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These are superb performances. I love how Dudamel conducts the music of Williams, with reverence and sincere joy. He seems to understand what makes JW music great, he's able to bring out so many great colours even from the most worn-out pieces like the Imperial March. Imho, this will be a reference recording for many years.

So apparently the full concert was recorded on video:

I wish this thread had plans to retire.

That quite a short concert!

Good!

That's because IX's big twist is someone's foot getting cut off instead of their hand.

I really like He Only Hop. It’s definitely something different.

It's the 2012 revision he's regularly performing since then and that it's available from Hal Leonard

Williams: Gustavo! I have some very exciting news! I'm retiring!

"Trusted source"? Mike Matessino has personally worked with the Maestro. So, the fact that he clarified that John Williams has no plans to retire is clear confirmation that not only does that contradict your supposed claims; you are merely relaying false information, not news. Of course you cannot reveal your source. It has no merit. Until otherwise stated by an OFFICIAL SOURCE, I think it is best to completely ignore your claims and label them as what it is: false information.

What I've noticed with aging composer/ musicians is that you won't know until you know. First thing is, maybe the "trusted source"is correct, but maybe it's just his thought and he made it up in his mind because he wants to be important and seems like he's buddy buddy with him. I find that more often than not, "trusted sources"are often wrong. Especially when you don't list who they are. First, it's an opinion (since only Williams will make his own decisions, which makes most of the things on this feed seem silly), and therefor, why would it be top secret? Unless his name is Michael Cohen.... Also, so many older artists cancel things at the last second. Probably because they're old, obviously, and are not always sure if they can or can't do something until the time comes. In the last few years of his life, Andre Previn was scheduled to attend and even conduct performances, and his participation/ presence was canceled at the last second. Same with Williams , more or less, for the European concerts and also at Tanglewood that year when he had the pace maker put in. Also this google thread from a miiiiiiillion years ago made me giggle, as it's the exact same argument. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.arts.sf.starwars/3DTy6lCkWGk

I dig that thing. It's fun and idiosyncratic.

THE SHINING coming to 4K UHD!

Yeah, even as a 9-year old back then, I thought the liner notes concerning Star Wars were a bit silly ("'Battle it out' with cosmic explosions," "Space You Out," etc.) for a movie I took very seriously! If anyone is curious on what Marty Gold's arrangement on Star Wars sounded like: Mine was also scratchy and prone to skipping as heard here! Still, I played it a lot since it was all I had in terms of Star Wars music at the time.

Williams talking to Dudamel about the concerts: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=335054617126481

I've recently gotten all my movies both new and older on 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray Disc. Not for every title but a few older and mostly newer released movies. I do like 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray Disc but do like the colors for certain titles better on Blu-Ray than 4K it depends on the title I guess. My 4K Set up is an LG 4K UHD Blu-Ray Disc Player plus an Onkyo A/V Receiver with 4K Pass Through and a 50 inch 4K UHD TV from TCL.

Great idea! I don't know why, but I'm in the mood to listen to JFK right now, especially this track for some reason:

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I only liked the first movie. It was a bit bloated but it was a fun take on the Disney Land ride with memorable characters and lines and it mostly had actual pacing. The sequels weren't just bloated, they were fatter than Marlon Brando in The Score. It was like being stuck on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride for hours.

It was confirmed just recently by Mike Matessino that JW isn't planning to retire neither from Star Wars nor from anything else altogether. That interview you quoted isn't from last week, but from last YEAR and it was indeed the news that was kind of made up from a thing he said in passing during an interview with KUSC radio presenter Jim Sveijda ("Nine will be enough for me")

I hope while he was listening to the Adams' premiere, he had the thought: well, maybe I should write a piano concerto.

We know that one, anything else?

Hmmm...normally it's Attack of the Clones and sometimes Chamber of Secrets that are the punching bags. What is it that turns people off from Minority Report? That's one of my absolute favorites.

