[GALAXY'S EDGE - New John Williams composition (2018)]

So what I wonder is this - with Ross conducting the LSO, do we think it’s possible Williams was originally intended to record this himself in London while on tour in Europe?

[The Classical Music Recommendation Thread]

On 10/5/2018 at 1:19 PM, Disco Stu said:

 

I'm quite new to him myself!  I haven't had time to devote to any of his symphonies, but I really enjoy his percussion concerto:

 

 

 

Leshnoff was one of my undergraduate music theory professors!

[Walt Disney Records The Legacy Collection]

There’s been talk on FSM about The Rescuers being next.  A track list got leaked, I think from a source that’s been accurate in the past.

['A Celebration of John Williams in Concert' - Royal Albert Hall, October 26, 2018 (CONDUCTED BY DIRK BROSSÉ)]

Wonderful concert, and what an honor and celebration for him.

 

['A Celebration of John Williams in Concert' - Royal Albert Hall, October 26, 2018 (CONDUCTED BY DIRK BROSSÉ)]

What a beautiful arrangement.

['A Celebration of John Williams in Concert' - Royal Albert Hall, October 26, 2018 (CONDUCTED BY DIRK BROSSÉ)]

The trumpets under the horns at the ending, fantastic!

[HARRY POTTER 1-3 Complete Score Releases Confirmed]

So excited for Azkaban!

[SAVING PRIVATE RYAN 20th Anniversary Edition from La-La Land Records]

Cool!

[Tanglewood 2018: Williams to Conduct at Film Night, the Bernstein Concert, and Parade]

I'll be at the Bernstein concert!

[John Powell's SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY (2018) - Deluxe Edition 2020 / Intrada 2-CD edition October 31, 2023]

I'm glad that I'm not the only one that hears Rozsa in Powell's scores, including in Solo!  What a great source to pull inspiration from.

[Remasters of the First 6 Star Wars Soundtracks now available (Shawn Murphy / Disney Records 2018)]

35 minutes ago, Jay said:

The TPM album has never been rebuilt from scratch until now.

 

 

I'm sorry I haven't been following this thread because I wasn't interested in reissues - but TPM was rebuilt for this?  And the other prequels too I assume?  So sound quality and mixing/mastering should be different now?

[Williams in Concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra - April 18, 2018]

The encores were the new Han and Leia, and Imperial March.

 

I was was directly across the aisle from where he sat!  I saw you guys, didn’t realize you were on the board!

[Williams in Concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra - April 18, 2018]

I'm very excited for the JFK suite!

 

Who else will be there?

[Alan Silvestri's READY PLAYER ONE (2018)]

Seeing the film would have to support this, but track 10, "Sorrento Punked" has the Terminator percussion in it, it first appears about :40 into it.  I think it pops up in a subsequent track as well.

[90th Academy Awards (for 2017 films)]

Fascinating!  The song that was just performed from greatest Showman, one of the snare drummers on stage was a former student of mine!

['A Celebration of John Williams in Concert' - Royal Albert Hall, October 26, 2018 (CONDUCTED BY DIRK BROSSÉ)]

Woah!

["2018 is gonna be one for the books", says LLL regarding JW]

I wouldn't complain about any of those!

[John Williams' new HAN SOLO AND THE PRINCESS arrangement (Debuted 2018)]

And Philly!

[Steven Spielberg Is Officially Remaking West Side Story. JW will be an arranger?]

Interesting!  I didn't realize they made those adjustments for the Film Concert version.

[Steven Spielberg Is Officially Remaking West Side Story. JW will be an arranger?]

An arranging job does need to be done.  While the music and orchestrations don't necessarily need to change, the lengths of the songs and underscore may very well need to.  You don't always have complete versions of songs int he film adaptations, so some songs will likely be shortened.  Some underscore may need to extended.  Things like that.

[Steven Spielberg Is Officially Remaking West Side Story. JW will be an arranger?]

Almost unlistenable??

[Alan Menken's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (2018 Disney Legacy Collection)]

I have the Music Behind the Magic CD's, and I never listen to those alternates anyway.  This seems to be the complete film program, so I'm good with that.  It's a shame there wasn't room for that extra stuff for the people who don't have it though.

[Michael Kamen's Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves released by Intrada!]

Fantastic release!  Late 2017/early 2018 is great so far.

[Tadlow has launched Kickstarter campaign to fund Rozsa's King of Kings]

I know, haha I think I only paid $10 used for it when I was in college.

[Who is able to compose music for Avatar 2]

Haha, I'm personal friends with someone in an orchestra he conducted 2 years ago.