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JWFan was born 25 years ago today! Hard to imagine back then that the site would still be up and running two and a half decades later, let alone that the Maestro would still be active after having composed nearly thirty more film scores and a similar number of concert works, as well as conducting over 200 concerts including Vienna, Berlin, Milan and Japan! Dozens of his film scores have received perfect releases during all this time, providing fans with the confidence that many more will come in the future, while maintaining and further enhancing the collective appreciation and admiration for the music we all love and which will remain with us for the rest of our lives. The analysis and discussion of his work has reached such level of comprehensiveness and detail, that our forums have become an essential reference for fans and scholars, while fomenting the creation of fascinating projects that expand and deepen the study of the Maestro’s oeuvre and contribute to increasing its appreciation by future generations who, without doubt, will continue to ensure that his name is in the place it deserves in the history of music and cinema. Thank you, Mr. Williams, and thanks to all those who have contributed during this time to make the site such a wonderful place. Here’s to 25 more! PS. The following quoted post, written for this thread 10 years ago, provides a short summary of the origins of the site:

I just saw the "25 years" story posted on JWFan's Twitter and thought I would drop in to say hi. I used to be active on the forum about 12 years ago. I just checked my profile and my last post was just a few days before my first child was born. Needless to say I was busy for a little while and never made it back here, other than to do research once or twice. Anyway, congrats on 25 years and maybe I'll dip my toe back into the forum a bit ...

JOHN BRUCE YEH PERFORMS MIDWEST PREMIERE OF JOHN WILLIAMS' CONCERTO FOR CLARINET On Monday February 5 at 7.30pm Central Time, at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, IL, clarinetist John Bruce Yeh will perform the Midwest premiere of John Williams' Clarinet Concerto with the Chicago College of Performing Arts Symphony Orchestra conducted by Emanuele Andrizzi. The program also features music by Timothy Corpus and Howard Hanson. More info at roosevelt.edu/events/ccpa-symphony-orchestra-concert-2 Free performance––no reservations required. The event will also be livestreamed on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/Z2NaXuPU2Zk In addition to be on Artist Faculty at the Chicago College of Performing Arts, John Yeh is Assistant Principal Clarinet and Solo Eb Clarinet of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and performed in several live concerts conducted by John Williams in the city. Williams' Clarinet Concerto premiered in 1991 and was composed for the LA Phil's then-Principal Clarinet Michele Zukovsky and has been rarely performed since then. Don't miss the chance to listen to a wonderfully buoyant concert work from Maestro Williams performed by a great virtuoso of the instrument. https://www.facebook.com/thelegacyofjohnwilliams/posts/pfbid0337cd7BCWDT1vX8xevotc339dp8rpuGrKdzyxcTjERLnpo2DnHiU46pyJvXHyaM8il Here it is!

LLL and Intrada should create exclusive discounts for JWFan users

Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra John Williams, conductor David Newman, conductor https://www.hollywoodbowl.com/events/performances/2929/2024-07-12/maestro-of-the-movies-john-williams-with-the-la-phil No program list, right now.

I don't know if I'm losing my mind, or undergoing some kind of spiritual awakening ("There has been an awakening, have you felt it?" - Supreme Leader Snoke), but Mattris is making more sense than ever before; I feel like I'm starting to see the light! ("The light... it's always been there. It will guide you." - Maz Kanata) I must go now and pray to my Darth Vader action figure to remove all doubt and scepticism, and grant me to see the full glory of Star Wars so that I may share its beauty with others ("Someday I will be the most powerful Jedi ever." - Anakin Skywalker)

My current theory: Do not theorize on the motivations of Mattris, that's impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth: there is no Mattris.

The Post - John Williams I really love this score! It's very 90's Williams in drama mode. I of course love the string work in this score, but the more introspective moments with the piano are gorgeous. And the end credits suite is phenomenal!

Amazing work, as always. One thing to add - I believe we have the cue title for "Helena’s Theme (For Violin And Orchestra)". It's "Helena's Theme (For Anne Sophie Mutter)", as seen at the start of this music video!

Beautiful Here's to many more years of the JWFAN community!

Because they’re the same character as will be revealed in Episode XII when “somehow” Malfoy will return…

Massive congrats on what is genuinely a fabulous resource and such a well natured place. I myself have made real life friends from the site and met up with Williams nerds in Milan, Vienna, Berlin, and closer to home in London. Here’s to the next 25!

You might be cool. But you're not 'the Shat riding a motorbike in Kirk's uniform while learning his lines' cool.

What did the Doctor say to his companion as she ran into a supermarket? 'Wait, Rose'. Thang yew, thang yew. I'm here all week, try the chicken-in-a-basket.

I contacted Ricard in the early 2000s and he was very welcoming, asked me to write a review of a JW concert I attended, or something like that, which I gladly did. Over the years - decades - this site remained my number one source of John Williams news, including his upcoming concerts. I’m safe to say that it’s the essential, definitive, quasi-official John Williams website. I feel honored to be a part of this community where I’ve met many interesting, lovely people whom I’ve never met in person. Here’s to 25 more years, and may the Maestro be “with us” all the way.

