RomanticStrings

I don't think it's just your humor, or even humor more broadly. Seems hard to communicate in general these days... meanings are assumed, words are ignored or defined differently, etc. Now I'm not just talking about this forum. This sounds like something Spielberg might address in the movie, speaking of communication and conflicting motives!

If CE3K featured a song from a hit Disney movie 37 years prior, does that mean DD will feature "Part of Your World," "Under the Sea," "Poor Unfortunate Souls," or "Kiss the Girl," depending on what way the movie takes the aliens to be or the main characters' relationships?

I am also looking to compose more, and I suspect my constant stream of music has affected my ability to think my own music.

I like that we all have such divergent tastes. I think it says a few things. We all come for love of John Williams' music, so you'd assume we have similar tastes, but our tastes are as varied as possible. As a result, it is a confirmation of things we love about Williams, namely his versatility and quality. Anyway, for my part, I find the man can do no wrong compositionally, though I know that is naive. In other words, I trust him, which I can't say for composers I know less well.

I really am impressed by the quality of the recording. It's a very crisp, precise performance. I feel like I am hearing new things in Treesong, both in orchestration and interpretation. It's really interesting to hear a "classical" conductor heading up Williams' music.

I have always had a fondness for obscure things, but I hadn't considered that. It's just so stirring, and when I first heard/saw it I was a conservative youth exploring patriotism. It's a go-to soundtrack still for Memorial, Veterans', and Independence Day. In the post you, @filmmusic linked to above, @JWilliamsFan1999 asked if anyone loved the SPR score, and @Sandor listed it as 14th out of 30. That probably illustrates your point, though, considering the number of replies.

Jurassic Park will always be my favorite. But I do love Angela's Ashes, E.T. The Extraterrestrial, Hook, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Jaws, Saving Private Ryan, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, and The Patriot.

Speaking of the music, I was just listening to "The Adventures of Mutt," and I began to wonder if there will be room in the movie for a scherzo of some kind. The teaser seems to do a good job obscuring the tone of this movie (I've seen opinions ranging from terror to beauty), but listening to the wonderful chromatic counterpoint in "Mutt" makes me excited to hear whatever comes out. The only worry I can imagine for not announcing the score is the realistic concern that the work remains incomplete, for natural reasons. In case it is insufficient for another to pick up where it would be left off, it's best not to announce it until it's really done. This is not normally a concern, but we are blessed that it might be in this case.

I'm actually quite curious about this. At first I saw the sarcasm in the responses, but the separated thread and news item have actually disappeared. Is it in fact something that was not to be publicly acknowledged?

Strings and brass really do blend well within their sections. That's a good point. It takes classical training to handle woodwinds well, or even to think of them. There is also a stylistic aspect, I suspect. Strings can sustain and brass are brass, but woodwinds are fairly nuanced. You can definitely make a lot of different sounds in woodwinds, but generally they are neither "pad-like" nor bombastic, which is the general style lately.

This chord: One thing that has struck me is that a lot of current scores are brass and string heavy, but woodwinds aren't getting the love they need. Maybe it's just a particular type of score these days, but still...

I was only referring to this aspect of the thread.

I think, to honor JW properly, we should have a string of concerts or viewings, much like is done for the Ring Cycle or Mahler's symphonies, but instead every show, movie, and concert work he's written, in some manner of order. Maybe only a subset of those...

How many John Williams scores did almost not have?

What about Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull? I always thought the track from TCP I hear from time to time on Saturday Cinema with Lynne Warfel sounds a bit Williams-ish, like they wrote with his style in mind. Similar to Patrick Williams' "Theme for Earth Day"—intentionally Williams-y.