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I was there too! So weird to think that he had only written three Star Wars scores at that time and zero Harry Potter scores. And he performed quite a few pieces he rarely performs or hasn't performed in a long time. The Lost World, JFK Suite, Liberty Fanfare, Celebrate Discovery, The Reivers, The Cowboys Overture, Hell's Kitchen, Tuba Concerto, the spooky river piece from the Born on the 4th of July suite plus the main theme, and The Asteroid Field. And I think it's been a while since he's conducted The Witches of Eastwick.And the Far and Away Suite, it was a while before he performed that again. And no Superman or The Imperial March! While I loved the variety, those being my first and only to date concerts conducted by the man himself, I would have liked to have heard those! Williams sure has a lot of pieces to draw from should he wish to vary future concerts up more. And he's still yet to perform anything from the last Star Wars film. Guitarist Joe Satriani varies his setlists each tour and has something of a rule of thumb for the setlists - quite a lot from his most recent album, fan favorites from his career, and a few pieces he hasn't played live in ages or ever. His live albums - four or five - all feature quite a lot of variety except for about 4 or 5 fan favorites. He has quite a large back catalogue now, but well I don't think any living composer who does concerts has a larger body of work to draw upon than Williams.

The book is about a group of seniors tackling a murder mystery, so perhaps Williams will be intrigued by the idea of writing for seniors - aside from Indy, along with working with a director again whom he has written some great music for. Whatever happens, I think I might read the book. I've read and enjoyed quite a few books when it was possible/expected Williams would provide music for their adaptions: Memors of a Geisha (while I was livig in Kyoto and when Spielberg was thinking of directing), Angela's Ashes, Minority Report, The Book Thief, The BFG, and a couple that never eventuated, Ready Player One and Robopocalypse.Most of the other adaptions, I read after the films: Schindler's List, Jurassic Park. and War of the Worlds.. And I think I read the first few Harry Potter books before there was talk of the movies. Maybe! I think just Jaws and Empire of the Sun are the only adaptions I haven't read. - Presumed Innocent as well. Eigar Sanction too. Not really tempted to read those.

He said recently he's always asking Steven what he's doing next, and he recently said he'd be open to more films if his schedule and interest allows. And he'll keep writing music while he's able to - that is how he enjoys life. I think the only significant thing he said regarding movies was that he would be reluctant to take on a project as big as a Star Wars score - something that requires about 6 months plus of work to a schedule and millions of notes. But after he said that, he opted to tackle the entire Indy 5 score after initially only signing up to write a few themes. I personally don't feel there's any big change in his working life, except a little less conducting of entire concerts and more international travel for concerts than during most of his 80s. Those international trips seem to be Williams enjoying life - if not more then at least a little differently from his daily routine.

Actually, I'm not real familair with his horror scores. I think I listened to parts of a few and thought "too scary!" I'll explore more one day when I have more courage. But I have some favorites. Number one being The Tower, released by Intrada about 100 years ago with a bonus initial release of The Core as a gift from Chris, namely the last track Coeur Hanté - Haunted Heart. It's a total gem. I love The Core too. And some of the dramatic scores listed above. The Big Kahuna is another faviorite. And The Man Who Knew Too Little - I only have the main theme from one of Varese's anniversary sets. More dramatic goodness: An Unfinished Life Piano Sketches and To Spain With Love, a concept album, and sorry, but I edited out all the non-musical elements - musicians commenting or laughing if memory serves. I don't need that^

Both could be true!

I'm another who hears Williams fine craftmanship and sensibilities all over this. And since I play a little guitar - well, a normal sized guitar a little - I especially like to hear Williams writing for guitar. I certainly have a softspot for Taking Pictures and The Days Between arrangement which features more guitar. In my mind, they're up there with Williams most beautiful pieces. I hope Williams writes a guitar concerto one day. A nice one like Elmer Bernstein's - not a weird one!

Unfortunately, there's no digital download tier. The only download is the Complete Nosferatu "Piano Sketches" (lossless audio download), only available at the highest tier - $1,300.

For some reason I thought "Ships to anywhere in the world" meant free shipping. I really just want a digital download and would rather that shipping cost went to the project. I know that shouldn't stop me contributing.... I'll see how things stand a little closer to the end.

A friend took me to a bar just outside of Seoul last night - we had both never been there before. Wow, a wall full of soundtrack CDs! A shame the owner wasn't there - I would have liked to have talked to him or her!

It must be Mod - short for moderato, an indication of the tempo. Either that or Moo - to play the music as if you were a cow.

I recall it was a Japanese fan club, and it coincided with Williams visiting and performing in Japan in June 1993

When I think "re-imagine", I think of something like "The Beatles Reimagined for trumpet, accordian, and two ballet dancers" For this album, I think the pieces are more faithful arrangements for piano, cello, and flute. But John Williams: Faithful Arrangements doesn't sound as catchy as John Williams: Reimagined. I quite like the title even though "re-imagined" in my mind evokes some avant-garde monstrosity. As I mentioned above, my jaw dropped when I saw the setlist. For example, I've always longed for music from AI featuring cello after that brief quote on the OST in Stored Memories & Monica's Theme, and I think this could be the arrangenent I've been dreaming about. And I've always loved those more melodic pieces from The River (Growing Up, The Pony Ride, & Young Friends Farewell), so I'm really curious and excited to hear them for these instruments.

And the Filmmusicreporter post omits the release date, which is August 23

Oops, yes. Love this bit:

Robert Townsend's Facebook post has that as the Elegy for Cello and Piano - the piano version of Elegy for Cello and Orchestra And wow, that track list has me so excited!