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The cue "Taxi Chase" is unused in the picture. Not only did we confirm this with the film audio and cue sheet, the official website for Michael Kamen lists it as, "9M4B - Taxi Chase (unused)." This cue was provided to us by The Michael Kamen Estate and was not on our mix masters as it appears to have been abandoned.   Thank you for your interest in the album. We hope you enjoy it.

From Mike Matessino, at around an hour and 25 minutes of the new Sugarland Express episode of the Legacy of John Williams podcast
 
 

This is so hidden, yet once you hear it you can't unhear it! In the scene in the Phantom Menace where Jabba emerges at the start of the podrace, there is a kind of triumphant, more regal version of his theme (marked pomposo in the score 😃).
 
Classic JW moment, hiding themes and somehow making them seamlessly fit into the rest of the music.
 
Here the timestamp where it appears in the officially released OST.
 
Also I did a piano arrangement of this entire OST track if anyone is interested: 
 

Well that certainly went in a direction I didn't see coming.

Seems like the blu-ray is out of print already; I didn't even know it was released.

So I finally saw the film last night (It's free on Amazon Prime now), and quite enjoyed getting the context for the score.  The film itself is only OK (predictable, no stand-out acting, some weird editing, and a super abrupt ending with no closure at all).
 
As @Willpointed out earlier in the thread, the climax of "We Were Never Eight" is indeed dropped and replaced by music that was just heard prior in the same cue, and I have no idea why, it doesn't make sense.  Bad post-production decision there.  I also realized just how out of chronological order the album is.  @Will also provided a partial chronological list above, but I'll try to do a complete one. now  However, this is only by my memories of the film last night, and assuming that the music inside a track is related to the name they gave it (which shouldn't be a given, because for example "We were never eight" is a line that is only spoken in the film at the very ending, during the final score cue, NOT heard during the film's climactic cue that is called "We Were Never Eight" on the album).  So if I can revisit the film sometime, I'll be able to make a more accurate listing, but for now, it should be something like:
 
1 The Boys in the Boat (4:21) 3 Joe’s Solitude (3:24) 2 Coaches (5:14) 7 Training (0:56) 5 The Team (1:42) 4 Oars (3:11) 6 Getting Stronger (2:06) 12 Pacific Regatta (3:11) 8  First Win (4:31) 10 Boat Ride (3:03) 19 Talk With Dad (4:19) 9 Joe Out of Sync (3:17) 22 Poughkeepsie (9:30) 15 Broke (2:14) 14 Check from Cal (1:37) 11 Love Letter (2:17) 16 Berlin (1:48) 17 Qualifications (5:10) 18 Olympic Final (2:38) 13 We Were Never Eight (5:46) 21 USA Rowing Team (Alternate Version) (4:03)
BONUS TRACK 20 USA Rowing Team (Film Version) (4:04)

This is very sweet. It's worth remembering that Williams is a great proponent of musicianship at all ages and levels of experience. I'm sure it pleases him to put out arrangements of his themes that can be performed by talented amateurs and not just the Annie-Sophie Mutters of the world. And while these sorts of pieces are typically handed off to others to arrange, the work is not at all "beneath" him. It's clear that some thought went into this arrangement, simple as it is. At the end of the day, there are Star Wars fans out there, many of them young (and some who might not have tuned in without the hook of Williams' involvement), who will see this video and it will inspire them to pick up a violin and form a deeper connection with this music. And that's entirely to the good.

I created a playlist of concert and stage works of Danny Elfman for my own pleasure. It features:
 
Serenada Schizophrana (entire album)
Rabbit & Roque (entire album)
Violin Concerto (entire album)
Percussion Quartet (from Third Coast Percussion album)
Cello Concerto (from streaming/radio live performance)
Iris (entire album from Cirque Du Soleil show)
Percussion Concerto & Wunderkammer (entire album)
 
Total of 5 hours and 45 minutes of best Elfman music out there (at least this century).
 
