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https://thelegacyofjohnwilliams.com/2022/05/14/spacecamp-expanded-preview Enjoy and listen until the end

They could have use mine lol

Hans Zimmer, if you're here, please don't ever score a Star Wars film. Ever. In fact, please just retire. Or at least shut down RCP. Or both. Both is good. Regards, The entire film score community

We just want Williams' complete works being looked after and preserved for posterity so that anyone in the future can have access to enjoy and/or study them in as much depth as they desire. Karol

Just received an enormous Horner shipment: Legends of the Falls (Intrada) Apollo 13 (Intrada) 48 Hours (Intrada) Another 48 (Intrada) An American Tail (Intrada) The Land Before Time (Intrada) A Far Off Place (Intrada) Glory (LLL) Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (LLL) Field of Dreams (LLL) My wallet now

New Holy Grail arrivals!!

Karol

I listened to the new set over work commutes this week and... I LOVE IT! Disc 1 is just an awesome 70 minute program. It flows great, never has a dull or repetitive moment, and is instantly my preferred and only way I want to take in the score when I'm in the mood for it. The old 51 minute score album was a very good one, and you can't argue it doesn't have all the highlights.... but this is one of those complete scores where all the bits not included on that are just as good as those that are, and including them all amongt the music you already knew doesn't detract from the experience at all, and in fact enhances it! I really like all the new music, each little run of it enhances that part of the score nicely, but the most fun is probably the Rampage / Store Mayhem / Car Crash collection of cues - really fun! However the extra early cues that help set everything up really help a lot too. It's just all good! The sound quality is fantastic! Everything sounds very clear and is fun to listen to. For a score that can suddenly go from normal orchestral stuff to wacky antics for the monkeys or other dangers, then right back again, this is important, and it all works. I read John Takis' liner notes the other night and they are very nice. When talking about the music he refers to the score sheets and uses some musical terms I appreciate because I am always trying to learn more of that stuff. And John does it in a way that doesn't go over your head. Interestingly, there is no cue list assembly spread like most Intrada releases? Overall, a great release!

You mean...

I listened through all 3 discs this week also. Stupid me from 20 years ago did NOT get this film, so I didn't give the score the attention it deserved. Now, every listen is so compelling and captivating. This score just gets better with age. Consequently, I like the film a whole lot better than I did when it premiered. One of the aspects I find fascinating is "Monica's Theme" in The Reunion is played so straight, with so much tenderness. Williams could've telegraphed that resurrected Monica was "artificial" herself, and suggested either discordant or distant uncertainty into the music. But no, this is the perfect musical blanket of love for David's perfect day. (which is artificial). Genius level. I am astonished that there isn't a concert suite making the rounds.

PRESUMED INNOCENT, really? It's a mono-thematic score and already stretches patience at 44 minutes (I mean, I love the score for what it is, but if anything I would like it 10 minutes shorter). I often want to understand the logic of C&C fans, but sometimes this understanding falls short.

A.I. Artificial Intelligence (LLL) by John Williams Today I really wanted to revisit this score, what a treat. First disc is so great, I really love this sound of childhood Williams developed while already having some darker melodies in the second half. Disc 2 is simply perfect, it feels like one single track full of light and dream. Finally disc 3 is what could have been a very nice alternate to the original album, revisiting the whole score in shorten program. So glad to have 3 versions of Abandonned in the Wood which is probably my favourite cue with Where Dreams are Born It's amazing how much this score as grown on me over the years, now it might even be in my top ten (if I consider the SW as only one work)

Looks like it may not be a very long wait for the next one: @TownerFan’s Legacy of John Williams podcast just put out a SpaceCamp Expanded Edition: First Listen episode, and at the end it’s mentioned that Mike Matessino will be on the podcast again “soon” to discuss not just SpaceCamp, but also “another one”. 😮

Here’s a fun double feature pairing: The Dark Crystal / Dragonslayer Two completely divergent takes on the fantasy genre from around the same era. One with a lush, romantic and reverb-y recording. The other recorded with dry clarity and a modernist take. Both with source cues to enhance the world building.

I think they also said a lot of his pieces were "of the era", semi-diegetic, with period instruments and the like. Ended up undercutting their undercutting of this era, the grand heightened movie-reality Homeward Bound and Promised Land give it are a lot better fit. It'd still be nice to hear the original attempt.

