mahler3

Subscribers of FSM Online will be interested to listen to an audio interview with producer Stephane Lerouge featuring some clips from this new collection.
 
Watch out for an exclusive clip being posted on social networks today of John Williams speaking about 2 key colleagues and friends.

Oh dear! I have totally derailed the thread.

Oh dear! I have totally derailed the thread.

Monsieur Williams...
 

https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/fsmonline/
 
Musical Dicks?

Subscribers of FSM Online will be interested to listen to an audio interview with producer Stephane Lerouge featuring some clips from this new collection.
 
Watch out for an exclusive clip being posted on social networks today of John Williams speaking about 2 key colleagues and friends.

From my understanding, Williams asked that Dream Away would be the Sinatra recording.

What event?

After the event:
 

I certainly never interpreted the (in my opinion, perfectly reasonable) request not to record the proceedings or check in on Facebook - like I even know what that means! - as a command not to discuss the event with anyone afterwards.  The only thing I was not sure about was whether details of the various clips which Mike played could be disclosed, but @mahler3 seems to have put that one to bed above.
 
My favourite audio clip was a recording of Williams recording the 'wild takes' with the choir for Close Encounters of the Third Kind, with Spielberg in the booth requesting various different tempi and pitches.  There were a few audience questions, most of which I cannot remember now, but I do remember the LSO musicians citing Revenge of the Sith and Monsignor as their respective personal favourites of the Williams scores on which they played.  Eric Crees also said that John Williams was a better conductor than ninety percent of the career conductors he had worked with.
 
It was nice to meet both Tim and Maurizio briefly when I arrived, both of them being instantly recognisable from the various video podcasts I had seen over the years.  It is fair to say that most of the attendees were men (an observation which will come as no surprise to anyone here ), although amongst the few women there was composer Alexandra Harwood.  I was chatting to another of the attendees, a bloke called Adam beforehand who had travelled down from Liverpool for the event, quite impressive when I had just a short Tube journey.
 
I did not stay to watch the film as I had to see a man about a dog that evening, but it was a very enjoyable afternoon.  To my great surprise I was also one of the lucky winners in the raffle / prize draw.  I thought that maybe it would be one CD or a Legacy of John Williams keyring or something, but it was a mightily impressive bundle of Blu-Rays, CDs and other goodies which would have cost a small fortune to purchase new.

Mike M is happy with the clips being discussed, so be gone ambiguity! Here’s the array of audio / video treats which were played and Maurizio did sterling work editing the audio to video. All very elegant:
 
- CLIP: 1st SW cue ever recorded, aka "The Swashbucklers" - 6 min
 
- CLIP: JW on the scoring stage - Harry Potter Logo raw takes - 5 min
 
- CLIP: The Lost World raw session inserts - 5 min
 
- CLIP: Amazing Stories End Titles (components + full mix) - 4 min
 
- CLIP: CE3K Wild Choir Sweeteners - 5 min
 
- CLIP: E.T. Bike Chase Take 1 session - 4 min
 
- CLIP: Harry Potter Fluffy’s Harp rehearsals - 10 min

Here’s the event running order which hopefully paints a picture. We aren’t going to mention the clips from Mike publicly, but I’m sure those who were there can private message each other. We never said to not talk about the event after the fact. “The first rule of TLOJW is to talk about TLOJW” 😁
 
- CLIP: Video Introduction - 6 min
- Greetings and presentation of guests
- JW in London: an historical overview
- Remembering the Star Wars 1977 sessions with Eric and Hugh
- CLIP: 
- Working with JW as orchestra musicians (Eric and Hugh)
- CLIP: 
- Commentary
- CLIP: The Fury "A-B Comparison"
- JW on the scoring stage: how he works with the orchestra 
- CLIP:
- Commentary / Audience Q&A
 
INTERMISSION (10 min)
 
- Dracula: an overview (Emilio) 
- CLIP: Dracula's Death film clip - 6 min
- Commentary
- Techniques of film score recording
- CLIP: 
- Commentary
- CLIP: 
- Commentary
- CLIP: 
- Commentary / Audience Q&A
- Final greetings and prize draw raffle sorting 
 
The prize draw contents (10 Universal Studios branded goody bags - thank you Dave Norris!) consisted of:

JW scored 4K discs from UHE
La La Land Records & Intrada JW albums
Japanese imports of various JW albums 
DG Store exclusives of Blu-rays & Vinyls 
TLOJW T-shirts
Elmer Bernstein Commemorative Programme with a personal note from JW

The 2 star prize premium goody bags consisted of the above plus Taschen books, extra DG Store exclusives, the John T. Williams Jazz Beginnings album and a JW signed photo.
 
IMG_5281.heic
 
Seeing the new remaster of Jaws in Dolby Atmos with the proper 3D glasses was very memorable and a perfect end to the event. Both Eric & Hugh were particularly impressed! They hadn’t seen it since 1976!
 
