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    mrbellamy got a reaction from Yavar Moradi in Mark Graham just picked up a John Williams sketch and is "in a rush"! Any ideas?   
    He tagged that photo with #filmmmusicinconcert #fiddlerontheroof
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    mrbellamy got a reaction from Trope in ACROSS THE STARS - Williams / Mutter collaboration album   
    "Perfectly balanced, as all things should be" - John Williams to Shawn Murphy
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    mrbellamy got a reaction from Brando in John Williams is becoming a Disney Legend   
    Name your price, @Ricard
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    mrbellamy got a reaction from JTN in John Williams is becoming a Disney Legend   
    Name your price, @Ricard
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    mrbellamy got a reaction from Yavar Moradi in What was your first encounter with Jerry Goldsmith?   
    Had to be Dennis the Menace. That one definitely stuck out. 
     
    My 90s and 00s were actually quite Goldsmith-less otherwise tbh. I know I watched Innerspace, Mulan, and Looney Tunes: Back in Action but I didn't really recall the music so much, he wasn't someone I explored even in my teens as a burgeoning film score geek. I really learned about Goldsmith almost entirely as a young adult. I didn't even recognize the Gremlins theme when I finally got around to checking out the movie some years ago. I've still never seen Secret of NIMH or Small Soldiers and was never a Star Trek kid.
     
    Besides Dennis, the other Goldsmith pieces that bring me nostalgia are his Universal logo and Fanfare for Oscar, which I really miss hearing on nomination morning nowadays. I've actually taken to watching the video of him conducting it on YouTube now before they announce it. I also remember instantly loving the brief Patton reference from John Williams's Oscar tribute to film music at the time. But took me years to finally get around to the film and score. 
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    mrbellamy got a reaction from Not Mr. Big in Mark Graham just picked up a John Williams sketch and is "in a rush"! Any ideas?   
    He tagged that photo with #filmmmusicinconcert #fiddlerontheroof
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    mrbellamy got a reaction from eitam in John Williams on Variety Cover (article & video)   
    Of course. My John Williams fandom will never die. Even not counting all the mysterious music that has never been heard, there is a ton of Williams music already available I still have yet to hear, or I'm unfamiliar with having only listened once or twice. I've already had the experience many times of scores I think I know well but I hear cues with new ears that never quite registered before. That will continue. But there ain't no Williams score like a new Williams score, no matter where it ranks!
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    mrbellamy got a reaction from Edmilson in John Williams on Variety Cover (article & video)   
    Beating a dead horse but I'll take whatever I can get. I don't especially need more franchise blockbuster scores either, after the decade he just gave us and considering he seems over it. But a third Jurassic could be something. I would also be happy with another WWII era drama. 
     
    The MOST exciting thing would be an original film in an unexpected genre with an unexpected director, but I'm completely at peace with that never happening again and have been for years. Overall even though we still have more to hear from his oeuvre as a whole, for my own sanity I'm going along assuming that we now have John Williams's complete filmography, weird as it is to say. The only real hope I'm allowing myself is for Spielberg to eventually get going on something and just see what happens.
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    mrbellamy got a reaction from BrotherSound in John Williams on Variety Cover (article & video)   
    Beating a dead horse but I'll take whatever I can get. I don't especially need more franchise blockbuster scores either, after the decade he just gave us and considering he seems over it. But a third Jurassic could be something. I would also be happy with another WWII era drama. 
     
    The MOST exciting thing would be an original film in an unexpected genre with an unexpected director, but I'm completely at peace with that never happening again and have been for years. Overall even though we still have more to hear from his oeuvre as a whole, for my own sanity I'm going along assuming that we now have John Williams's complete filmography, weird as it is to say. The only real hope I'm allowing myself is for Spielberg to eventually get going on something and just see what happens.
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    mrbellamy got a reaction from JTN in 96th Academy Awards (2024 Oscars for 2023 films)   
    Alfred Newman fans in 1994: So Williams already has 5 Oscars? At this rate he will surpass Newman in a decade or two...
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    mrbellamy got a reaction from Jay in 96th Academy Awards (2024 Oscars for 2023 films)   
    Alfred Newman fans in 1994: So Williams already has 5 Oscars? At this rate he will surpass Newman in a decade or two...
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    mrbellamy reacted to Not Mr. Big in John Williams receives 54th Oscar nomination for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny!   
    Did you guys seriously think he was going to win for The Dial of Destiny??
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    mrbellamy got a reaction from JTN in John Williams receives 54th Oscar nomination for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny!   
    I've honestly never felt like he's gotten remotely as close to winning as he was for Memoirs. That was in the bag.
     
     
    Seems fine here
     
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    mrbellamy got a reaction from Falstaft in John Williams receives 54th Oscar nomination for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny!   
    I've honestly never felt like he's gotten remotely as close to winning as he was for Memoirs. That was in the bag.
     
     
    Seems fine here
     
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    mrbellamy got a reaction from Edmilson in John Williams receives 54th Oscar nomination for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny!   
    I've honestly never felt like he's gotten remotely as close to winning as he was for Memoirs. That was in the bag.
     
     
    Seems fine here
     
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    mrbellamy got a reaction from Once in John Williams receives 54th Oscar nomination for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny!   
    I've honestly never felt like he's gotten remotely as close to winning as he was for Memoirs. That was in the bag.
     
     
    Seems fine here
     
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    mrbellamy got a reaction from Damien F in 96th Academy Awards (2024 Oscars for 2023 films)   
    I thought the coverage of the In Memoriam was slightly better than previous years but yeah, still a lot of people who went by while in a stage wide shot, and some names and faces were obscured entirely by whatever was onstage because of the angles. It's irritating that it feels like the deceased are being upstaged...everyone agrees the In Memoriam should be there, why distract from it? What was so wrong with just putting together a nice montage? 
     
    The way they ended this In Memoriam is still more creative and moving to me than anything they've tried with it recently:
     
     
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    mrbellamy got a reaction from Holko in John Williams receives 54th Oscar nomination for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny!   
    Probably just the side effect of Dial of Destiny looking underwhelming with four Best Picture nominees 
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    mrbellamy reacted to Bryant Burnette in John Williams receives 54th Oscar nomination for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny!   
    I kind of feel like that and I haven't even hit fifty.
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    mrbellamy got a reaction from Cerebral Cortex in John Williams receives 54th Oscar nomination for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny!   
    I've honestly never felt like he's gotten remotely as close to winning as he was for Memoirs. That was in the bag.
     
     
    Seems fine here
     
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    mrbellamy got a reaction from Damien F in John Williams receives 54th Oscar nomination for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny!   
    I've honestly never felt like he's gotten remotely as close to winning as he was for Memoirs. That was in the bag.
     
     
    Seems fine here
     
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    mrbellamy got a reaction from Damien F in John Williams receives 54th Oscar nomination for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny!   
    Probably just the side effect of Dial of Destiny looking underwhelming with four Best Picture nominees 
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    mrbellamy got a reaction from Fabulin in John Williams receives 54th Oscar nomination for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny!   
    I really don't think the fact that it was orchestral and traditional was what people found meh about DoD. 
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    mrbellamy got a reaction from TheUlyssesian in 96th Academy Awards (2024 Oscars for 2023 films)   
    Not to mention PT
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    mrbellamy got a reaction from Edmilson in John Williams receives 54th Oscar nomination for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny!   
    Probably just the side effect of Dial of Destiny looking underwhelming with four Best Picture nominees 
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