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Yes, that Jedi cue is pretty prominent, but there’s no less than 20 tracked cues from other Star Wars episodes, 4 different films!
 
The Force Awakens (9)
 
1M1A Starry Night
3M26R You’re Han Solo (x2)
4M36R I Ran Into You
5M46R Kylo Stalks Rey
6M50R Han and Leia Reunion
6M55R Council Meeting
6M56E Ren in Cockpit
7M67B Rey Gets Sabre
8M77 March of the Resistance
 
The Last Jedi (8)
 
1M9 Revisiting Snoke (x2)
2M18A Holdo’s Secret Plan
3M22 Fun With Finn and Rose
4M36 Luke and Rey
5M48 Insert
8M71 What ‘Cha Got
9M85A Insert - Rey Looks
0M8 Saying Goodbye to the Fathier
 
Revenge of the Sith (2)
 
7M3 The Birth of the Twins (x2)
7M5 Plans for the Twins
 
Return of the Jedi (1)
 
13M2 Vader’s Death

Last year I spent $65.50 per ticket, including fees, to sit in section 20. I recommend the shed, and not the lawn, if you want to see the stage. And buy your tickets right at the onsale time, because they usually sell pretty fast.
 
Excited for you!

Temple of Doom is such a heartwarming film. I don't get why people got so upset about it...
 
 

In three years time with the 50th Anniversary I expect all 9 Scores will be released in their entirety(?). As far as the sheer amount of material written for the Prequels & Sequels would this amount to about 3 CDs per Movie? I realise this question has probably been asked many times. 

No cameras spotted (and that is a shame, I was hoping at least for a recording on Stage+ ) but the microphones were actually visible above the stage. I'm just wondering whether they were recording the concert or just simply hanging there as permanent equipment of the hall.
 

Source: Wiener Symphoniker fb fanpage
 
The concert was AMAZING!!! The best AD concert I have ever been to (London 2014/Kraków 2019/Vienna 2024).
 
I prepared a quick analysis of what tracks were used in each suite (overall almost 2h of music!)
 
1. Godzilla (Godzilla! / Godzilla's Victory / Back to the Ocean) - 6 min.
2. Pelléas et Mélisande - I. Comme un oiseau pourchassé - 8 min.
3. Pelléas et Mélisande - II. Ils regardent la lumière - 5,5 min.
4. Wes Anderson's Suite - Fantastic Mr. Fox (Jimmy Squirrel And Co. / High-Speed French Train / Boggis, Bunce, And Bean / Canis Lupus / Kristofferson's Theme / Stunt Expo 2004 / Great Harrowsford Square) - 9 min.
5. Wes Anderson's Suite - The Grand Budapest Hotel (Mr. Mustafa / A Prayer for Madame D & Last Will and Testament / Canto At Gabelmeister’s Peak) - 4 min.
6. Wes Anderson's Suite - The French Dispatch (Obituary) 3,5 min.
7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 1: Obliviate / Sky Battle / Fireplaces Escape / Detonators / Destroying the Locket; Part 2: Statues / Broomsticks and Fire / Courtyard Apocalypse / The Tunnel / Dragon Flight / Lily’s Theme / Showdown) - 13 min.
8. The King's Speech (The King’s Speech / My Kingom, My Rules) - 4 min.
9. The Shape of Water (The Creature / Five Stars General / The Shape of Water / Spy Meeting / The Escape / Rainy Day / Watching Ruth / Elisa and Zelda / Without You / Overflow of Love) - 21 min.
10. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (Carlo's Theme / Spazzatura / The Pine Cone / Big Lies / Resurrection / Saving Geppetto / Pinocchio's Choice / Ciao Papa) - 15,5 min.
11. The Imitation Game (Carrots and Peas / Crosswords / U-Boats / Mission / Alone with Numbers / The Headmaster / End of War / The Imitation Game / Alan Turing's Legacy) 15,5 min.
 
ENCORE
12. Girl with a Pearl Earring (Griet's Theme) - 4 min.
13. Eiffel (Valse d'Eiffel) - 3 min.
 
