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Something odd on disc 2. Track 22 is "The Conversation" and track 23 is "Inside". That's a little fast, I think. Shouldn't there be something like a "Kiss" between?

Yep and a great cue, can't wait to hear the rest of the score

JW: "Hey Arista, let's make this a 2LP set, okay?" Arista: "Sure, Mr. Williams."

Only the most enfranchised fanboys have any clue what the Old Republic era is all about. The period is almost entirely unknown to the casual Star Wars fan and moviegoer. It'd be a very rich area in the series' lore to explore. Definitely enough material to sustain a film trilogy.

Maybe if you're an amateur! Oftentimes, even The Conversation gets skipped over.

Statement from La-La Land on FSM: So glad you guys are excited by this release. To be honest with you, we didn't even think it was going to happen until we did Braveheart a few years back. We are deeply honored to have been able to bring this dream project to life with the full cooperation of Mr Horner's estate, agency, Fox, Paramount, Sony Music and Lightstorm (and we got it signed off on just as they started shooting the new Avatar films!). While it would have been nice to include the song, we were frankly told that IF we wanted to include it we may want to schedule the release for the 25th anniversary! lol You can bemoan all you want about the song, but the fact is that our goal was to present the original score as Mr Horner recorded for the film. The song would have been nice, but beyond complicated. We are film score fans. In the end, that's what matters the most. MV http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=123920&forumID=1&archive=0&pageID=1&r=187#

It was somehow predictable that they wouldn't twice create a fully new cover, but one fully new cover and one familiar old fashioned cover. I like it! It's the opposite of E.T.! And the idea to include a dropped 2LP presentation ... just brilliant!

It's the exact same photo. OMG, they photoshoped the inclination of his head!

I think it is. I'm sooooo excited. I really can't wait. Common Disney, give us some track previews.

3:27 is just a variation on Anakin's theme, but a very nice one for sure.

I noticed that the Last Jedi soundtrack is now available for preorder on iTunes... just purchased my copy in advance. Man, only 3 weeks left to go... my nerd anticipation for both the score and film has been set to maximum overdrive. Can't wait!

What a great thread... just discovering it now. Bummer that a lot of the YouTube content has been pulled, but appreciate the timing & track references. This is actually one of my pet loves about JW's scores -- just these little moments that he drops in there, sometimes with these amazing themes that are never heard again. And it's always perfectly set to the story beats in the visuals (as if the musical accomplishment by itself wasn't enough). Not sure if it was mentioned earlier, but I feel like track 8 (He is the Chosen One) of the TPM soundtrack is basically an entire track full of these. These mysterioso chords at 0:03 to 0:24 that segue into something that sounds like it's going to be the Force theme, but doesn't quite get there: This painfully beautiful coda out of Anakin's theme at 0:31 and into this amazing religioso low brass chorale at 0:44 (segment ends around 1:01): This 12/8 agitato string figure that starts at 1:38, is joined by a partial statement of the Force theme, and then the segment winds down with a series of tender cadences starting about 2:01, the last one (2:14) punctuated with harp & celeste: And the end of this track -- I just wanna hug it, and squeeze it, and call it George. 3:20 starts with another one of these moving cadence passages that are all over this track, and then JW just casually drops this beautiful hymn for strings and winds (3:27; which we never hear again, AFAIK) which winds down with the horns changing the character from lyrical to noble. And can we just marvel at the precision of the LSO brass on that fanfare that ends the track? Every time I hear this I'm just stunned with the uniformity of articulation and note length, and better than even money it was that way right from the first reading: Now, if I were a film music composer, I gotta think I would give my left nut/ovary to have composed any one of these moments. And JW's scores have countless of these things.

Absolutely thrilled, and looking forward to the first appearance of Inside (kind of coming full circle to when one of my earliest purchases was a new record called Pops in Space, which included the SE material). The crossover arrangement of the theme will be missed - Meco's was disco, JW's much better one was closer to jazz funk - but it sounds fine on Audio Fidelity's 2015 release and I can see how it wasn't necessary here. I'm really glad the Maestro got to realize his original LP plans... with much better sound and editing. Hands down my fav score, or musical work of any kind, ever.

I can't believe it's real!

Reading the title Then reading the post

How do you began to prostitute yourself? - "Well, I'm a JW completist."

You're funny. I find a lot of good info in old posts!

I really want to hear something already guys, because this waiting is like a torture. John Williams is my soul fuel. What do you think about getting a glimpse of a recording session before the movie release, like "60 Minutes" back in 2015?

I was right first!!!

Is William still the youngest? Wonder if anybody younger has joined and posts regularly. I seem to remember there's someone here (or maybe a few) who got into Williams pre-Jaws. Not sure if they'd even necessarily be the oldest, though.

Force Awakens had one official clip with score and Rogue One had a bunch, so I'm assuming we'll hear something.

Too many arpegios for Willy.

The perfect soundtrack for a rainy sunday of november.

