Jim Ware

I have shared many beers (and wine.. and port...) with Jim (and Doug!) and can confirm it is quite enjoyable 

Am really enjoying watching this! Although the first time Justin's mic wasn't working, I thought it was just a really long uncomfortable silence where everyone was waiting for someone else to speak which was painful .
 
It's a joy to see Jim for the first time, and you come across great here, with thoughtful and considered responses.
 
Would be a thrill to have a beer with the both of you some day!

107 themes (29 returning), 27 choral texts (1 returning).

107 themes (29 returning), 27 choral texts (1 returning).

This was fun! It's great to finally lift the lid on some of the Hobbit material. 

This was fun! It's great to finally lift the lid on some of the Hobbit material. 

Anyone else watching?
 
 

All the Glass music I'vee heard is the most boring crap I've heard in my entire life.

Six of 'em!
 

Please, no expanded/C&C/"Deluxe" (sic.) releases!
 
Crossing fingers and toes for a premiere release of something, preferably a score and composer I connect to.

It sounds awesome. Throw the Prometheus release in the bin.

I had a chat with the venerable Neil S. Bulk about this - the mix on the Prometheus release was incorrect, with right and centre channels flopped. 

I had a chat with the venerable Neil S. Bulk about this - the mix on the Prometheus release was incorrect, with right and centre channels flopped. 

A fun conversation between Shore and Denardo Coleman here - http://www.howardshore.com/behind-the-scenes-the-music-of-naked-lunch/

Well, I wouldn't say that he "wrote" any tracks, he just performed the solo saxophone; however, the sax is an integral part of the score. And what a virtuoso performance. From memory, the tracks that feature Coleman are "Naked Lunch", "Hauser and O'Brien/Bugpowder", "Simpatico/Misterioso", "Interzone Suite", "Intersong", "Mujahaddin", "Ballad/Joan", "Cloquet's Parrots/Midnight Sunrise", and "Welcome To Annexia".

Sometimes these things don’t involve fault or blame. The term “creative differences” has sort of become a parody of itself, but it’s not always inaccurate. Sometimes creative parties begin on one path, then divert to others. It happens ... I mean, that’s kind of the ephemeral nature of creativity. And there are times when those creative diversions make it impossible to continue things as planned. And something has to give.
 
I know that’s lamentably anticlimactic. It’s easier to process these things where there’s some cataclysmic event to pin everything on. At least, that’s what I kept telling myself when I was 24 hours away from hopping a flight to New Zealand to attend the recording sessions, and everything fell apart. (I didn’t have any trip insurance.) 

You’d be out a million quid. 

The principal themes — which were sort of cantilenas set for 12 cellos and soprano — were, in my opinion, some of the best lyrical work Shore has ever done. 

The ordering has been juggled around a bit over the years, but the best piece is missing in my opinion.

Yes! Makes for an excellent recessional. Thankfully no-one was inspired to commit seppuku.

I can't argue with that one - I used it at my wedding! 

Cool! Which cue? Runaway Horses is my favorite, but perhaps not quite suitable for the occasion! 

That might be, but as a separate listening experience, Mishima is a superior score.

Kundun is my favorite Glass score. Wonderful album assembly too

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Greatly