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Recording of the score has been completed on October 18.

I would love for Williams to drop the Speeder chase into it as a screw you to JJ.  

The prelude is absolutely beautiful and I love how metal Williams' piano writing can be, but I've felt for a long time that Williams can fall back on a lot of familiar territory in his concert music and seems to lean heavily on writing for particular instruments to escape the molds he's created for himself. When he doesn't have the idiosyncrasies of those instruments to force him to explore, you get something like this scherzo, which sounds almost temp-tracked and warmed over from...well, his scherzo in the Cello Concerto. Combine that with a pretty limp and wet-noodled motif that others have pointed out fits right in as a mid-tier supporting melody in a post-00s score, and I don't think the end result is very successful, some badass moments and effects notwithstanding.

PROGRAM   from Hook - Captain Hook
Flight to Neverland
 
Suite from Far and Away(Rebel Hearts)
 
by Harry Potter
Hedwig's Theme
Fawkes the Phoenix
Harry's Wondrous World
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Theme from Schindler's List
 
from E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Adventures on Earth
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***
 
by Superman
March
Love Theme
 
by Indiana Jones
Scherzo for Motorcycle and Orchestra
Helena's Theme
Raiders March
 
from Star Wars
Princess Leia's Theme
Throne Room & Finale
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https://en.filarmonica.it/eventi/concerti-straordinari-williams-19-giugno-2022-teatro-alla-scala

Now on YouTube as well:
 
 

Honestly, kinda kicking myself for not picking this up now. Most of the tracks I REALLY like are on the Abrams/Williams Ultimate Collection, but the completionist in me wishes I'd gotten that 5 CD set too.
 

Plenty of nice action sequences for JW to leave off the OST

The D23 teaser is streaming here for now
 
https://streamable.com/td8ft8

I mean, it was written as a children's score (for a children's movie). It's very whimsical in nature, and I can see how it might be overbearing for some. But for its intent, I think it does its job well.

My comment wasn't for you personally, just the overall attitude of this thread, so many people annoyed by the heavy orchestral music. Same people here can't stand the music in the end of E.T. , too much for them. Huzzah

What is wrong with you people? It's perfect as it is. And I would say Azkaban(best score of those three) mix is annoying, music is way too low. But hey, I love Williams.

It’s interesting to read this from a guy like Rickman and I remember also Norman Lebrecht’s comment that it ‘completely failed to match a kids movie about wizards’ or something like that.
 
Actually  the kids that grew up with it all love the score and it’s a huge part of the nostalgia for these films. Williams knows all too well what to do for this kind of film…

It’s interesting to read this from a guy like Rickman and I remember also Norman Lebrecht’s comment that it ‘completely failed to match a kids movie about wizards’ or something like that.
 
Actually  the kids that grew up with it all love the score and it’s a huge part of the nostalgia for these films. Williams knows all too well what to do for this kind of film…

It’s interesting to read this from a guy like Rickman and I remember also Norman Lebrecht’s comment that it ‘completely failed to match a kids movie about wizards’ or something like that.
 
Actually  the kids that grew up with it all love the score and it’s a huge part of the nostalgia for these films. Williams knows all too well what to do for this kind of film…

It’s interesting to read this from a guy like Rickman and I remember also Norman Lebrecht’s comment that it ‘completely failed to match a kids movie about wizards’ or something like that.
 
Actually  the kids that grew up with it all love the score and it’s a huge part of the nostalgia for these films. Williams knows all too well what to do for this kind of film…

It’s interesting to read this from a guy like Rickman and I remember also Norman Lebrecht’s comment that it ‘completely failed to match a kids movie about wizards’ or something like that.
 
Actually  the kids that grew up with it all love the score and it’s a huge part of the nostalgia for these films. Williams knows all too well what to do for this kind of film…

Apparently, one of the final awards approved by the Queen

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11244771/Queens-final-knight-John-Williams-honoured-creating-music-blockbuster-films.html

JKMS is playing coy, but these sure look like JW sketches, presumably for Indy 5, so it seems recording is still very much in progress:
 

 
 

If Williams didn't have time to provide a more substantial score it's Spielberg's fault again, always  releasing a film when Williams is busy with a big franchise score(Harry Potter, Star Wars). Since his films aren't too frequent he could have picked another release window

It’s funny how critics like to point out when a Williams score isn’t instantly memorable while praising any other sound design-y score by other composers.

Ok, if this is reliable, then I think JW and/or his legal team took an absolutely right decision. It's totally reasonable for a composer to keep control over his published output, and not allow other "non-official" editions to be passed as representations of his pieces, without his control.
 
Another story is the inaccuracy / inadequacy of some of the "official" editions (I think this is what is bothering you, right?), such as the piano folios, which are (or were - I've stopped buying those long ago, and only go for the Signature Editions) in most cases done by people who are either bad pianists, or bad transcribers. This is an issue, but I consider it a separate one. The solution is not to allow random people to publish their own arrangements, but to supervise more closely the official editions. It is possible that, if they care so much about what is published, they will also start putting more effort into those piano reductions.  
 
 
 

Great, great decision. I'm sick and tired of hearing third-class orchestras (and better ones) play arrangements that could have been written by pre-schoolers. I had to pay €80 for a concert that contained nothing but that kind of crap. He should definitely publish more, though, but this thread title misrepresents what is going on.

You sound like a crazy person here, showing no semblance of rational thinking at all

A video of James Mangold's comments. "The astounding John Williams" gets a larger applause than George Lucas
 
 
The elation on his face at ~2:10 when he mentions working with JW is so heartwarming.
 
Around 2:25 he says they had more scoring sessions yesterday, so the score must be nearing completion.