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Something big...
 
Wohoho this is shaping up to be an all-timer, the clone theme in the credits got me super excited. Seeing Omega plotting and leading is such a great conclusion to this series, as is Emerie finally growing a conscience. I have no idea what will come of Rampart and that crack in Wrecker's chest, I can't take another one of them dying. How will they end this in 20 minutes? Zillo eating Hemlock!
 
The orchestra returns and it always sounds so much better when it's here, the animation continues to astonish, I saw that split diopter! Last week's and now this one got me excited again and I can't wait for next week.

Should be called "Common sense rule"

At this point, I think the best option for us the fans is not to wait the idiots at Disney to do a proper Indy and Star Wars release. They won't, and if it's up to them they most likely will keep insisting in re-releasing older programs.
 
The best strategy is to convince Matessino himself to pitch a new release for the higher ups at Disney Records, Lucasfilm, etc. He would bring his credentials ("I've been working with John Williams to create the best presentation possible for his music over the last 3 decades, etc"), his connections with JW and convince them that such project would be financially interesting for The Walt Disney Co.
 
If he's able to bring a message from John Williams himself ("I've known Mike for the last 2/3 decades and he's the right man to produce the definitive presentation of my beloved Indy and Star Wars scores...") then his pitch would be even more significant.
 
Also, it's not like he's a completely unknown at Lucasfilm. Didn't he work on the SEs from 97 and the recent James Horner Willow expansion?
 
In other words: we can't keep waiting for Disney to do what's right, because they won't. One of "our team" should take the initiative and keep knocking at their door until they say yes.

https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/oscar-rule-changes-best-original-score-1235662707/
 
Two main new rules.
 
Rule 1: I am calling this the SOUL rule change. If 3 composers win Best Score together - one 1 Oscar statue was awarded. So when Jon Batiste, Reznor and Ross won Oscar for Score, they were only given a single statue among the 3 of them. With this rule change, all 3 would get one.
 
Rule 2: The shortlist used to be 15 scores. Now 20 scores will be shortlisted before the final nomination announcement.
 

Slight rule changes at the coming Oscars for scores.
 
https://filmmusicreporter.com/2024/04/22/academy-announces-updates-rules-in-original-score-category/
 
The new rules state that “three composers will be allowed to receive individual statuettes if, in rare circumstances, they all contributed fully to the score. Previously, three composers were required to submit as a group. The rules now clarify the definition of a group as a recognized band. The shortlist will increase from 15 to 20 titles”.

I've gone through the series 3 volume 1 soundtrack and updated my spreadsheet.

At-least they and the rest of the composers are credited on the individual tracks, as always.

Stepmom (1998) - John Williams
Source: Sesac
 
Ben's Antics
Isabel's Expertise
Luke's Rational
She Can Cook Too
I Trust You
Feeling Change
This is My House Too
I Killed Her
Get Out of My House
Ben is Lost
On Horseback
I'd Do It For You
Isabel's Rejection
Through M R I
Hung By a Thread
Art Lesson
Jackie's Trick
I'm Telepathic
The Soccer Game
Side Effects
I Know Your Secret
Wrong Secret
It Should Have Been Me
Snowy Night
Horseplay
Career Decision
Do Something About It
Airport Meeting
Picture Gallery
Luke Brings the Tree
Are You Scared
Stepmom End Credits
You're a Good Father
Poster Boy
Doing the Best I Can
Ladies Bonding
Magic Cape
 
The Patriot (2000) - John Williams
Source: Sesac
Patriots
North Star
Letter Scene
Yankee Doodle
Addressing the Assembly
Prince Eugene
British Grenadiers
Defeat at Charleston
Remembering Fort Wilderness
Red Coats in the Cornfield
Redcoats at the Farm and the Death of Thomas
The First Ambush and Remembering the Wilderness
After the Ambush
Rev Martin and Sons
Martin Leaves the Family
Reading the War Map
Colonal and the Corporal
Ann's Speech
Patriot Source
Rough Fighters Recruited
Villeneuve's Traning
Tavington's Ambush
Remembering the Wilderness
Martin to the Stockade
Drums
Tavington vs Martin
Drum Tag
Tavington to the Plantation
Burning of the Plantation
To Gullan Moroon
Burnt Out House
Susan and Father
Wedding
Ann's Wedding
Partisans Return
Burning of the Church
Burnt Out Chruch
Gabriel's Last Fight
Gabriel Mentally Wounded
Death of Gabriel
Martin Rejoins the Troops
Tavington's Premature Charge
Martin Sets the Trap
British Counter Attack
Rev2 On to Yorktown
Patriot End Titles

