00:15) - John Debney CASSANDRA RETURNS (00:20) - John Debney CASSANDRA'S VISION (00:45) - John Debney CHEER UP [Alt title: BEETHOVEN'S 3RD] (01:24) - Philip Alan Giffin / Eric Schmidt DESERT FLOWER (00:30) - Elton Farokh Ahi DIE WELL, ASSASSIN (02:55) - John Debney ENEMY AT THE GATE (0:35) - John Debney ESCAPE FROM ANTS (00:20) - John Debney FAILED ATTEMPT (00:37) - John Debney HAREM SCAREM (01:36) - John Debney HEALING (00:50) - John Debney I HAD A VISION (01:00) - John Debney I STAND ALONE (03:45) - Salvatore P Erna I'VE COME FOR THE WOMAN (03:30) - John Debney IN THE CAVE (03:01) - John Debney MARCHING IN (00:29) - Sho Kosugi MATHAYUS ARISES (01:28) - John Debney MATHAYUS MEETS MEMNON (02:38) - John Debney NAYIBE (0:54) - Elton Farokh Ahi NEFERTITI (00:48) - Elton Farokh Ahi / Farag NEVER AN AKADIAN (00:55) - John Debney NIGHT ATTACK (01:10) - John Debney NILE'S BREEZE (00:09) - Elton Farokh Ahi / Sami-Choukri Farag PICKPOCKETS (00:16) - John Debney RETURN TO SENDER (02:29) - John Debney SAHARA'S NIGHT (0:20) - Elton Farokh Ahi / Sami-Choukri Farag SAVAGE WORLD (01:20) - John Debney TEHERAN STREETS (00:42) - Roy Henley / Tro Khan THE OASIS (00:37) - John Debney THE SCORPION KING - MAIN TITLE (03:23) - John Debney UNIVERSAL LOGO (00:21) - Goldsmith VALLEY OF THE DEAD (02:08) - John Debney VEILED THREAT (00:38) - John Debney VISION OF DOOM (00:53) - John Debney WILD RIDE (01:15) - John Debney ZANUBA (00:40) - Gerhart Frei A few more titles from SABAM: AFTERMATH / OUTER SPACE ALISA AND ROBOT IN BASEMENT COUCH FIRE / ZORGONS FOLLOW EJECTION / RESCUE DUMBWAITER DOWN / BASEMENT DANNY OPENS GAME ZORGON SHIP UP CLOSE Edit: here's some cues from the music sheets 2M9 v.4 Gravity/Aftermath 4M6/7 v.4 Shooting Stars/Run Upstairs 4M8 v.5 Astronaut Story 5M9 v.8 Basement/Getting Game 5M9 v.8 Pt. 2 (m. 108-206) 6M2 v.3 Zorgons On 6M6-7 v.3 Astronaut Talks To Brother/Morphing 6M8 (v.8) Explosion/Zorgon Invasion

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The other of two Goldsmith scores I’d take to a desert island.

Okay, let's start with the 40s. No particular order. I'll limit to seven per decade, I think Casablanca It's A Wonderful Life Citizen Kane The Third Man Bambi Pinnochio The Spirit of St. Louis 50s The Searches Ben-Hur North By Northwest Roman Holiday High Noon Stalag 17 Julius Caesar 60s To Kill A Mockingbird 2001:A Space Odyssey Bullitt The Magnificent Seven The Longest Day A Man For All Seasons On Her Majesty's Secret Service 70s The Godfather The Godfather, Part 2 Patton Jaws American Graffiti Superman LeMans 80s Chariots Of Fire Amadeus The Breakfast Club Empire Of The Sun Raiders of the Lost Ark Some Kind Of Wonderful Back to the Future

You know, I think only Bach's music can really be described this way. I have no reason to doubt the Tocatta's authorship. Any composer of that caliber would not have just one surviving work, or not be known at all. At any rate, the character of the piece is very Bach. Perhaps titans like Bach and Shakespeare scare people in a way. So monumental, above the rest, it just can't be true.

This is what I see everytime this fool is mentioned.

All I can say is UGH! I'd rather have Brad Fiedel back or at least someone else who can do music better... such as Danny Elfman since he gave us a good score for Terminator Salvation.

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Yeah, I caught it again a couple of days ago. Its nice to see Marvel return to their action-comedy roots, and in a more scaled-back fashion, to boot. There are two caveats to that sentence, though: while the film is enjoyably small-scale, it has way too many villains and too many moving parts in its climax, to its detriment; but to its credit, its comedic sensibilities are matched by heartfelt moments between the characters (most notably, Hope and her parents) that really, really work. Nice interlude of a film. ***1/2 out of *****

The Batman Prince album has great dynamics.

