Brando

it's definitely a burden on a small business like Disney.

How do you know that?? 
The greatest art of deception sometimes is to make out that you are somebody else who spins a line but creates a conversation that questions the narrative

but KOTCS opened wide right after its Cannes premiere (in the same week IIRC), whereas this one will open wide 6 weeks after its premiere, meaning there would be more than enough time for the word of mouth to "ferment". So I think there is at least some confidence from the studio. 

I appreciate the widespread denial that embraced KOCS initially – it was simply unfathomable that Spielberg could deliver such a half-baked mess. Yes, a lot of people were burned by Lucas and the Star Wars prequels... but Indy had the reliable direction of Spielberg to guide the ship.
 
DOD will not be afforded the same honeymoon period. After KOCS, everyone will enter that cinema with a healthy dose of cynicism. You don't have to scroll many comment sections to see the pitchforks are already out.
 
If Mangold hasn't delivered the goods, we'll know soon enough.

I gave this a... trial run to see if it's worth getting.
 
Well..
 
um...
 
how do I put this?
 
 
 
 
 
 
I DO BELIEVE IN FAIRIES! I DO! I DOOOO!!!!!
 
Holy crap I loved it. Magical, fun, diverse, somewhere halfway between Williams and Powell maybe.

This episode was really fantastic!!
 
I quite enjoyed the entire episode, top to bottom, front to back.  I think hearing the conversation between two dudes who started college on one path and ended up in another was really interesting, and it was so great to hear Adam talk about how his love of film scores let him right into his career; Just sounds so satisfying especially for people like me who have a career that "just" pays the bills, and gets way more satisfaction from what will forever remain "just" a hobby
 
The discussion of various recording stages and various recording techniques was really interesting.  As much as this podcast series has illuminated how the availability of specific performers has influenced Williams' writing, it's clear that the room a score will be recorded in and the expertise of the recording engineers plays a factor as well.  It was interesting to hear them discuss how Williams worked with so many different engineers over the years, before finally finding a real groove with Shawn Murphy.
 
I especially enjoyed the discussed of the transition period from analog to digital, that kind of stuff is really interesting to me.  It was such a gradual process, changing from score to score, from engineer to engineer, room to room, composer to composer.  In the end I'm quite glad Williams held on to recording to 2" tape for as long as he did, since some scores during this period are locked to ridiculous bitrates by jumping on digital too soon (Kamen's X-Men was recorded natively at 44.1khz, for example).
 
And the clips chosen by Maurizio are perfectly chosen and placed!  They really augment the conversation perfectly.  I especially enjoyed hearing Randy Kerber's cool, slow version of Galaxy's Edge!  I can't even remember now if that's commercially released or not, but it should be!
 
That NBC News piece included was amazing as well, am I nuts or is that not available anywhere else?

In 7 weeks we'll have first reactions to JW's score! Would be a nice surprise if they released some tracks early to promote the score.
 
Disney must be extremely confident in the film if they're prepared to let early reactions spread for 6 weeks before wide release.

I can’t wait to hear your thoughts on the trailers after you watch the movie

This really cuts my rope bridge, lemme tell ya. 

I still hear Hermione screaming in my head during "The Rescue of Sirius" even though we've had it clean for 5 years now

I watched the original ESPN video too many times.  I am now cursed with the voices in my head while listening to the concert version.  

It was the Best. 

New posters from Episode 4
 
 

I can't believe I'm sitting next to the great Richard Attenborough, who played in the two Jurassic movies scored by John Williams!
 

Guess how many Oscars he's got!
 

Wrong!
 

Yes, that's right!

Well, at least one of us won tonight.  

Helena's Theme definitely feels at home with all these other new works. Gloriously refined and elegant.
 
I have complete faith that Mangold's comments about the score aren't some lavish exaggeration – I reckon JW's knocked it out of the park.

The ticket stub of ticket stubs!!

Received my set today, along with Alive. Seeing as I would've just heard the bootleg around the announcement, I'll listen to my items of interest for now before fully jumping in.
 
Here's info that I'm sure will prove useful:
 

Winning an Oscar is nice, but having this guy compose a theme for my character: fuckin’ awesome!

The ticket stub of ticket stubs!!

Ahmed Best’s Jedi looks super cool. And his fighting with 2 lightsabers was super cool.

Oh cool!  Thanks for sharing! Great idea!

I sent an email today asking if they send out paper tickets and they do! I’m hoping it’s like the long ticket stubs, because I collect those for movies and I’d love to add this to my collection.