I'm just curious how it will play out in full, given that we've never really heard Horner's intended version. Other than that, I have a this sort of love/hate relationship with the score. Some of it is amazing, some of it gets on my nerves. Karol

Looking at that tracklist some of the cues are combined out of order, but each of them is included again on the other disc with a clean opening or ending. This is really cool because it not only allows for chronological playlists, it also gives the discs a fuller program so each can work as a complete experience on its own. This looks like the kind of release I always dream of. I'm especially excited to check out the pseudo double LP program on Disc 1!

One of my favourite Christmas-themed pieces is Krzysztof Penderecki's 2nd Symphony. He is probably most known for his avant garde atonal music of his youth (and popularised by the horror films, I'm sure) but my favourite work of his is the exact opposite of that. He shocked the concert music scene in the early 1980's where he decided he's done with those crazy experiments and started composing music in a more neo-romantic idiom. And that is when this symphony premiered. It is actually labeled as "Christmas" symphony due to the inclusion of Silent Night as the running motif. But the entire work is quite brooding and dark. I love it. Karol

I was 18 and still very much in the grip of "WTF this John Williams guy who did Jurassic Park two years ago was also the same bloke who did the music for Star Wars, Jaws, ET, Raiders, Superman, Close Encounters, Hook, Lost in Space and Land of the Giants?!" mania.

The score is also insanely effective within the film and given a chance to shine in several major scenes.

I guess 'POST' will have a digital release early with only the physical release coming later.

https://musique.fnac.com/a11191330/John-Williams-John-Williams-Conductor-Coffret-Inclus-un-livret-illustre-de-64-pages-CD-album There are no details available yet, but it's safe to assume that the 20 CDs will be: Williams Conducts Williams: The Skywalker Symphony The Spielberg/Williams Collaboration Music of the Night I Love a Parade Joy to the World Music for Stage and Screen Williams on Williams: The Classic Spielberg Scores Night and Day: The Pops Salutes Sinatra Unforgettable The Green Album Swing The Five Sacred Trees The Hollywood Sound Cinema Serenade Cinema Serenade Vol.2 Gershwin Fantasy Call of the Champions Yo-Yo Ma Plays the Music of John Williams The Spielberg/Williams Collaboration Vol.3 A CD with the Memoirs of a Geisha Suite for Cello and Orchestra and the Geisha Suite for Cello and Piano (plus perhaps the American Masterpiece Collection Theme)

Christmas sounds, of course.

Schifrin was the first actual name that came to mind. The Wrath of God is another great example too. Also Goldsmith's Bandolero comes to mind.

I kinda like it *shrug*

There's really only one possibility...the licensing fee was too high. Especially given the limited number of copies this is going to sell, La-La Land probably (rightly) concluded that their audience would not be motived to buy the record by the song's presence, nor dissuaded by the lack thereof.

But those are carols interpreted and orchestrated by JW right? (could be wrong...) Dion probably commands a way bigger fee for her voice to be heard on an album. Why are we even debating this anyway... it doesn't need to be on the set.

Tokyo Ghoul by Don Davis Brothers Grimm by Dario Marianelli Luna by Austin Wintory Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri by Carter Burwell Lincoln by John Williams

La Columna from Che! fits the bill, as do most of the tracks from the album. There are plenty of others to explore in Lalo Schifrin's oeuvre, but that is one of my favourites.

Good lord. I hope this was made from a score reduction, because if that guy or gal has ears good enough to transcribe that AND the chops to play it... I need to be buying their records.

Really pumped for this. It represents a pinnacle of Williams' achievements in terms of film music composition. It's not that I listen to it very often but whenever I do it's just pure magic. Few things in this area match the sheer power and beauty of this score's third act. This is what a perfect s-f score sounds like to me. As for the album, I'll probably arrange the listening experience into chronological as my preferred version and will create additional two playlists featuring two discs as they are presented. That way I can have three different versions to choose from. I hope the album's booklet will feature a guide as to how to arrange the tracks into proper order. Karol

Dracula. It's an incredible piece indeed

I want that treaty signed.

The Batman theme is all over the film, to the point where I feel like other themes are even influenced by it. It’s cool. Honestly, yes, the score is rough. But you know what? It’s a step in the right direction and I’m glad it exists.

Assault? You can barely hear the score in the film. Elfman might have "Batman-ed the shit out of that one moment" but the sound mixers decided to almost entirely bury it under the sound effects. An average person won't even hear it. Karol

As far as film music is concerned, Mychael Danna did this wonderful 'ancient' christmas score that utilizes several well-known charols in gorgeous string settings.

Not really a score cue per se. Poe Dameron play geetar and sing good.

That wonderful bit of music that plays when R2D2 and C3PO jettison from Princess Leia's ship in an escape pod in the original Star Wars. I remember moving the needle back on my record player and listening to that small bit of music over and over again.

Hmmm...is that a choir I hear in there? Well, actually it's not, but John cleverly uses muted, tremolo strings to create an impression of one.

One of John Williams' best ever tracks if you ask me. And a good companion piece: 01:33 - 01:58