Bayesian

... you smile appreciatively because the music you are listening to came to a triumphant fanfare just as the destination you are driving to became visible. The fact that it was a Circle K is hardly relevant.

I am in tears too every time Hans Zimmer touches a piano key.

"Best Spielberg movie in a long time.  I loved it.  The only weak part was the score.  I don't need to be told how to feel."   

I only just realized that Universal is releasing this movie opposite Black Panther 2.... 
 
My prediction: BP2 opens in the neighborhood of $250 million, Fabelmans $8-12 million

I hope it isn't pushed out of theaters after a week like with WSS (god I fucking hate marvel)

I'm very much looking forward to the film, late-period Spielberg dramas are my bag, baby. 
 
I just think the poster looks.... cheap?  I dunno how to explain it.  Like a made for cable movie in 2002 or something.

I think there's a lot of truth in what you say ... those in 'middle America' who feel alienated by Hollywood's (for want of a better phrase) 'woke/liberal' values would've found a lot to like in Maverick. It's an old-fashioned flick in a lot of ways.   

I saw it with a couple friends when it opened, and I liked it a lot. Aerial photography was excellent and the story is told very straightforwardly. Not a lot of complexity to the characters, but this isn't that kind of movie. (Also included were several very obvious callbacks to the first Top Gun.) Some of the visuals were pretty engrossing, I thought (e.g., the establishing shot of the Mach-10 test jet racing across the Southwest U.S.). The scene with Maverick in the diner in the middle of nowhere was pretty great, I'll admit.
 
Was it a movie that I'd ever imagine would reach the rarefied heights of the all-time box office earners? No way. Not because it's in any way a poor film (it's not), but because it doesn't deliver what most blockbusters have been offering for years. Specifically, there's no worldbuilding, no larger-than-life characters, no distracting CGI, no silly-looking costumes, no overwrought carnage or destruction of property, no obvious pandering to special interests or causes... instead, it's refreshingly normal. It's an adventure film (of sorts) that you could imagine actually occurring in today's world, with today's tech. It's the kind of sequel we might have gotten ten years after Top Gun instead of 36 years later. And maybe that 90's-era feel is why people have been craving it, relishing it.
 
Just my thoughts.

I saw it with a couple friends when it opened, and I liked it a lot. Aerial photography was excellent and the story is told very straightforwardly. Not a lot of complexity to the characters, but this isn't that kind of movie. (Also included were several very obvious callbacks to the first Top Gun.) Some of the visuals were pretty engrossing, I thought (e.g., the establishing shot of the Mach-10 test jet racing across the Southwest U.S.). The scene with Maverick in the diner in the middle of nowhere was pretty great, I'll admit.
 
Was it a movie that I'd ever imagine would reach the rarefied heights of the all-time box office earners? No way. Not because it's in any way a poor film (it's not), but because it doesn't deliver what most blockbusters have been offering for years. Specifically, there's no worldbuilding, no larger-than-life characters, no distracting CGI, no silly-looking costumes, no overwrought carnage or destruction of property, no obvious pandering to special interests or causes... instead, it's refreshingly normal. It's an adventure film (of sorts) that you could imagine actually occurring in today's world, with today's tech. It's the kind of sequel we might have gotten ten years after Top Gun instead of 36 years later. And maybe that 90's-era feel is why people have been craving it, relishing it.
 
Just my thoughts.

https://filmmusicreporter.com/2022/09/05/alexandre-desplat-to-reteam-with-greta-gerwig-on-barbie/
Really great news, his Little Women score was one of his best

He’s the last of a dying breed of composers who came to film without too much preconceived notions and with a tremendous knowledge of the classical literature, therefore able to shape pieces like this. Sure, his music is tied to popular franchises that the general audience apparently is still craving for, but it’s nonetheless surprising that he has the clout of presenting a sophisticated piece like this in concert (which doesn’t sound *at all* like current film music) and yet having the complete attention of a 17,000-seat audience. It’s not something you can pull off so easily, let alone at 90 years old and in spite of being now always treated as the old venerable Maestro.

I think Williams is the only composer working in Hollywood who could have pulled off this piece.    

His speech is included here! 

For all its flaws, it is for me easily the best thing to come out of Disney's Star Wars. And next to the first 40 minutes of TFA, it's the only new Stars Wars content worth watching

Let him win for Fabelmanns! What a fairytale that would be

Yes, I was. JW is 90 now. No one knows how much longer he will be with us. Anyone in their right mind would have asked him more intelligent questions at this stage, such as 'how do you feel at this point in your life, what was your experience in Europe like' or, I dunno, anything intellectual. Nobody needs yet another rehash for casual listeners who don't know who he is, we've received plenty of those for a lifetime. Nobody forced Classic FM to do this. They wanted to and they wasted our and his time. Let someone like Tim Burden or Tommy Pearson ask the questions, someone who actually knows what posterity would want to ask him, not someone whose first priority is delivering catchy lines and repeating fifty effing times he's talking to JW. You can just tell Williams wanted to have this chat over with. To quote one of my friends: what a shit show.

