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Warner Bros, then Lucafilms Logo, IRRC. Its going to be weird not having the FOx fanfare... they can add any logos to it...it wont be the same

Was it me? I think Williams has been pretty innovative over his career, from stuff like IMAGES to his merging of analogue synthesisers and orchestra in HEARTBEATS (which had been done before, but not in this way), and his use of MIDI, sampled sounds, with avant garde techniques in his Oliver Stone scores, particularly BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY and JFK - reflecting the collage-like, fragmented quality of Stone's film making. MINORITY REPORT is also quite daring, with the Takemitsu/Corigliano-influenced textural approach to 1m1 The Crime, and the recurring sequenced synth marimba figure heard in 2m4A Containment Center, 2m6A Elevator Confrontation and 6mA The Man in the Window, to name only two examples. The difference now is that Williams's getting old. Like most ageing composers, from Bela Bartók to Jerry Goldsmith, he now favours simplicity over complexity. Any of the avant-garde passages in his scores now on (judging from LINCOLN) will probably stuff we've already heard from him before. He's got nothing more to prove.

Why would you bring the ST TMP CD to a Horner signing? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWihpHCVXug

I don't really use itunes that much at home so there wasn't much for me to list, most of my "most played" were John Barry, Jerry Goldsmith, Miklos Rozsa and Michael Giacchino. Most of my Williams stuff was 8 times or less.

Yes. This is probably the best news in regards to the next film. Bring on Giacchino's score. Super 8, Star Trek, Lost and John Carter are much better than Williams efforts for AOTC and ROTS.

John Debney can't really write good themes. except Seaquest DSV

My problem with Giacchino is that his music never really soars. It's always light hearted and emotionally barren. This might be due in part to Wallin's infamous mixing but I think there's something missing in the compositions themselves.

Even before we can attempt to get anything good out of this, Lucas needs to stay the hell away or we'll get his influence ruining this just like it contributed to ruining Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. The most he should influence this: 1. John Williams does the music 2. No lens flares, in fact dump your DP altogether 3. No computer generated cartoons everywhere 4. Nothing from the prequels 5. Raping Han Solo and all characters from Star Wars, Empire and Jedi is strictly forbidden 6. No Shia or any of these shitty popular modern actors 7. No awful storylines that don't make any sense and/or plot holes everywhere That will never happen, so I'm going to go ahead and predict we're screwed, but I'd be ecstatic to be wrong

So Giacchino will do this, meaning we won't get a new JW score, the entire movie will be lens flares and it will likely go against all the established canon. It could be good, but who cares if there's no John Williams score. Seriously.