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It's all very intriguing. I'm really looking forward to everything Azkaban has to offer. Mostly because it will surely provide a completely different listening experience than the original OST.
 
I've been looking forward to this release for the better part of my life, and I honestly didn't expect it to happen until after 2024. So I'm not even impatient for the set to arrive, I'm just so happy it's happening.

https://ew.com/movies/2020/02/21/braveheart-returning-to-theaters/
 

 
'nough said.

Aww, his youngest son was in tears of great pride for his Dad. 
 
They don't get much more deserving than this. 

Would we be better off without the new reinvigorated trilogy or with it. As much as they've pissed people off, there's more good that has come from it than not. More Williams for one, more of the things I love such as the characters, the world, the ships and lightsabers. I think the Skywalker saga has been made more wholesome and well rounded.
 
 

This moment from Phantom Menace always stuck out for me:
 
 
 
Aside from it being a genuine cool shot (imo), the little brass fanfare just gives it something. I seem to recall a similar thing in The Patriot too.

We all have our favourite scores and our favourite cues, but one of the best parts of Williams' scores is his detail to syncing with the picture itself. He regularly writes short, throwaway ideas that perfectly accompany a specific shot or handful of shots, as if something in the visuals specifically inspired him to write something out of the box.
 
I loved this short 10 seconds of score in The Last Jedi from the first viewing:
 
It's deceptively simple but incredibly clever. Williams repeats this three note fanfare but it never reaches climax. The first note is strained and dragged out, over dramatic shots of fast moving objects and panicked characters, yet the drama is focused squarely on this slow-moving bomber drifting towards its target (such excellent visual contrast).
 
Cleverly, these 3 notes appear to be the first 3 notes of the Resistance March. Perfect for a scene that depicts the Resistance at their most desperate hour, unable to 'complete' the theme given the uncertainty of the events unfolding. Combine that with the orchestra swelling on the third note with increasing drama, building towards that fantastic final shot (from the reverse of the bomber hovering over this enormous ship) and you just know Williams wanted to plant something very specific for this short segment of the sequence.
 
So what are your favourite short little moments like this, where Williams departs from the flow of a cue and just dives into a cool one-off idea?

I'm still not totally convinced he's scoring The Last Jedi.

some other great ones:
 
At the end of Anakin is Free in TPM
Goodbye Old Friend RotS

My fanboy score would have a LOT more choir and accordions, I don't know what kind of fan you are.

Well, an awkward transition it is.  I'm using included-with-OS software so I just did the best I could.  Haven't figured out how to do good crossfading with iMovie.
 
Still, I hope some of you watch and enjoy.  It's a wonderful sequence and I don't think the edit detracts from the experience.  Anyway, up yer shaft if you're gonna complain!
 
Stealing the Enterprise
 

 
I had to include the "Don't get smart, Tiny" line   It has such a great payoff with that harp glissando as Sulu flips the dude over!

Was Sinatra referring to Mike Matessino?

If you were in Rian Johnson's position, how would you have had Williams score TLJ? 
 
I really wouldn't make too many changes since I find the score extremely satisfying as a whole.  I may have asked for less statements of the Force theme and Leia's theme.  I also would have asked him to create a motif for DJ.  He had enough screen time to warrant one.  Also, maybe a motif for the moments for when Rey and Kylo connect to each other via the Force.  Oh, and an original end credits suite.

I listen to the OST album on Spotify all the time too.  Its an extremely well-constructed album!
 
But of course, I look forward to the day when we get a Matessino produced complete score with all those juicy alternates Williams wrote that JJ kept replacing!

On a related issue - the FYC Rogue One was for a short while available as mp3s at Disney. Now they're not. Anyone who'd like to share these with me? Just send a PM.

What is Mattesino?

Yes, it is coming! Here is the album art (sneak preview)!!!
 
 

 
Improved text and layout (because I'm that guy)...
 

I still love that isolated score. And the ones included on the Alien films are amazing!

"Exponential Progress" is easily one of the loveliest pieces of music the man wrote, and that's but one in an enormously long list. 

Roger's clue for  next week's title:
 


 
http://www.intrada.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=7781
 
 
 
Must be Horner's Living In The Age of Airplanes!!!!
 
  

I would love another Tintin score from JW.

Really ? I thought he only helped a bit.
He composed and conducted the whole thing ? What was the contribution from Gerhardt then ?  (Haha sorry didn't find any better smiley)
And no need to swear ! It's a love thread about a beautiful new arrangement 

HALLELUJAH!  COMPLETE TITANIC FINALLY!  I'm so happy right now.