The Force Awakens The Force Awakens Disney Records OST

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[Sandor 858]

Isn't this like the way people who aren't really into film music tend to call score selections 'songs'?

When the guy says remixes, doesn't he mean 'rearrangements of old themes'?

Not sure about the combined orchestra though..... What could THAT mean in 'simple folks-terms'...?

[SafeUnderHill 205]

[Not Mr. Big 4,834]

Isn't this like the way people who aren't really into film music tend to call score selections 'songs'?

When the guy says remixes, doesn't he mean 'rearrangements of old themes'?

Yes.

Not sure about the combined orchestra though..... What could THAT mean in 'simple folks-terms'...?

Probably just means the power of the whole orchestra playing together.

Yeah, the combined power of the orchestra.

[Taikomochi 1,335]

You apparently need to wait years, perhaps a decade or more, for accurate Star Wars reviews. Remember, when Attack of the Cloned came out, everyone was saying it was just as good as Empire, if not the best Star Wars film ever. So I'm taking this all with a grain of salt.

Yeah, most everything positive he said I heard said about TPM, AOTC, and ROTS, which I contend are not bad films, but disappointing, nonetheless. There will be no objectivity for a long time.

[King Mark 3,848]

remixes

soundtrack bits

combined orchestra

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See, looks like I was right

[Crimson Nagus 49]

I visit Reddit frequently, but not for movies, music, sex talk or whatever else is trending.

Then what's the point?

I fell in love with Williams because of his remixed soundtrack bits.

[gkgyver 1,647]

I smell a replacement score by Giorgio Moroder.

[BloodBoal 7,544]

[Ricard 2,380]

Isn't this like the way people who aren't really into film music tend to call score selections 'songs'?

That seems to be the case nowadays. I remember that the comments about TPM music from non-film score fans back in 1999 used to be worded much better than what we've been reading lately regarding TFA.

[King Mark 3,848]

I'm bracing for the absolute worst case scenario regarding the score, including the possibilty they "RCPised" the whole thing

[Taikomochi 1,335]

You apparently need to wait years, perhaps a decade or more, for accurate Star Wars reviews. Remember, when Attack of the Cloned came out, everyone was saying it was just as good as Empire, if not the best Star Wars film ever. So I'm taking this all with a grain of salt.

Yeah, most everything positive he said I heard said about TPM, AOTC, and ROTS, which I contend are not bad films, but disappointing, nonetheless. There will be no objectivity for a long time.

There never was such a thing as objectivity when it comes to movies like Star Wars.

True. We'll spend two years praising TFA as the best Stars Wars, a decade shitting on it for being a terrible Star Wars film, and then forget about it.

[BLUMENKOHL 1,087]

Maybe John finally jumped on the electronics bandwagon. About time.

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I helped him program Zebra for this score actually. Lots of heavy thumpers.

[Maurizio 6,044]

remixes

soundtrack bits

combined orchestra

picardfacepalm.png

See, looks like I was right

It's just badly chosen words from the so-called "reviewer" (aside, very strange Disney did a test screening this late... I'm smelling a fake review here, btw).

[Jilal 628]

So am I, Maurizio.

[Will Tasker 21]

You apparently need to wait years, perhaps a decade or more, for accurate Star Wars reviews. Remember, when Attack of the Cloned came out, everyone was saying it was just as good as Empire, if not the best Star Wars film ever. So I'm taking this all with a grain of salt.

Yeah, most everything positive he said I heard said about TPM, AOTC, and ROTS, which I contend are not bad films, but disappointing, nonetheless. There will be no objectivity for a long time.

There never was such a thing as objectivity when it comes to movies like Star Wars.

Basically this. Fans around the world took serious issue that their Golden Calf could actually disappoint them.

If anything, this new one will play for the cheap seats by being nothing BUT nostalgia / "for the fanboys" / etc - and thus robbing it of anything new.

Snore.

But at least we get John in front of an orchestra.

[King Mark 3,848]

With all the RCPised Force Themes in the trailers and TV spots, I'm genuinely worried they may have gone this route in the film

[KK 3,310]

With all the RCPised Force Themes in the trailers and TV spots, I'm genuinely worried they may have gone this route in the film

Lol seriously?

[Taikomochi 1,335]

You apparently need to wait years, perhaps a decade or more, for accurate Star Wars reviews. Remember, when Attack of the Cloned came out, everyone was saying it was just as good as Empire, if not the best Star Wars film ever. So I'm taking this all with a grain of salt.

Yeah, most everything positive he said I heard said about TPM, AOTC, and ROTS, which I contend are not bad films, but disappointing, nonetheless. There will be no objectivity for a long time.

There never was such a thing as objectivity when it comes to movies like Star Wars.

