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I think that he was only on the one issue.

I think he is asked so much that large stretches without anything rarely come up. He talks about the tuba and viola concerto being somewhat spontaneous. Heartwood probably the same. I wonder how much the piano concerto is him and how much Ax asking. I do think that he loves the popular vein of composing more than he realizes or at least sometimes lets on. Jumping at the ESPN thing the way he did and the comments in this interview point to him wanting more than just concert-hall composing. 50 years from now, musicologists are going to be dumbfounded that he pulled off a lifetime worth of work for the concert hall and a lifetime worth of work for movies (and a hell of a lot of occasion pieces to boot). He seems so balanced. His comments on Goldsmith and others being unhappy due to their career frustrations is so perceptive. He found the recipe for a lifetime of happiness as a composer--something that very, very few composers (from Mozart to Beethoven to Goldsmith) have pulled off.

It does seem like they found a new marketing ploy with curation and are running with it.

Very good chance.

The sketch might have been for an insert for Just Down West street or such.

Turns out it was just a Door Dash order for Thai Curry. Williams was a bit confused on the process.

back in the 90s when I watched SNL, there would be times when I was not sure whether the commercial I was watching was legit or a spoof. I am having the same confusion with "Rouge Two."

Looking for better dental care.

I thought that he had a brief cameo in Sabrina as the pianist, but I could be wrong. In terms of SS, notice that he does put himself in the movies either--I don't think that it is his thing.

Cool. Kind of weird, but cool. Sounds like some sort of secret society in the vein of Eyes Wide Shut, but without the youthful nudity.

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I see that you neither want to have your cake nor eat it too.

Violin Concerto No. 2: "The Mutter"

Beatlejuice, Beatlejuice.

You really enjoy pissing us off, don't you?

The obscure pieces would be the The Esplanade Overture, Men of Yorktown March, Leaving Home version from the Oscars, Of Grit and Glory, Seven Years in Tibet, Amazing Stories: The Mission: Jonathan Begins to Draw and The Landing. Something from AI: Maybe Search for the Blue Fairy and/or Reunion. NBC News Suite--especially the Fugue for Changing Times. Nixon: The Turbulent Years. Masterpiece Theatre American Collection Theme. Parade of the Slave Children.

Cool topic. I will think on it. Part of the problem for me is that I would selfishly want pieces I have not heard performed. So the program would not be the normal crowd pleaser. However, I will think about it in terms using the assumption that I have heard it all performed before, so what do I want to hear again.

And this one, which is brilliant. The focus this part of the film, Unfinished Journey, is American entertainment. Obviously, Williams is scoring it, so it is going to be his music, but he does the whole thing as an homage to Hoe Down--two for one.

Yes, I am referring to the upcoming DG release. Relistening to the piece, it does play like a mini concerto for orchestra. Back in the day, it was reported that Williams was working on such a concerto, which then became Tributes/for seiji. I wonder if his work on The Phantom Menace took a bit more time than anticipated, which led to a smaller scale version of his original plans. Either way, it is a great little piece--all the stylings of Williams's concertos, with highlights for flute, clarinet, horn, distilled into one movement.

I would say that the score should Whirl through Academ(e)y. Sometimes my writing is as clumsy as it is stupid.

I am bumping my own extremely popular thread in honor the news of the first official release of the piece.

Just to be clear, that is not my line.

I might complain about a Williams loss in a generic Oscar thread. I would not crash a celebratory Goransson thread to air any complaints.

Yeah, I remember my parent's 30th anniversary party. You know, how people were coming up to them and telling them they would have preferred they married different people, and how there are other couples whose anniversary they would rather celebrate. Great memories, great party.

Excellent news. It is nice to see Williams get such honors from people who actually focus on the craft itself.