It will be the "full main title", obviously. Which, knowing Williams, won't be the only fully composed version of the theme, and I expect the promised suite to be more substantial. Which is why I kinda like hearing the main title version first, as a sort of teaser to the concert version that the suite probably is.

That’s fine for you, I can only speak from my experience with my order. Also the response I got when I contacted them was a bit sarcastic to say the least. I only commented that it might be better if they could send overseas orders with a bit more protection around the cd. And didn’t want to send it back or complain for that matter! The cds were fine inside. I was very polite !

Me neither, and I have also received tens of orders from them

I have never received any poorly packed packages from MBR out of the 15+ orders I placed.

Yes, the complete score coming from the edited film stems because Trevor Jones has the original masters and refused to allow them to be scanned and used when that release was done. I think.

OK, I gave The Dark Crystal album a listen this morning after reading all the discussion. I do retract my comments, the score is indeed really good. I only ever heard it in the film and, as I said above, the whole experience didn't do much for me. The music as heard on its own is indeed very enjoyable. It's just a shame that due to some muddled issues behind the scenes we might never hear the full score on album. Pity, because the film turns 40 this year and it would have been a perfect opportunity to release this. Karol

Just having watched it this morning, i will point out that his early concert piece Spectral Shimmers begins ca. at 44:40, and A Forest Passage at 01:51:08. The first is very much a finger exercise for later Horner and his penchant for quoting and mixing in classical pieces, mixing obvious nods to Beethoven and Strauss with more modern Ligeti - attentive listeners will notice that the Rosenkavalier quote from *batteries not included has its starting point exactly here. A Forest Passage is unabashed Horner self-reworking in compact 10 minutes (much like his later 'First in Flight' would rework his 'Deep Impact' and 'Cocoon' tunes to great effect), as such it impersonates the concert's title by a meditative to heart-tugging journey through his 'Journey of Natty Gann', 'Willow', 'Courage Under Fire' and similar themes, including also the great trumpet/horn scherzo from 'Perfect Storm'. As such concert evenings go, It fittingly was the most emotional by including the family and home footage (his daughter and wife were interviewed, there was in- and outside footage of his Calabasas home). Which is probably the project's biggest achievement, to tie the event so much to the composer and his inner world.

I don't usually listen to the samples but decided to this time...I just listened to the OST pretty recently and wow there is a lot more clarity in these samples, and it doesn't have the hiss that is sometimes noticeable on the OST.

Tracklist: CD 1 THE FILM SCORE 01. Main Title (3:10) 02. The Jinx Connection* (0:31) 03. Friends Forever (2:23) 04. Training Montage (2:07) 05. The Computer Room (1:55) 06. Jinx Commits* (1:19) 07. The Shuttle (5:10) 08. In Orbit (3:19) 09. Insufficient Oxygen (3:25) 10. Arriving At Daedalus And Morse Code* (2:09) 11. Viewing Daedalus (2:50) 12. I Can’t Reach It* (1:51) 13. Max Finds Courage (2:24) 14. Max Breaks Loose (2:25) 15. Rudy Comes Through* (1:38) 16. Andie Is Stranded (4:13) 17. White Sands (Film Version) (3:41) 18. Re-Entry (4:00) 19. Home Again (3:34) 20. SpaceCamp (4:12) Total Score Time: 56:43 THE EXTRAS 21. Main Title (Film Version)* (3:14) 22. White Sands [Album Edit] (6:57) 23. Home Again (Short Version) (2:44) Total Extras: 13:05 Total Disc Time: 69:53 *previously unreleased CD 2 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK ALBUM 01. Main Title (3:08) 02. Training Montage (2:02) 03. The Shuttle (5:05) 04. The Computer Room (1:56) 05. Friends Forever (2:22) 06. In Orbit (3:15) 07. White Sands (6:55) 08. SpaceCamp (4:09) 09. Viewing Daedalus (2:48) 10. Max Breaks Loose (2:23) 11. Andie Is Stranded (4:11) 12. Max Finds Courage (2:22) 13. Re-Entry (3:57) 14. Home Again (3:33) Total Time: 48:36 Puzzled where there’s an album edit of ‘White Sands’ included in the extras, when the whole OST is on disc two. Excited for this one!

