[Star Wars Disenchantment]

6 hours ago, Pellaeon said:

 

It’s not inevitable, as anyone who has read the original sequel trilogy (Timothy Zahn’s Thrawn Trilogy from the 1990s) can attest. Pitch-perfect characters, pitch-perfect universe, pitch-perfect story, pitch-perfect Force.

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

[Martin Scorsese says Marvel movies are 'not cinema']

On 24/03/2022 at 4:55 PM, Naïve Old Fart said:

The interesting thing about "I could have done more", is that it never happened. According to Mrs. Schindler, he thanked people, politely, then got into the car and drove away. End of. No tears. No falling over. No regrets.

 

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?  

[John Williams’s “Fanfare for Solo Trumpet To Celebrate the Reopening of David Geffen Hall”]

41 minutes ago, Marian Schedenig said:

 

It sounds like they practically completely re-built it from scratch.

 

Also, they had to pay Williams for the fanfare.

And, there goes the other half.

[John Williams Caption Competition!]

1 hour ago, Thor said:

I'm tired of that photo now. Could we introduce a new one, please? How about this one? (he holds the hand of Morricone's wife, in case that is unclear).

 

Do you go for younger men?  

[John Williams conducts Filarmonica della Scala, Milan, Italy, 12 December 2022!]

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

[Who do you think will score the new Disney+ Obi-Wan Kenobi TV series, using Williams' theme?]

15 hours ago, Edmilson said:

I am too. There's really no reason for Lucasfilm to continue keeping the name of the composer a secret. Unless they got John Williams doing all episodes, and even in this case I think they'd be better by just making the announcement already.

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.  

[John Williams conducts Filarmonica della Scala, Milan, Italy, 12 December 2022!]

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

[Who do you think will score the new Disney+ Obi-Wan Kenobi TV series, using Williams' theme?]

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.  

[John Williams’s “Fanfare for Solo Trumpet To Celebrate the Reopening of David Geffen Hall”]

1 hour ago, King Mark said:

I hope his piece for the Vienna hall is better

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

[John Williams’s “Fanfare for Solo Trumpet To Celebrate the Reopening of David Geffen Hall”]

3 hours ago, Thor said:

 I can't think of any instance where they both were involved in some concrete project. Anyone?

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

[John Williams’s “Fanfare for Solo Trumpet To Celebrate the Reopening of David Geffen Hall”]

The piece sounds like a precis of the trumpet concerto.

[John Williams’s “Fanfare for Solo Trumpet To Celebrate the Reopening of David Geffen Hall”]

Cool little piece.  

 

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

[Do you think John Williams works in his hotel rooms?]

10 minutes ago, Quintus said:

In the mid eighties when he was visiting Wales he stayed in a four berth static caravan and he had a Yamaha keyboard plugged in just to keep going in case he had any cool ideas.

There is even footage of this:

 

[The Fabelmans recording session photos]

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.  

[What is the last piece of classical music you listened to?]

On 17/03/2022 at 2:25 PM, Disco Stu said:

Of course the real problem is not any particular piece of music or composer, but that in the 50s and 60s powerful elites (like Boulez and Babbitt and many others) functioned like an art mafia, ensuring that only atonal/serial works were taken seriously in "the academy."  It did a lot of damage, alienating contemporary music even further from general classical audiences.  It was a real shame for the young composers that came through the conservatories in that era.

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.  

[The Fabelmans recording session photos]

4 hours ago, May the Force be with You said:

I hope there will be another score after The Fabelmans just to round up the collaboration to 30 long features

Fabelmans 2: My life as a rich white dude.  

[The Doctor Who Thread.....]

2 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

Again, Jay, it's the Daily Mirror. Let me repeat that, using words of two syllables, or less: The Daily Mirror. That should give you an indication of how genuine it is.

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

[The Fabelmans recording session photos]

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.  

[What do we know about JW's new main titles for The Phantom Menace?]

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.  

[The Fabelmans recording session photos]

23 minutes ago, Brando said:

I see Spielberg is taking wardrobe advice from cool youth pastors. I dig it! 

 

[The Fabelmans recording session photos]

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.  

[The Fabelmans recording session photos]

2 hours ago, Jay said:

Well, I was going to embed the full size pictures since the OP only posted a screenshot, and now it annoyingly looks like he has taken them down so we'll probably never get them

 

https://www.facebook.com/robert.thies.9

 

 

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.  

[The Fabelmans recording session photos]

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

"Um, sure."  

[The Fabelmans recording session photos]

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.  

[John Williams Returns to ‘Star Wars’ Universe with ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Theme - Jon Burlingame Variety article]

7 hours ago, GerateWohl said:

Maybe Williams just wrote a short one and a half minute opening queue for the TV show opening titles. Something like "The Time Tunnel".

 

1 hour ago, Jay said:

That's exactly what he did.  Had you been thinking differently until now?

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.