Taikomochi

With CSO's clarinetist John Yeh
https://www.instagram.com/p/CqGs5CRI8_b/

 
 
With CSO's principal bass Alex Hanna
https://www.instagram.com/p/CqMwlwdgmpS/


 
 
With flutist Gaby Vargas
https://www.instagram.com/p/CqMxW_4NDmQ/
 

 
 
 
 
https://www.instagram.com/p/CqON0VdI1Eg/
 

 

 

 

 

 

An additional bonus, I managed to find one of the webcam pictures taken when it was at the scoring session:
 
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The webcam was set up to take pictures every 20 seconds, and was there for multiple days, there were likely thousands of webcam photos of the scoring sessions that were once available online. Unfortunately most of them are currently lost, after months of searching I've only managed to find ~100 webcam photos total (out of the millions that were available on the service)
 
Also, thanks to Star Wars Insider, here are a few of the pictures that would've been attached to the articles in my original post:
(apologies for the poor quality, these come from magazine scans)
 
The Score Begins:

 
Recording Revenge:

This is not true, it’s a rumour that was stated by someone on twitter. The rendering time for 9 hours would be physically impossible and would take years and years. Landau said that movies 2 and 3 are around 6 hours in total so I expect the third movie to be around 3 hours.

You somehow forgot the best added characters in the show.  
 
Yavar

I mean, gamers are the most oppressed group in all of society, so maybe he has a point.

I’m simply pointing out that “woke culture” is all KM talks about on this message board in recent years. Not specifically about the Oscars, but in regards to all media. 

Nah, Santaollala's scores were the least deserving. Social Network isn't for everyone but it's a creative score. It's just not orchestral.

For me, as I know for many kther, the score almost ruined (parts of) the film.
 
It was so jarring at times. I'm not a fan. And I feel that this was one of the weakest score nominees/winner ever. But, what can you do about. Better luck next year.

Funny how, if the Academy really was “woke” (in the real or even pejorative sense), one might think they’d have awarded Son Lux for Best Score over the white German dude (who wrote one of the worst scores of the year), or heck maybe awarded one of the three (quite deserving) women of color for Best Supporting Actress, over Jamie Lee Curtis. They could have even still awarded EEAAO, since her costar Stephanie Hsu was also nominated with her! I mean, if Hollywood really is just bestowing awards to get “woke” points and feel good about themselves, how do we explain those decisions?
 
Kinda messes with the narrative of King Mark and others like him, huh?
 
Yavar

You’ve really made this your personality over the last several years, at least on this message board. Cynical is an understatement! 

Ok score.  Its win convinced me that even with a narrative/highly acclaimed film and a weak field of nominees, John Williams will never win a sixth Oscar.  
 
The "anything but John Williams" choice
 

Everything Everywhere is a truly excellent film and deserves wins in most categories it is nominated. 

Even though I know what you mean, I didn't feel depressed or suicidal after watching Tár. Indeed, with Aronofsky, I often feel the director's pressure to think or feel in a certain way but that wasn't the case with Todd Field. Maybe I missed something but I didn't feel like I was being emotionally manipulated, which I thought was a good thing. 

You are thinking way too much about it.
 
Doing interview about your work is NOT an indignity. It is often a pleasure - if you take pride in your work and Williams does.
 
It is a sign of honor that he's on these shows. No composer besides Zimmer and some other hybrid stars are getting these interviews. 
 
And lastly - and this is an undeniable fact that people who don't work in the industry don't understand - an Academy Award is 100% consequential, desirable and it 100% matters to anyone who works in film. If they tell you otherwise they're lying. It's the biggest award in English language Cinema. It is unquestionably prestigious. There's no pretending otherwise. 
 
Awards are like currency - if it matters to the people giving and receiving it - it has value. The Oscars matter for the people who give it - the industry - and to those who recieve it - the industry. So yes, they matter and even Williams would be pleased to win another.

Coming soon:
"She's not a woman you can say fucking no to."
"I know, but the fucks are all dead."
"I wrote a fuckton of 5 note variations."

What are you talking about? Everybody knows that John Williams is an avid Spotify listener while he plays his PS5 games.
 

 
"Git rekt, noob" -Johnathan T. Williams

Everything Everywhere All At Once is one of the most unique films of all time. It very much deserves the Best Picture award

Here's an article about the situation of Hollywood women composers in particular and composer assistants in general:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/feb/20/film-scoring-hollywood-misconduct-abuse-harassment-metoo

Definitely one of the most intense cues in film music history !
 
 

I know there’s a below-zero chance they’d do it, but I’d love to hear another take on Luke & Leia. The first version on the first Across The Stars album was hardly different from the original arrangement, and I’d so love to hear a new one that’s in the same vein as the theme’s big statement in The Last Jedi - slower, sadder, but with a touch of hope.

Accidental Tourist is a forgotten classic in my opinion. When I was really small he did it live with the Pops, sadly I don't have any memory of it. But I would love a new version of it.
 
Seven Years in Tibet would sound great, another one that gets left out a lot, but I can't remember ever hearing that one played live or seeing it.

Where Dreams Are Born I am kind of surprised was never put into consideration.
 
If We Were In Love fits perfectly with her style and violin in general. I would say I am surprised that got passed over too but that movie was SO bad that its intentionally forgotten, even though he made an awesome concert arrangement.
 
I think the Basket Chase would probably sound great on as a violin piece too.

This is a tough one, once you go down this rabbit hole pretty much anything can be selected.

Been spending some more time with this score today. Just love love love “From Darkness to Light”.  Love how the strings that play counterpoint to the family theme build and crescendo with the rising quality of swimming up for air. One of the great film cues. Brings me to tears. 

So I ended up inputting this page of score into Finale (notation software) and bounced out the resulting audio. Enjoy this brief portion of music!
 

Skimming the Water AUDIO.m4a

Been spending some more time with this score today. Just love love love “From Darkness to Light”.  Love how the strings that play counterpoint to the family theme build and crescendo with the rising quality of swimming up for air. One of the great film cues. Brings me to tears.