igger6 894 Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 Take this with a huge grain of salt, as it's totally anonymous and unattributed, but MakingStarWars doesn't usually publish absolute nonsense, and in the wake of Solo, anything seems possible. It also doesn't technically violate Williams' "retirement" from Star Wars after Episode IX, since this area will open in Disneyland six months before IX hits theaters. https://makingstarwars.net/2018/08/rumor-john-williams-michael-giacchino-to-score-new-music-and-themes-for-star-wars-galaxys-edge/ Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,313 Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 Oooooh interesting! Another handful of Williams SW concert suites to add to his collection of 9 already written in the Disney era. Here's hoping it pans out with Williams writing the themes and Gia adapting them. I'd say all parties were pretty happy with how that strategy turned out for Solo. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post artguy360 1,843 Posted September 1, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 1, 2018 Maybe Gia will learn a thing or two about writing SW music by collaborating with JW on this. Arpy, crumbs, rpvee and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy 2,388 Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 30 minutes ago, artguy360 said: Maybe Gia will learn a thing or two about writing SW music by collaborating with JW on this. Someone didn't like the Rogue One score haha Will and Arpy 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Quintus 5,399 Posted September 1, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 1, 2018 Maybe Gia will learn a thing or two about writing music by collaborating with JW on this. Will, Locrius, Jurassic Shark and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 3 hours ago, crumbs said: I'd say all parties were pretty happy with how that strategy turned out for Solo. Really??? I thought it was horrible. Jurassic Shark, Bofur01, John and 2 others 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Will 2,215 Posted September 1, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 1, 2018 Sounds great if true! Although it occasionally gets things wrong, MSW is one of the most reliable SW sites out there. Recall that MSW was, IIRC, the first news source to report that Lucasfilm was considering replacing Desplat on Rogue One. igger6, John and crumbs 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 2,032 Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 Awesome! My guess is that, if this is true, they're likely composing source music that will play throughout the park, and possibly a few cues for the rides. Big Disney World fan here, can't wait to visit the place when it's finished next year. There was a recent announcement that there will be an alcohol-serving "cantina" in each park in Disneyland in California and Walt Disney World in Florida. Perhaps Williams will write a source cue for the joint, ala Canto Bight or Cantina Band? Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 People visiting the park would rather just hear the original cantina band music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 27 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: People visiting the park would rather just hear the original cantina band music Sad but true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 Will Williams finally write a theme for Mickey Mouse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 38 minutes ago, Not Mr. Big said: Will Williams finally write a theme for Mickey Mouse? With all the Mickey Mousing he's done since 2000 I'd say we should be set! Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mrbellamy 6,286 Posted September 1, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 1, 2018 igger6, Smeltington and Not Mr. Big 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A. A. Ron 1,742 Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 12 hours ago, artguy360 said: Maybe Gia will learn a thing or two about writing SW music by collaborating with JW on this. Or better yet, maybe Desplat, JNH, or Powell will get to do it! Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy 2,388 Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 Would love to hear Desplat scoring something related to Star Wars Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Disco Stu 15,495 Posted September 1, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 1, 2018 Desplat’s Star Wars: moody muted strings play a slow, minor key setting of the main theme with a mallet ostinato repeating underneath toothless, DarthDementous, Will and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 Judging by Harry Potter it would suck Desplat generally sucks at blockbuster scores .He's good for more intimate movies Will and Jurassic Shark 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 Eh, I'm not sure if HP is so representative, though. That was a really dark film (er, two films) that didn't provide many magical moments like you get in HPSS or even Fantastic Beasts. Desplat can definitely write a great fantasy theme, as this shows: And he can also write some pretty kickass action passages: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Faleel 5,347 Posted September 1, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 1, 2018 And it was directed by Yates. nuff said. crumbs, Arpy, Drew and 4 others 3 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 More than likely, Williams and Giacchino will not work together. I don't believe they've even met regardless of what MG claims. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nick Parker 3,040 Posted September 1, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 1, 2018 1 hour ago, Horner's Dynamic Range said: More than likely, Williams and Giacchino will not work together. I don't believe they've even met regardless of what MG claims. Oh lord, imagine the sheer contrast in the PR photos if this is actually happening...John Williams, looking all elegant and congenial in his minimal, understated dark turtlenecks and slacks, standing next to Michael Giacchino, looking all.... Will, Holko, Molly Weasley and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 Ugh, I bet Gia is super into close up magic. The most eye rolling nerds are magician nerds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,286 Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 Well Gia's disappointingly conservative here But I feel like I only started seeing him dress crazy the last few years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 There is a difference between crazy and unnecessarily wacky. crumbs and Jurassic Shark 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datameister 2,042 Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 11 hours ago, Disco Stu said: People visiting the park would rather just hear the original cantina band music No way they'll just have those two cues playing on a loop in the cantina. Even the "cantina" in Star Wars Launch Bay doesn't rely wholly on them. They're in there, but the loop also contains Williams' TPM Tatooine source music. (Maybe some other stuff too, not sure.) And that's just a temporary (ish) space that most people don't spend much time in. Oga's Cantina will be a fully fleshed-out environment where Disney expects people to spend more than just a few minutes. I'm betting the background music loop ends up being at least an hour long. (And personally, I'm stoked to see Rex return.