Bayesian

I was under the impression that directors often have final say over a film but that that privilege was given at the studio’s pleasure. I’m other words, a director could always be overruled by the exec producer or the film’s main producer. 
 
I suppose it’s fair to ask why director’s cuts of films are even a thing if the director always has final say.

Yep I made that correction in my previous post (or rather a clarification) Some directors have "final cut", whereas some do not and instead the studio does. Depends on the film/director/studio.

THE FORCE AWAKENS.
 
(geez, did I just post in a STAR WARS thread?).

Getting really worried at this point that the title might stick.

The length of The Fabelmans score reminds me of something Williams said during the Seventh Annual Career Achievement Award in the early 90’s.
 
Back then he said:
 
’I think it could be just as interesting to write a ‘Satie-like’ miniature score which is 10 minutes long. That can be the jewel in the hands of a master as a hundred-minute bombast can be in the hands of a fool.’ 

Source: Score Magazine (Dutch), 1991
 

Not true
Incorrect 

I want to know which other film composers, if any, would go to these same lengths if given the same opportunity as JW. Maybe I’m wrong, but my belief is they do not exist. 
 
This is part of the reason I love JW. Not just as a creative human being who bridges two musical worlds, but as the idea of a creative human being who bridges two musical worlds. He’s the embodiment of the intellectual curiosity I would hope to see in the world’s greatest film scorer, if such a person did not already exist in JW. 

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I want to know which other film composers, if any, would go to these same lengths if given the same opportunity as JW. Maybe I’m wrong, but my belief is they do not exist. 
 
This is part of the reason I love JW. Not just as a creative human being who bridges two musical worlds, but as the idea of a creative human being who bridges two musical worlds. He’s the embodiment of the intellectual curiosity I would hope to see in the world’s greatest film scorer, if such a person did not already exist in JW. 

Haydn always was my favourite classical composer, with a name starting with H.

All this pearl-clutching about the amount of original score is absurd. It’s x minutes more original score in the JW canon than we have right now, and we know every minute of it is going to be quality. Surely that should be enough to satisfy us. 

My votes are a mixture. It's hard to make generalizations, particularly about SW, where the writing and directing vary so much between films.
 
Ultimately, SW has had a much bigger direct impact on my life, but LOTR did get my vote for actor/character (McKellen's Gandalf), writing, and acting. Acting was a particularly tough call because both of them can go so cheeseball.
 
I also had a hard time with visuals. LOTR is obviously more technically advanced than the SW OT, and there's a lot of truly incredible work in there. But SW has simply left a bigger mark on my life in this arena, too.

Hopefully the piano concerto is well underway.  

Fifty? We have ourselves an optimist

Oh absolutely, there's still plenty of time for Williams to drop a few tracks 😉

That's how I'm gonna interpret it. 
 
Listen folks, I'm going to bottom-line it: If Avatar 2 doesn't become the all-time box office champ, critics are going to savage Cameron and give the studios cold feet about entrusting audiences to pay for anything that's not completely tried and true. That means superhero movies, tout court.
 
Are you hearing me? All we'll ever get moving forward are stupid, derivative superhero movies until the sun burns itself out. Is that a world you want for your kids?
 
It shall be your sacred duty to put your ticket-buying ass into an IMAX seat for Avatar 2 this December and make sure this filmic hell on earth does not come to pass.

Gotta get to the theater fast!!

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The Long Road to
 

So, here's finally what I hinted a while ago:
 
https://thelegacyofjohnwilliams.com/2022/11/01/spielberg-john-williams-milan-festival-announcement/
 

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Danny Elfman Got ‘Horrible Reviews’ for His ‘Nightmare Before Christmas’ Score Because ‘Nobody Understood It’
While he claims that the studio didn't understand the film at first, Elfman praised Disney for continuing to promote it throughout the years.

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Music by James Horner
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1. The Shape Of Things To Come (Includes "Happy Who-Lidays") (Extended Version) 6:36
2. Meet The Mayor 1:25
3. Post Office 4:25
4. Dumpit To Crumpit 1:03
5. Christmas, Why Can’t I Find You? 2:08
6. The Grinch At Home 1:54
7. Who-Babies, Who-Babies Everywhere 2:02
8. The Grinch In School 1:46
9. Memories Of A Green Childhood 3:31
10. The Book Of Who 1:54
11. Cindy Lou Falls 2:48
12. Grinch Arrives 1:25
13. Grinch As Cheermeister 2:18
14. Razor Sharp Memories :50
15. Celebration Breakdown 4:26
16. Grinch Back On Mt. Crumpit 1:40
17. A Wonderful / Awful Idea :48
18. You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch 2:35
19. Max Gets A New Nose :36
20. Stealing Christmas (Instrumental Version) 6:53
21. The Big Heist 4:03
22. Does Cindy Lou Really Ruin Christmas? (Extended Version) 4:26
23. A Change Of The Heart 3:43
24. The Sleigh Of Presents 6:02
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TOTAL TIME 72:47

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