InTheCity 140 Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 I am recording at SONY this week. I am the guy with my arms up maybe we will do more tomorrrow - any requests? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 153 Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Exciting stuff! (Even though this must be normal-day work routine for you? If someone told me I was doing exciting stuff at work, I'd consider them mad.) Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg1138 3 Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 More of the same would be.....just fine....!! But if I were to make one request - if you get a chance, a quick tour of one of the scoring stages.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,319 Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Heh, I have that CD player / alarm clock seen in the first video (displaying 11:23) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alicebrallice 134 Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 would be awesome if you could film a bit during any recording session! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InTheCity 140 Posted February 1, 2012 Author Share Posted February 1, 2012 William Lyons from Azkaban and Shrek !Thanks to JWFan for giving me his info from the POA thread - we flew him over to record with us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 That's really neat, thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InTheCity 140 Posted February 2, 2012 Author Share Posted February 2, 2012 William was the guy who played pretty much everything on POA. The Window to the Past - the other recorders. The Shawms in Hargrid the Professor. He talked about POA for a while - we got a nice interview with him. Amazing musician. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Nice! Keep the videos coming if you can! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,478 Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Yes, thanks for sharing, but now I want to know -- who are you and what is your capacity in these sessions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,319 Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 He told you who he is - the guy raising his hands in the first video! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,478 Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 So mysterious... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alicebrallice 134 Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 fantastic! thank you for sharing:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InTheCity 140 Posted February 3, 2012 Author Share Posted February 3, 2012 I am a composer ! Orchestrator - demo maker. I work with some A-list composers but also own my own sample company with my partner Mike P - who does lots of composing and trailer music (like tin tin for example) I will post the interview when it is finished Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 That's really neat! I'm excited to hear what William Lyons has to say about John Williams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,340 Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 my partner Mike P - who does lots of composing and trailer music (like tin tin for example)You mean this trailer music? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm3PAabZLiE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 I am a composer ! Orchestrator - demo maker. I work with some A-list composers but also own my own sample company with my partner Mike P - who does lots of composing and trailer music (like tin tin for example)I will post the interview when it is finishedThat's really cool! Keep sharing with us! I really appreciate it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InTheCity 140 Posted February 3, 2012 Author Share Posted February 3, 2012 Trailer #2 @ 1:31 till end.http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/paramount/theadventuresoftintin/yes audiomachine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF1_freeze 131 Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 I am a composer ! Orchestrator - demo maker. I work with some A-list composers but also own my own sample company with my partner Mike P - who does lots of composing and trailer music (like tin tin for example)I will post the interview when it is finishedAny news on the Prisoner of Azkaban behind the scenes interview? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF1_freeze 131 Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 William was the guy who played pretty much everything on POA. The Window to the Past - the other recorders. The Shawms in Hargrid the Professor. He talked about POA for a while - we got a nice interview with him. Amazing musician.I am a composer ! Orchestrator - demo maker. I work with some A-list composers but also own my own sample company with my partner Mike P - who does lots of composing and trailer music (like tin tin for example)I will post the interview when it is finishedThere are close to no interviews/informations about the PoA score apart from some short JW quotes. It would really be great if you still desire to post this interview here on jwfan. Seems you changed your mind or simply have forgotten about it but since you are still active on the board i thought i could remind you I'm sure many posters here would be greatly interested. Once 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smeltington 1,436 Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 That would be great to see. I just now saw the video of Lyons playing for the first time and really enjoyed it - thanks for that, while we're on the subject Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF1_freeze 131 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 On 2/2/2012 at 3:45 AM, InTheCity said: William was the guy who played pretty much everything on POA. The Window to the Past - the other recorders. The Shawms in Hargrid the Professor. He talked about POA for a while - we got a nice interview with him. Amazing musician. On 7/2/2013 at 6:22 PM, SF1_freeze said: There are close to no interviews/informations about the PoA score apart from some short JW quotes. It would really be great if you still desire to post this interview here on jwfan. Seems you changed your mind or simply have forgotten about it but since you are still active on the board i thought i could remind you I'm sure many posters here would be greatly interested. @InTheCity I guess your interview never was finished and posted anywhere? Well, now that the PoA score got its deserved release we finally have all kinds of interesting background information included in the La-la-land Booklet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SF1_freeze 131 Posted August 16, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 16, 2023 Even though InTheCity refused to post his interview, we now have another 2023 interview about William Lyons work with John Williams on PoA https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/composer-spotlight-william-lyons/ And by chance i found another very short older one from 2009, which went under all our radar https://www.sfcv.org/articles/artist-spotlight/interview-william-lyons-eclectic-about-early-music 2023 INTERVIEW The historical score is a tricky thing to get right. Composers must all decide whether to dedicate themselves to historical authenticity or, in sacrificing this, seek to evoke the mood of an era. More often than not, Hollywood film composers opt for the latter. But for decades now, composer, arranger and historical advisor William Lyons has been relentlessly vouching for the former. If you haven’t heard Lyons’ music for films like The Favourite and Elizabeth: The Golden Age, then you’ve almost certainly heard him plucking some intricately-strung lute or blowing a shawm in one of John William’s scores for the original Harry Potter films. When not researching, teaching or composing music for the stage and screen, Lyons provides expert historical advice to world-class film composers, helping them to create the most accurate and immersive score possible. You were the historical advisor to John Williams on The Prisoner of Azkaban. How was he to work with? “He called me and said he’d heard my work with The Dufay Collective, who did a lot of medieval stuff. One of the recordings we’d done had this loud band of shawms on it, and he’d heard this record and had decided this sound world was perfect for The Prisoner Of Azkaban. So we had a long conversation, he sent me his ideas, and I did some idiomatic arrangements. I then sent those back, and he did his version of them. It went like that, back and forth, for a while, and then we got the players together and had this wonderful day in Abbey Road. “A lot of people accuse John Williams of lifting his music form here and there, but what he actually does is take a style and work within that style very effectively. I worked with him as a musician on a couple of other Harry Potter films, and one of the things I noticed is that he knows the instruments he’s working with inside out. A lot of people use an arranger and an orchestrator to work out their demoed themes, but he knew exactly what he wanted. And he was really invested in the historic aspect of it in terms of the harmonies and the modal style of the music. A lot of the instruments I play are considered primitive. They’re proto-flutes or proto-bassoons or whatever. There are composers out there who think if it hasn’t got the full three-octave range of a flute, then it’s not a proper instrument. John Williams wasn’t like that. He was great and one of the very few composers who have been a joy to work with. Alexander Desplat is another”. 2009 INTERVIEW Tell us about your work in film. I don’t spend a lot of time doing film, but it’s great fun. I’ve played on soundtracks and have recently been an advisor on Elizabeth: The Golden Age and Pride and Prejudice. Shrek was brilliant; I brought my daughter into the recording studio and she got a sneak peek of the film, which she really enjoyed [Lyons expects another child in December]. Harry Potter 3 was one of the best experiences I’ve had, because I worked with the great composer John Williams. My role is to advise on historical context — the instruments to use, the type of music that would be played, how the musicians would stand, etcetera ... ragoz350, Smeltington, Holko and 8 others 8 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,319 Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 Cool! TSMefford 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,395 Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 4 hours ago, SF1_freeze said: Shrek was brilliant; I brought my daughter into the recording studio and she got a sneak peek of the film, which she really enjoyed [Lyons expects another child in December]. So maybe he (and his daughter) know which Shrek cues were Powell and which were HGW? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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