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    Naïve Old Fart got a reaction from Omen II in The "(Fill in the Blank) Has Died" Thread   
    R.I.P. Nicholas Parsons.
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    Naïve Old Fart reacted to mrbellamy in What Is The Last Film You Watched? (Older Films)   
    Art is the one who sang Bridge Over Troubled Water I think
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    Naïve Old Fart got a reaction from Jurassic Shark in Your current audio equipment..   
    Not always, but I find it a good first indication of their performance.
     
     
     
    I must have researched the wrong speakers.
    Apologies, etc.
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    Naïve Old Fart got a reaction from The Illustrious Jerry in Upcoming Films   
    Unfortunately, she's not cropping up, in my shower 
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    Naïve Old Fart got a reaction from SteveMc in Upcoming Films   
    Unfortunately, she's not cropping up, in my shower 
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    Naïve Old Fart got a reaction from Edmilson in Upcoming Films   
    Unfortunately, she's not cropping up, in my shower 
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    Naïve Old Fart reacted to Arpy in Star Trek is better than everything   
    I've only seen him in Stranger Things and he's great in that.
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    Naïve Old Fart got a reaction from The Illustrious Jerry in What Is The Last Film You Watched? (Older Films)   
    EMPIRE OF THE SUN, is, without a single hint of a shadow of a doubt, among his very greatest, and finest, triumphs. For me, it's right up there, with RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, JAWS, E.T., and CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND.
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    Naïve Old Fart got a reaction from MainTitle in John Williams' DISASTER MOVIE SOUNDTRACK COLLECTION (Poseidon Adventure, Towering Inferno, Earthquake) 4CD Box Set from La-La Land Records   
    "Not even missed"? "Not even missed"??!!
    You person, you! You young whippersnapper!
    There it is then: THE TOWERING INFERNO is not complete.
    Richard...for the win  
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    Naïve Old Fart got a reaction from Jurassic Shark in No Time To Die (James Bond #25)   
    That's James Norton, you ejit 
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    Naïve Old Fart got a reaction from Tydirium in Hans Zimmer's top 40 film scores of all time - he included 2 John Williams scores   
    Of course he is, but the list doesn't reflect a 35-plus year career in composition.
    What JWfan is appearing to say is that, for a professional musician, the list is rather...well...8th grade.
    On the other hand, if that's what he likes, that's what he likes, and no-one can take that away from him.
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    Naïve Old Fart got a reaction from Tydirium in Hans Zimmer's top 40 film scores of all time - he included 2 John Williams scores   
    For a man who writes film music for a living, it's not enough.
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    Naïve Old Fart got a reaction from Tydirium in Hans Zimmer's top 40 film scores of all time - he included 2 John Williams scores   
    I'm inclined to agree with the "naysayers". This is, with a few exceptions, a pedestrian, and one-dimensional list. It's what Classic F.M. listeners think is good "movie music".
     
     
    "Familiar"? Sorry, dude, but this man is paid a lot of money to have his "ear to the ground", when it comes to film scores. It's his job! Anyway, you'd have to be totally deaf not to work as a composer in Hollywood, and not be "familiar" with JW's music. That dog don't hunt.
     
    It's interesting to note the composers that he does not list:
    Horner
    Shore
    Korngold
    Walton
    Jarre
    Prokofiev
    Waxman
    Tiomkin
    Copeland
    Bernstein, E
    Bernstein, L
    Herrmann
     
    IMO, the man has no proper regard for, or knowledge of, the history of film music. Because of this, this list is meaningless.
    Any JWfaner could come with a better "basic" list, than this.
     
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    Naïve Old Fart got a reaction from Sir Hilary Bray in What Is The Last Film You Watched? (Older Films)   
    In 1979, the Odeon Leicester Square had the biggest screen, in the UK. Yes, the meteor sequence was good, but I remember the Cygnus lighting up, with special fondness.
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    Naïve Old Fart reacted to Jurassic Shark in The 2020 film scores speculation thread!   
    Good job imitating/degrading Vangelis.
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    Naïve Old Fart got a reaction from Maglorfin in Soundtracks, Compilations, or other recently purchased Music   
    It's good, but beware...what comes after is quite different...good, but different. As you've got LIVE IN COLOMBIA  you've already gotten a taste of the APP's variety.
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    Naïve Old Fart reacted to Corellian2019 in Beverly Hills Cop Blu-ray w/ isolated score arriving 14/01/2020   
    I believe it's Dolby Digital 5.1
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    Naïve Old Fart got a reaction from SteveMc in Andre Previn Interviews John Williams (1988)   
    These are the kind of intelligent, and insightful interviews that I like, and not  the fawning, ignorant "morning TV" gobshite, that tries to pass for journalism.
    It's always great to see Andrew Preview.
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    Naïve Old Fart got a reaction from The Illustrious Jerry in What Is The Last Score You Listened To? (older scores)   
    Three great scores, by three masters of their craft.
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    Naïve Old Fart got a reaction from Sweeping Strings in The Doctor Who Thread.....   
    It was "Dregs".
     
    Judoon?
    DO-RO-KO-FO-RO-PO-JO-MO-SO-HO-LO-BO-TO.
    And that's all I have to say, about that.
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    Naïve Old Fart got a reaction from Tydirium in Andre Previn Interviews John Williams (1988)   
    These are the kind of intelligent, and insightful interviews that I like, and not  the fawning, ignorant "morning TV" gobshite, that tries to pass for journalism.
    It's always great to see Andrew Preview.
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    Naïve Old Fart reacted to SteveMc in Andre Previn Interviews John Williams (1988)   
    I'm sure some of y'all have seen this before, but here's John being interviewed by the late Andre Previn in 1988.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj4sRhY-feY
     
     
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    Naïve Old Fart reacted to martybmusic in Star Wars 1997 SE track titles   
    In the case of INNER CITY, that was based on an original cue title (as were some of the other titles on the original LP).
     

    Of course, as we saw with the recent TROS cues, maintaining the original title is a somewhat rare case. I do love some of these spruce-up changes between cue name and soundtrack though. One from TFA comes to mind - 'That Lady With the Stick' became 'That Girl With the Staff'  
     
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    Naïve Old Fart reacted to Jay in Star Wars 1997 SE track titles   
    No, he also instructed the team that did the actual editing on how to construct each track, he just didn't do the editing himself like he does now.  The assembly came out how he wanted it - sound quality issues aside - he just follows a very different methodology nowadays than he did then (24 years ago!)
     
     
    I would assume JW himself decides the titles of his original cue names, and probably usually the album tracks to, or at least approves an idea someone else comes up with.  But it's not like we'd ever know with 100% authority whose brain first said each cue and track title for every cue and track in his repertoire
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