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Hacks’ Season 3 Casts ‘Succession’ Alum J. Smith-Cameron This is great. Before Succession, she was perfect in Search Party .

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I don't even remember having any conversations about the name, but the film version is actually different from what's on the LLL set. The LLL set debuts Williams intentions for this pick-up take, which was to start isolated but then be mixed over the original cue's pizzacato section. In the final film dub, they muted the pizzacato strings, letting the pick-up take play clean during that part. So I guess technically calling it an alternate makes sense.

We're all very pleased with the final program, keeping it mind that there were factors that lead into some decisions, such as compact disc length, composer preference, fee increases for tracks over 10 minutes long, etc Programming any expansion includes deciding what to do when there are multiple versions of cues in terms of which goes in the main program and which in the bonus tracks, and by and large sticking to having all the versions used in the film in the main program, and all the versions that were not as bonus tracks, made a lot of sense and led to each program being really strong. Additionally, the careful selection of which score alternates should go at the end of disc 2, instead of disc 3, in order to make disc 3 be the best album it can be, worked out really well. The one change a lot of people will probably do of taking those disc 2 tracks and adding them to the disc 3 album (as John Takis laid out somewhere here earlier), to basically make a longer Songs & Alts program, which is really just as valid as the structure we ended up with. However, when released as three physical discs, I am glad that a big bonus program didn't start on disc 2, have a disc break, and then have it continue on disc 3. It's kind of nicer to have disc 3 be more of its own thing. Like Mike has said, everything just kind of took a life of its own and came out perfectly in that regard. The goal was to make a program that pleased us, the composer, and the lyricist, while adhering to the stipulations we had, and of course presenting the songs in the best way possible. Since most of the songs are piano demos, if they were just lumped together in a row, they don't speak nearly as loudly as they do in the current album 3 configuration where you hear lushly orchestrated versions of the song melodies before or after those demos in the score alternates; it just makes everything work so well that way! Now, when it comes down to it, the die hard fans are going to change things around the way they want anyway, and it's impossible to make a program that pleases everyone. And sure, I'm a diehard fan as much as anyone, so I don't think there's any harm in stating some of my own preferences. For Hook Trailer (Prologue), as much as I like the viola version of Peter's theme, I ultimately think the final performance edit made for the released trailer in 1991 is the strongest version of this music. I am glad that the new track is completely different takes from that version throughout (instead of sticking the different sections into an otherwise same track), but for me it plays better as a bonus track opener, and keeping the 1991 performance edit version as the main version. Just my preference. For Yuppie Sounds (Banning Back Home), I prefer Williams' original version, with the fun improv section, over the revision that was recorded at the last minute because of a picture change. We actually discussed making the original version be main program version, but there actually wasn't space on the discs to swap them, since the original version is a minute longer than the revised one! But since the revision is what's in the film it worked out nicely in that regard anyway. For the first part of Looney Wendy (The Stories Are True), I prefer the original version with the twisted version of the "Childhood" theme, over the later revision that is just a re-done Forgotten How To Fly with the "Mothers" theme mostly removed. This version actually was in the main program for a while, but having the "Childhood" version on disc 3 ultimately made that disc so much stronger. And again because the revision is what's in the film it worked out nicely anyway. For The Lost Boy Chase, I really like the percussion insert section. But John Williams wanted the album version in the main program. I don't really think it matters much either way. If anything, having to present the first two minutes of this cue three times (because it was used in the end credits) is the biggest issue with the final product, but also an issue that just has no workaround. At least each instance is on a different disc! For the entire grand finale, I prefer to have from Tink Grows Up through The End of Hook to just be one single 24 minute track with all cues seguing directly into each other, instead of broken up into 4 tracks. Just my preference. One thing I still haven't decided on after all this time is my final thoughts on the Kensington Extension (the final part of Farewell Neverland (Short Version / Alternate)). At first it was so jarring to hear, but I kind of love it more and more every time I hear it, and am now expecting it when I get to the end of the score. And yet there's something about the simplicity (for lack of a better word) of the original version's ending that can't be denied. So, I'm still undecided which I like better! I think that's about it. I still haven't fiddled with trying to put God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen and Take Me Out To The Ballgame in the main program or anything. And I don't think there's any merit in trying to put the other songs into the main program, not even "Low Below". Not having Bob Hoskins performing as Smee there would be too weird I think (and you'd have to lose Show Us The Hook, which is one of my favorite parts of the score). Moira's Lullaby seems like it would fit in well if not for the fact that the Saying Goodnight cue effectively replaces it.

Harold and the Purple Crayon OST album drops Friday August 2nd, the same day the film opens https://5catstudios.com/listen

That link now has a definitive release date for the score album: Friday May 17th, the same day the film opens

Physical CD on Amazon US https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CZ7C3D9V

Oh, playing video games instead of doing your job is tight!

That's a good question. I'm not sure how long the unique recording is before it repeats. Someone clever can probably figure it out though!

There is no natural ending of the Pick Em Up song recording. It was done as a repeat with a board fade in 1991. It's definitely the exact same take of "More Never Band" (LLL title "The Never Band") in both tracks - it's not even a performance edit between multiple takes, its just one take.

Another Hacks article! https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/hacks-season-3-production-strikes-jean-smart-health-1235956637/ Max is doing a big marketing push for this season, I love it!

Now instead of trailers for trailers, we're getting facetime calls to promote trailers

Jodie Comer Will Reportedly Star in 28 Years Later

His name is Kurt not Curt

At the end of the month, Zendaya will fulfill the prophecy

Holy crap!!

Yea the whole album's tracklist is up on iTunes. Drops May 17th 1 Wunderkammer: I 2 Wunderkammer: II 3 Wunderkammer: III 4 Percussion Concerto: I. Triangle 5 Percussion Concerto: II: D.S.C.H. 6 Percussion Concerto: III. Down 7 Percussion Concerto: IV. Syncopate 8 Are You Lost? https://music.apple.com/nz/album/percussion-concerto-wunderkammer/1737254712

My guess is that this Fantastic Four movie will take place in an alternate dimension (just look at the buildings on that 4-4 Day card). During the course of the movie they'll end up in the main MCU universe and then stay there for all subsequent movies So maybe Julia Garner plays a version of the Silver Surfer in that orig universe that doesn't come over, and then someone else will play the main MCU Silver Surfer in a future movie. As an aside, I think that Julia Garner could make a pretty good Rogue for the MCU X-Men.

New interview with Jonathan Nolan includes, among other things: Is there any possibility that Westworld‘s original planned ending will be dramatized in any form — whether as a graphic novel or a movie or anything? Do you still have hope for that? Yes, 100 percent. We’re completionists. It took me eight years and a change of director to get Interstellar made. We’d like to finish the story we started. How much did Warners taking the show off Max bother you? To not just cancel it but to remove it from the streaming service. Look, my career began on CBS [with Person of Interest]. The amount of people you can reach with a free, ad-supported service [like Roku and Tubi, which had Westworld last year] is vastly higher than with a subscription service. That part didn’t bother me. But in terms of finishing the story, you understand that you get the time that you get, sometimes it’s as much as you want, sometimes it’s not. I’m so fucking proud of what we made. It was an extraordinary experience. I think it would be a mistake to look back and only feel regret [over how it ended]. But there’s still very much a desire to finish it. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/jonathan-nolan-interview-fallout-westworld-1235864206/

Seems hard to believe, with no other news sources saying anything yet, but lets hope this is real!

The Flying Circus is jut an all-time great film cue

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