The Psycho Pianist

Williams's letter to the LSO (from JWFan FB):
 

Williams's letter to the LSO (from JWFan FB):
 

Williams's letter to the LSO (from JWFan FB):
 

Williams's letter to the LSO (from JWFan FB):
 

How anyone could still look down their nose at Williams from a classical sensibility after hearing that...I don't know. Sounds like something Sibelius or Finzi would've written if they were still here today.

Sorry to double post but here are a few more pictures courtesy of Daniel James Chan on FB
 
 
 

Some pictures from the above link:
 

 

"Screw this, I'm outa here!"
 
*hums E.T*

I've always adored this theme, and particularly this performance. The bit where he ascends and transitions from playing to conducting at 1:10 is just glorious - almost a kind of choreographed dance move; the 90 degree turn timed to the beat. 😅
 
 

Sorry to double post but here are a few more pictures courtesy of Daniel James Chan on FB
 
 
 

Some pictures from the above link:
 

 

It was an f’ing awesome day!!!
 

 

I've always adored this theme, and particularly this performance. The bit where he ascends and transitions from playing to conducting at 1:10 is just glorious - almost a kind of choreographed dance move; the 90 degree turn timed to the beat. 😅
 
 

Sorry to double post but here are a few more pictures courtesy of Daniel James Chan on FB
 
 
 

Some pictures from the above link:
 

 

Sorry to double post but here are a few more pictures courtesy of Daniel James Chan on FB
 
 
 

I've always adored this theme, and particularly this performance. The bit where he ascends and transitions from playing to conducting at 1:10 is just glorious - almost a kind of choreographed dance move; the 90 degree turn timed to the beat. 😅
 
 

Some pictures from the above link:
 

 

Sorry to double post but here are a few more pictures courtesy of Daniel James Chan on FB
 
 
 

Thought I'd revive this thread having just seen the release of a short film narrated by Olivia Colman that me and @Max McGuire scored over the last few months. The process culminated in us recording the final soundtrack with a small string ensemble at Abbey Road Studio 1 (coincidentally on the same day as Gordy Haab recorded his Battlefront DLC with the LSO, and the day after Han Solo finished overdubs in the same room!) Below is the film - I really encourage anyone to watch it, it's only 8 or so minutes and has a very important message behind it! Also is a video with a bit of session footage from the recording (both me and Max conducted a half of the score each). Would appreciate any feedback! Thanks
 

Kylo Ren 1:14-1:31.
 
 

I can just imagine what it’s like to live in the house of Williams and overhear him composing these endings...
 
plink plonk...plonk.....PLONK!
 
...........
 
*soft chuckles*
 
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PLONK!

On projects like this we work together for sure! We find that having two heads rather than one can help propel some ideas to something beyond what you might have come up with on your own. Of course, it does lead to the occasional moment where you feel like your own idea genuinely is better (!), but on the whole it probably also speeds up the process slightly - anything that may have been weird or on a tangent to the overall music arc has usually already been corrected at the source rather than much further on
 
That's of course not to say that you don't occasionally end up with other scenarios though...
 
 

We just kind of, work through them - all the decisions are made purely on a give-take basis on the moment. As we both write together we don't usually have that process of being responsible for certain cues etc, although on occasion we have tried delegating "motifs" to be written individually then brought into the joint writing. This didn't really change the process though - usually you end up with something that sounds better than what you came up with originally!

We just kind of, work through them - all the decisions are made purely on a give-take basis on the moment. As we both write together we don't usually have that process of being responsible for certain cues etc, although on occasion we have tried delegating "motifs" to be written individually then brought into the joint writing. This didn't really change the process though - usually you end up with something that sounds better than what you came up with originally!