bruce marshall

I know. I was just trying to be humorous about it. [insert "fail" meme]

Wow, Disney really needs a new PR department.
 
 
Anyway, y'all know me. You know how I feel about this...
 
But I'm happy to reiterate:
 
Matessino is working on an "ultimate" release, due out in 2027.
 
 

Those "limited edition" book versions are still widely available whereas the jewel case versions, which I prefer because the liner notes are a separate booklet and the packaging isn't designed to damage the CDs, tend to be harder to come by.

Disney's answer to your question:
 

 

 

 

 
"But it's the 50th anniversary of Star Wars! It's the perfect opportunity to release the complete and remastered scores in the Skywalker Saga by Maestro John Williams, whose oeuvre..."
 
Disney (interrupting you):
 

Some people say Spielberg's first big hit, produced before he met JW, Duel, is also one of his best movies...

... and Keith Richards will outlive everyone 
 
 
Alex, you are probably right.
Virtually the whole of Steve's directing career has been scored by JW. I can't see him wanting to go on making films without him.

I actually think this would be for the best.
I am not sure that Spielberg can do great films any more.
Or at least, reach the greatness of his 80s-90s films..

And I haven't changed my mind a single bit since I posted this comment, almost 5 years ago (!).

That's the pinnacle of music, so unfair comparison. 

Both are bad.

That's him! "Mr. Hooper"! He said my concert work will all be forgotten! Get him!

"'But oh, beamish nephew, beware of the day,
   If your Snark be a Boojum! For then
You will softly and suddenly vanish away,
   And never be met with again!'"

John: "We'll also take a picture of you holding the Derby pie, Andris!"


 

Okay, okay. I've been warned. 

Williams! Williams! Show us the Williams!
 
(and also the Goldsmith and the Horner, please )

This is my favourite cue from 'Bug'...
 
 

I'm looking forward for Disclosure Day and I hope Gia's Spiderman 4 is as fun as his first two (the third one is meh).
 
I also hope JNH has something else aside from yet another Hunger Games, I think he already said everything that needs to be said with the previous scores. At the same time, I fear that it might be another crime thriller with a minimal synth score.
 
Zimmer will probably appear in some other stuff aside from Dune (especially because I'm sure they'll end up pushing Dune to 2027), but it will probably be some smaller projects in the line of Eden or Ella McCay. Maybe the new Zack Snyder movie?
 
Silvestri in Avengers mode is always nice. Looking forward for his Dr Doom theme.
 
Göransson already has an Oscar nomination pretty much guaranteed for the next year with The Odyssey (unless the movie sucks ass). It might not be the kind of score that is well loved around JWFan, but it'll be exactly what the Academy likes. If he also wins for Sinners this year and The Odyssey on the next, he will become a 4 time Oscar winner in about 14 months! It's the same amount of Oscars as John Barry and just one less than John Williams.
 
And where is Powell?!? He's not really taking another sabbatical year until HTTYD 2 next year, right? He's gotta do something this year, as he's too young to take sabbaticals.
 
Come on, a year without Powell is a sad, drab, boring, unfunny year 
 
Overall, the best thing about this year is a new John Williams score, something that should be impossible, so it's nothing short of a miracle. Aside from that... 🫤.

Spotify suggested me this score:
 
I don't know this composer and I don't know this movie, but judging by the music it's some kind of Nordic historical epic.
 
Anyway, this is a mostly somber and melancholic medieval and viking score. Most of it is made of dark and sad music, with some really heavy action music occasionally, especially at the end.
 
It's pretty modern too, as in an older style of music filtered through modern lenses. Think Bear McCreary's scores for God of War, Masters of the Universe and parts of Rings of Power. If you enjoyed these scores, you may as well enjoy this one too.
 
Also: the composer's name is Lauri PORRA?!? That ensures she (I assume she's a lady) will never get taken seriously by Portuguese-speaking people 
 
 

Fixed.

The UE is the only way of listening to a mostly complete version of The Phantom Menace until the day (which may never come, at least in our lifetimes) that it will get a "definitive" edition. With all its problems but I'm still thankful we have at least that (none of the other prequels or sequels have something like this, with the possible exception of The Last Jedi and its isolated score).

Is it still on streaming? I might give it a spin one of these days. Aside from bootlegs and fanmade editions, it's the only Phantom Menace album I've listened to.
 
Also, it might be the most complete John Williams Star Wars score on Spotify, maybe alongside ANH.

These streaming services are full of shit. Thank goodness for piracy and YouTube for not restraining itself only to "official" releases, otherwise we could be without access to any music just because of moronic executive decisions made up by complete jackasses.

Studio executives who make dumb decisions (as in, 99% of those working in Hollywood) deserve to be insulted. 

John Williams's music has no swear words and neither should JWFan