Basically this. Fans around the world took serious issue that their Golden Calf could actually disappoint them.

If anything, this new one will play for the cheap seats by being nothing BUT nostalgia / "for the fanboys" / etc - and thus robbing it of anything new.

Snore.

But at least we get John in front of an orchestra.

So Jurassic World basically.

[Director of Poltergeist 8,218]

With all the RCPised Force Themes in the trailers and TV spots, I'm genuinely worried they may have gone this route in the film

I'm worried that his score has been influenced.

[BloodBoal 7,544]

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Like I said:

I helped him program Zebra for this score actually. Lots of heavy thumpers.

Face it guys. Williams is not totally relevant anymore in his style. You'll appreciate the additions and changes that have been made when you experience them.

[BloodBoal 7,544]

[Sandor 858]

Maybe Boyega made some suggestions when he visited during the recording sessions: "Yo, Johnny boy. You should add some phat beats! Makes the music more epic! My theme needs phat beats!"

Yeah, cuz all black people like them phat beats, right..? :/

[mstrox 7,246]

Why does the Nazgul theme play over Kylo Ren's entrance?

[BloodBoal 7,544]

[Sandor 858]

Maybe Boyega made some suggestions when he visited during the recording sessions: "Yo, Johnny boy. You should add some phat beats! Makes the music more epic! My theme needs phat beats!"

Yeah, cuz all black people like them phat beats, right..? :/

Yes, yes, that's obviously what I meant.

Yo.

[KK 3,310]

I agree with Thor. These speculation threads bring out the worst in JWFan.

[Director of Poltergeist 8,218]

Yo.

[Will Tasker 21]

I agree with Thor. These speculation threads bring out the worst in JWFan.

But if speculation threads bring out comments from Thor... uh...

[Not Mr. Big 4,834]

I agree with Thor. These speculation threads bring out the worst in JWFan.

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[Not Mr. Big 4,834]

[BloodBoal 7,544]

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Mr. Big

[Not Mr. Big 4,834]

This is getting trippy..

[BloodBoal 7,544]

This is tretting gippy...

[Scarpia 132]

I'm glad they could get a combined orchestra to play the song bits for the film.

[BloodBoal 7,544]

Combined orchestras are the best.

[mrbellamy 7,455]

Lol

[BloodBoal 7,544]

Truer words were spoken.

[Demondm810 437]

He has had an immense amount of time to do this score. It's going to be amazing. You all know it.

[BloodBoal 7,544]

Just because a composer spends a lot of time on a score doesn't necessarily mean it'll be awesome.

[Muad'Dib 1,954]

He has had an immense amount of time to do this score. It's going to be amazing. You all know it.

WAIT

For the new edition, Williams has written a handful of themes for characters including Rey (Daisy Ridley), Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) and Poe (Oscar Isaac), along with “a major march piece” for the Resistance and a choral fanfare for Supreme Leader Snoke (Andy Serkis) that inspired by a Kipling poem translated into Sanskrit.

And while “there are a few short references” to themes from earlier films, nearly all of the two-hour-plus score is new, Williams says. The recording process was “very luxurious,” he adds, with 12 sessions scattered over a five-month period between June and November.

This is the first “Star Wars” score to be recorded in L.A. “Originally we were going to London, and do it all in the space of two weeks’ time, the way we’ve always done George’s (Lucas) films. That would not have worked in this case, because J.J. (Abrams)’s editing process is very different.”

The composer began work last December and basically continued all year, completing the recording in mid-November. His 90-piece orchestra recorded 175 minutes of music, he says, although nearly an hour of that was discarded, modified or rerecorded as Abrams re-edited the film. Snoke’s theme was recorded by a 24-voice men’s chorus.

Williams says the decision to do another “Star Wars” film was basically simple: Abrams asked him, and he said yes. Abrams — who only heard Williams demonstrate two early themes last December, leaving dramatic and musical decisions up to the composer — “was very enthusiastic about everything,” Williams says.

http://variety.com/2015/music/awards/oscar-icons-williams-morricone-and-horner-loom-large-in-score-race-1201657637/

[Not Mr. Big 4,834]

choral fanfare

Wait, what? WHAT?! WHAAAAAAAAAT???!?!!!

OOOooooooOOOOhhhhhhhhh

[Maurizio 6,044]

Sanskrit, yes!

175 minutes of written and recorded music? Almost an hour of alternates/unused music? Okay, this will keep us busy for the next 10 years to say the least.

[Scarpia 132]

I'll be more than happy with a Phantom Menace-caliber score.

[mrbellamy 7,455]

I want this on my wall:

[crocodile 9,230]

175 minutes of music? Interesting.

Karol