Karol

Update on this: it's actually much more complicated than I originally described, all three sets are inaccurate to the film performance edit.
 
The 1993 set has an incorrect take from 1:00-1:30
 
The 1997 set has incorrect takes from 0:00-0:19, 0:56-1:00, 1:19-1:30
 
The 2018 set has the correct takes everywhere, but transitions between them at the wrong point leading to a missing second at 0:59, this missing second can be recovered using the 1993 set

The Age of Innocence
Taxi Driver
GoodFellas

Speaking of Godzilla, looks like there is a new re-release of the Godzilla David Arnold score from BuySoundtrax? Like before, it is a 3-CD set. But the Bonus Tracks on the page listing seem to have 2 NEW bonus tracks that wasn't on the previous 3-CD version? However, they aren't seen on the back cover. Could this be an error?
 
https://buysoundtrax.myshopify.com/products/godzilla-the-ultimate-edition-original-soundtrack-by-david-arnold-3-cd-set
 
New tracks are bolded by me:
 
BONUS TRACKS:
12. Logo #3 (0:19)
13. The Beginning (no choir) (3:34)
14. The Boat Gets It (alt.) (1:11)
15. Footprints / New York / Audrey (alt.) (0:51)
16. Evacuation (alt.) (2:43)
17. The Garden Gets It (alt.) (3:03)
18. Big G Goes To Monster Heaven (alt.) (4:32)
19. Godzilla (Solo Piano) (2:41)
20. Gojira (Album Version) (2:47)

Hey guys,
 
Been a while since I posted here, but I just thought I’d drop by to let you know of a soundtrack concert report site that I started recently. I’ve actually just posted my report of John Williams in Milan! Here’s the link:
 
https://soundtracks-in-concert.com/concerto-straordinario-john-williams-2022/
 
You can also find these reviews (previously posted by me on JWFan):
 
JW in Tokyo
https://soundtracks-in-concert.com/deutsche-grammophon-125-years-special-gala-concert/
 
Boston pops tribute to JW (Tokyo)
https://soundtracks-in-concert.com/boston-pops-on-tour-2023-john-williams-tribute-2023/
 
Thanks for looking 😎

Poor Heidi. First stuck in Frankfurt, and now Leipzig too. Will she never get to the mountains?

No cameras spotted (and that is a shame, I was hoping at least for a recording on Stage+ ) but the microphones were actually visible above the stage. I'm just wondering whether they were recording the concert or just simply hanging there as permanent equipment of the hall.
 

Source: Wiener Symphoniker fb fanpage
 
The concert was AMAZING!!! The best AD concert I have ever been to (London 2014/Kraków 2019/Vienna 2024).
 
I prepared a quick analysis of what tracks were used in each suite (overall almost 2h of music!)
 
1. Godzilla (Godzilla! / Godzilla's Victory / Back to the Ocean) - 6 min.
2. Pelléas et Mélisande - I. Comme un oiseau pourchassé - 8 min.
3. Pelléas et Mélisande - II. Ils regardent la lumière - 5,5 min.
4. Wes Anderson's Suite - Fantastic Mr. Fox (Jimmy Squirrel And Co. / High-Speed French Train / Boggis, Bunce, And Bean / Canis Lupus / Kristofferson's Theme / Stunt Expo 2004 / Great Harrowsford Square) - 9 min.
5. Wes Anderson's Suite - The Grand Budapest Hotel (Mr. Mustafa / A Prayer for Madame D & Last Will and Testament / Canto At Gabelmeister’s Peak) - 4 min.
6. Wes Anderson's Suite - The French Dispatch (Obituary) 3,5 min.
7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 1: Obliviate / Sky Battle / Fireplaces Escape / Detonators / Destroying the Locket; Part 2: Statues / Broomsticks and Fire / Courtyard Apocalypse / The Tunnel / Dragon Flight / Lily’s Theme / Showdown) - 13 min.
8. The King's Speech (The King’s Speech / My Kingom, My Rules) - 4 min.
9. The Shape of Water (The Creature / Five Stars General / The Shape of Water / Spy Meeting / The Escape / Rainy Day / Watching Ruth / Elisa and Zelda / Without You / Overflow of Love) - 21 min.
10. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (Carlo's Theme / Spazzatura / The Pine Cone / Big Lies / Resurrection / Saving Geppetto / Pinocchio's Choice / Ciao Papa) - 15,5 min.
11. The Imitation Game (Carrots and Peas / Crosswords / U-Boats / Mission / Alone with Numbers / The Headmaster / End of War / The Imitation Game / Alan Turing's Legacy) 15,5 min.
 
