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  1. I think I know the answer, but is there anyone here older than John Williams?
  2. I'm not sure I ever had one... Avatars have always been a bit mystifying to me, for no discernible reason.
  3. Congratulations! I look back at my posts from 20 years ago, and I am embarrassed at my teen attempts at prose, humor, and commentary. Still, this site was critical for my musical thought, and I even went to college for music with fellow JWFans! Then I fell off, but in the past few years had reason to revisit, and it is a testament to this site's value that it remains alive and well! Thank you, all, for sharing your companionship, intellect, and love of music.
  4. I've never been quite able to articulate those "Williams in concert mode" touches. Perhaps it has to do with some atonality, clusters, less-defined melody. What are your thoughts on the details of those elements?
  5. For me, The Lost World's Latin percussion is distinctive, giving it a different ("harder," "edgier"?) tone than the Jurassic Park score. Then, the string/woodwinds of Angela's Ashes present a different, cooler color than The Phantom Menace's warm string tone @artguy360 mentioned in the original post.
  6. Perhaps something like Walton's Spitfire Prelude... I can't sit at a piano without playing the opening of that first.
  7. It's the subsequent stuff, closer to ~9:30, those trumpet blasts on one note, that do it for me. I realized it's more Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, though. The former relation is certainly possible, though the latter film was out the same year.
  8. Does ~8:00 and then again at ~8:45 and on, but most especially at ~9:15 on in "The Train" (Horner, The Legend of Zorro) sound like music for the Resistance in Star Wars: The Force Awakens? For me, I now hear those strings at ~1:00 in "Scherzo for X-Wings" as castanets!
  9. As a sometimes composer, taking a look at pieces I've written several years past, I can say that most of the time I have no idea what I was thinking. Though, other times, I can remember precisely where I was and how I felt when I wrote specific pieces or moments...
  10. The Patriot Angela's Ashes Nixon Far and Away Heidi I am ridiculously unfamiliar with most of his non-Spielberg/-series film scores. I almost wanted to include his NBC News or Olympics packages in here, but they might actually qualify as series. Edit: I'm listening to Sleepers right now, a movie I've never seen nor score I've heard. I might need to modify my list.
  11. Ooh, that is wonderful information! Thank you, Smeltington! At the same time, I had seen that image, and while I thought it might be the Pentel, it isn't the wooden pencil he was using in the video (which seems to have been identified). I would have still posted For some composers, I'm not sure they worry about their writing implements and paper, but for others, it's a very personal part of their process. I wonder where Williams falls in that. For me, I focus far too much on the stationery and not enough on the music... that's my problem...
  12. I did search for "pencil", but my search term wasn't strong enough! Now I know better. Though, having seen that image, it wasn't what he was using back in '80, based on the video. Perhaps he isn't as persnickety, or like some, he fluctuates between them, or maybe he finds the padded grip more comfortable now.
  13. I recently watched the video of Williams working on The Empire Strikes Back. In it, he and the other musicians use many writing utensils. Can anyone identify the brands? Does anyone have any insight into Mr. Williams' favorite writing implements?
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