Thank you! Yeah, pretty lucky. My parents were not in the biz, but I had school friend with parents which were. 
 
We had family in from Philly once, and we must have seen 3 famous actors at dinner at a rib joint we liked, and our friends were going nuts. We were like "it's a quiet night." Not sure my parents were really that blasé, but they did not want my sister and me to think of those people as anything other than fellow people. Pretty cool lesson, really.
 
That being said, meeting John Williams a couple of times was definitely a highlight of my history. This image is from 2013 during the renaming of the USC Scoring Stage; it was moved from Steven Spielberg's to JW's as an 80th gift from Steven and George Lucas. I have an autographed copy that JW's agent got signed for me.
 

 

I feel like it’d have to be an issue from a few months later, as the photo was taken in January ‘01 but it would take several weeks to fit it into the editorial content of an issue and then get it printed.
 
No need to prioritize that for me or anything! It’s enjoyment enough to see a fellow JW connoisseur and read about how this great man accompanied your life for 3 decades now and counting.
@lairdo, I loved your story too! Pretty fun how your collection habit started literally in the crucible of Hollywood moviemaking—not many folks are likely ever to be able to say that!

He also said he was off to work on reel 6 of the movie.

Phenomenal collection, @Sandor! I couldn't help notice that lovely Annie Leibovitz photo of JW sitting on a stool in a scoring stage -- what issue of Vanity Fair was that, if you don't mind my asking? I'd like to try to track that down.

Thanks, @Sandor, for kicking off the thread. And congrats on 30 years! Your collection looks amazing.
 
For sure my family had Fiddler on the Roof - cannot remember if that was ours or my grandparents' - but we had it and I played it. Of course, my awareness of John Williams was zilch as a 4-year old. I definitely saw Poseidon Adventure in the theater at a friend's birthday party when I was 5 (although I probably spent 33% of it in the lobby scared out of my mind). So, Star Wars in 1977 would be where I started collecting John Williams with the 8-Track Cassette version.
 
My first JW LP was Superman, given to us as part of a charity screening for my cousin's school, which was held at Warner Bros. What a glorious Saturday morning that was. It was the first movie I ever saw that started without previews (given it was at the studio theater). 2+ hours later, I believed a man could fly. We then had lunch in Hollywood on the way back from Burbank and ran into my school friend Tony Hooper. He had a Superman pin which he gave to me (and I still have) - he had just seen the movie at a screening as well. (I met his dad, Tobe, too, but I did not know he was a film director let alone would be making Poltergeist in a few years.)
 
Probably I had the LA Phil Star Wars-CE3K recording around then and the Gerhardt suites too.
 
My real active collecting came in 1980. For my Bar Mitzvah, family friends gave me a record/cassette/radio all-in-one unit with speakers. These were promptly wired all the way around my room along the ceiling and the speakers mounted high in my room. Those speakers are still there! Along with the hardware, I was also given a $100 gift certificate to Warehouse Records. The Empire Strikes Back was amongst the albums I got that day. I think I bought Jaws as well. 
 
So, how long have been at this? I guess you can round up to 50 years if you go back to Fiddler, but really I would say 45 years given that I actively lobbied my parents to buy that 8-track of Star Wars. And then to play it endlessly in the car.

In a couple of months, I'll be celebrating my '30th anniversary' of being a John Williams fan and collector.
 
Growing up with films like Star Wars, Indiana Jones and E.T., I've been intrigued by Williams' music since childhood, but it was during the Spring of 1993 that I became a true and devoted fan.
 
My life was very different 30 years ago. I was still living with my parents, attended the final year of high school, had hair on my head and I had no idea how my life was going to turn out. 
 
I look back on 30 years filled with significant events, ranging from wonderful to not so great. I became a teacher and headmaster, got married to a beautiful wife, bought a house, lost my stepfather and grandparents, traveled the world, became father to an autistic son and successfully overcame an episode of depression.
 
The music of John Williams has been an integral part of my personal journey and has always had a positive effect on me. 
 
Today I had some photos taken of my entire collection, something I've been wanting to do for years. I hope you will enjoy them and here's to the next 30 years! 
 
 
 
 

JoAnn Kane Music Service just posted what’s likely a small peak at the score:
 

The man’s not human. He’s just… better.