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,313 Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 Wouldn't surprise me if they asked Williams to write expanded versions of his existing cantina tracks (the 3 he hasn't expanded), then maybe an extra couple of new ones. Would be an easy sell, he clearly enjoys writing in that whacky jazzy style. And Gia would be pretty good in that mode as well. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,347 Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 30 minutes ago, Datameister said: . (And personally, I'm stoked to see Rex return.) Who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artguy360 1,843 Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 If this is true, I hope Disney puts out an official release of the music. It would pain me for there to be Star Wars music from JW that we don't have good recordings of. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy 2,388 Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 10 hours ago, King Mark said: Judging by Harry Potter it would suck Desplat generally sucks at blockbuster scores .He's good for more intimate movies Have you even listened to his score for Valerian? Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,072 Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 That's bad too. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 7 hours ago, Nick Parker said: God, how try-hard can you get. Guys guys, I meant the attire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 Its too try hard, and therefore undignified! Thankfully Williams never dresses up funny... Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Quintus 5,399 Posted September 2, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 2, 2018 Yeah, what was Williams thinking... wearing a baseball shirt, at a baseball game. Actually, what I really like about it is he still managed to keep his black turtleneck on underneath. SteveMc, Will, Cerebral Cortex and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 A class act! SteveMc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 11 hours ago, King Mark said: Desplat generally sucks at blockbuster scores .He's good for more intimate movies I'm glad someone finally just came out and said this. After all the hype and hopes about him a few years ago, Desplat is just another lower tier movie composer. Joni Wiljami and Jurassic Shark 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 This is hardly news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chewy 2,388 Posted September 2, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 2, 2018 46 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: That's bad too. Jesus How is this bad? Arpy, Will and toothless 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,313 Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 2 hours ago, Chewy said: Jesus How is this bad? I'm no Desplat basher but, in this example, those generic ostinati are bloody irritating! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy 2,388 Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 We don't have the same definition of generic then... Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,072 Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 It's called copy-and-paste-composing, one of the pitfalls of using music notation software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy 2,388 Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 And there's nothing of that on the Valerian score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Arpy 4,145 Posted September 2, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 2, 2018 Valerian is a brilliant score, each time I listen to it, I feel a little better about the film. On the news of the possibility of Williams and Giacchino scoring the theme park, great! I think Lucasfilm and Disney were obviously impressed with Giacchino's work and the chance for him to jump back into Star Wars sounds good too! Will, Chewy and Chen G. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 Valerian didn't leave much of an impression on me either except for a track or 2 I'm not a Desplaty basher. some of his stuff is very good. Monument Men, Unbroken, Benjamen button, shape of water.... but all his block buster style scores I've been very dissapointed and he can't really write action music Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 Lost art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 8 hours ago, Chewy said: Jesus How is this bad? I hate this. It was almost decent until that generic Powell/Soloish drum noise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 Same can be said about Silvestri of late. his Avengers and Ready Player One did nothing for me Jurassic Shark and Will 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerebral Cortex 3,357 Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 Would such an enterprise see those tracks being released to the public or would one have to attend the theme park to hear the music? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Will 2,215 Posted September 2, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 2, 2018 Yeah @Chewy, "Spaceship Chase" is great. This moment is my favorite: Always felt kinda Williams-y to me. Not in the sense that I could ever imagine Williams actually writing something like this - more that it seemed like the kind of orchestral craziness he would write if he was more up-to-speed on modern synths. While I agree with KM and others that Valerian was somewhat weak and disorganized thematically, I still think it was a very well-done score. And Desplat clearly works incredibly hard on his scores. He generally conducts his scores himself, and, as far as I know, never uses "additional music" composers (only a few orchestrators). And his smooth, European romantic style is quite distinctive in modern Hollywood. 26 minutes ago, King Mark said: Same can be said about Silvestri of late. his Avengers and Ready Player One did nothing for me Really?! I can understand Avengers ... but this? Not Mr. Big, Chewy and toothless 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 Silvestri's Ready Player One was great! Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rough cut 1,714 Posted September 2, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 2, 2018 Valerian > RPO > Avengers Will, Jurassic Shark and Chewy 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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