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Jar Jar Binks, he's a funnier character than Clark Kent.

Attack of the Clones > Superman - The Movie

The prequels are superior to the originals.

The video is up:  
 

Miguel had the only good answer in this thread lol:
 
 
So no later than 1966, at least as far as we've ever seen him. I think these are from the early 60s? Judging by him pictured with Mahalia Jackson. 
 

 

 
Incidentally, Google turned up this rather bizarre commentary on his facial hair

Oh, and by the way, there are plenty of other composers who were performed more than Williams.  But, they are all dead.  

I think 'Oppenheimer' will take Best Picture, and since it's usual for the Best Picture winner to sweep the Oscars, it'll probably take Best Score.

People saying Pemberton has been hard done by, fair enough. Across the Spider-Verse is much more listenable than than the first one. But in my opinion, that’s all it is. It’s like Barbie in a way. It’s fine, but should it be in an awards conversation? No way. Incidentally I think his work on Enola Holmes is much more interesting.
 
It is quite difficult to compare DoD to the other nominations because simply put, there is nothing in the other scores that even comes close to the complexities of structure and orchestration of DoD. JW is just simply from another era and his process is just so different.

To semi-quote Alan Partridge: “Give him another Oscar you shits!”

I will admit a simple bias: I think Williams has suffered an injustice (yes, there are bigger injustices in the world, but an injustice nonetheless) with many, many of his past loses.  So, on any given year, including this year, I think Williams deserves to win to somehow balance out the past issues.  The completely rational part of my mind recognizes this as problematic, but here we are.  
 
I do think that since Williams has never won for an Indy score, all of it should be treated as original in the eyes of the Oscars.  If Shore could win for scores where the latter had copious amounts of themes from the previous or Santaolalla winning for two scores in the same general league of mediocrity then the damn Raider's March in DoD alone should secure an Oscar.
  

At 6:03 in this video, this imbecile says that there was not a single original composition in the entire Dial of Destiny score. What tiny amount of respect and good will I had for this guy disappeared in an instant. I usually prefer to restrain myself, but this fucking moron is so dense it’s unbelievable. I can’t even put into words how much his asinine comments rubbed me the wrong way.
 
After all the JW-hate going around due to his latest nomination, I thought to revisit the Dial score myself for the first time in a few months. Literally after the opening few minutes of the Prologue, I completely understand why this was nominated and even deserves a win. It’s incredible music, more sophisticated, evocative and thematically/orchestrally-competent than any other film score of 2023. And I personally love Ludwig’s Oppenheimer score! But to say JW doesn’t deserve a nomination for Dial on its own merits demonstrates the highest level of musical ignorance.
 
Also, Schaffrillas goes on to claim that there’s no way JW even wrote the Dial score because he’s “fucking 90 years old”. Once again, a relatively influential voice on the internet spreading the completely baseless lie that JW doesn’t write his own music anymore. The man has more talent and creativity than 10 other film composers put together, and for goodness’ sake, he’s in good health and touring the freaking world conducting symphony orchestras! So he’s more than capable of writing his own music, even if he uses a little additional help now and then, like he has done on several projects over the years (so it’s nothing new).
 
Just because he’s been nominated so frequently in the past for the incredible music he’s written does not mean he has no right to be nominated for his next masterwork. Imagine saying an incredible athlete shouldn’t be allowed to win the gold medal this year because they’ve won so many in the past and it’s time to give someone else a shot. Come on!! 
 
For all the talk of JW-bias, I sense a stronger than usual amount of anti-JW sentiment in much of the discussion I’ve seen online. And frankly, people being salty and flat out mad that a 91 year-old film composing legend is being nominated for an Oscar for an outstanding score, even if it’s for a less than stellar film, is baffling to me.

Question: In 20 years from now, what will still be heard in the classical concert halls in the world?
A suite of Ludwig Göransson's Oppenheimer score or
Helena's Theme of John Williams?  

The entire film is very good!

He is crazy witty and charming on these occasions.  My favorite is from the late Mancini tribute when Williams went with the widow.
 
“I was all of 25 years old when Henry invited me to Universal Studios to play in his orchestra for a film session,” he recalled. “And apparently, it went very well, and I began to play with Henry on all of his recording sessions. He frequently had a chorus, and there was a beautiful young girl I kept noticing on session after session. One day I said to one of my musician friends, ‘Who is that fabulous blond girl up in the chorus? The third one in from the left.’ And he said, ‘Forget it. That’s Ginny, and she’s married to Hank.’
“So when Ginny invited me to be her date tonight, after I think 60 years” — Williams savored the pause — “I feel like I have finally made it.”

Next up is 'Elfman' by Danny Batman. Elfman is a superhero a bit like Superman, for whom I wrote music that you may remember... but he is a different character. His costume has ears like an elf, and he was memorably played by... Buster Keaton. Anyway, here is the march from 'Elfman'.

Reuters – "Directors J.J. Abrams (left) and Steven Spielberg (right) are all smiles after John Williams tells amusing story about his involvement in Schindler's List."
 

No, it’s obviously a song.

Synonyms for "building":
 
Strongest matches
architecture construction home house hut Strong matches
domicile edifice erection fabric framework pile superstructure ziggurat       
I'm kinda leaning towards the "John Williams Music Superstructure", which makes me think of the Death Star...although the "John Williams Music Erection" has a certain ring to it too.

Did Yoda take the picture?