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This is an excellent interview by the Hollywood Reporter's Ray Bennett, which I can't see posted anywhere here yet. Some really good insights about Altman, Hitchcock and Sinatra: http://www.thecliffedge.com/?p=3049

Ricard: ET was not written by JW! Miguel: Neither was CEOT3rdK! Stefan: ?_?

I finally had a chance to share my thoughts on the concert (the first one on August 31): I have been to four JW Hollywood Bowl and this was Probably the best. As you can see from the program it was not just the usual smattering of his most well known tunes...there was some really cool stuff that I had never heard in concert before. The pieces chosen were also playable given the set up of the orchestra. I remember one year he played "Dance of the Witches," and during the trumpet solo at the end the sound was lost to the whirring of the orchestra. I'm not sure it would be possible to change that without a studio mix or a microphone. This time none of the pieces felt like that--sure the mix did not sound exactly like the definitive recordings, and as a trombonist I would have loved to hear more prominent low brass, but the most important parts were always the most prominent, and the details were never lost. In terms of unreleased arrangements, this concert was a gold mine. We got the new arrangement of "Song for World Peace," which was awesome (although the new piece seems to climax twice, which is a little strange). We got the concert version of Marion's Theme, beautifully performed. We. Got the concert suite from War Horse, with a very nice flute solo (although to be honest I thought the decrescendo at the end of the first phrase was a little too much). And even "Adventure Continues" (which was played at the fastest tempo I have heard at any live concert) some new feature--there was an extra boom-tzzzz to fill a moment of silence (not a fan) and a horn sustain was added during the first false ending, probably to stop people from clapping to early (also, the video montage for this sequence was he best I have seen). The choir, which I believe hasn't been used at a JW Bowl concert since my ffirst concert in 2005, was amazing. "Dry Your Tears Afrika" was my favorite, and I thought that despite a moment of confusion that resulted in some muddled lyrics it was better than the City of Prague recording of the concert version. Gil Shaman was fantastic. You could see how enthusiastic he was through his body language and facial expression. "Remembrances" was amazing. The ET piece was fantastic. There was not a dry eye in sight. During the rehearsal there was a tech lady standing on the stage wiping her eyes. A funny moment was when Williams played the Superman theme and everybody started waving a light saber, thinking it was from Superman. He saved most of the popular stuff for the encores, and it was great fun given the casual fandom of almost all of the audience. They were waiting throughout the entire concert for Star Wars, and JW waited to relieve them. But for me, the greatest moment was...meeting John Williams. I'm not going to post any pictures (because I don't post any pics of myself on this board), nor will I reveal exactly how it happened because it was made clear to me that some people had let me slip through some cracks to meet the man, and it cannot be a regular occurrence. I wouldn't blame some of you for not believing me (and frankly I don't really care ). I will say that the maestro was truly gracious, and I feel incredibly blessed to have made this legendary encounter.

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I still consider it the greatest TV show I have ever seen. Before the grand finale, there are 6 or 7 filler episodes that I could do without, but all the rest is pure gold. And Fire Wal with Me elevates the whole thing even more

Now this is simply awesome:

John Williams - 2000 - The Patriot - Chris Michie

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