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Martinland

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  1. 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.
  2. 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"
  3. 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.
  4. We just listened to the Happy Birthday Variations from above, the whole family - all the three of us. <!!!!HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAESTRO!!!!>
  5. In a few hundred years there'll be no Disney any more, hopefully.
  6. 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...
  7. If you wish for that I might do this ... heavy hand luggage though. I very much enjoyed meeting (both of) you in London, finally.
  8. 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.
  9. Very nice thread, this! <3 In addition to the Anthology and Close Encounters ads and various German ones I also have this in my Williams binder that I have been maintaining for more than 30 years now and that some of you saw when you added one of the last pages with all your autographs on the Milano programme (<3):
  10. Very nice thread, this! <3 In addition to the Anthology and Close Encounters ads and various German ones I also have this in my Williams binder that I have been maintaining for more than 30 years now and that some of you saw when you added one of the last pages with all your autographs on the Milano programme (<3): P.S.: Oh my, this belongs in the Star Wars Anthology thread - I just duplicated it there, sorry, too much seasonal beverages
  11. ...and just moments ago @SteTorino called me from Italy to commemorate this once-in-a-lifetime experience especially he had, but which we all who were there shared with him... <3 Oh my, it's been a year now...
  12. Mine arrived just two hours ago ... a day early! Will open it in 24 days then... ...and usually I put CDs from such sleeves like the SW:SE and JP2 into a separate jewel case, but not in this ... case: Too many of them and it defeats the purpose of this nice box set. I also think these are manufactured differently (by the preview looks of it), to allow for easy access (e.g. a bit more space in the sleeve)? Plus: Tiny scratches that the error correction of my player won't even need to or will handle correctly shouldn't even build up that fast in my remaining lifetime... ...I am much more relaxed about that now. Anyways ... I have to skip this thread for the next three and a half weeks, I guess. Seeyalater!
  13. Haha, yes - I did a map of that kind once when I was excitedly awaiting the arrival of my Blade Runner Final Cut suitcase in 2008 I think it was? Good times...
  14. Very nice! Who recorded those? That's amazing - it blended in wonderfully and didn't draw attention to itself, if this was the case ... listen to it again in those FSM recordings ... I will not be able to, probably. Used to buy FSM on paper, even in London soundtrack shops now long gone... Ciao!
  15. Aloha NOF! It happened in wonderful Dublin. I am curious about ConorPower's assessment of this, since I thought in advance about that sequence and there being no choir - but during the performance not only did I not miss the choir, I heard no obvious distracting synthesizer (quite sensitive to that, being a musician myself) - and I paid more attention to the orchestra, conductor, and overall sound/orchestration details than to the screen. It just worked/blended wonderfully well - all in an acoustic setting (as opposed to e.g. the amplified Final Fantasy 14 concert at the Hammersmith Apollo in London four days earlier - still an amazing experience with more than 3500 excited people in the audience) and with punches and streamers only. For FF they (Alexandra Cravero and members of the orchestra) had a click ... only Anthony Gabriele managed to conduct Superman w/o any visual aids other than the movie itself in June; simply amazing. (he comes from ballet, I had a fascinating post-concert talk with him) Having said that, Caleb Young's conducting was precise and a joy to experience, the sync was spookily close to the picture (e.g. cymbal crash with the wave leaping up the submarine, punches and cuts during flying wing sequence, et cetera) and he really shone after the intermission with a free and fast-paced interpretation of Mutt's theme and especially during the end credits, during which he emphasized the romantic passages in a quasi-rubato style only to finish the Raiders March in a *very* brisk and *exciting* manner - something I would not have thought possible after having heard/seen it so many times. Simply great. Let's not talk about the furious and demanding desert chase, the enhanced dynamics and more... I was swept away by the whole performance ... there were details, for example in the piano sections, that I haven't registered before. There was maybe one phrase and one not very prominent note flubbed in the French horns and brass respectively ... but we're talking about playing the whole score live to picture! We know the LSO recording(s) well enough to realise that this surpasses them almost, if you do not take into account the latter sight-reading during a film recording instead of rehearsing for a concert performance. Sorry for the baroque answer. No real choir, indeed, but you were not there? I am pretty sure Caleb Young worked on the balance of anything intruding the purely acoustic sound of the orchestra. The balance between the movie sound effects and dialogue was really perfect as well, despite the former having had quite a bit of a presence in the low frequencies; even more so than in June w/ Superman. I should have asked who ultimately balances this ... the sound engineer or the conductor; most probably both, during rehearsals, I presume. Haha, au contraire - see above...
  16. Yesterday, w/ whole family, all the three of us... ...it was outstanding really, topped the LSO and film experience, in my humble opinion... <3
  17. I can imagine! Well, we are too - as a whole family we will embark on a short trip (not too much time for anything else, I'm afraid) to London in 12 hours to attend the Final Fantasy XIV concert at the Hammersmith Apollo today (!), a wish and stunning last-minute ticket purchase of our daughter's. Alas it's too late for the Williams event. I am sure it was quite something. Had better luck last time w/ the Video Games Live one where, a day before, I was able to attend a screening of Brazil with Terry Gilliam in attendance at the BFI. Such is life (when it's good)...
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