Tom

It does have a cult following due to its graphic violence and nudity.  

Be careful of the black keys, they tend to be very sharp.
 
Oh, boy, I hope that joke did not fall flat.   

He's a math addict.  

Maybe Williams's new "glasses-free" look is a clue hiding in plain sight.*
 
*Plain sight for those who do not need glasses, of course.  

‘You Americans. Always overdressing for the wrong occasions.’

For the essential Halloween setlist:
 

Since we are in an imaginary world, let this be Williams and the LSO--just about all the concert pieces, though with the Asteroid field, begin with the crazy action strings and end with Han Solo and the Princess theme.  Also, the Fathiers, Clash of the Lightsabers , GE, AoH, and Obi.  
 
Even better, a 30-45 minute original symphonic fantasia reworking the themes, motifs, and style from the scores.  

Since we are in an imaginary world, let this be Williams and the LSO--just about all the concert pieces, though with the Asteroid field, begin with the crazy action strings and end with Han Solo and the Princess theme.  Also, the Fathiers, Clash of the Lightsabers , GE, AoH, and Obi.  
 
Even better, a 30-45 minute original symphonic fantasia reworking the themes, motifs, and style from the scores.  

Dude, change the thread title.  

Dude, change the thread title.  

Dude, change the thread title.  

Dude, change the thread title.  

I think that one of the things that makes Williams' music so incredibly rich is that he's able to cultivate the various aspects of music individually and, in doing so, come up with something that has new elements but that also retains something of what he's done before. So the rhythm of Luke's theme is basically retained in Across the Stars, but the melody, harmony, and orchestration are of course all different. Yet you can still hear the resemblance. Or the harmony of the Force theme underpins the first half of Rey's theme even though the melody, rhythm, etc. are all different. And again, though subtle, the connection can still be heard.
 
I think it's kind of the same thing here. He keeps the harmony the same (that was a perfect example - he uses a min(add#4) right at the start of The Battle of Syracuse!), but changes the other elements from his older action scoring. So the harmonic rhythm in Syracuse is very slow (one chord for a very long time!) but in his classic action music, he would usually change the chords far more quickly. And maintaining interest in the Syracuse cue is based very much on the ever-changing ostinato and layering melodies overtop of that, as well as using unusual instrumental combinations to create a unique orchestral timbre. So harmonic rhythm really slows down here, and I think that allows for a much different approach to scoring action that can highlight things other than the harmony, and create something that sounds new but not completely disconnected from what he wrote before.

I like the cannibal joke.  

Pairs nicely with Indy's theme for the colonoscopy.  

I like the cannibal joke.  

Tintin is well-regarded by many on the board (as this thread proves), but its detractors are vehemently opposed when it (and BFG) receives high rankings.  

The amount of bestness*, obviously.
 
*In VPO's case the amount of flubs...

There is an elegant solution to all of this: simply don't have any friends, and then you are liberated and free to be who you are. As a bonus, it frees up time to listen to JW.  
 
 

There is an elegant solution to all of this: simply don't have any friends, and then you are liberated and free to be who you are. As a bonus, it frees up time to listen to JW.  
 
 

We are going to need a bigger towel.  

ET
ESB
SW
AI
Home Alone
CEOTK
Temple of Doom
Tintin
Nixon
Dracula

We are going to need a bigger towel.  

We are going to need a bigger towel.  

No need for bootlegs.