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Yeah, quite Satie.

I've recently revisited a bunch of JH scores and Cliffside Waltz really stood out to me in its simplicity and clarity.

I hope Shore comes back to Middle Earth for this movie. But I also don't expect the movie to be any good and his Hobbit scores were a little lacking in originality and very derivative of his LOTR scores.

Excited to this this a listen. Truthfully, I haven't been impressed by a Gia score in years.

@Maestro the amount of research you've done is staggering. And, if your blog is any indication, you've written a very engaging book, literally perfect for this forum. I can't wait!

I'm totally on board with the speculation that JW stuck very close to the temp score for DoD and TROS. It just makes sense when you think about how much music was recorded for each movie, all the instances of musical callbacks and lifting of specific cues, all the revisions, and how much support JW had throughout the process.

Really nice recordings. Thanks for sharing.

The cat was white but it was more doing ballet moves. Very elegant.

Last night I dreamed I had a sit down interview with JW but couldn't get any audio recording phone app to work so I had to borrow a spiral notebook and pencil from JW to take notes. JW owned 2 dogs and 1 dancing cat. The dancing cat was the giveaway that I was dreaming. I asked JW where he finds his inspiration and he said from nature, taking walks, and his pets. JW agreed to further interviews, so I might have more to report back next time I dream.

Oh man, I hope there's a recording of it at some point. Sounds lovely.

I misread your post and thought you said you were at an awkward ceremony at your son's school!

I feel like I'm reading the book before the book!

It's weird how little of the main TLW theme JW intended to use in the score and I understand the decision to track it into the film. I wish it didn't replace The Hunt as I love that piece and I agree a little about the tonal oddity. Overall, I agree with the tracking of the theme in general.

Clumsy is a fair word to describe the Rogue One score but it mostly works in the film, does a decent job of channeling JW's Star Wars mode, and is a respectable achievement given the immense time constraint MG was facing. The worst bits are all detailed in the OP, but these are mere seconds of music in a 2 hour score.

The suite is a lovely encapsulation of the light, whimsy, fun nature of the score. The movie itself is not very good, but the music is perfectly fitting and run to listen to on its own. The handful of themes are very nice, but not very memorable.

Another fantastic blog post. It must have been both a privilege and rather intimidating to have JW apply his exacting nature and high standard he holds for his own music to your writing. What an amazing experience you've had!

I'm really enjoying reading these blog posts. To read how JW went from personally asking you not to write the book to giving you a full on critique of your first chapter is a pretty big turnaround. Great stuff!

The last Thomas Newman score I loved was 1917. The last 3 tracks on the OST are fantastic, but a small track that always touches my heart is A Bit of Tin.

I like Desplat's Godzilla theme quite a bit. I think it is both fitting for the creature and the movie and gets a few good highlights in the movie.

LOL, I don't go into every TV show or movie expecting the music to be worth listening to on its own or else I would be endlessly disappointed.

All I care about is that the music fits the media and isn't so bad that it is noticeable. For example, the Andor soundtrack works great for the show, but it's not something I listen to outside of the show. Some of the music for Visions has been fantastic. I like John Powell's Solo score quite a bit. I like listening to different composers being their ideas to Star Wars.

Thanks for sharing these photos. I'm just glad he's enjoying himself and feeling the love from people who appreciate him and his music.

Something about this rendition is so grating. It's weird because the overall score isn't half bad. I know Gia had very little time to write the score, just a handful of weeks, and maybe he employed a lot of additional composers? But this particular bit of the classic Force theme just sounds awful.

The new cover is a major improvement and I think represents the version of JW most fans see in their mind's eye.

Is it strange to who? Me? You? Howard Shore?