Alright. Whoever started it, I'm not participating untill Quintus says so. I think he just wanted to share something he found in a magazine while eating breakfast, not ask us to list our favourite films from every decade. There are RULES to how this works, dammit! 😬

LOVING VINCENT NOTE: I'm trying out a new format for my film reviews. Brief Commentary The average viewer swallows three flying insects while watching Loving Vincent, mostly because it’s so jaw-droppingly awesome how they made a feature length film completely oil painted in the styles of the painter whose life it unravels. Summary A year after Van Gogh’s suicide. Armand Roulin, son of a postman and friend of Vincent van Gogh, sets out on a journey to deliver one of the painter’s letters to whom it may concern. On the way, Roulin begins a self-driven investigation as to the cause of Vincent’s untimely death. Story / Plot Story-wise there’s nothing too surprising, yet nothing ridiculously cliched. When the story takes the turn of an investigation of sorts, things get a little interesting. The script is mediocre, and there aren’t too many takeaways on that level, although it doesn’t matter because it’s easily covered by the visuals. One bummer is that the voice actors are all British, and none of them really sport Dutch or French accents, as would be correct. Visuals One of the most aesthetically pleasing films I’ve seen in a long time. This puts the art form into cinema, simply because it is art. It’s marvelous how the 100+ artists were able to emulate van Gogh’s style, even weaving in some of his most famous works in a way that the uneducated wouldn’t even notice (par exemple, Starry Night, The Sower, Sunflowers). The mere fact that they made this work and that it looks this awesome is reason enough for me to be mesmerized. And the number of frames that it must’ve taken to cover some scenes, such as a bar scene and quick brawl that both border on reality, really amazes me. Score Clint Mansell’s score is heartfelt and expressive, embracing the mood of the scenes it accompanies and making for a lovely album. RATING: ***** out of ***** CONSENSUAL STATEMENT: “The paintings do everything for this film. Aesthetically whimsical.” -Jerry

Gloria Cheng posted a picture on her Facebook profile yesterday with JW and ASM. He performed accompanying piano for ASM at JW's studio at Amblin (Spielberg dropped by and posed for the pic too!). In the comments, Gloria said the album will be recorded in LA in a couple of weeks. She also said it's "20 new arrangements" (even though Mutter wrote about "15 new children").

Another update. Sounds like 15 pieces now. She also hashtagged "The Chairman's Waltz" in the earlier post a couple of days ago. Also, an interview was recorded.

Because there’s no soundtracks for those movies to buy on 2-disc Deluxe Edition sets!

More Superman-related stuff, hope you'll find this interesting: https://thelegacyofjohnwilliams.com/2019/03/21/london-symphony-orchestra-superman/

New member here. Been a long time poster on a different forum, so here's a small collection of some of my previous works

The Hobbit Trilogy: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey by Howard Shore by hahah123 Covers, on Flickr The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug by Howard Shore by hahah123 Covers, on Flickr The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies by Howard Shore by hahah123 Covers, on Flickr

William Walton's Symphony No.1. I stumbled across a really exciting live performance by Andre Previn and the London Symphony Orchestra from the 1970 Proms. It's an interesting piece; I found the orchestrations particularly arresting. The only way I can describe the colors is sharp, I think. The wind and brass scoring sounds like something more from the concert band world than an orchestral work, but that's not a bad thing. The main idea of the finale reminded more than a little of Elmer Bernstein's National Geographic fanfare.

Since we have a few "restored music" threads, I thought it would be an interesting idea to highlight some of the best worst micro-edited cues in films. Here are some that I've meticulously reconstructed so far: Attack of the Clones The Chase Through Coruscant The Conveyor Belt The Battle of Geonosis Revenge of the Sith Crash Landing The Battle of Kashyyyk March on the Jedi Temple

Neither, actually! The Philharmonia and the London Philharmonic Orchestra are two completely different orchestras, although both are based at London's Royal Festival Hall. The LSO, the LPO and the Philharmonia are the top three orchestras in London and are amongst the finest in the world. Think of them as the top three teams in the Premier League vying for top spot! https://www.philharmonia.co.uk/orchestra/about The Philharmonia has a long history of recording film soundtracks since the 1940s for the likes of Miklos Rozsa, Maurice Jarre, Alan Rawsthorne, Ralph Vaughan Williams, James Newton Howard, George Fenton, Brian Tyler and many more. I have attended several film music concerts given by the Philharmonia and the musicianship has always been excellent, for example in a concert of music from Spielberg films a couple of years ago where there were several John Williams selections. It might not be the LSO but we are in safe hands with the Philharmonia.

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