Jurassic Shark 12,054 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 What? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aescalle 122 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 3 minutes ago, Bespin said: For the 2nd time, I really don't kow why people laught at Psycho clips. Yes strange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 People from Boston... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aescalle 122 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Or it is maybe like on the first notes from Jaws ... Also each time the audience is laughing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Yesterday I Air Conducted the Duel of the Fates, I was so good! I really don't know if I could do this again when I'll turn 86 years old. I cracked two ribs. Chapeau Maestro! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,306 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Would love to see a video of Williams conducting Duel of the Fates at his age! Just goes to show there's no reason he couldn't write and conduct a piece equally as thrilling for Episode IX. Who knows what JJ will ask for, but I'm hopeful he goes full-on choir for IX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aescalle 122 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Yes I also was amazed by the chorus, and rediscovered the "Marion Theme", "Han Solo and the Princess" more energy and quick tempo than other past renditions. No? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 5 minutes ago, aescalle said: Yes I also was amazed by the chorus, and rediscovered the "Marion Theme", "Han Solo and the Princess" more energy and quick tempo than other past renditions. No? JW is more machine than a man now. Just kidding. Like I wrote earlier, when there is a videoclip playing live... the real conductor is a TV screen 😉. It seems they created their clips using pretty fast tempi, but it's okay! For Williams, it's exactly the same thing as if he recorded a tracked sequence in a movie studio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,306 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 It must be the first time he's conducted DOTF in well over a decade. I wonder if something triggered it? Is he revisiting that style of writing of IX and it's on his mind? Has he been overseeing a new expansion of the prequel trilogy? Is it just a coincidence, triggered by nothing except fatigue conducting Rey's, Han's and the RIR suites? SteveMc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 2 minutes ago, crumbs said: It must be the first time he's conducted DOTF in over a decade. I wonder if something triggered it? Is he revisiting that style of writing of IX and it's on his mind? Has he been overseeing a new expansion of the prequel trilogy? Is it just a coincidence, triggered by nothing except fatigue conducting Rey's, Han's and the RIR suites? Well yesterday they had a Chorus. When you have the chance to have a Chorus... and you are John Williams, you choose to play which works??? aescalle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,306 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Well that's true. I guess Williams' choral pieces are, sadly, in short supply over the last two decades. He has to know the badass stature that DOTF is held in (even the Zimmer fans acknowledge its brilliance, which is saying something), so hopefully he channels that style in IX for some big action moments. I reckon he was just warming up in TLJ and getting a taste for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 My favorite part of the show, is the guy who spells each WGBG WHBC, WRBX, WBCH, whatever local stations. Very professionnal, great strong voice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,306 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 I would pay to hear him read a phone book, he's that good. Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aescalle 122 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 1 minute ago, Bespin said: My favorite part of the show, is the guy who spells each WGBG WHBC, WRBX, WBCH, whatever local stations. Very professionnal, great strong voice. Hahaha, yes, with each broadcast the medical caritative message in the intermission... Always surprise me, it became like a new rendez-vous point on a new medical case It takes you out of the moud for one minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Hey you want to donate? Give us your car, your boat, your house, we take everything... and we even pick them directly! Donation 2.0 in the USA, that's fantastic! aescalle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpvee 805 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 He did Duel of the Fates, AND with a chorus?!?! That’s been my dream for the Boston concerts for ten years! Hoping he does that next year... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 I hope he does it in London! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 I hope they'll make a Bluray of this historical concert in London!!! aescalle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thx99 1,740 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 1 hour ago, Bespin said: Normally when we record the broadcast on the website, we get a 192kbps mp3, This time, by getting the live stream, I hope it's a "little bit" better, but they don't broadcast in losslesss format, this is certain. The live stream was 192kbps MP3, so no matter how you grabbed it, either a direct grab of the stream (which I did) or by re-recording it real-time in Audacity, Audition, etc., it can never be any better than that. But 192kbps is better than most streams out there, which often max out at 128kbps. Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 I sort of understand laughing at the Jaws shark motif. But I still find the Psycho murder cue unsettling and disturbing (in a good way). Doesn’t make me laugh at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bespin 8,480 Posted August 12, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted August 12, 2018 If you laugh when you see this picture, go directly to Jail. Do not pass Go. Omen II, aescalle, Disco Stu and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,346 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Yeah, DOTF was the highlight and the whole reason I went. Good Lord, it POURED buckets of rain most of the concert, so much so I couldn't hear the music well at times, and completely missed what he said during the encore. Can't wait to listen again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,306 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 It's hard to make out with the rain but I'm pretty certain he said he was already writing music for IX in the vein of Duel of the Fates, with a heavy focus on a new all-chorale theme for Rey. rpvee and Will 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 He didn't talk about Episode IX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,306 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Yes he did, didn't you see my post? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 2 minutes ago, crumbs said: Yes he did, didn't you see my post? Was I sleeping during that part? