Bayesian

No no no! RHPoT is a great movie! I have fond memories of that one, seeing it as a kid. Alan Rickman is terrific, Morgan Freeman too. And the score is such a classic! It’s hard to believe it was written in a near panic, or so I’ve been led to believe.

TROS did give us a great version of Rey’s theme when she was running the obstacle course. And there’s babu frick. And, of course, the Oma Tres cameo moment. There’s a solid three or four minutes of watchable movie there between the three.

Yeah, there’s something weird going on here. I ultimately decided to cancel my Amazon preorder because I’m pretty sure now they won’t ever have it in stock. Your best bet—do what I did and buy a copy from a third party seller on eBay or someplace similar. The best available price right now on eBay is $21.65 including shipping via Rarewaves. It’s $5 more than the Amazon preorder price, but probably worth it to avoid the risk that it really is OOP already. (The other listings are considerably worse, price-wise, because those sellers want $20+ for shipping on top of the cd price.)

We haven’t arrived yet at the point when KotCS is remembered fondly as a good movie, but that day is coming. In the meantime, I look forward with huge anticipation to Spielberg’s alien movie. Is he in production on it yet?

I missed seeing this post until now. As regards JW's health, I feel this should be seen as good news -- I can't imagine he would want to pencil in concert dates unless he felt he was going to be able to make them.

For some reason, this has become the biggest thing to stick in my craw about film scoring lately. (Or at least it used to be—I blessedly haven’t heard much of this kind of stunt being done since that jackass Balfe thought it’d be a good idea to humblebrag how he got nearly 600 musicians to play his shitty music for the last M:I movie.) I’ve heard it said that baking is the hardest kind of cooking because the chemistry involved in getting things to rise properly or set evenly is a lot less forgiving than the chemistry found in cooking in a pot or a pan. Ingredients matter, but proportions and amounts even more so. JW is a master pastry chef in this regard—encyclopedic about what instruments (ingredients) can do and infallibly accurate about what needs to be added or removed to balance the product before it goes into the oven.

I just love the fact that JW also occasionally performed classical works and not just conducted them. To be sure, I’m gonna guess playing the third piano in a Mozart stunt concerto (seriously, what could have been the point of writing such a thing, other than to say, “look what I can do”?) isn’t the hardest thing in the world for a pianist, but still—the fact that he did play the part, that he could play the part, is just another reminder of the total musician that JW is.

This is so triggering. The only two words other than Hans Zimmer that don’t belong within twenty miles—no, twenty time zones—of JW.

There’s 7 of us now!

Are you using iTunes/Apple Music or a different program? It has always worked for me in iTunes/AM. Mind you, i only ever work with CD rips; maybe blurays are different.

This is the only way to do it. It’s also convenient that, this way, there’s always going to be at least one piece of artwork for the folder available (i.e., the album cover).

I knew my playing Elfman's two tracks on Youtube over and over and over again would get someone's attention at WB/WaterTower!

Trailer says the doc will be streaming Nov 1 but makes no mention of a limited theatrical release. I hope they didn't decide to back out of that plan. EDIT: Looks like the limited release is still happening, according to Disney, if you live in or near NYC, Los Angeles, or London. Tickets go on sale Oct. 24 via Fandango.

I did! It may be only two tracks, but as an Elfman completist, I am obligated.

I’m most looking forward to the part at the end where Spielberg says in some b-roll-style footage that JW is already working out ideas for his UFO/alien movie next year that will knock everyone’s socks off.