I love JWFan

A 5 minute track was recorded to play throughout the scene, the walk through Diagon Alley was meant to be scored by the woodwinds and witchy fiddle. Then a "Reveal insert" was recorded to change the start of the reveal into an orchestral swell because it wasn't magical and awe-inspiring enough. Williams liked the music he wrote and expanded it into a longer, slower tempo concert piece in his Harry Potter Children's Suite for Orchestra, "Diagon Alley". For the original 1 disc soundtrack album release, Williams replaced the opening portion of his full recorded track with part of the Diagon Alley concert piece, this is "Diagon Alley and the Gringotts Vault" as you know it. For the movie, the filmmakers decided the reveal needed more of a warm happy reveal and excitement than a weird new world, so they replaced that same opening section with a latter track that Williams wrote for entering the Great Hall. (Confusingly, the track on the 1 disc soundtrack album called "Entry into the Great Hall and the Banquet" does NOT contain this entry music, only the banquet music.) The film also appends part of "Hermione's Feather" to the start of the track for the bricks moving out of the way. The LLL expanded release linked above has the original recorded track combined with the Reveal Insert in Disc 1 track 7, "Diagon Alley and The Gringotts Vault [Extended Version]", the Great Hall entrance in Disc 1 track 13, "Through the Doors", and the concert piece in Disc 3 track 8, "Diagon Alley". The original recorded opening of the track for Diagon Alley, the Reveal Insert, the full unedited concert piece and Through the Doors all premiered on the set, they were never before released, they were only available in a recording sessions leak with the exception of the Reveal Insert. I've done two videos about how the original opening and the reveal insert opening would've worked in the film:
 
 
 
 

TROS ending with stock music. You're welcome 
 

 

Yep. Complete programs for the prequels would be pretty easy. Complete programs for the sequels … oof. Nightmare. (But one I still fervently hope happens during my lifetime!)

You don't. The handful of folks that like "film edits" for whatever reason would inevitably be a bit disappointed, but editing together the music as-recorded is quite simple actually, and still provides a relatively good listening experience. It's the sequel scores that I'd be more concerned with.

Muppets From Space (1999) - Jamshied Sharifi & Rupert Gregson-Williams
Source: SACM
 
Jim Henson Pictures Logo - Hans Zimmer

Muppets From Space Main Title - Jamshied Sharifi
No Gonzos on the Ark - Jamshied Sharifi
Journey Through the Stars - Jamshied Sharifi
Piggy Entrance Music - Jamshied Sharifi
Electric Mayhem - Jamshied Sharifi
Gonzo's Lament - Jamshied Sharifi
Distinct / Extinct - Jamshied Sharifi
Watch the Sky - Jamshied Sharifi
RU There? - Jamshied Sharifi
Starry Starry Cement - Rupert Gregson-Williams
RU Three - Rupert Gregson-Williams
Singer Spiralled Out - Rupert Gregson-Williams
Gonzo the Stargazer - Jamshied Sharifi
Gonzo on the Roof - Jamshied Sharifi
Gonzo's Hot Laugh - Jamshied Sharifi
Contact? - Rupert Gregson-Williams
Post Mower Syndrome - Jamshied Sharifi
More Contact? - Rupert Gregson-Williams
Programming Gonzo - Jamshied Sharifi
Receptive Gonzo / UFO Mania Live - Jamshied Sharifi
Miss Peggy's Fantasy - Jamshied Sharifi
Piggy's Big Break - Jamshied Sharifi
UFO Show Source - Jamshied Sharifi
Gonzo on TV - Jamshied Sharifi
Can't Wait to Meet You - Rupert Gregson-Williams
No Cure For It - Jamshied Sharifi
The MIBs - Jamshied Sharifi
Piggy Cuts a Deal - Jamshied Sharifi
Kung Fu Piggy - Jamshied Sharifi
Fanatics For Aliens - Jamshied Sharifi
Boys Meet Singer - Rupert Gregson-Williams
Chair Crank - Rupert Gregson-Williams
Kermit Bond - Jamshied Sharifi
Sexy Piggy - Jamshied Sharifi
How Do You Smell? - Rupert Gregson-Williams
The Party's Over - Rupert Gregson-Williams
Rat Wrestling - Jamshied Sharifi
Meet Bubba - Jamshied Sharifi
Harmonica Source - Jamshied Sharifi
Singer Turns the Screws - Rupert Gregson-Williams
Indiana Fozzy - Rupert Gregson-Williams
The Big House - Jamshied Sharifi
Alone Again - Rupert Gregson-Williams
Gonzo Taken Away - Jamshied Sharifi
Into the Enemy Camp - Jamshied Sharifi
Porcine Wiles - Jamshied Sharifi
No Cheese - Jamshied Sharifi
Who Needs Door Knobs? - Jamshied Sharifi
Invisible Infiltration - Jamshied Sharifi
On the Case - Rupert Gregson-Williams
Pepe Tutu - Jamshied Sharifi
Gonzo Rescued - Jamshied Sharifi
You Animal! - Jamshied Sharifi
I Need An Alien - Rupert Gregson-Williams
To the Beach - Jamshied Sharifi
Not the Petting Zoo! - Rupert Gregson-Williams
Cat-Pig Fight - Jamshied Sharifi
Right Away - Jamshied Sharifi
Gonzo's Disappointment - Jamshied Sharifi
The Aliens Arrive - Jamshied Sharifi
The Big Ship - Jamshied Sharifi
Moment of Glory - Jamshied Sharifi
Singer Threatens Aliens - Rupert Gregson-Williams
Singer Sabotaged - Rupert Gregson-Williams
To Boldly Go - Jamshied Sharifi