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Matt S. 493 Posted August 12, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted August 12, 2018 He also revealed who Rey's actual parents are. In fact he wrote a love theme for them; the first time he's written a love theme for a Star Wars film! crumbs, Will, Bespin and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,306 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 He also went into great detail about all the new themes he's writing for Episode IX (both of them), including a baroque piece for a brand new character called Gabba the Mutt (an infamous snail-like crime lord who kidnaps Rose on the planet Dantooine, forcing a dangerous rescue mission with Rey, Finn and Poe). He also explicitly stated why he didn't write a proper end credits suite for TLJ, and why he combined two of TLJ's new themes into the one concert suite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 1 minute ago, crumbs said: He also went into great detail about all the new themes he's writing for Episode IX (both of them), including a baroque piece for a brand new character called Gabba the Mutt (an infamous ganglord who kidnaps Rose on the planet Dantooine, forcing a dangerous rescue mission with Rey, Finn and Poe). He also explicitly stated why he didn't write a proper end credits suite for TLJ, and why he combined two of TLJ's new themes into the one concert suite. I'm sure I heard Fagga the Butt, but my ears could have trickened me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,306 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 No, it was definitely Gabba the Mutt. An obvious in-studio homage that really goes without saying, especially considering it's Lucasfilm. Yes, that's right, it's a tip of the fedora to Yo Gabba Gabba, one of Kathy Kennedy's favourite TV shows! SteveMc and Bespin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt S. 493 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 6 minutes ago, crumbs said: He also went into great detail about all the new themes he's writing for Episode IX (both of them), including a baroque piece for a brand new character called Gabba the Mutt (an infamous snail-like crime lord who kidnaps Rose on the planet Dantooine, forcing a dangerous rescue mission with Rey, Finn and Poe). I know you're probably kidding, but I actually read a rumor that Episode IX will feature Spoiler Jabba's son Rotta the Hutt who does pretty much what you just wrote.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Spoiler If there is a Hutt in Episode IX, I want an Ewok also! Holko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,306 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Well, if what @Matt S. says is true, Episode IX truly is fucked... because Williams just spoiled the entire plot (but got the antagonist's name wrong) Spoiler Damn you, JJ Marquand! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Too much coffee this morning, sorry for the people who just wake up. 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,519 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Just remember those detailed "leaks" about Last Jedi. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,306 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Remember how Rey and Luke were going to have an epic fight against the Knights of Ren atop the cliffside on Acht-To? Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,519 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Remember how Rey and Ren were reincarnations of the first two Force Users who were given their power by the Acht-to tree? Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thx99 1,740 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 So no one's mentioned the "Milli Vanilli moment" preceding "Call of the Champions"!! Seems there was a pre-recorded bit played just prior to the start of the piece, followed by audience laughter. Anyone in attendance care to elaborate on what happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 3 minutes ago, thx99 said: So no one's mentioned the "Milli Vanilli moment" preceding "Call of the Champions"!! Seems there was a pre-recorded bit played just prior to the start of the piece, followed by audience laughter. Anyone in attendance care to elaborate on what happened? It seems to me the orchestra, then the piano gave the note to the chorus, no? Maybe a videoclip was starting a this moment too, without having the image it's hard to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,306 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 They played the Milli Vanilli scene from Bruno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thx99 1,740 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 2 minutes ago, Bespin said: It seems to me the orchestra, then the piano gave the note to the chorus, no? Maybe a videoclip was started a this moment too. I suspect it was a videoclip that started prematurley, then the piano bit, then the start of the live performance. But the videoclip included pre-recorded music? Strange! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 I think that John Williams wanted to start before he actualy got the "cue" from the TV screen. So he just stopped the thing quickly after the first note... then the piano gave quickly his three notes, then they started rigthly. Seemed to me just like a false start. - STOP!!!! WAIT FOR THE PIANO FIRST!!!! - OH SORRY!!!! In latin we call that a coitus interruptus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 2 hours ago, crumbs said: Is he revisiting that style of writing of IX and it's on his mind? I certainly hope so! A choral heavy Star Wars score would be awesome. Almost as awesome as a Williams opera. 2 hours ago, aescalle said: Or it is maybe like on the first notes from Jaws ... Also each time the audience is laughing Why do they do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,306 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 26 minutes ago, Bespin said: - STOP!!!! WAIT FOR THE PIANO FIRST!!!! - OH SORRY!!!! In latin we call that a coitus interruptus. In Australia, we call that a Russell Coitus Interruplatypus. There's also a lot more swearing and usually the conductor slamming the piano closed on the pianist's hands. I believe Williams has only done that twice, during some of the trickier piano sections of The Terminal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 I'm of course too lazy to retype the yesterday concert's program for my website, can we find it somewhere? Then I'll just have to do a copy-paste. Thanks! 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post aescalle 122 Posted August 12, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted August 12, 2018 “JOHN WILLIAMS’ FILM NIGHT” August 11, 2018, Boston, MA The Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andris Nelsons and JOHN WILLIAMS CONCERT PROGRAM Andris Nelsons conducting •Theme from The Sea Hawk (Korngold) •Suite from A Place in the Sun (Waxman) •Excerpts from Psycho (Herrmann) •Theme from North by Northwest (Herrmann) •Theme from Laura (Raskin) •Excerpts from Sunset Boulevard (Waxman) •Suite from On the Waterfront (Bernstein) (celebrating the centennial of Leonard Bernstein’s birth) INTERMISSION John Williams conducting •Superman March •Excerpts from Close Encounters of the Third Kind •Call of the Champions (*) •Dry Your Tears, Afrika, from Amistad (*) •Four selections from Star Wars Duel of the Fates from The Phantom Menace (*) The Rebellion is Reborn from The Last Jedi Han Solo and the Princess from The Empire Strikes Back Main Title (*) Featuring the Boston University Tanglewood Institute Young Artists Chorus crumbs, Bespin and Jurassic Shark 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,054 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 That's a good program, especially the non-JW pieces! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Website updated, tanks!http://www.goplanete.com/johnwilliams/music/concerts.htm Just now, Jurassic Shark said: That's a good program, especially the non-JW pieces! Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post crumbs 14,306 Posted August 12, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted August 12, 2018 Geez Williams really waxing lyrical about Amistad there... almost like he's recently revisited the score for an expanded soundtrack... Holko, Bespin and Will 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Hmmmm.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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