Martinland

*facepalmdeluxe* *sigh*

With @GlastoEls in the midst of it.

I hope you will be too! We are already trying... (@GlastoEls knows) ...wait, Caleb Y.? Who conducted Raiders in Dublin for all three of us and many other excited visitors last Halloween? 😮 Amazing. Thanks for that spot-on performance, Mr. Young, especially the nice additional intermission piece from Skull (didn't know about that) and the end credits rendition - more rousing in tempo and spirit than the original LSO film version, I felt.

...not to mention the irritating fact that he seems to have misplaced his trademark glasses for quite some time now.

*SLAP*

Fixed.

Actually yes, after I saw that Variety article ... they could have honoured, for one last time before it's over, traditional Hollywood craftsmanship at the very least, and the oldest ever nominated personality. (if that is true?) I tried to forget about the hype around freshness, youth, and Oscar sweepers to believe in it... We even made it a point to stay up late and watch the whole thing, something I haven't done since over 30 years (Schindler year!) and probably never will ever again. I adored the Japanese folk, honestly and quite sympathetically accepting a trophy for Godzilla and the surprising but well-deserved nod to Miyazaki. (a Williams situation right there) ... and we even watched these two fine movies with our daughter at the earliest screenings possible here in Austria.

*pffff*

Still celebrating w/ listening to the 20-CD box and wine; maybe a tad too much of the latter as I briefly thought I read: "This will look great on one's heels"

Happy Birthday JWFAN! I too finally joined in anticipation of Vienna (that's what we thought) back in 2018, similar to @BB-8 with The Force Awakens. I thought I submitted my concert report from London 1996 to this site, maybe some day I'll find out which one of the ones mentioned above it really was. And like @Thor my own site is apparently the same age, amazing. :-D Finally I concur with @GlastoEls about finding and meeting friends during these amazing recent years... Cheers all around! /me raises glass of red wine.

We just listened to the Happy Birthday Variations from above, the whole family - all the three of us. <!!!!HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAESTRO!!!!>

In a few hundred years there'll be no Disney any more, hopefully.

What about Frédéric Talgorn? He is amazingly close. There are instances when he is clearly sounding like Williams, not Broughton or McNeely. Especially without copying, like the latter; and Broughton, at least to my ears, has his own style. I only know "The Race" by Mike Verta and that's a detailed exercise in emulating Williams...

If you wish for that I might do this ... heavy hand luggage though. I very much enjoyed meeting (both of) you in London, finally.

Now that I (finally!) opened it and have started to (slowly and mindfully) enjoy this box set, there is only one thing for me to say: I'm dreaming of a white Chr... Wait. I'm dreaming of a second set. For multiple reasons.