Something tells me you didn't watch Tales of the Jedi
 
Glad we got more animated Star Wars (the best kind of Star Wars) and I hope a new series is soon to be revealed on May 4.
 
It will also fit quite nicely after the Bad Batch finale, continuing with the Empire

I will not hide my excitement!
The animated Star Wars shows are some of the best Star Wars there is.
 
If Kiner (& Co.) are scoring it, I hope the Imperial March returns as well as their own theme for the Grand Inquisitor

Trailer just dropped.
6 episodes. Same way as Tales Of The Jedi explored momemts from Jedi, this goes behind the scenes at the Empire. This trailer looks fantastic!
 
 
Morgan Elsbeth
Thrawn
Grand Inquisitor
Bariss
Grievous
Darth Vader
 
I love the dark side, so this is fantastic!
 
 

disney's bad batch final season vol1 hirez
disney's renegade nell cdquality (boooo)
apple's masters of the air /score mp3 (seems like the same as official digital release, think I might buy it after sampling the fyc)
also mick jaggers song for slow horses
 
ps. @thx99you don't need to mention me XD

I've gone through the series 3 volume 1 soundtrack and updated my spreadsheet.

It's not our fault that they took the decision to cancel AotC instead of doing it the right way.

I've gone through the series 3 volume 1 soundtrack and updated my spreadsheet.

Wow, thanks everyone!  Obviously, the most important question to address is how I got those italics. Simple! https://lingojam.com/FacebookFonts 

As for the timeframe: I have over a year to hand in the finished manuscript, but my goal is to have it completed well before that. It's a big book, and publishing is a very slow process. But everything so far is proceeding as I have forseen...
 
It's not a guide to the scores really, but something more holistic, with each chapter looking at cues from all three trilogies from some angle: musical referentiality, thematic transformation, concert arrangements, and so on. There will be a ton of music examples (all my own annotated transcriptions as usu.), hopefully presented in an accessible way that draws in people who can't read sheet music. I know notation and music-theory jargon can be intimidating, and I'm hyper-aware of the potential gatekeeping effect it could on an already niche readership. But at the same time, I think we can all agree this music warrants deep and serious analysis! It's a balancing act for sure... 
 
Alas, I don't have special access to recordings, and can't speak to official expanded album releases, as amazing as they would be! 
 
Incidentally: I don't see it trumpeted nearly enough on these boards but Chloé Huvet came out with a book on SW music (mainly the OT and PT) a couple years ago that is absolutely brilliant and similarly synthetic in approach. The book is in French, which limits the audience, but it's worth getting your hands on if only for the fantastic music examples and charts.  The amount of insight in her prose is incredible too, and it's been a major source of inspriation to me.