ENCORE
12. Girl with a Pearl Earring (Griet's Theme) - 4 min.
13. Eiffel (Valse d'Eiffel) - 3 min.
 
What was so special about this particular concert, in my opinion?
1. Golden Hall itself, of course  and the fact that he was probably the third film music composer playing there after Williams and Hisaishi.
2. Desplat played some of his recent scores like Pinocchio, French Dispatch or Eiffel, which was refreshing. I never spotted Fantastic Mr. Fox suite in concert before neither.
3. He also prepared completely new, extended suites from his trademark scores (Godzilla, Imitation Game, Shape of Water). He played almost half of the Imitation Game and Shape of Water albums (!) He usually plays the main themes from Godzilla and Imitation Game and 7- or 12- minutes long suite of The Shape of Water so he really did his best this time.
4. I think that for the first time he had a choir on the stage (not counting Hollywood in Vienna 2016 cause he was not conducting). A children choir in Fantastic Mr. Fox and at the end of "Ciao Papa" from Pinocchio gave me goosebumps.
5. He got a standing ovation and was very moved, I have never seen him like this before (and I always sit in front rows ).

I visited the Schott Music store in London this week - nice to see that they stock some of the Omni books on location  
Bought Wrath of Khan, and made sure to express my interest in them carrying more Omni editions in the future!

Triton's song "Impossible child" would go between Ursula's Potion and Eric's decission.

No he said "finest Jewish families". "Jewish" was muted when it hit home video.

Finally! Vindication for all of us who refer to movie music as "songs"! 👍

That's because with The Dark Knight what he was really doing was prepping himself for Frost/Nixon.

OK that is wild to see my name in the nominees list.  Wow!

You know, I was this close of making a joke about this when they announced some Goldsmith. 😆
 
Karol

JWFan was born 25 years ago today! 
 
Hard to imagine back then that the site would still be up and running two and a half decades later, let alone that the Maestro would still be active after having composed nearly thirty more film scores and a similar number of concert works, as well as conducting over 200 concerts including Vienna, Berlin, Milan and Japan!
 
Dozens of his film scores have received perfect releases during all this time, providing fans with the confidence that many more will come in the future, while maintaining and further enhancing the collective appreciation and admiration for the music we all love and which will remain with us for the rest of our lives.
 
The analysis and discussion of his work has reached such level of comprehensiveness and detail, that our forums have become an essential reference for fans and scholars, while fomenting the creation of fascinating projects that expand and deepen the study of the Maestro’s oeuvre and contribute to increasing its appreciation by future generations who, without doubt, will continue to ensure that his name is in the place it deserves in the history of music and cinema.
 
Thank you, Mr. Williams, and thanks to all those who have contributed during this time to make the site such a wonderful place. Here’s to 25 more!
 
PS. The following quoted post, written for this thread 10 years ago, provides a short summary of the origins of the site:
 
 
 

Of his action/thriller scores, my absolute favourite is Hostage. The CD has been out of print for ages and the score is absent from streaming services but here is a small taste:
 
 
And yes @fommes TGC is still among his finest.
 
Karol

New arrivals:
 
 

It has several cues recorded as written, as opposed to the film/ost recording dropping bits.