Jilal 569 Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Joe Kramer's story in being hired for Jack Reacher revealed Tom Cruise's love for Williams.Oh that sounds interesting! What happened?McQuarrie (the director) sent Cruise his 8-minute demo suite and Cruise immediately called him and said something to the effect of, "Who is this guy? Where did you find him? I haven't heard a score like this since John Williams did Born On The Fourth Of July."Cruise in general seems to understand the importance of music. Perhaps it's his dual role as producer, but he tends to show up at the scoring sessions, and he even conducted a piece on M:i:III.Conducting 8m5 - Mission Impossible theme:Source: http://www.scoringsessions.com/sessions/17310/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,336 Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Awesome pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TownerFan 4,983 Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 That was a (nice) thing made up for PR and DVD stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 I don't think moviegoers care about Cruise conducting at the scoring sessions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Conducting the famous Mission Impossible theme? That's something fun a lot of moviegoers would want to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandor 797 Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 I don't think moviegoers care about Cruise conducting at the scoring sessions.You didn't think moviegoers would care about Avatar, so yeah.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted February 15, 2013 Author Share Posted February 15, 2013 If I had a chance to conduct an orchestra, I would totally go for it. Maybe Cruise just wanted to give it a try! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,275 Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Came across this video interview with Paul Thomas Anderson. Somebody asked him about working with Jonny Greenwood and he spoke about the influence of the Spielberg/Williams collaboration on the use of music in his films (jump to 49:13 in the video): Quote When I grew up, I was watching Steven Spielberg's movies with John Williams. I was like, fuck, that's how you do it! Music and what the movie is, they bash together. Not that I'm comparing us at all, but that's what influenced me. That's how it should be. These two things smash together and you're supposed to grab and smash an audience with that stuff. That was my influence, I thought that's how you're supposed to do it. mahler3 and Muad'Dib 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TownerFan 4,983 Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,275 Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Trent Reznor had some very gentlemanly things to say about Our Lord and Savior recently:(can't seem to get the timestamp to work right, but go to 31 minutes and 25 seconds) Sharkissimo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Fluffy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Fluffy?Johnny's music is cuddly and fluffy with sugar coating. Didn't you know that? Also warm, obvious, hummable and nothing like modern audiences need. They want to be inspired by the combination of industrial machinery and kitchen appliances mixed in with a rough sounds of electronically manipulated violins and a rock band. That says "hello were are contemporary and speak to contemporary aesthetics. We are not fluffy. We offer no warmth, we are not obvious". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Fluffy?Well, it doesn't get fluffier than that: Incanus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Fluffy?Well, it doesn't get fluffier than that: Angela Morley is so proud of giving John Williams his trademark fluffiness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 I've never trusted fluffy-ness, and I never will. Ive never been able to forgive it, for My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Johnny's memory, his feelings of loyalty, obedience, friendship... might all be there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Not long after... they found a cure... A GODDAMN CURE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted December 31, 2014 Author Share Posted December 31, 2014 Pretty short, but Stephen Sondheim gives a brief shout-out to JW's score to Jaws.1:28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted July 2, 2015 Author Share Posted July 2, 2015 Rachel Maddow gives a nice tribute to Fanfare for Fenway...you can watch it minute-by-minute here (starts with a coupe commercials):https://archive.org/details/MSNBC_20120421_100000_The_Rachel_Maddow_Show#start/3360/end/3420 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,801 Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Didn't know where else to post this, but I think it's a compliment of sorts -out of context doesn't make much sense, but within the episode it's so damn funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,275 Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 I don't get it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Neither do I, but I'm sure it's very funny if you do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,801 Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 During the episode, some ominous extradiegetic music plays at certain times and this particular woman seems to be aware of it, and even now and then she's like "what the hell?" getting more and more mad by it as the episode progresses. By the end, she can't take it anymore and screams that particular line.Or something like that. mrbellamy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahler3 478 Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Zimmer talks about Williams all the time. He said a bunch of stuff when he was first rumored to score Man Of Steel.He called Close Encounters the greatest tone poem ever written.Joe Kramer's story in being hired for Jack Reacher revealed Tom Cruise's love for Williams.The 2002 Oscars with JW conducting as MD features Tom Cruise grinning and acknowledging gushingly at John Williams near the start. Can't find a YouTube link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,306 Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Zimmer talks about Williams all the time. He said a bunch of stuff when he was first rumored to score Man Of Steel.He called Close Encounters the greatest tone poem ever written.Joe Kramer's story in being hired for Jack Reacher revealed Tom Cruise's love for Williams.The 2002 Oscars with JW conducting as MD features Tom Cruise grinning and acknowledging gushingly at John Williams near the start. Can't find a YouTube link.That's just because he's trying to recruit JW into scientology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahler3 478 Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Ha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,490 Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 During the episode, some ominous extradiegetic music plays at certain times and this particular woman seems to be aware of it, and even now and then she's like "what the hell?" getting more and more mad by it as the episode progresses. By the end, she can't take it anymore and screams that particular line.Or something like that.Would have been more funny if I had actually heard her say "Williams" (it cuts off at "John..."), I had heard the background music and I knew what this animated series actually was called or was all about! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Would have been more funny if I had actually heard her say "Williams" (it cuts off at "John...")That sometimes happens with short videos on Youtube. Change the video resolution, that should fix the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,801 Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 It says Williams complete for me.Jesus, Thor.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 It says Williams complete for me.Jesus, Thor....It's the Norwegian Censorship Committee's fault. They blocked the end of that video in Norway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,191 Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 It says Williams complete for me.Jesus, Thor....Yes, but Thor doesn't like it complete. Koray Savas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,801 Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Was watching a gameplay of the new King's Quest game and look who gets thanked in the creditsIt's probably another Johnny though, but I thought it would be amusing if it was ours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,191 Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 Probably a relative of Roberta and Ken Williams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Andrade 1,263 Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Anne-Sophie Mutter called Williams one of the finest living composers, either for film or concert hall. You can hear her saying it on the bonus interview of the Club Album blu-ray. Just out of curiosity, when she plays the theme from Schindler's List, a lady in the audience is seen crying... Joni Wiljami 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SafeUnderHill 205 Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 Which one was Bain again? The starfish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 Okay... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SafeUnderHill 205 Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 Shakespeare's son? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 What? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Alas poor Bain, I knew ye. In America! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Tasker 21 Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5YAPg1ppw0Christopher Reeves speaks highly of John Williams at a Gala Event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Christopher Reeves? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 George Reeves. Christopher Reeve. Superman. We know who he meant. Cerebral Cortex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Tasker 21 Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Gah, yeah, my typo. I stared at it for a second - unsure if he was the "plural" name or not - and then shrugged and hit "post" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerebral Cortex 3,357 Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5YAPg1ppw0Christopher Reeves speaks highly of John Williams at a Gala Event.Great video. Thanks for posting it. Welcome to the forums, by the way! Will Tasker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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