We had a diverse audience and some composers and conductors were in attendance. Plus our poster artist Paul Shipper (who kindly signed many of the deluxe prints everyone received), voice actor Marc Silk and producers from LA & London. Thank you once again for attending. It was so great to meet many new and old friends.
 
The dinner afterwards was a cluster f@#k but it was a last minute change so couldn’t be helped. Food and service was good (Zizzi).
 
It was a joy to host this with Maurizio and we hope to do more in the future.
 

 


I love how people laughed at this, it actually was Jaws in 3D, not Jaws 3D!!!!! :-)

Here’s the event running order which hopefully paints a picture. We aren’t going to mention the clips from Mike publicly, but I’m sure those who were there can private message each other. We never said to not talk about the event after the fact. “The first rule of TLOJW is to talk about TLOJW” 😁
 
- CLIP: Video Introduction - 6 min
- Greetings and presentation of guests
- JW in London: an historical overview
- Remembering the Star Wars 1977 sessions with Eric and Hugh
- CLIP: 
- Working with JW as orchestra musicians (Eric and Hugh)
- CLIP: 
- Commentary
- CLIP: The Fury "A-B Comparison"
- JW on the scoring stage: how he works with the orchestra 
- CLIP:
- Commentary / Audience Q&A
 
INTERMISSION (10 min)
 
- Dracula: an overview (Emilio) 
- CLIP: Dracula's Death film clip - 6 min
- Commentary
- Techniques of film score recording
- CLIP: 
- Commentary
- CLIP: 
- Commentary
- CLIP: 
- Commentary / Audience Q&A
- Final greetings and prize draw raffle sorting 
 
The prize draw contents (10 Universal Studios branded goody bags - thank you Dave Norris!) consisted of:

JW scored 4K discs from UHE
La La Land Records & Intrada JW albums
Japanese imports of various JW albums 
DG Store exclusives of Blu-rays & Vinyls 
TLOJW T-shirts
Elmer Bernstein Commemorative Programme with a personal note from JW

The 2 star prize premium goody bags consisted of the above plus Taschen books, extra DG Store exclusives, the John T. Williams Jazz Beginnings album and a JW signed photo.
 
IMG_5281.heic
 
Seeing the new remaster of Jaws in Dolby Atmos with the proper 3D glasses was very memorable and a perfect end to the event. Both Eric & Hugh were particularly impressed! They hadn’t seen it since 1976!
 
We had a diverse audience and some composers and conductors were in attendance. Plus our poster artist Paul Shipper (who kindly signed many of the deluxe prints everyone received), voice actor Marc Silk and producers from LA & London. Thank you once again for attending. It was so great to meet many new and old friends.
 
The dinner afterwards was a cluster f@#k but it was a last minute change so couldn’t be helped. Food and service was good (Zizzi).
 
It was a joy to host this with Maurizio and we hope to do more in the future.
 

 


I love how people laughed at this, it actually was Jaws in 3D, not Jaws 3D!!!!! :-)

Mike M is happy with the clips being discussed, so be gone ambiguity! Here’s the array of audio / video treats which were played and Maurizio did sterling work editing the audio to video. All very elegant:
 
- CLIP: 1st SW cue ever recorded, aka "The Swashbucklers" - 6 min
 
- CLIP: JW on the scoring stage - Harry Potter Logo raw takes - 5 min
 
- CLIP: The Lost World raw session inserts - 5 min
 
- CLIP: Amazing Stories End Titles (components + full mix) - 4 min
 
- CLIP: CE3K Wild Choir Sweeteners - 5 min
 
- CLIP: E.T. Bike Chase Take 1 session - 4 min
 
- CLIP: Harry Potter Fluffy’s Harp rehearsals - 10 min

Top men are on the job

Mike M is happy with the clips being discussed, so be gone ambiguity! Here’s the array of audio / video treats which were played and Maurizio did sterling work editing the audio to video. All very elegant:
 
- CLIP: 1st SW cue ever recorded, aka "The Swashbucklers" - 6 min
 
- CLIP: JW on the scoring stage - Harry Potter Logo raw takes - 5 min
 
- CLIP: The Lost World raw session inserts - 5 min
 
- CLIP: Amazing Stories End Titles (components + full mix) - 4 min
 
- CLIP: CE3K Wild Choir Sweeteners - 5 min
 
- CLIP: E.T. Bike Chase Take 1 session - 4 min
 
- CLIP: Harry Potter Fluffy’s Harp rehearsals - 10 min

Mike M is happy with the clips being discussed, so be gone ambiguity! Here’s the array of audio / video treats which were played and Maurizio did sterling work editing the audio to video. All very elegant:
 
- CLIP: 1st SW cue ever recorded, aka "The Swashbucklers" - 6 min
 
- CLIP: JW on the scoring stage - Harry Potter Logo raw takes - 5 min
 
- CLIP: The Lost World raw session inserts - 5 min
 
- CLIP: Amazing Stories End Titles (components + full mix) - 4 min
 
- CLIP: CE3K Wild Choir Sweeteners - 5 min
 
- CLIP: E.T. Bike Chase Take 1 session - 4 min
 
- CLIP: Harry Potter Fluffy’s Harp rehearsals - 10 min

Mike M is happy with the clips being discussed, so be gone ambiguity! Here’s the array of audio / video treats which were played and Maurizio did sterling work editing the audio to video. All very elegant:
 
