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Yeah I know you were kidding, it made me laugh. As for the score yeah, same. Also, Williams does come from an age old Golden Age of music, I was hoping he would write this as a tribute to all those incredible composers of old as that's what captured Spielberg's imagination for film and music. Personally I would not care if it was OTT, for me it would have highlighted the awe and wonder of movies of that age and why Spielberg wanted to be a director in this business.

Loss of hearing is NOT a symptom, lol. Feel better soon hopefully. It is way milder now as a disease so I'm hoping it doesn't make you feel too bad x As for the album.... For the first time in a long time.... Meh? This cannot be all he wrote. Why would you get a full orchestra together for just the first bit of the last track..... That wouldn't happen. There has to be more done with full orchestra yet, it's not here? It's mostly piano, then harp, celeste and strings, one oboe solo in a track and some horns in another? And don't get me wrong, I'm one of the few that has not only Schindler's List in my top Williams scores but Sabrina, Angela's Ashes too and love Stepmom even if it's not in the top..... O.o

I mean... One shouldn't judge the score by the length of it but by the girth of the orchestration used!

What on Earth, lol. Look, Williams gives gorgeous smaller scores. Angela's Ashes, Schindler's List, Sabrina, etc etc etc. Considering the last two scores coming out are so different, I can't wait to have a smaller more intimate score and a big adventure one. Seems fitting to end with his two beautiful styles. As for light piano pieces. Many people watching it might be confusing the "pop" of era with that, plus it is up to Spielberg, who knows and loves music so much, that he will serve his film with what is best. And he adores Williams so they would have come up with the best for the movie. Personally I am looking forward to it.

Can't comment on Loki's score. I kind of just went through it with no notice of anything, but I really liked Powell on Solo! So I 100% agree.

No idea. All I know is that she could not come up with a theme and Kathleen went to Williams to come up with one for Obi Wan. That i know is true. I personally do not think Holt is a good composer on something like Star Wars. It's all bland and has no emotional impact. I did like some of the scoring in episode three though, there is some syncopation and some rhythmic ideas, HOWEVER, what BEWILDERS me beyond belief is that we see Darth Vader and the pay off would have been huge with the Imperial March and we don't even get a hint of it? Even in Mandalorian, when they talk about Yoda, you hear his theme, when Luke uses the force, we get the force theme. What on earth is going on here?! What IDIOT green lit no use of the Imperial March. Yes Williams does not want certain composers mishandling his themes but you have Bill Ross here who can arrange any and all Williams themes specifically for when they are needed like with Vader and Force theme usage. I also agree with whomever said, why not give the whole show to Bill Ross. As a gay man I understand the whole "diversity" and "inclusion" hence Holt being named composer so they can say, oh look, we hired a woman here (again something I heard in the Hollywood grapevine). But I also think get the best person for the job.

Thank you. I never take anything in a bad way OMG HE STOLE FROM ME.... ROFL

It's my birthday so just wanted to share. Enjoy xox https://music.apple.com/us/album/earth-plunder-wound-renewal-hope/1626106061?i=1626106064

Who? I got my info from inside sources, doesn't mean it is all 100%, I take everything with a grain of salt, but everything I have gotten before or told before has been factual in the end.

Another section from right after the opening of the fanfare from Death of Koschei the Deathless (AKA Baba Yaga). Same theme as the slow one up there but faster and not developed yet. 2039458610_BabaYagaopeningafterfanfare.mp4 Thank you so much for the compliment and likes and everything x I used to be so shy about sharing my work but now years later I'm like, either someone likes it or not. Music is subjective so it's all good

This is from a recording session of Death of Koschei the Deathless, part of an 11 minute piece. Was called Baba Yaga at the recording session then I changed it as I’m expanding it. 1197758851_BabaYagaLovethemeandResolveclip.mp4

Also if you want to hear any of my longer pieces or other shorter ones, let me know xox

Thanks The Tafta Hindi one (the fast paced one) is not part of the 6 part suite but I can put them up here since they aren't released officially anywhere yet. Most are just 15 secs etc, one of them is a backing to a vocal so no point having it up here too, but there are three others I can share The Opening Fanfare which is the 15 second one, then two parts to an old mythological philosopher in the Middle East called Juhha. One sec, I will put them up one by one since I am so clumsy with computers x Arab FIFA Opening Ceremonies - Fanfare 01 Arab FIFA Opening Ceremonies Fanfare.mp3 Arab FIFA Opening Ceremonies - Juhha's Intro 02 Juhha's Intro 1.mp3 Arab FIFA Opening Ceremonies - Juhha pt. 2 1084265330_03JuhhaPart21.mp3 So in this 5 it goes 1. Fanfare, 2. Juhha's Intro, 3. Juhha Part 2, 4. Migrant Birds, 5. Call to Champions Thank you for even asking xox