Here's a video snippet from the sessions. End of the 3rd movement. Williams seen wearing headphones (I love what he did at the end). EDIT: Oh, and don't miss the monitor to the left of Shawn Murphy's head showing "punches and streamers". IMG_1353.mp4

The last rehearsal has just finished. Everything is ready. 😍 We are excited and proud. It's going to be great! 🥳 We are all delighted with the magnificent playing of the orchestra, and we are very grateful to the team of the Szczecin Philharmonic for helping us to continue the musical legacy of James Horner. 🙏 See you in 5 hours to follow the concert by following this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f94zLVD0fmE The video will remain online 24 hours after the end of the concert.

No thanks.

You’re mixing up the click track with punches & streamers. The click track is an audio device following the music tempi that is fed through audio monitors (headset and earplugs) to the conductor and the players to keep precisely in tempo. Punches & streamers are visual cues that are shown only to the conductor. The streamer is that vertical line that goes across the screen that usually works as a sort of countdown to the downbeat where the sync must fall, while the punches are visual “holes” on screen marking the exact cue where the conductor has to hit the sync. Williams always preferred to conduct film cues to punches & streamers (and still does) because they allow to a more nuanced rubato performance, while the click track keeps everything much more mechanical, but certainly saves time.

Take a Hard Ride

It is not just about being monothematic. Goldsmith's Hour of the Gun is a monothematic score and - hell - what a listening experience! But Presumed Innocent does not provide much variation or development in of the theme. Anyway, I think, Goldsmith is more the master when it comes to monothematic scores.

You can even hear it on a couple of albums (I think Last Crusade was one of them?). But for some reason I was under the impression that it's not uncommon for him to record parts of his scores without one when possible.

The OST is actually 6 minutes longer than the score in the film, so it’s an open question if there’s even any additional material to add at all.

I enjoyed this and maybe you will too ...

Yared has always been hit/miss to me, but here he churns out another good one again -- as he last did with A LIFE AHEAD two years ago. Elegant, reflective and a fun deconstruction of Beethoven's 9th to boot. Another one into my collection. Perfectly curated at 35 minutes.

The slump looks like Yoda reverting to "old" after his fight with Dooku.

Wow! Isn't this interweb thingy great? You just click on something you want, and then, a few days later, there is a satisfying "plop" through your mail box My order arrived, consisting of the Monteverdi Vespers (Gardiner), and RVW Symphonies 3 & 5, and 4 & 6 (Norrington/LPO). Fantastic!

The Last of the Mohicans, Cliffhanger, and Dark City are good Transferred is the word you're looking for, not scanned.

You may try to buy one (there's a couple here). Otherwise there's no place to listen to it

To be honest, I like it as it is. Karol

It’s one of the sound samples on Intrada’s site.

YES, Dave!

When Powell previously asked fans what Deluxe Edition they wanted next, I said "Paycheck" and that's what we got. And the most recent time he asked I said "The Bourne Identity" or "The Bourne Supremacy", so let's hope he was listening again. Edit: It's not one of my favourites, but come to think of it, X-Men would also be a solid choice. Provided it has the film versions of the titles and St. Lupus Day!

It helps keep all the players of an orchestra together on a piece that they have not rehearsed together at all before the day of the recording. Basically it saves time by helping to make up for a lack of rehearsal.

I also deeply love the Dark Crystal score, one of the best of its decade.

Oh, exciting! I do hope it's The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, or Mr. & Mrs. Smith. They are the ones most worthy of the next expansion.

In case his wife throws it out because he's got too many CDs.

Weird blend of Williams' old 1970's horror melodrama with his post-A.I. more clinical minimalist style. I don't care what people say, this is great. The score might, or might not, be great but the development of this material is terrific. Karol