It's a greatly entertaining film.

AotC is great, especially expanded. Minority Report has slowly grown on me and I listen to it now more than ever. Fawkes' Theme is one of my all time favorites. Still need to spend more time with Catch Me if You Can. I agree that it feels like a better year in retrospect than it did at the time. For example, the similarities between some of the scores that year bugged me at first, but now it's sort of charming in a way.

I think its visceral. You don't typically see films playing so blatantly for their audience's bloodlust, but its an impulse that we all have buried somewhere. The better to experience it from the safe distance of the screen, methinks. As for being "sluggish", I think the greatest trap this film could have fallen into (given how green its director was at the time) was to be cut short into a choppy two-and-a-half hours. Its not sluggish: its patient. It takes the time to establish an atmosphere, to let you drink in the fantastic visuals, to let the low-points fester, to milk the suspense out of the build-up to the action. That mode of storytelling is so rarely seen nowadays (and was already quite hard to come by at the time) that it makes this film all the more special. Takes a helluva lot of confidence to cut one's film like that!

gkyver, please discuss the music itself and your personal opinions of it without resorting to attacking other members for holding a opinion different than the one you hold. Everyone on JWFan is entitled to their own opinions and should be encouraged to share them, and if you don't like that you can take off. Koray, when another member drops low like that, please stay high yourself rather than increasing the problem with a direct personal attack. Thank you.

If I had to choose a weaker link in the piece, I would agree that it is the screenplay. But there is greatness in the script, nonetheless. A lot of the humor I reacted so well to is Randall Wallace's own; and I do like that his script doesn't treat The Bruce Senior's point of view as a mere strawman: he makes a lot of good arguments, and some of the dialogue is extremly clever: "Uncompromising men are easy to admire. He has courage, so does a dog. But it is exactly the ability to compromise that makes a man noble." That's not untrue. Its just that all the other departments are firing at 11, so the script firing at a 9 can feel much worst than it actually is. Even "comic book-ish" bad guys like Longshanks aren't really too far removed from historical figures of the 20th century, for instance, or from Turkic Khagans such as Atilla or Tamerlane. And, of course, its the treatment of the screenplay that counts. By not sanitizing the violence enacted by our heroes, the film does have some complexity. In fact, its the deeds of the Scots which are depicted in all their gory detail, while the deeds of the English are mostly hinted at. Added to that, whole pages of dialogue were torn out for this film (there are stretches of 10-15 minutes at a time with nary a word of dialogue!) and it helps to iron out some of the more histrionic aspects of the script. For instance, there's this scene: which on the page not only happened on the battlefield (with Wallace being unmoved from his shock, even by arrows hitting him!) but also featured some rather cheesy dialogue: Bruce is horrified at the sight of Wallace this way. He batters at Wallace's sword, as if its use would give him absolution. ROBERT Fight me! Fight me! But Wallace can only stagger back. Bruce's voice grows ragged as he screams. ROBERT FIGHT ME! I think the scene works much better without those lines! Its like the inverse of a Christopher Nolan film. Not the country whose history I research for a living, but as I understand it, William Wallace's life isn't particularly well documented. Its more a piece of myth than history, and large parts of the film have an appropriate air of myth and legend. William and Murron's secret wedding wouldn't look out of place in an Arthurian movie, as the wedding of King Arthur and Guinevere. The way its shot and scored just gives it that feeling, and its that much more charming for it. Besides, this isn't a documentary: its a narrative film. Its intention isn't to stimulate your intellect with fact, but to stir your emotion. That's the sort of thing that cinema does best. If I wanted facts and a cerebral examination of Scottish history, I'd sooner turn to books, instead.

“Please don’t make me retire. My job is the only thing that keeps me alive.”

I think I watch it every seven years or so. Masterful stuff.

Two years of BREXIT will do that to a man!

I ordered all 3 titles.

