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Just watched this. Still in shock. Incredible. Music is incredible. Obviously hard to say if it's Williams but I hope it is (yes, I know it is clearly beefed up by a music house, but that doesn't rule out it being mostly Williams.) As a word of caution, it is helpful to note that acoustic orchestral sound does not necessarily mean it's Williams. I know that there was at least some live recording for TFA trailer 3, for example, which was not at all Williams. I will say, though, that some spots near the beginning seem very tenderly orchestrated in a way you wouldn't necessarily expect from a music house. Loved hearing the TFA themes!! And the visuals ... man, they didn't even show the planet I most wanted to see, and it was still breathtaking. Hooray for Star Wars!!!

This might get you close

Lando system?

Krayt dragon eats Finn, Ewoks inherit the universe.

Here we go again....

If you're lucky he'll compose a new concerto about you!

Yeah... No thank you.

I like your enthusiasm Will! I dug the trailer also. I like the look and feel of the film, and the music is indeed incredible. I have a good feeling about this.

I will give credit to Disney for doing an incredible job blurring the sound of trailer music and John Williams. That first half genuinely sounded like a Williams composition (complete with orchestra) but as the trailer went on it felt more like trailer house on steroids.

Don't forget: the logo is red. That's turning to the Dark Side too. And C-3P0 has a red arm. So clearly he's going to turn to the Dark Side.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure the beginning at least is Williams. Even if a trailer music company did decide to use Rey and Kylo's themes, I guess it probably wouldn't have sounded like that given the way the Force theme, for example, has been handled in previous promos. Leaning toward the second half being him too, I think, obviously with "enhancements"...the trumpets and the woodwind flourish do sound like a real performance to me, and I'm not sure anybody just writing trailer music would have made that natural connection between the Force theme and the little tag from Rey's theme. I mean, I just don't think it would have occurred to anybody else to continue that thread between the two themes, seems like a bit of an obscure reference and melodically it's a pretty clean line from one into the other there. If it's not Williams, well then respect to whoever was paying attention.

Very curious to get official word on Williams' involvement in the teaser. That first half does sound like it very well could be his work, but I don't hear anything that makes me 100% sure. In any case, I like it a lot. Kudos to the marketing team for letting Rey's and Kylo Ren's themes be featured.

Probably, but I can still dream. I just like the idea of Williams being that versatile that he knows how to get down with the kids when the job calls for it.

Nice combination of Rey's Theme and Force Theme counterpointed, like at the end of TFA end credits. Also Ren's theme as we see the smashed helmet.

Don't worry: Will will be here to remind us that the music may or may not be by Williams, and that there's no way to know for sure unless someone officially confirms it!

I just hope the trailer has music.

LOL. The face says it all. Bam, right into camera. Is Williams waving to Puck?

Found these pics off twitter feed #johnwilliams

If the "Angry Dumbledore" was just that one isolated incident I probably wouldn't mind it that much, but everyone in GOF is so over-the-top and Dumbledore seems constantly pissed throughout the whole film that it makes that scene a convenient scapegoat for the overall issues with its choices in tone and characterization. I think it's actually wildly entertaining as a standalone action/adventure but it reminds me the least of the spirit of the books out of all the films, so it's hard not to be of two minds about it. Whereas a movie like POA, I get the gripes about the adaptation of the plot stuff, but to me it translates the whole vibe of what Rowling was trying to do with that world so well that I give it high marks as an adaptation. Characterization is mostly respectful of the book counterparts (I think this movie has the best Harry, actually), and visually it reminds me a lot of her wordplay in those books -- the way it emphasizes the seasonal transitions, or compositions that show off the geography of the castle or casually draw your eye to little details. Columbus/Newell were always a little more insistent on the magical stuff than Rowling, whereas Yates generally kept himself a little too distant from it all for my liking (while paradoxically being a bit too cutesy on the occasions that he did engage in the whimsy, such as IMO the Dumbledore's Army training montage or the potions class in HBP.)

While you're at it, could you ask him why he doesn't write choral music anymore? Thanks.

It would seem the best way these days is to play the Star Wars theme outside his house.

FAMILY PILOT is a good example of this.

No thanks.

Sure...

Hehehe... Dipshit!

I know that Mike Rubino scored the second TFA trailer, as well as several of the later teasers, and this sounds very similar, not to mention it fits his style of composing like a glove. I'm pretty convinced it was composed by him. He likes to incorporate motifs from the films he's scoring the trailers for, and I know he's a big fan of John Williams. UPDATE: It was actually composed by Frederick Lloyd.

Please everybody move all discussion of where discussion belongs to the Discussion Direction Thread.

The Victory Of The Daleks is gre....no wait!

Of course Alex didn't think much of it, what else would we expect? Why he continues to even post about Star Wars stuff on occasion is anybody's guess.

It wasn't all Williams.

It will contain music from Desplat's abandoned R1 score.

It was recorded on December 9th 1999 at Sony Pictures Studios, Culver City, CA.

From 02:36 to 02:41: hilarious. Sounds like Cassian is speaking in Elvish, and Jyn is like: "Wut?"

Indeed, Willie Scott and Short Round are Spielberg's most irritating characters ever.

Azkaban is the best of the Potter films

Yes, I also snooped around on that site after I saw the JW interview. Thanks for looking further into this, Zoltan! How fantastic wouldn't it be to have all the (filmed) Boston Pops concerts wtih JW available! But as far as a crowdfunding campaign goes, I'm not sure how that would work out, as people have different preferences in terms of what taped concerts they would like to see. For example, I would much rather have the one featuring the "Seven for Luck" song cycle (if that was the BP; I keep forgetting) or something featuring more rare material. So how would one go about selecting which ones?

Not quite. When the commercial with the Jedi Steps theme was released, there was debate whether it was Williams. In fact, the general consensus was that it was not by Williams.

Jesus, you and bollemaneke. I didn't realize people had such specifically closed-minded preferences with music. Maybe I need one too. From now on, I hate all music that uses muted trumpets!

That's more then 140 characters!