- CLIP: 1st SW cue ever recorded, aka "The Swashbucklers" - 6 min
 
- CLIP: JW on the scoring stage - Harry Potter Logo raw takes - 5 min
 
- CLIP: The Lost World raw session inserts - 5 min
 
- CLIP: Amazing Stories End Titles (components + full mix) - 4 min
 
- CLIP: CE3K Wild Choir Sweeteners - 5 min
 
- CLIP: E.T. Bike Chase Take 1 session - 4 min
 
- CLIP: Harry Potter Fluffy’s Harp rehearsals - 10 min

Mike M is happy with the clips being discussed, so be gone ambiguity! Here’s the array of audio / video treats which were played and Maurizio did sterling work editing the audio to video. All very elegant:
 
- CLIP: 1st SW cue ever recorded, aka "The Swashbucklers" - 6 min
 
- CLIP: JW on the scoring stage - Harry Potter Logo raw takes - 5 min
 
- CLIP: The Lost World raw session inserts - 5 min
 
- CLIP: Amazing Stories End Titles (components + full mix) - 4 min
 
- CLIP: CE3K Wild Choir Sweeteners - 5 min
 
- CLIP: E.T. Bike Chase Take 1 session - 4 min
 
- CLIP: Harry Potter Fluffy’s Harp rehearsals - 10 min

Here’s the event running order which hopefully paints a picture. We aren’t going to mention the clips from Mike publicly, but I’m sure those who were there can private message each other. We never said to not talk about the event after the fact. “The first rule of TLOJW is to talk about TLOJW” 😁
 
- CLIP: Video Introduction - 6 min
- Greetings and presentation of guests
- JW in London: an historical overview
- Remembering the Star Wars 1977 sessions with Eric and Hugh
- CLIP: 
- Working with JW as orchestra musicians (Eric and Hugh)
- CLIP: 
- Commentary
- CLIP: The Fury "A-B Comparison"
- JW on the scoring stage: how he works with the orchestra 
- CLIP:
- Commentary / Audience Q&A
 
INTERMISSION (10 min)
 
- Dracula: an overview (Emilio) 
- CLIP: Dracula's Death film clip - 6 min
- Commentary
- Techniques of film score recording
- CLIP: 
- Commentary
- CLIP: 
- Commentary
- CLIP: 
- Commentary / Audience Q&A
- Final greetings and prize draw raffle sorting 
 
The prize draw contents (10 Universal Studios branded goody bags - thank you Dave Norris!) consisted of:

JW scored 4K discs from UHE
La La Land Records & Intrada JW albums
Japanese imports of various JW albums 
DG Store exclusives of Blu-rays & Vinyls 
TLOJW T-shirts
Elmer Bernstein Commemorative Programme with a personal note from JW

The 2 star prize premium goody bags consisted of the above plus Taschen books, extra DG Store exclusives, the John T. Williams Jazz Beginnings album and a JW signed photo.
 
IMG_5281.heic
 
Seeing the new remaster of Jaws in Dolby Atmos with the proper 3D glasses was very memorable and a perfect end to the event. Both Eric & Hugh were particularly impressed! They hadn’t seen it since 1976!
 
We had a diverse audience and some composers and conductors were in attendance. Plus our poster artist Paul Shipper (who kindly signed many of the deluxe prints everyone received), voice actor Marc Silk and producers from LA & London. Thank you once again for attending. It was so great to meet many new and old friends.
 
The dinner afterwards was a cluster f@#k but it was a last minute change so couldn’t be helped. Food and service was good (Zizzi).
 
It was a joy to host this with Maurizio and we hope to do more in the future.
 

 


I love how people laughed at this, it actually was Jaws in 3D, not Jaws 3D!!!!! :-)

I think in Mike's own words (or words to similar effect remembered a bit wrong) these clips were the things he always wishes he could include in releases, but isn't allowed. So they felt like a really special privileged peek behind the curtain. Absolutely fascinating stuff. 

That, coupled with the request to not tag our location on social media and wotnot added to the general hush hush vibe. But I'm glad Mike has said we're cool to talk about the clips. Trouble is, try as I might, no one at the bus stop seems to care

Had Mike played a preview of the upcoming 45-disc Star Wars ultimate deluxe definitive box, I could understand a bit of hush hush. But nothing in that list of clips feels like it warrants anything more than 'yeah, just don't record these on your phone, please'.
 
But it sounds like fun was had by all.

These were all audio, as I said above Maurizio did sterling work adding video in the form of stills, logos and appropriate graphics.

These were all audio, as I said above Maurizio did sterling work adding video in the form of stills, logos and appropriate graphics.