Just RoboCop 2 for me. My wallet is grateful. Hey it might be even below the customs rate. Karol

Robocop 2: The Deluxe Edition Leonard Rosenman $ 19.98 Dreamcatcher: The Deluxe Edition James Newton Howard $ 19.98 Raggedy Man (Varèse Encore) Jerry Goldsmith $ 15.98

My copy landed today. Statistically speaking, it's still the safest way to travel

No, no, and no!!! John Williams, please don't stop, you're my soul energy. 😰😰😰

Digital purchase and listen links are populating: Hi Res - Purchase with Digital PDF Booklet ProStudio Masters: https://www.prostudiomasters.com/album/page/31214 Presto Records (euros and also sells to US purchasers): https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8607317--celebrating-john-williams HDTracks.com - http://www.hdtracks.com/catalog/product/view/id/764864/s/celebrating-john-williams-live-at-walt-disney-concert-hall-los-angeles-2019/category/154/ Hi Res Streaming Tidal: https://tidal.com/album/105475065 Standard purchase and streaming Apple Music: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/celebrating-john-williams-live-at-walt-disney-concert/1454543666 Amazon Music: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07P5V9HSJ/ref=dm_ws_sp_ps_dp YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ll6sgiqDqqf99gUOws2nl--OF3RMPF8nI Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1bMwyCHGWSlF866IqpYnK5 Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Los_Angeles_Philharmonic_Celebrating_John_Williams?id=B46tbq5zlnz6ep2j34abemnztku The 2 CD set is still slated for release on March 29 Edits: Mar 15 7:12 pm PDT - reorganized a bit. Added HDTracks link and confirmed PDF booklet part of those purchases.

Hope their will be a live stream of this panel on Creature Features or on MM Youtube Channel posted later on

It is amazing that Superman: The Movie has had 3 restorations on CD the Rhino Records 2 CD release in 2000 , The Superman The Music (1978-1988) 8 CD Box Set release in 2008 and La Land Records 3 CD Release this year in 2019 for it's 40th Anniversary in 2018. It took 3 try's to get it right and the hard work Mike Matessino has put into these releases have been amazing !!!

In terms of films, yeah. The Curse of the Black Pearl is by far the best. Dead Man's Chest by default in second, with At World's End pulling in third. I didn't like the more recent two, but if I had to choose I'd put Dead Men Tell No Tales just above On Stranger Tides.

I'd suggest you keep reading then.

That link is from March 2018

Am I the only one that thinks Dead Man’s Chest is the best film and score? My holy grail would be a proper complete box set for at least 1-3.

On selfies, Williams always looks like he's utterly fascinated by smartphones. As if he's just about to say, "Does it talk?". Note also though that he's the only one who seems to be looking *into* the camera!

How insulting

Im old school Batman so making him a ninja warrior came across as stupid as hell. Still does for me.

Oh, I ment to write: The Hobbit has good themes?

Amazon Italy store put up this track list: Disco: 1 1. Olympic Fanfare And Theme 2. Excerpts 3. Out To Sea / The Shark Cage Fugue 4. Hedwig's Theme 5. Fawkes The Phoenix 6. Harry's Wondrous World 7. Theme 8. Adventures On Earth 9. The Flight To Neverland Disco: 2 1. Theme 2. Scherzo For Motorcycle And Orchestra 3. Marion's Theme 4. The Raiders March 5. Sayuri's Theme 6. The Imperial March 7. Yoda's Theme 8. Throne Room And Finale 9. Adagio 10. Superman March

After the Discman, I even used Sony's MiniDiscman for a time! Actually I still think the MiniDisc should have taken off, instead of the Compact Disc. We're so used to it now, but if you think about it CDs are so impractical! They're easy to scratch, relatively big, rather awkward to handle, they skip so easily.... It's like the old LP vinyl records, only in miniature. The MiniDiscs are so much better! They don't scratch, they're smaller, they don't skip, they can be easily overwritten.