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JNH would be a fine choice, as he was for King Kong. He can write good stuff when motivated.

Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh are currently writing the sequel: "It's an active, real thing"
 
 

I, the undersigned, ____________________________, hereby acknowledge that I have failed to listen to any John Williams music for a period exceeding six consecutive months.
 
I understand that this prolonged abstinence constitutes a severe violation of Article 1, Section 1 of the JWFan.com Honor Code, which states that “no member shall go more than six months without listening to at least one John Williams work.”
 
Accordingly, I declare the following:
I acknowledge my fault — and accept that my fan status is now classified as “inactive,” possibly “deficient.”
I resign from JWFan.com — effective immediately, with no right of appeal before the Council of Mods.
I commit to leaving the premises — quietly, without humming the Superman theme, since I clearly haven’t listened to it recently.
I understand that any future reinstatement will require:
A complete, uninterrupted listening of E.T. The Extra‑Terrestrial (the expanded program).
A public confession stating: “Forgive me, Maestro.”
Proof of purchase of at least one box set I already owned in three different editions.
  Signature: ____________________________

Sure, that's what I meant - you absolutely made the origin of the picture clear! My comment was about lots of other places that don't. Sorry if that came across wrong.

This tickled my fancy, so I tried to actually transcribe the page from the photo. This is what I got after an hour:

 
 
Of course there's an amount of educated guesswork involved, as a lot of things in the photo are hard to make out with actual certainty (some text markup I couldn't decipher at all I just left out). Next step for an actual takedown intended for playing would be to check it against the recording chord by chord...
 
Again, no ill will against the original post intended, but I find it interesting how stuff like this keeps popping up more and more. And not always with the proper caveat attached. There's a real temptation for people to "enhance" things and then pass them on in a form that sure looks "more visually pleasing" (sorry for the direct quote ;)), but at the same time deceptively definite (same problem as with chatbots making up fake details instead of admitting what they don't know). I'd almost always prefer the original image.

This tickled my fancy, so I tried to actually transcribe the page from the photo. This is what I got after an hour:

 
 
Of course there's an amount of educated guesswork involved, as a lot of things in the photo are hard to make out with actual certainty (some text markup I couldn't decipher at all I just left out). Next step for an actual takedown intended for playing would be to check it against the recording chord by chord...
 
Again, no ill will against the original post intended, but I find it interesting how stuff like this keeps popping up more and more. And not always with the proper caveat attached. There's a real temptation for people to "enhance" things and then pass them on in a form that sure looks "more visually pleasing" (sorry for the direct quote ;)), but at the same time deceptively definite (same problem as with chatbots making up fake details instead of admitting what they don't know). I'd almost always prefer the original image.

This tickled my fancy, so I tried to actually transcribe the page from the photo. This is what I got after an hour:

 
 
Of course there's an amount of educated guesswork involved, as a lot of things in the photo are hard to make out with actual certainty (some text markup I couldn't decipher at all I just left out). Next step for an actual takedown intended for playing would be to check it against the recording chord by chord...
 
Again, no ill will against the original post intended, but I find it interesting how stuff like this keeps popping up more and more. And not always with the proper caveat attached. There's a real temptation for people to "enhance" things and then pass them on in a form that sure looks "more visually pleasing" (sorry for the direct quote ;)), but at the same time deceptively definite (same problem as with chatbots making up fake details instead of admitting what they don't know). I'd almost always prefer the original image.

The piano reduction is left as an exercise for the reader

A new report from The Ankler's Lesley Goldberg confirms that Rings of Power will complete its five-season run on Prime Video, though planned spinoffs are unlikely to happen due to the franchise's high costs.

The songs are great too. 

We would have been fine, without AI junk. (Not criticizing you)

Qui est allé voir le concerto pour trompette hier soir ? John Williams a assisté à ce concert.
JB

The Grogurian Calendar.

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That was wonderful. But.
 
It was lovely to see Doyle absolutely enjoy himself, but it would have served the music better if they'd hired a proper conductor and kept Doyle as a special guest. The Musikverein sounds great when played well, but you have to get the dynamics and balance right, and honestly I think Doyle was busy just keeping the musicians in sync. Some of the pieces in the first half especially didn't fully come together simply because you could barely make out the lead instruments - the Much Ado About Nothing ouverture (one of my favourites) and Frankenstein's The Creation suffered from that (the audience mostly didn't mind, because it had energy and drums).
 