Congratulations, Ricard! You all deserve to celebrate. I've been coming here since 2000 (not as much as I'd like in recent years, though) and it's impressive how the site has developed as the hub for a vast, interconnected community but also as the definitive resource for all things John Towner Williams. As the nearly 92 year old maestro might say, long may you reign!

Fucking hell, imagine being one of the session musicians blowing your lungs out trying to nail that piece and then you sit down and watch the film and you discover it’s been cut. 😅

The forum software changed a few times until the IPBoard version launched in May 2002. The old posts and accounts couldn't be imported into it, so everyone started anew that day.

This is already the post of the year for me. Thank you Ricard and all those involved.

Over the last two decades, JWFan has made me a better JW fan!

4m3/5m1 a.k.a. "The Hunt" !!

I don't know if it has been mentioned, but he also won a Saturn Award for Indiana Jones.

For Helena’s Theme

Here's to you, @Ricard! The importance of this site and this forum, to me and so many others, is hard to overstate.

It’s now back in stock at Intrada. Jaws

Audacity has Stem Seperation plugins now: https://www.audacityteam.org/blog/openvino-ai-effects/

And the answer is...

Best Film Music (Composer) Avatar: The Way of Water, Simon Franglen (Walt Disney/Lightstorm) Barbie, Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt (Warner Bros. Pictures) Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, John Williams (Lucasfilm/Paramount/Disney) The Little Mermaid, Alan Menken (Walt Disney Pictures) Renfield, Marco Beltrami (Universal Pictures) Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Daniel Pemberton (Sony Pictures/Marvel) https://www.joblo.com/saturn-award-winners-avatar-and-picard-lead-with-4-apiece/

@Jurassic Shark

@TownerFan tells me it was revised a few years ago, intended to be performed in 2020 and then delayed until now due to covid

Congratulations! I've only joined a few years ago, but I've been using the site and the forum as the master resource on all things John Williams and about other composers too! Here's for the next 25 years

I was there and I am so proud to say that after all of these years, I made my dreams come true, like to attend a John Williams concert. I am not active anymore on the forum, but I am still there. Congrats Ricard for all your achievements!

Reading through the thread, my theory is that what Mattris calls 'enlightenment' is the result of smoking some pretty strong stuff to cope with the incomprehension at why the ST was so bad. Companies spend a fortune on anti-drug PSAs, hiring people like Michael Jordan, when they could save money and just link to this thread instead 😂

Wild. Happy birthday to this wonderful little community!

If Leitch is directing, I would love a Jurassic score by Dominic Lewis. He's a very talented composer and his orcheatral chops are really strong

Well deserved award. Helena's Theme was best piece of film music I heard all year. Nobody else in this category came close. Very happy with this win.

Time flies. I just turned 9 years old😂

It is quite easy to compare and to hear what is better. But I am sure Göransson's music sheets are worthy burning in John Williams' chimney and warming his feet on a long witer evening.

Moved! Wow, great cast in this show. AppleTV+ is killing it

Nah. There's all kinds of categories that refer to a variety of things. Plus apparently they're divided into "fields". The "Best Instrumental Composition" category is part of the "Production, Engineering, Composition & Arrangement" field, which encompasses these categories: Producer of the Year, Classical Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical Best Immersive Audio Album Best Instrumental Composition Best Engineered Album, Classical Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals So it's clearly a contrast to e.g. the two arrangement categories. But it's not necessarily mutually exclusive with categories from the other fields I suppose - except that there's clearly little overlap in Williams's case with things like "Best Bluegrass Album", "Best Rock Song", or "Song of the Year".

I hope it’s The Village!

Yeah, it somehow seems more relevant than the Grammy given the list of nominees/winners: Multiple nominations 24 nominations John Williams 17 nominations Jerry Goldsmith 16 nominations Danny Elfman 13 nominations Howard Shore Alan Silvestri 12 nominations Hans Zimmer 10 nominations Michael Giacchino 9 nominations James Horner 8 nominations John Powell 6 nominations Thomas Newman Christopher Young 6 nominations Alan Menken John Ottman 4 nominations John Carpenter James Newton Howard 3 nominations David Arnold Alexandre Desplat Maurice Jarre Marc Shaiman Ken Thorne 2 nominations Angelo Badalamenti John Barry Bruce Broughton Patrick Doyle Clint Eastwood Ludwig Göransson Harry Gregson-Williams Reinhold Heil Nathan Johnson Johnny Klimek Michael Nyman Trevor Rabin J. Peter Robinson Brian Tyler Multiple wins 9 awards John Williams 7 awards Danny Elfman 3 awards James Horner Alan Silvestri Hans Zimmer 2 awards Michael Giacchino Alan Menken John Ottman Miklós Rózsa Howard Shore Saturn Award for Best Music - Wikipedia

She's one of the best characters in Discovery, and I love that it will be a one and done movie. Too many shows should've been just 2 hours.