I count 109 feature film scores? Daddy-O I Passed For White Because They're Young The Secret Ways Bachelor Flat Diamond Head Gidget Goes To Rome The Killers None But The Brave John Goldfarb, Please Come Home The Rare Breed How to Steal a Million The Plainsman Not With My Wife, You Don’t! Penelope A Guide for the Married Man Valley of the Dolls Fitzwilly Heidi Daddy’s Gone A-Hunting Goodbye, Mr. Chips The Reivers Storia di una Donna (Story of a Woman) Jane Eyre Fiddler o­n the Roof The Cowboys Images The Poseidon Adventure Pete ‘N’ Tillie The Long Goodbye Tom Sawyer The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing The Paper Chase Cinderella Liberty Conrack The Sugarland Express Earthquake The Towering Inferno The Eiger Sanction Jaws Family Plot The Missouri Breaks Midway Black Sunday Star Wars Close Encounters of the Third Kind The Fury Jaws 2 Superman – The Movie Dracula 1941 The Empire Strikes Back Raiders of the Lost Ark Heartbeeps E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Monsignor Return of the Jedi Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom The River SpaceCamp The Witches of Eastwick Empire of the Sun The Accidental Tourist Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Born o­n the Fourth of July Always Stanley & Iris Presumed Innocent Home Alone Hook JFK Far and Away Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Jurassic Park Schindler’s List Sabrina Nixon Sleepers Rosewood The Lost World: Jurassic Park Seven Years in Tibet Amistad Saving Private Ryan Stepmom Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace Angela’s Ashes The Patriot A.I. Artificial Intelligence Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones Minority Report Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Catch Me If You Can Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban The Terminal Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith War of the Worlds Memoirs of a Geisha Munich Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn War Horse Lincoln The Book Thief Star Wars: The Force Awakens The BFG Star Wars: The Last Jedi The Post Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Did you arrive at 108 by not counting Jane Eyre and Heidi, but adding in The Fabelmans or something? I count 42 scores that have received the definitive Matessino treatment Bachelor Flat Intrada 2008 None But The Brave FSM 2009 How to Steal a Million Intrada 2008 Goodbye, Mr. Chips FSM 2006 Fiddler o­n the Roof La La Land 2021 The Cowboys Varese 2018 The Poseidon Adventure La La Land 2019 Pete ‘N’ Tillie Varese 2017 Earthquake La La Land 2019 The Towering Inferno La La Land 2019 The Eiger Sanction Intrada 2021 Jaws Intrada 2015 Family Plot Varese 2010 Midway Varese 2011 Black Sunday FSM 2010 Close Encounters of the Third Kind La La Land 2017 The Fury La La Land 2013 Jaws 2 Intrada 2015 Superman – The Movie La La Land 2019 Dracula Varese 2018 1941 La La Land 2011/2015 E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial La La Land 2017 Monsignor Intrada 2019 The River Intrada 2020 SpaceCamp Intrada 2022 Empire of the Sun La La Land 2014 Always La La Land 2021 Stanley & Iris Varese 2017 Home Alone La La Land 2015 Far and Away La La Land 2020 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York La La Land 2012 Jurassic Park La La Land 2016 Schindler’s List La La Land 2018 Rosewood La La Land 2013 The Lost World: Jurassic Park La La Land 2016 Saving Private Ryan La La Land 2018 A.I. Artificial Intelligence La La Land 2015/2021 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone La La Land 2018 Minority Report La La Land 2019 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets La La Land 2018 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban La La Land 2018 War of the Worlds Intrada 2020 And 21 scores that have received expansions/premieres under other producers John Goldfarb, Please Come Home Not With My Wife, You Don’t! Penelope Fitzwilly Heidi The Reivers The Long Goodbye Tom Sawyer The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing The Paper Chase Conrack The Missouri Breaks Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back Raiders of the Lost Ark Heartbeeps Return of the Jedi Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Hook Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace And 35 scores that have never been expanded beyond their OST album Diamond Head A Guide for the Married Man Valley of the Dolls Jane Eyre Images Cinderella Liberty The Witches of Eastwick The Accidental Tourist Born o­n the Fourth of July Presumed Innocent JFK Sabrina Nixon Sleepers Seven Years in Tibet Amistad Stepmom Angela’s Ashes The Patriot Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones Catch Me If You Can The Terminal Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith Memoirs of a Geisha Munich Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn War Horse Lincoln The Book Thief Star Wars: The Force Awakens The BFG Star Wars: The Last Jedi The Post Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker And 11 scores that have never been released at all Daddy-O I Passed For White Because They're Young The Secret Ways Gidget Goes To Rome The Killers The Rare Breed The Plainsman Daddy’s Gone A-Hunting Storia di una Donna (Story of a Woman) The Sugarland Express