The second half worked better, partly I guess because it had some subtler pieces, and partly because the choir stuff worked really well (the Singverein always delivers) - the Jack Ryan piece was actually an unexpected highlight. The big star was, rightfully, Non Nobis Domine, which earned him standing ovations. Strike Up Pipers was an excellent first encore, followed by Earth to Asgard.
 
Doyle himself was quite flustered and emotional and kept turning around for quick comments and anecdotes. In the first half, he had a microphone (which he sometimes used), but in the second he stopped using it because he kept bumping into it while conducting - which didn't make understanding his Scottish brogue any easier.
 
No chance for a quick word with him or an autograph after the concert unfortunately, as he was led away rather quickly (enthused as he was, I'd imagine he would have been happy with a few quick fan interactions). I'll have to wait for another chance to get my Much Ado About Nothing Blu-ray signed…

Based on how far along my research is, if I had to guess, in terms of number of cues, the soundtrack contains roughly 1 / 4 of the entire DuckTales score. In terms of duration, it's roughly 1 / 3.
 
I guess this is where I can finally admit that I've known about this since last August.
 
I was emailing Ron in hopes of getting something out of him about the names and numbers of the cues, or where to find them or who to contact. It's bugged me forever, doing my documentation, that I had to come up with my own, unofficial names as placeholders.
 
He then emailed me back. He didn't give me the names... but he did tell me to just be patient, because he had sent Intrada a whole bunch of cues and that the soundtrack was coming.
 
I thought my heart had stopped. I could have died on the spot. You know that cold thrill, that shudder that runs through you when your number-one holy grail, something you've wanted for long enough it feels like the hope for it began in a previous life, is suddenly within reach? And you tell yourself no, there's no way, it's too good to be true... but there it is, staring you in the face?
 
Yeah. 😉 It taught me a thing or two about the value of having and keeping faith.
 
Well, I got in touch with Roger asking him if I could do something for the booklet. I needed to be involved. Unfortunately, I was two months too late (apparently, the official cue sheets were a mess, and I could have helped with that too). I wish I could have written or illustrated something for it (but I was at least able to provide suggestions for screencaps. Don't know yet if they used any, but maybe I helped in some small capacity). 
 
So yes, I know what the tracklist is, but I'm not sure if I'm at liberty to reveal it. What I am comfortable saying is that the contents suggest to me this release is meant to be a highlights reel, something to test the waters and see if there's a market for the rest of the score. That means a huge chunk of Ron's best DuckTales work is on here, and an equally huge chunk of other amazing cues you'd think would be shoo-ins are conspicuously absent.
 
There are some real heavily-tracked staples of the series on this thing, as well as an armful of rarities (like tracked only 3-4 times over the series), about a dozen cues that only got in the series once, and three cues that were never used at all (one of which is an alternate take of a fan favorite). Don't let the "rarity" label deter you. Some of these puppies floored me when I first heard them while making my cue sheets.
 
As if that weren't enough, several of the cues that did get tracked in contain sections that were always edited out of the show, but we now get to hear them in full for the first time! And I gotta say, the show's music editor was sleeping on this stuff. Guys, this thing is a serious treat.
 
One more thing... Ron's actual words were that he had sent Intrada "over 180 cues". (EDIT: Unfortunately, Ron's information must have been a typo. Roger has confirmed for me that Ron only sent them 80.) There are 78 on this set (not counting the theme song apart from one arrangement), and as far as I know, they're all 100% Ron Jones (again, not counting the one song arrangement); none of the material that ghostwriters were involved with is present.
 
If this set really sells, my highest hopes is that we get the non-Jones (or not completely Jones) stuff too, which make up about 70 cues of the total score (which is some 350 strong). "Penguin Chase Pt. 2" is a classic, iconic banger, and those who hear it fall in love with it, but it comes under this category.

2CD DuckTales set coming 2026-01-27.
 
That's Ron Jones ticked off the list. If it's chronological, it shouldn't be long before the next JW release, though given how capricious movie studios are about approvals, who knows.
 
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He's entering his Dumbledore phase

He's entering his Dumbledore phase

He's entering his Dumbledore phase

He's entering his Dumbledore phase

I would. It makes for a nice entracte. Putting them after the end credits would make them sound more redundant (given that the end credits often present the themes in similar fashion). Anyway, chances are they would be relegated to the bonus section for sure.

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