What was so special about this particular concert, in my opinion?
1. Golden Hall itself, of course  and the fact that he was probably the third film music composer playing there after Williams and Hisaishi.
2. Desplat played some of his recent scores like Pinocchio, French Dispatch or Eiffel, which was refreshing. I never spotted Fantastic Mr. Fox suite in concert before neither.
3. He also prepared completely new, extended suites from his trademark scores (Godzilla, Imitation Game, Shape of Water). He played almost half of the Imitation Game and Shape of Water albums (!) He usually plays the main themes from Godzilla and Imitation Game and 7- or 12- minutes long suite of The Shape of Water so he really did his best this time.
4. I think that for the first time he had a choir on the stage (not counting Hollywood in Vienna 2016 cause he was not conducting). A children choir in Fantastic Mr. Fox and at the end of "Ciao Papa" from Pinocchio gave me goosebumps.
5. He got a standing ovation and was very moved, I have never seen him like this before (and I always sit in front rows ).

I had another John Williams dream the other night.
 
First, I was set to go on a big, old wooden sailboat that would take me to some kind of concert out on an island. A pop concert, not an orchestral concert, can't remember the artist. Once there, however, I realized I had no ticket and had to sneak my way into the compound, pretending I was "somebody". While rummaging through the area, I stumbled upon a locker room, the kind you see in gyms. I peaked through the door and saw John Williams tutoring a bunch of suit-dressed men and women like a gym coach. "A-ha", I thought, "Williams is tutoring up-and-coming Norwegian conductors!". So I said this to Williams:
 
- "Is this the new batch of young, Norwegian conductors?"
- "Sure is", he said, "I've been looking for talent like this...."
- "That's great!", I said, rudely cutting him short and started turning away.
 
But before I turned, I noticed he smiled back and said "OK, cheers!", being somewhat impressed, I think, that I wasn't a fanboy or anything, but just someone asking what was going on, and then moving on.

Yes, I remember that quote from an interview as well. And from the sound of the piece I can comprehend that. I remember the piece getting played live at the academy award celebration to a montage of female actresses showing many of them in their femme fatal roles. Fitted perfectly. And Kate Blanchet can use of the help she can get to appear in any way seductive. I mean, she is a great actress and an attractive woman, no doubt, but her erotic chemestry with any of her film partners, at least in the movies I saw her in, is subterranean. That somehow seems not to be her field of charisma.
So, might be that Williams intended to give Irina a femme fatal note, but it just was not reflected in Blanchet's appearance.
A little bit like the romance in Attack of the Clones, where the big love story was told in the music but not on screen.

"You need a better worker than me on your construction site." - "I know, but they all fell from the scaffolding."

She will send poisonous cookies to those who try. 

Is he mad that more people didn't vote for The Reivers?

Adding "they don't even know which month it is" to my list...

Both of the first two had alternates of the opening. Maybe someone finally learned his lesson?

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Some amazing work has been done here:
 

 

And it burns, burns, burns
The reign of fire
The reign of fire
 

Solo is here!
 

 

I would say that the score should Whirl through Academ(e)y.  
 
Sometimes my writing is as clumsy as it is stupid.  

Oh yes. Sorry. Was not intentionally. I just marked the text and clicked "Quote". But it was from a quote in your post.
Didn't want to hurt your feelings.

This was a fun exercise. I've wished many times that someone would ask me to program Film Night! Of course, the best outcome would be a three-night Williams festival with no repeated material. But as it is, here's the first half of the concert, conducted by whoever is up to the challenge, likely Keith Lockhart, since he seems enthusiastic about programming and conducting Williams "rarities":
 
The Land Race
Three Pieces from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban:
A Window to the Past
Buckbeak's Flight
Double Trouble
Three Random Pieces Some Guy Picked from Three Random Star Wars Movies:
Anthem of Evil
The Death Star
Love Pledge & The Arena
A New Beginning
The Raptors Appear / High Bar and Ceiling Tiles
Freedom's Call
Remembering Emilie, and Finale
The Fabelmans
 
That's a first half close to 50 minutes, an unwieldy and improbable John Williams smorgasbord. But that's why it's my fantasy and not my reality.
 
Second half, conducted by a turbo charged John Williams, for another 50 minutes:
 
The Adventures of Tintin
Selections from the Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Children's Suite:
Hedwig's Flight
Hogwarts Forever
Voldemort
Nimbus 2000
Fluffy and His Harp
Quidditch
Family Portrait
Diagon Alley
The Mine Car Chase
Farewell Neverland
Canto Bight (encore)
Farewell and the Trip (encore)
The Rise of Skywalker (encore)
 
This exercise made me realize most of my essential Williams tracks fall into one of three categories - finales, setpieces, or theme arrangements.
 
As an insider, can you confirm that the above program will be used for this year's Film Night?  

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Stuff like this could be the side effect of everyone ONLY ranking their top ten. Maybe the Reivers is everyone's 15th favorite! Which means it doesn't appear at all...