Popular Post rough cut 1,714 Posted September 29, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 29, 2018 Sometimes you find weird things on the web. Like this blog about Stephen King that has an excellent article on John Williams. It’s a four part blog entry called “A Guided Tour to the Works of John Williams.” It was written by Bryant Burnett in 2016 and doesn’t tackle the most recent scores, it doesn’t look further than 2005. That hardly matters - it compensates by going back to JW’s early days instead, chronicling his career from 1956. It’s also sensibly written, insightful and thorough as hell. Is Bryant a member here? Must be. But I can’t recall hearing about this earlier, and this really is a must read for any serious JW fan. Part 1: 1956-1967 Part 2: 1968-1974 Part 3: 1975-1986 Part 4: 1987-2005 SteveMc, Falstaft, Ricard and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Cerebral Cortex 3,357 Posted September 29, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 29, 2018 @Bryant Burnette Bryant Burnette, rough cut and SteveMc 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,492 Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Yes, I saw it before. Nothing that us hardcore JW fans don't already know, but well written and a good intro to the newcomers. A few uncertainties, omissions and errors, but nothing major. Bryant Burnette 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 4 hours ago, rough cut said: Is Bryant a member here? Naw, I don't think so...which is good, 'cause he reads like a dickhead. I bet Thomas and the King is his favorite John Williams score, that asshole! Bryant Burnette 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Bryant is a longstanding member here. rough cut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rough cut 1,714 Posted September 29, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 29, 2018 7 minutes ago, Thor said: Nothing that us hardcore JW fans don't already know. For “us JW hardcore fans” there isn’t much left to surprise us, is there? But I hardly think that is the point. That said, the piece is way too “deep” to be aimed at newcomers. I think it contains a lot of interesting info and backstory on both big, mainstream releases as well as small, obscure ones. If you exclude the 20 people who are regular posters here, I’d say there’s a lot of stuff here that JW fans might not know about - especially regarding the early years. Nick Parker, Bryant Burnette, Falstaft and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Great Chronological resumé. Bryant Burnette 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,492 Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 4 hours ago, rough cut said: For “us JW hardcore fans” there isn’t much left to surprise us, is there? But I hardly think that is the point. That said, the piece is way too “deep” to be aimed at newcomers. I think it contains a lot of interesting info and backstory on both big, mainstream releases as well as small, obscure ones. If you exclude the 20 people who are regular posters here, I’d say there’s a lot of stuff here that JW fans might not know about - especially regarding the early years. Yes, if he fixed up the errors etc it would be valuable also to ‘casual’ JW fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bryant Burnette 654 Posted September 29, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 29, 2018 I'm sure there are a gajillion errors. Feel free to point them out, and I'll correct them! 13 hours ago, Nick Parker said: Naw, I don't think so...which is good, 'cause he reads like a dickhead. I bet Thomas and the King is his favorite John Williams score, that asshole! No way, Thomas and the King is shite. Although it's grown on me a little since I wrote that thing. ONLY a little, but still. 18 hours ago, rough cut said: Sometimes you find weird things on the web. Like this blog about Stephen King that has an excellent article on John Williams. It’s a four part blog entry called “A Guided Tour to the Works of John Williams.” It was written by Bryant Burnett in 2016 and doesn’t tackle the most recent scores, it doesn’t look further than 2005. That hardly matters - it compensates by going back to JW’s early days instead, chronicling his career from 1956. It’s also sensibly written, insightful and thorough as hell. Is Bryant a member here? Must be. But I can’t recall hearing about this earlier, and this really is a must read for any serious JW fan. Part 1: 1956-1967 Part 2: 1968-1974 Part 3: 1975-1986 Part 4: 1987-2005 There's actually a fifth part covering 2006-2015: http://thetruthinsidethelie.blogspot.com/2016/01/a-guided-tour-to-works-of-john-williams_17.html Thanks for the kind words! I can't really remember what motivated me to put such a thing on my King blog, but it was fun to write. Cerebral Cortex, rough cut, SteveMc and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rough cut 1,714 Posted September 30, 2018 Author Share Posted September 30, 2018 It ain’t hard to give credit to such a well researched, well written and honest chronology- it’s a rare find. Cool man about part #5. You should put links to all parts in each piece so that it’s easy to find and jump between them - just round up the links nice and tidy at the end of each article. Once again, well done! Bryant Burnette 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,492 Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 12 hours ago, Bryant Burnette said: I'm sure there are a gajillion errors. Feel free to point them out, and I'll correct them! Sure. I'll do some comments when I get the time. Bryant Burnette 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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