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Well, that was a wonderfully enjoyable evening and well worth the trip across the Atlantic. I had not expected to get his autograph but I decided to wait at the stage door before the concert with the other people from JWFan and I was able to get The Phantom Menace signed. I was the last person he signed an autograph for so I feel very lucky. Meaghan got Jaws signed and the front blue and white cover with his signature in black across the front looks awesome so I might try for that next year. A really great way to start the evening, despite the presence of a slightly overzealous security guard who probably thinks he’s Clint Eastwood from In The Line of Fire! As in New York a few years ago, I was seated at the front row only a few feet from JW. Once again, I thought he was in great shape for his age and was in good humor throughout the evening. It was fantastic hearing Lincoln live and it sounded amazing. His concert arrangement of Marion’s Theme was another beautiful highlight from the first half and I hope someone records that radio broadcast of the concert in a few weeks purely for that piece. There were also a couple of nicely edited montages and I especially liked the “Flight” montage accompanied by Hook which JW said he got a kick out of. It was interesting that the shot of Abrams’ Enterprise at the very end of that clip got a little cheer. I found his “film scoring techniques” segment fascinating as it gave us a just a small glimpse into the type of discussions he has with Spielberg. The audience seemed to respond well to it also especially when he said “that is our assignment”. I always find these concerts a little surreal because film music is such a niche and knowing anyone in your offline life who knows anything about film music is such a rarity; so seeing an entire symphony hall filled with people who want to see JW was nice, especially the immediate standing ovation he got the instant the Star Wars main theme finished. Of course, there is a considerable difference between the general public who wants to hear old favorites such as ET, Star Wars, Indy to hardcore fans to scour video game files for unreleased music but it was still nice to see so much admiration for him. I noticed a few little moments during the concert. Firstly, at one point a women to my right was removed for recording with her phone. Later at the end of the evening, JW pointed to her and made a little camera gesture while smiling. I didn’t notice him seeing her leaving but he was probably looking at the cellos / double bass when it happened and saw it. I’m sure that little moment with him softened the blow for her of being escorted out of the hall! Secondly, at about 4 times during the Star Wars main theme, the first and second violinists laughed. They both laughed at exactly the same times and it looked like they were noticing something on the music sheet. None of the other violinists were laughing so I was wondering what the hell they could be seeing? This was my first time attending a Pops concert. I was very impressed by Symphony Hall which looks stunning, but I wasn’t too keen on the serving of food during the show. Thankfully the people at my table didn’t eat anything so I wasn’t distracted except for a women two tables over who was opening cookies wrapped in the noisiest known to mankind, but that only lasted about a minute or so. I actually found the sight of the waiters darting between tables a little more annoying. It was a pleasure meeting everyone, including Jason even if it was just a brief handshake and Meaghan who I had already met in New Year a few years ago. I hope to return to Boston next year and I’ll definitely attend any JWFan dinner. (I would have posted sooner but I was trying to remove a nasty stubborn virus from my laptop which is considerably more difficult when you’re 3000 miles away from your resources at home).

America....FUCK YEAH! Stars and Stripes FOREVER! JWFans More JWFans The lovely JWFangirl92 John Williams (D'UH!!!) The fabulous Renovia New England filmscore fans dragging their better half's to their geeky pass times..... Foxfan (Francis) and Jason's Marcy. Suspiciously close together.... Jason, trying not to get pissed of about that! JWFangirl enjoying the show

You too???? This is the second best picture os me and a woman taken this week....or ever!

you want to choke and throw up all the good music you just digested?

I only just got my copy and it is wonderful.

T1 has the great character of Kyle Reese, and he helps shape Sarah Connor into someone you can believe to be a fighter. In T2, this fighter has gone psycho and ended up in the loony bin, and her child is a smack talking pansy who we can't ever imagine will ever lead the revolution. And for as great as the T-1000 effects wise is, its physical impossibly makes it more magic than science fiction. T2 may have the awesome scene of Arnold cutting his arm open, but it's no eyeball in the sink. Finally, T1 permits Bill Paxton to be killed by a Terminator. He would later be killed by an Alien and a Predator, becoming the only actor to earn this honor (Lance Henriksen cannot count).

TV Show: DaVinci's Demons. I'm an enormous Bear McCreary fan and tend to play games/watch shows solely because he's doing the music (much like Williams). The main character theme is a musical palindrome! Also there's a lot of period instrumentation and such. Pretty neat. Movie: The Avengers (yes, I know I'm a little behind on my new movie quota ). Really love how a couple of the themes from Captain America: The First Avenger managed to spill over into the score, though I am surprised and a bit disappointed that The Hulk didn't get one. Fun score, but nothing earth-shattering.

I'm already there. Booze, Williams and fans? My body has been ready for years.

Envious is definitely the word. And yes childishness is my best quality. So anyway, John might be here next year for Star Wars... and a night at the Barbican... I'm thinking Euro Meet... I'm thinking Alice Brallice...

Loving it today! Our Mod, of his face from booze!

5 times for me. I'm sure no one is surprised. Twice at my local IMAX, once at the IMAX at Universal Studios Hollywood (which I then went on JP The Ride right after seeing it), once in a regular 3D theater, and then one final time at a discount theater in 3D. The last one was significant, because it was at one of the exact same theaters I saw it originally when it came out in 1993. So now I'm full circle.

This thread feel like "Prequel Resource, The Next Generation"

A detailed interview with Zimmer on the Man of Steel score. http://collider.com/hans-zimmer-man-of-steel-interstellar-rush-interview/#more-260449 I like how Zimmer constantly emphasized the fact that he could not live up to John Williams' score and wasn't going to try to out-do Williams' work. He mentioned he was reluctant to take it on for several reasons.

This technique is for real, as some members have already pointed out. It was prevalent in Golde Age scores by Steiner (who did this a lot!), Korngold and others, and I'm wondering a little whether this technique might actually be endogenous to film music! I certainly can't recall encountering it in any other genre. And it makes sense in a way: It is really a matter of sonic "branding". The Steiner Gone With the Wind-example is a very good one, but there are countless others. Korngold would actually at times more or less set to music an entire opening crawl, as in The Adventures of Robin Hood. Whether or not Williams does this consciously, I couldn't say, but I don't see why not, as this is a practice he is certainly very familiar with, and it would be completely in tune with his hommage-approach to a score such as Star Wars. And the later practice of theming a score on a main title song is sort of related to this, I suppose.