Jean-Baptiste Martin

Trope · Monday at 10:12 PM

I don't want to launch pre-orders if the book isn't 100% finished, to avoid a long wait between the end of pre-orders and the shipping.

The book is 99.9% finished.

As I explained a few weeks ago on FSM, I'm waiting for authorization to publish images of recording sessions. I need the studio's permission. They've asked me to send them the chapter. I did so in September.
Last week I received my chapter with the requested changes. So things are moving ahead!

I hope to launch pre-orders in May.

Monday at 07:50 PM

Thanks for pointing out the menu problem, it's fixed now.

Registration is not required to visit the site. It's just for posting comments and reviews.

The design was the same since 2013. It was time for a change. The pages will be updated gradually.

And I'd like to switch to a secure connection too (SSL), but I haven't managed it yet.

Edmilson · January 18

Thank you for the information.

Yes, there was nothing recorded for Zorro after that date. The last day of mixing is June 27.

I'll get back to you on The New World later.

Edmilson · January 18

@Jim Ware Yes, that's right. :up:

And the Todd-AO Scoring Stage was also booked in October for All the King's Men.
Then the film was postponed for 9 months.

Edmilson · January 18

Thank you for your messages. I love talking about this project.

On 16/01/2024 at 6:54 PM, crocodile said:

Do you happen to know what did the recording dates for The Legend of Zorro took place in 2005?

Yes, I have all the dates of the recording sessions. But why do you want them? :mrgreen:

Well, I'll give you the month: June 2005.

11 hours ago, karelm said:

From the excerpts I would definitely wish for more details. For example, Goldsmith’s score to Patton was one of Horner’s favorites, would love to understand why – what he thought of that score and Jerry’s other scores especially on franchises he would inherit from him like Star Trek and Alien.

I understand your comment about Patton.

Earlier in the book, in a section devoted to Jerry Goldsmith and his influence, there's a quote from James Horner who says he thinks Patton is great.

The index at the end of the book will make it easy to find all the occurrences.

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11 hours ago, karelm said:

Did you happen to get in touch with Armin Ksajikian? He has lots of stories as a session musician who played on almost every Horner score in LA.

Yes, I'm in contact with him. Thank you.

Yavar Moradi · January 16

Some of you have had time to download and read the free excerpts? extract 7 pages_light.jpg

If so, let me know what you think! Your opinion means a lot to me.

Tallguy · January 14

50 minutes ago, Tallguy said:

Is this book going to have surprising quotations from the earlier Goldsmith book?

(Kidding!)

This will be awesome and congratulations!

I quote this book once. A familiar quote, of course.

Jay · January 14

@Jay Thank you for sharing the information here.

I invite you to discover the website, sign up to be notified when the first volume is released and download the free excerpts, which I hope you'll enjoy.

Edmilson · January 1

Jurassic Shark · December 20, 2023

36 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said:

But all these came after SL...

I hear it in Sneakers (1992) in the track Playtronics Break-in (2:12).

Tydirium · December 19, 2023

He even had two brothers! And their mother is still alive. She sent me an email a few weeks ago that was very moving.

Jay · December 19, 2023

On 18/12/2023 at 3:31 PM, karelm said:

I have friends that knew him in high school and had some interesting stories about him. One worked with him at the Classical Annex of Tower Records and fondly recalls their conversations where he predicted he'll have a section in the music annex some day. He wasn't wrong.

@karelm

James Horner's brother mentioned Classical Annex of Tower Records, but he wasn't sure because it wasn't very long.
Please tell your friends to contact me. It's not too late to include their testimony.
There's an online form on this page http://jameshorner-filmmusic.com/important-james-horner-missing-pieces-and-a-book/ or by e-mail.

Jay · December 18, 2023

I'm going to dig out an old infographic I made a few years ago for a meeting with the project's patrons.

One decade = one volume
The number of projects is decreasing, but the number of pages is almost identical for each volume. Why is this? Because the more time passes, the more information is available... And also, part of volume 4 is devoted to independent chapters: the man and his passions, the 1046 appearances of the 4 notes...

DangerMotif · December 18, 2023

3 hours ago, Jay said:

Is "The Emotionalist" the subtitle for all four volumes, or does each volume have a different subtitle?

It will be the same title for all 4 volumes.

From the outset of the project, I had imagined a single object, but I finally decided to divide it up when I saw the number of pages.

