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I’d love to find his signature wind-chimes sample/patch (think Southampton and The Launch). Any ideas?
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New Forbes interview with Mike Matessino about John Williams' career
MikeH replied to Jay's topic in JOHN WILLIAMS
That should be the title of the new book! -
New Forbes interview with Mike Matessino about John Williams' career
MikeH replied to Jay's topic in JOHN WILLIAMS
That f****** title -
I’m sure it’s due to the huge amount of time he’s been given to score these latest films but yes it seems his sketches are now basically full scores which are sent directly to the copyists. I think he started this trend of doing mostly 16 staves instead of 8 around Book Thief in 2013? Or War Horse? There are some subtle differences across the decades depending on who’s orchestrating (Herb Spencer, Pope, JW himself), things most people wouldn’t notice like how woodwind runs are doubled/dovetailed etc.
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John Williams consulted NASA about the science of E.T.
MikeH replied to Edmilson's topic in JOHN WILLIAMS
“Adventures on Moon!” -
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The big payoff sequence in the film that’s underscored with the first minute of Na’vi Attack is absolutely thrilling. It’s pure Horner through and through and I loved every second of it. Can’t imagine any other composer coming close to that.
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Absolutely loved it. The new family theme by Franglen is superb, and hearing those familiar Horner trademarks once again in a huge Dolby Cinema was incredibly emotional. I miss him.
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A perfect moment in “The Departure” from ‘E.T.’
MikeH replied to Archive Collection's topic in JOHN WILLIAMS
There was a thread on this video earlier in the summer but incase anyone missed it: -
A perfect moment in “The Departure” from ‘E.T.’
MikeH replied to Archive Collection's topic in JOHN WILLIAMS
Definitely. E.T. has to be the greatest film score ever written, no question. It’s absolutely lightning in a bottle. Anytime I watch and listen I just throw my hands up and say, “nope, can’t get any better than this.” -
Which Star Wars "Main Title" performance is your favorite?
MikeH replied to michael_grig's topic in JOHN WILLIAMS
I like The Last Jedi recording that went unused. -
Pretty sure copying refers to the copyists/music prep (preparing the sheet music for the sessions). MIDI files transfer would be getting JNH’s demo midi files cleaned up and ready for Jeff Atmajian to do his orchestrations. Orchestrating from MIDI files is a headache. It’s an incredible amount of work to go from a computer demo to sheet music that is actually playable by musicians. Orchestrators sometimes deal with hundreds of tracks in these midi files, often sloppily thrown together, and they basically have to sort out what is needed and what is not. Composers who want to impress the studio heads will just add more and more tracks to make a great demo, but when it comes to translating that to an orchestra it’s a lot of work. JW has his short sketch score which, in comparison, is relatively simple to orchestrate out to full score for the copyists.
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Here’s some of the discussion from a few years back.
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It’s nice to see the Rogue One situation finally come to light. We had intel from some members a few years back but most of it was met with pearl-clutching saying Williams would never do such a thing as to get involved with Gia’s score. Doug also said he was offered Solo because of how unhappy he was that he wasn’t offered Rogue One. Never knew that one.
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The first half of this is an arrangement and second half is his theme. I always liked his arrangement of “Teach Me Tonight” from Jaws 2, sadly not on the expansion.
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Omni Music Publishing: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
MikeH replied to DangerMotif's topic in General Discussion
All of these score releases are something I never thought I’d see due to all the red-tape and prep involved. Kudos to Omni and the others who keep making it happen! -
Omni Music Publishing: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
MikeH replied to DangerMotif's topic in General Discussion
okay fine I changed it! 😂 -
Omni Music Publishing: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
MikeH replied to DangerMotif's topic in General Discussion
GIMME -
Okay I just listened to Dominion. He handles Williams’ themes in about the same manner as he did in Rogue One. I’m not really a fan of how he extends or shortens phrases and changes the underlying harmony and even changes some of the notes.
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I’d say Dominion with 2016 being a reference to Rogue One…
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Marco Beltrami's SCREAM scores - NEW 6-CD Box set 2022
MikeH replied to Jay's topic in General Discussion
The scores for Scream 2 and Scream 3 are so fun and over the top and operatic that it’s a bit of a letdown that 4 and 5 didn’t have the big music budgets and had to rely more on orchestral samples instead. The orchestrations and performances by the musicians on the original trilogy are just superb, especially for 2 and 3 where Beltrami got a much bigger budget and was able to use the full Hollywood Studio Symphony. 3 in particular has some really cool synths and electronic effects in addition to a lot of fun avant-garde orchestral writing. Scream 2 (1997) Scream 3 (2000) Scream 4 (2011) Scream 5 (2022) -
The Last Jedi THE LAST JEDI - OST Album MUSIC Discussion (No Movie Spoilers)
MikeH replied to Jay's topic in JOHN WILLIAMS
I absolutely love the first 30 seconds of “The Fathiers” cue and wish JW had conceived that piece around those motifs rather than abandon it and mickey-mouse the action like he did. It’s quite catchy.