Tom

And a pitch perfect continuation of the story in Specter of the Past and Vision of the Future.

Films "based on a true story" always suffer in this way. Treat the plot as fiction but the background context as real, otherwise it doesn't work. For instance, remember that scene in the King's Speech where he speaks perfectly with headphones on--if that is the case, why the hell didn't he give every radio address with headphones on? My guess is that because the headphone crap was made up out of thin air. What movie are we talking about?

And, there goes the other half.

Do you go for younger men?

It is also easier to get a piano onto a private jet.

There is no realistic reason to think Williams would commit to nearly 6 hours of scoring duties. Even scaled down for TV, that would be equivalent to more than one full movie. I would not be shocked (though I would still be very surprised) if he scored the first episode or such, but I think title music and maybe an extended concert version of it are what we are getting.

Perhaps he'll sneak in a Home Alone piece or two.

Marketing centers around generating viewers who otherwise would not have tuned in. I am not sure there is a non-marginal segment of people who would be moved in this way by the early mention of a composer.

I heard he wrote it just for solo piccolo --fingers crossed.

I think Williams helped him redo his driveway back in the 80s.

The piece sounds like a precis of the trumpet concerto.

Cool little piece. I love when a Williams's working title become the actual one.

There is even footage of this:

Either way, it is either done or in the final stages--so, all good. I say take a couple more weeks so there is a near-final edit of Indy to score.

Who knows what happens behind the scenes, but it is a true testament to Williams and Spielberg (and others) who are so generous toward the upcoming artists. Heck, even though little comments here and there would suggest Williams doesn't care for the direction of modern film scoring, he never throws any composers under the bus. An artist, if an ego must be had, should have it in relation to their own work but not that of others.

Fabelmans 2: My life as a rich white dude.

Are you saying that we should not take this source for Granted?

Who knows the exact music for the closing scene, but if this indeed is the final S/W collaboration, I cannot imagine a more fitting end than a reflective, bittersweet piano piece.

I am not sure if it was based on any actual facts, but the general consensus 20 years ago was that it the new opening crawl music would be been a version of Duel of the Fates. I think it would have been cool, but I also think we are not missing some unreleased theme--we have it.

It is funny how Spielberg/Lucas/Ford, etc. now look to be in the same age bracket as Williams. In the pictures from the 70s and early 80s, it looks like a full generation or more separates them.

I wonder if TPTB made him take it down. He did not reveal anything that has not already been released, other than his involvement. Oh well. Can you imagine being this dude--what a milestone in his career. And, with pictures of him and Williams at the keyboard together.

"Mr. Williams, please put on this nametag." "Um, sure."

Past tense as well. It looks like it is done or at least the piano part is, which in this case probably also means the former.

Yes, minimally he did this. However, given his nature, he may have also wrote and recorded a 3-4 minute expanded piece, such as with the Masterpiece Theatre theme.