Not Mr. Big

Doug Adams recently shared on Twitter this JVC ad with Williams which I had previously been unaware of:

The ending is done perfectly.  I am glad JWFan is wise enough to see this!

Well-said. Plus, each fade to black (or other similar technique seemingly annoucing the end of the film) also indicates the end of a particular part of the story, in my opinion.
 
Fade to white after the Eagles save Frodo: the end of the Quest of the Ring.
 
Fade to black after Frodo sees Sam: the end of their separate journey.
 
The camera zooming out of Minas Tirith: the end of the story of the third film, as well as the end of the Fellowship's journey.
 
Fade to white after the Grey Havens sequence: the end of the 4 Hobbits' journey.
 
Final fade to black after Sam goes home: the end of the LOTR trilogy.

Literally the first thing I did when I opened the page was ctrl-f and look for the word "ending."  
 
If there's anything I hate it's people complaining about "too many" endings.  Don't even start with me on that stupid complaint.  Luckily I only found mstrox's joke.
 
I consider this by far the messiest of the LOTR films.  It's sprawling and messy, with more questionable visual effects and performances and continuity errors.  Just a mess!  But it's such an emotional catharsis, and gets so much right, that I forgive it all that.

Never had that problem with the endings (on the contrary), and like you, I think this is a stupid complaint: it seems people simply don't understand this is not just the conclusion of one 3-hour film, this is the conclusion of a 11-hour long story. A 20 minutes long ending doesn't feel like pushing it to me! And if you're invested in the story and cared about the characters, then I don't see why you'd be bothered by this "lengthy" ending: on the contrary, you should be happy so much care has been put into the conclusion to make it satisfying.
 
The thing that always made me smile is that I had a complete opposite reaction compared to people who moaned about the multiple endings: when I first watched the film, with the first fade to white after the Eagles saved Frodo, I was like "Oh, no, they're not going to end the film here, are there? So much more stuff left to show!", and I was happy to see it continue. And after that, there was the fade to black after Frodo sees Sam, and I had the same reaction: "Oh, no, they're not going to end the film here, are there? So much more stuff left to show!". Thankfully, the film continued. And once again, with the shot zooming out of Minas Tirith, and the sweeping Shire theme statement, I was like: "Oh, no, they're not going to end the film here, are there? So much more stuff left to show!", etc. With each "fake" ending, instead of being annoyed, I was relieved!
 
 

You're just mad because you fell for it! 

How awesome to finally see some of the most interesting dropped music in context with the film! I also agree, however, that they made the right choice in dropping it. The music is really cool on its own, but the dropped sections really don't work nearly as well in the film. Especially that unused majority of Hungry Raptor. When I originally heard it at the end of the "Making of" documentary, I honestly thought it was some cool remix someone did or something. LOL. It just didn't seem like Williams to me, due to the style change. However, I think it was Brachio who revealed to me through the sheet music before the 2013 release that it was indeed for the film's shed sequence. My immediate thought was "seriously? how did THAT ever work?". And well... sure... it hits some points well in the film, but overall to me it DOESN'T work, lol. It moves too fast for what is going on, robbing the scary intensity of the scene.
 
Still, I do LOVE that music on its own. It's really fun!

Yet I can fully understand why some passages were dropped from the movie. Especially "The Falling Car" and "High Wire Stunts" are more intense and noticeable when the music suddenly comes in like in the film. I can also understand why "Hungry Raptor was almost completely dropped, because except the calm passages it hardly fits the overall style of the rest of the music. It's just weird.

Using a choir for Han's death would have been interesting but cliched as hell at this point. Like using a lamenting solo cello...

Hello. I liked the trailer. But there's nothing really special or new being offered here it seems. I was hoping Johnson would finally break the Star Wars mould.
 
Cool hearing the music played around with. Was it Williams?

But ... isn't TPM the least bad Prequel?

There technically is right now.  We just haven't heard it yet.

John Williams @Johnnybaby - Apr 15
I apologize on behalf of the Orlando Pops for that awful
performance of the Star Wars theme. I spent rehearsal
time riding The Haunted Mansion at @WaltDisneyWorld.

The (probably) Williams portion of the TLJ trailer has choir.    

Choirs are best when used sparingly and in some more specific and defined way. And, better yet, in an unexpected way. The worst way to go is just to throw them in to create those big moments. It just makes everything sound so cheap, funnily enough. Makes big expensive film music of today sound like cheap trailer rush job. There's too much choir being used like that in modern score so I'm all for no vocals at all in big scores.
 
Plus there are not that many composers who can really use a choir in an interesting way. As much as I enjoy much of Michael Giacchino's score, I do tend to cringe when I hear his choral works.
 
Karol

It will be performed live-to-picture by the trailer-guys on a Casio keyboard.

Very curious to get official word on Williams' involvement in the teaser. That first half does sound like it very well could be his work, but I don't hear anything that makes me 100% sure.
 
In any case, I like it a lot. Kudos to the marketing team for letting Rey's and Kylo Ren's themes be featured.

It will be performed live-to-picture by the trailer-guys on a Casio keyboard.

This might get you close

"I cannot work with this man" - Williams on Treverrow probably.  

I really wish they'd played Han Solo and the Princess and not the Imperial March for the thousandth fucking time.

I'm back to incredible frustration with this live stream.

Maybe LA Hollywood choirs just really suck?  Plus their licencing fees are pretty hefty and stringent from what I've heard.  I know that John Powell separates his choral segments into individual tracks to avoid them getting credit for the entire track.  
I doubt any of this would be a concern for Williams though.  He's probably just moved away from it stylistically.  

Maybe LA Hollywood choirs just really suck?  Plus their licencing fees are pretty hefty and stringent from what I've heard.  I know that John Powell separates his choral segments into individual tracks to avoid them getting credit for the entire track.  
I doubt any of this would be a concern for Williams though.  He's probably just moved away from it stylistically.