The first volume is 430 pages long.

Erik Woods · December 17, 2023

Yes, it's the project of a lifetime.

I can't wait to share all this work.

As for this first volume, I'm particularly proud of the work on James Horner's youth. What takes 6 lines on Wikipedia makes 20 pages in the book, thanks to the memories of his brother and his high school music teacher. And I've got about 30 pages on his university career.

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Andy · December 16, 2023

Hey guys,

Thank you very much for your interest in the articles and I'm really touched that some people are asking for them.

There are several reasons why the detailed analyses have been discontinued:

The organization of the concert in May 2022 that was broadcast worldwide on YouTube, the one with Spectral Shimmers and A Forest Passage, was a culmination for JHFM. It was the result of 4 years' work. Often after this kind of event, there's a bit of a lull.
Life offers us so much to discover. Over the years, part of the team has moved on to other occupations, passions...
Personally, I've been working on the book since March 2018. Ever since I met the composer's family and visited his studio. All my free time for almost 6 years has gone into this project. It's my main objective and so I've given up writing articles for the site.
We liked to publish these articles exclusively, i.e. before you received the albums. To do this, you had to be warned of the releases and receive the albums in advance (or else write the article at top speed in 48 hours, but that's not ideal). Today, only one publisher allows us to do this, and asks me to check the content before publication. I do this with pleasure and rigor, but the above-mentioned factors (lack of time, priority given to the book, small team of volunteers) prevent me from writing new articles.

The book will be 1600 pages long, divided into 4 volumes. The first volume is scheduled for early 2024. Its aim is to bring together all known information on the composer's work. It's quite a challenge. Probably impossible, but we're giving it our best shot.

As for the podcast... it was planned, but once again the lack of time, of available people... prevented it from happening. I hope that the release of the books will be the occasion for several podcasts.

Edmilson · December 14, 2023

@Edmilson Sorry for the confusion. I didn't specify that the color bars don't indicate the recordings but the whole process : spotting sessions / composition / recording / mixing.
It was just a schematic to show how 1998 was organized and how busy it was. I did this many years ago now and so I shared this without studying it deeply again.

crumbs · December 14, 2023

Yes, that's the song. The orchestral track was clandestinely recorded during the Mighty Joe Young sessions! One of the many fun tidbits that will be in the book.

I'm honored to be in the thanks! Thank you for this information. @Jay Too bad I wasn't contacted ahead of publication to provide the dates of the sessions. Just as I would have appreciated being contacted on previous editions to point out missing tracks and typos in names.

As for the details of the tracks recorded in London and Los Angeles, all the information will be in the book... well, more precisely, in volume 2.

Amer · December 14, 2023

I don't know if the dates appear in the booklet of the new edition. LLL no longer sends me anything.

But I have almost all the dates of the recording sessions. In fact, I supplied the dates for the recent editions of Intrada (Battle Beyond the Stars and Humanoids). I found just about everything by cross-referencing various documents: Simon Rhodes' calendar, the Todd-AO Scoring Stage printed schedules, the cue sheets present in the scores and paid research at AFM Local 47.

Indeed, the first Zorro was recorded at Air Lyndhurst in London. But as they ran out of time, the rest of the recording took place at Todd-AO. The long piece for the final scene features both orchestras!

As for the 1998 timeline, I had made this illustration, which I commented on during a videoconference for the book's patrons.

Faleel · May 14, 2023

To celebrate the one year anniversary of the concert, the video of Spectral Shimmers is now available.

Trope · February 14, 2023

Video published a few hours ago by Sony.

Jay · December 13, 2022

I don't know if the information has already been shared here: The movie is 192 minutes long and there are 186 minutes of music.

December 7, 2022

With an excerpt from the song "Nothing is Lost."

Mr. Who · December 7, 2022

18 hours ago, Jaaaackified said:

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From Franglen himself a while back

In this publication, he talks about the music of the first trailer released on November 2 and not the teaser released on May 9.

20 hours ago, Gibster said:

Franglen confirmed to me that the music is not his

Are you sure he was talking about the May 2022 teaser music mentioned in the Vanity Fair article?

crumbs · November 1, 2022

Tomorrow the wait ends. New trailer for #AvatarTheWayOfWater debuts on @GMA. pic.twitter.com/met7oqxJ6U
— Avatar (@officialavatar) November 1, 2022

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