Pawel P.

This has actually sold out in the European Varese store as well, I hadn't noticed before. I was lucky enough to buy it yesterday from MovieMusic.com, it's still available, if anyone is interested. https://www.moviemusic.com/soundtrack/M11391/small-soldiers/

Cool. But I've never heard of Williams thinking of retiring in the late 90's. And I'm sure that's not true.

If I understood this review right, the bottom line is that it's not good because it can't be good. I don't care what the status of this critic is, whether he is great, legendary, influential. Why should we care? He is simply unprofessional.

Metallica is working with JNH on orchestral version of 'Nothing Else Matters' for 'Jungle Cruise' Movie https://blabbermouth.net/news/metallica-is-working-on-orchestral-version-of-nothing-else-matters-for-jungle-cruise-movie/

He wrote one: Escapades. He based it on his music from the movie, but still...

Williams has assured many times that he will never retire or withdraw from music, so at least we don't have to be afraid of that. If his health allows him, of course. I'll be happy if he writes two or three more scores for movies that he finds interesting. I don't really believe (I'd like to be wrong) that Indy 5 will be among them. But look, this is Williams, he surprised us many times, didn't he? Who knows, maybe we have another wonderful decade ahead of us with cool musical projects, including film scores? And remember that Anne-Sophie Mutter is many things, but what she is not is a woman you can say 'no' to. And she certainly won't let the Maestro out of her hands.

Saw it yesterday. It has such a complicated plot that it's difficult to follow it at times. I liked it very much, although it didn't affect me emotionally as much as Inception and Interstellar. My review (in Polish). Spoiler free. https://kultura.onet.pl/film/recenzje/tenet-recenzja-filmu-christophera-nolana-miesza-nam-w-glowach/ldm0gvb Score is very loud, intense, rhythmic and clinically close to the film. It reminds me of Dunkirk at times. A lot of electronics. Besides, industrial and dubstep elements...

30 or 40 percent wrong? How wrong? What do you mean? The only thing you can stick to in the flub/misatke category is the several seconds of the Main Title from Star Wars, which doesn't sound so terrible to tell you the truth - the rest, such as the slightly slower pace of Out to the Sea and Shark Cage Fugue and The Raider's March are the question of Williams' subjective choice. Both Viennese concerts are legendary, despite the fact that they took place only six months ago, and the blu-ray is only a confirmation of this. I've been to both concerts and now I've seen it at home three times, I've also listened to the CD a couple of times. And I couldn't be happier.

I thought my sarcasm was obvious but I'm not sure anymore.

I am so disappointed that Williams has a slightly loose jacket. It bothers me. And that the girl on the right in the eighth row has such a sad face throughout the concert. The whole experience is ruined for me now.

Would you prefer the picture to be 4: 3? Then it certainly wouldn't have the "filmic look"

Ok. Thanks for the clarification.

No, part of the concert is from Saturday. I don't have time for a more detailed analysis now, but the concert is a combination of both days - you can see it perfectly thanks to the changing people in the seats in the audience.

Come on... Why do I have the impression that after the concerts everyone was delighted? This is a live recording - minor flaws are acceptable, and fortunately I hardly hear them. I don't mind the slower pace here and there, and even if the orchestra is a bit off the pace at the start of the Star Wars Main Title, it's not something that would bother me. The performances are fantastic, the sound is perfect, but knowing that these concerts gave Williams and people gathered at Musikverein great joy is priceless. Blu-ray gave me a lot of emotions that reminded me of what I felt during those two wonderful days in January. And I know that I will come back to this concert very often and always with great pleasure. Thank You John Williams, Thank you Wiener Philharmoniker.

The new album "Juno to Jupiter" will be released on September 25 in a steraming version. The physical version is expected later this year. Unfortunately, the album has leaked. Vangelis' team made a special statement: http://elsew.com/data/latest.htm First impressions are very enthusiastic. https://notesfromanebula.blogspot.com/2020/08/from-juno-to-jupiter-vast-musical.html Track list: 1: Atlas’ Push 3:41 2: Inside our Perspectives 3:32 3: Out in Space 4:14 4: Juno’s Quiet Determination 5:18 5: Jupiter’s Intuition 3:58 6: Juno’s Power 4:09 7: Space’s Mystery Road 4:18 8: In the Magic of Cosmos 2:07 9: Juno’s Tender Call 3:42 10: Juno’s Echoes 3:39 11: Juno’s Ethereal Breeze 1:31 12: Jupiter’s Veil of Clouds 5:18 13: Hera / Juno Queen of the Gods 4:21 14: Zeus Almighty 11:01 15: Jupiter Rex 1:36 16: Juno’s Accomplishments 4:23 17: Apo 22 1:54 18: In Serenitatem 4:15

Yes

My Across the Stars is in jewel case (I mean regular edition of course)

The premiere of this release hasn't been postponed in Europe.

Sorry, I forgot to answer earlier. A two metal CD's, nothing mainstream. But listen, I don't know if these new CDs are any worse than the old ones. Certainly some editions weigh less, which I checked when comparing the same titles (e.g. Metallica's 'Load' pressed in the 90s and now) and this may or may not mean anything. The only score I had to rebuy - two times! - as it was useless was Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Ultimate Edition (European edition), but I suppose it's the more toxic dimension of a plastic tray or packaging, not a CD's defect. Now I keep them separate from the original packaging, and everything is fine with it.

Looks nice.

I think they would be able to wipe out that cough if it was needed, since they wiped out all the applause in the CD version of The Imperial March.

Voted and confirmed. Of course, The Rise of Skywalker has had no equal in the last 12 months, so the choice wasn't difficult for me.

Yes, it was mentioned here quite recently. The date change is only at US Amazon. In European stores it'll be available from August 14. (of course, they can still change the date - hopefully not) https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B087SCCYF1/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&psc=1 https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B087SCCYF1/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A3JWKAKR8XB7XF&psc=1 https://store.deutschegrammophon.com/p51-i0028948390458/john-williams-wiener-philharmoniker-anne-sophie-mutter/john-williams-live-in-vienna-ltd-deluxe-edition-cd-bluray-/index.html https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/john-williams-anne-sophie-mutter-john-williams-in-vienna/hnum/9843487

Yes, they're but my point is that in the case of John (and Jerry), their (orchestrators) influence on music is sometimes overestimated.

Conrad Pope made a similar point about the orchestration for John that he is more of a copyist than an orchestrator. Hopefully this will eventually slay the claims I have sometimes read about how important orchestrators are to John (and were to Jerry).