I only write at the piano and then I orchestrate it into finale until the orchestral recording in a huge studio. I mostly write for 90+ piece orchestra so it always has to be in a large studio like Air studios in London with the Philharmonia Orchestra or at Katara Opera House with the Qatar Philharmonic x

Here's the audio file for the first piece Arab FIFA Opening Ceremonies - Call to Champions 610985280_06CalltoChampions.mp3 Fixed. I'm awful at computers lol, the link for that one is back above your post Titled Tafta Hindi Variation NBA x

Hey I'd do a bit better job than some recent people when it comes to making an orchestra work, lol Tafta Hindi "Variation NBA" 10 Tafta Hindi Variation_ NBA (May 2011).mp3

No I swear...

Another of the pieces I wrote for the opening ceremonies that was part of the score x Arab FIFA Opening Ceremonies - Migrant Birds 1271997156_04MigrantBirds.mp3

So the reason Williams was asked to come back was because the woman composing couldn't come up with any good theme that Kathleen Kennedy liked? And that the score will comprise of what she writes and what Bill Ross will do with the theme and none will have anything to do with the others work? Seriously? Fire her! Get Bill Ross to do it all then!

Horner only had 2 weeks, there's no way anyone can write that amount of music in 2 weeks. I'd barely be humming one tune that I thought was appropriate by that time let alone have anything on paper! ROFL Williams make's sure he has PLENTY of tie to write his scores and would never accept anything with less than a few months turnaround as far as I know.

I come from the world of Classical Music (oboe player) however it's usually Ravel, early Stravinsky, Richard Strauss, Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Rimsky Korsakov, Vaughan Williams and Puccini amongst others then in Film music it's Korngold, Steiner, Waxman, Friedhoffer, Goldsmith and Williams, and, yes of course, I am pretty influenced by Williams as much as everyone else, although I do love me some Borodin and Saint-Saens, and many others.... As for it sounding menacing. I sort of didn't want to write anything happy as it's the last piece in the opening ceremonies and a call to battle so to speak (soccer/fotball wise that is) You are battling the other nations till one stands above all as the winner so I went more call to arms than most would do probably, lol

Yeah it was a bit, many times we were turning to each other and going, "are we not supposed to know what they are saying to each other at this point?!" Which started the usual argument at home... My bf likes subtitles to everything and I hate them unless it's obviously a foreign language. He was like, SEE, I TOLD YOU, YOU ALWAYS NEED SUBTITLES...... ugh, lol

Enjoyed Dune. I don't think it can really be done better than this, looking forward to the next installment. Not a big fan of the score but it didn't bother me in the film except a few times and that was just to do with it being too loud and not being able to hear the actors. Who mixed it in?! Anyway, can't wait for the second movie, glad it is definitely being done otherwise it would have been a "WTF" where's the ending? lol Yeah, I don't think Anakin's mom's theme was on the album was it? Oboe solo I think.

So I was asked a couple months ago to write 6 little pieces for the opening ceremonies of the Arab FIFA. This, Call to Champions, is the end piece that was to fireworks at the end. Hope you all enjoy it xox Aired on Nov 30th 2021. Conducted by Johannes Vogel and played by The Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra in the Katara Opera House in Doha, Qatar. At the ceremonies, they were split into two sections (because of the pandemic) in Doha's Al Bayt Stadium that looks like a tent, although my 90 year old neighbor asked me why the cookie on screen was on fire... O.o They played to to click to match the recording and were conducted there by Alastair Willis and Giovanni Pasini (1st Viola in the orchestra). Thank you @Luka for editing this out of the whole ceremonies for me. And thank you @Stefan_Cosmanfor always listening to the mock ups and giving me useless feedback before any and all of my recording sessions (kidding of course, lol) 928947402_WaelBinaliCalltoChampionsVid.mp4

Ugh, I was multi quoting and replied to the wrong person on that, lol Oh 100%, as I said, Bravo, it was a great concert. I was just saying for me I really wanted to hear the actual players play under him and was personally disappointed in not seeing them and wondered if they were snubbing him, which leaves a bad taste in my mouth about them. But I never said anything about the performance being bad It was spectacular!