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I'm saving it for my visit to the theater next month.

It's my belief that this kind of thing is (and will be for years to come) one of John's greatest legacy in the music world (not just film music). He introduced generations of listeners to the sound of the symphony orchestra and truly helped a lot of people to love and appreciate the great classical repertoire. He's a true hero.

Wonderful: http://www.classicfm.com/music-news/latest-news/john-williams-youtube-save-brazilian-symphony/

I actually very much enjoyed the second part of the album with the narration (and this is from someone that loathes the narration on the US version of the Angela's Ashes album). Ever since I got the old Label X CD years ago I had been intrigued to hear the version with narration. It's very nicely done and I must admit to getting quite caught up in the story, although I was not too puerile to snigger when I heard grandfather's line "It was the next day when I took Heidi up the alm" in the Meditations track. I am so sorry.

It's his last really good work. There's only around 17 minutes of music in the film. The album is much longer. This cue doesn't appear in the film at all. Karol

Sigh of relief! (And don't get me wrong, I do like almost everything Giacchino does)

I really hope the Rebel Fanfare makes a return. It, more or less, served as a musical identity for the Millenium Falcon as well as the Rebels heroics. I was very pleased to hear it in ROTS, appropriately underscoring the heroics of R2D2. My favorite theme has always been the Han & Leia theme from ESB. Charles Gerhardt's recording of the concert arrangement is wonderful. Not so sure he'll use the Luke & Leia theme though. He had an ideal opportunity to use it in ROTS but chose to utilize the character's own individual themes instead. I'm less interested in the substance JW applies (new/old themes) than the style he chooses. I really hope he makes a return to the swashbuckling romantic style that made the original trilogy so soaring. His prequel scores, although technically superior and more complex, didn't inhibit the sense of wonder and magic that the OT has in spades. Leitmotif-driven rousing adventure gave way to pastoral and operatic narrative. I'm an 1980's kid...toss me into nostalgia, JW. Mr. K Or if Ben Burtt decides to track old cues in lieu of new material. I could c-c-c-combo break that guy for his treatment of the prequel scores. Some truly inspired cues were terribly hacked apart or abandoned completely so he could paste 'Escape from Naboo' or 'Escaping the Trade Federation Ship' all over the place! Go ahead and record your whiz-bang sound fx, Benny- and stay outta the editing bay. We should have let Ken Wannberg crucify him years ago. Mr. K

Sorry, I didn't see the requests until I revisited the thread. Sure, I'll upload it at some point. My computer doesn't have a CD drive (newer iMacs got ride of them), so I'll have to upload it when I have access to a different computer.

Star Trek: Into Darkness. Wow. Just . . . wow. What a great fun, engaging, intense movie experience. I had my concerns that this would just be a sequel--meaning, just another iteration of the first film (it didn't help much that the opening sequence had me thinking that's exactly where it was headed). It would've been all right, I suppose, but . . . I was hoping for a movement to the next level. Something that showed the series (such as it is) is going somewhere. And that's just what I got. This was a summer action blockbuster, to be sure, and a rousing good one at that, but I was deeply impressed with the growth of the characters and their relationships. And the references to, and connections with, the original series and films were solidly realized and achieved. A great time all around. Now I get to head over to the spoilers thread and have some fun. . . ! - Uni

This. I too am not surprised at all. Williams cares about his work for the Star Wars series as much as his fans do. He's very grateful for the success, visibility and opportunities it brought to his career, very much like he feels for his association with Steven Spielberg. So, in this sense, it's not surprising he still wants to be part of this world. Also, I think John is still a very young soul and, as it appears from the brief quote in this interview, he's very excited to see what new things he can bring to the table. One could think he would feel (legitimately) unmotivated after six films of the same series. But I think his enthusiasm and sense of wonder is absolutely genuine. I really hope to get at 81 with just half the energy and vitality he shows!

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