Alex

I think all the films are good fun to be honest 

I think all the films are good fun to be honest 

I think all the films are good fun to be honest 

I think all the films are good fun to be honest 

"Tender Duel of the Fates" as I like to call it.  

Unless someone releases the Complete Prisoner Of Azkaban, I don't give a shit.

@Stefancos
 
Some examples (not quite all, although these themes aren't too prominent):
 
What I call "Snoke's theme" (thanks to Marcus for the discovery!):
 
The four notes heard over the ostinato here:
 
 
And here:
 
 
 
What I call "The First Order A theme" (sort of my discovery, I believe):
 
 
Also watch this (theme first heard at 0:24):
 
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jiql72jh7bppy3g/TFA - Parade Grounds (Score Restore).mp4?dl=0
 
And there's this:
 
 
The theme is four notes.
 
What I currently call the "First Order B theme" -- but could actually be for the Resistance, I suppose:
 
The melody heard at :02 --
 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxQSwI5aPja9cEg3TElmWGdUdW8/view (this awesome cue is from the opening village attack; seems a little too heroic to be a First Order theme, though? Perhaps actually underscored Poe running and fighting?)
 
And at :35 in the Dropbox score restore -- interestingly, while the scene is about the First Order, this is right after the Resistance is mentioned in the speech.
 
Most supporting a Resistance association is the usage here:
 
 
In the film, I just checked and that covers the scene where Han and Chewie enter the base and Finn and Rey open the doors from the control room. First Order personnel aren't even on camera when that theme is playing.
 
But it's bizarre because the Resistance already has a major theme! Maybe it's a variation of that? 
 
Hmmm.

Imagine being a director and having the cojones to ask John Williams for mock ups 

You do not ask a god to do mockups, TGP. You might as well piss on his shoes.

I know 🙂
You should definitely read them, they are very good.

It's a very real possibility that none of the big 3 from the OT will survive this trilogy 

It's a very real possibility that none of the big 3 from the OT will survive this trilogy 

I was indifferent towards this score at first but it really has started to grow on me.

I was indifferent towards this score at first but it really has started to grow on me.

I was indifferent towards this score at first but it really has started to grow on me.

I was indifferent towards this score at first but it really has started to grow on me.

I was indifferent towards this score at first but it really has started to grow on me.

I wonder what his opinion on the OT action music vs the Prequels action music

@Jay, @crumbs, and @The Psycho Pianist, here's my attempt at an "Overture" score restore:
 
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8dtnn6n4s8lafhn/The BFG - Overture (Score Restore).mp4?dl=0
 
It's a little different than what you did, Psycho Pianist. I thought the "flying"-y music would start at the castle's appearance, for instance, not the first firework (although actually this is very debatable, who knows). It's a little puzzling - either way, it ends after the opening titles have started (less so in my version, though). Perhaps the space between the two things was shortened when they decided to axe JW's cue? Or perhaps that's just how it's supposed to be? 
 
There are some really, really awesome things here. If indeed Williams intended it for this scene, my appreciation for it has gone up so much - and I already loved it!
 
For instance, right when the little fairy dust or whatever it is makes the arch right before the Disney logo appears, there's a wicked harp gliss! Wow - lovely mickey-mousing!
 
Thanks so much Crumbs for pointing this out. I'd really like to believe that JW did indeed intend this, and there is quite a bit of evidence for that - although in that case it does puzzle me why Spielberg would ditch that in favor of various logos' individual music which doesn't work so well together. Maybe he didn't want lushly orchestrated new music before the quiet opening to become a distraction? But then why not make the logos silent? Maybe they thought When You Wish Upon a Star had more power? Maybe companies wanted their own music used? 
 
Anyway, this is the kind of thing that makes being a JWFan so fun!
 
EDIT: Also, I just realized that repeating the same music at the beginning and end of the film could have been very intentional on JW's part and not just "Oh I like that overture music, let's use it in the credits." 

I'm not against a CGI Leia IF her appearance is integral to the plot.

I remember seeing an interview with JW where he was asked what he considers to be his best score and he said something along the lines of he always hopes his next one will be

BEST SCORES OF 2016:
Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them - James Newton-Howard
The Secret Life of Pets - Alexandre Desplat
The Jungle Book - John Debney 
The BFG - John Williams 
Sausage Party - Christopher Lennertz/Alan Menken (Criminally overlooked probably because it's a parody score)
 
TOP 10 BEST TRACKS OF 2016:
 
"Meet the Pets" - Alexandre Desplat
"The Light Between Oceans" - Alexandre Desplat
"To Giant Country" - John Williams
"Relieve Him of His Wand / Newt Releases the Thunderbird / Jacob's Farewell" - James Newton-Howard
"Mowgli Wins the Race" - John Debneyy
"Alice" - Danny Elfman
"The Battle of the Legends" - Lorne Balfe/Hans Zimmer
"Strange Days Ahead" - Michael Giacchino
"Meet the Sisters!" - Dario Marianelli
"10 Cloverfield Lane" - Bear McCreary
 
BEST FILMS OF 2016
Doctor Strange
The Hateful Eight (It came out in the U.K. In 2016)
 
 
SPECIFIC HIGHLIGHTS OF 2016:
- JW beginning scoring Episode VIII
 
SPECIFIC DISAPPOINTMENTS OF 2016:
- Hans Zimmer yet again producing nothing that particularly interested me
- Finding Dory - both the film and score 
- Desplat not being able to score Rogue One

I wonder if they'll reduce/edit her role so they can explain her absence in Episode IX