[The 16th Annual JWFan Awards - The Best Scores and Films of 2023!]

I haven't listened to any new score this year. Suggestions on what I should try to download?

[96th Academy Awards (2024 Oscars for 2023 films)]

4 hours ago, mrbellamy said:

Yeah but depending on who's hosting and who's drunk, they're better than the Oscars 

 Yeah sometimes it's better and I thought Ricky Gervais was funny when he was the host, but last year was beyond terrible , with the host going on and on about racism in award shows and basing his entire opening monologue on his race and sexual orientation.

 

I didn't remember Williams was usually snubbed at the Golden Globes so I guess his Oscar nom chances aren't diminished

 

At least this year's host is funnier than last year.

 

Oppenheimer swept all the major awards for Golden Globe

[96th Academy Awards (2024 Oscars for 2023 films)]

Alright I see Williams isn't nominated for the Golden Globes tonight (just remembered they were on but less incentive to watch now) so seems less chance for Oscar nom.

 

This year I hope Oppenheimer wins Best Picture and restore my faith in the Oscars that a movie that doesn't push "The Message" can still win Best Picture.

[The Most Williams like Score by Another Composer?]

I edited my post to Joel Mc.Neely but same for Broughton to a lesser degree because it sounds more original .

[The Most Williams like Score by Another Composer?]

Joel Mc Neely is the most obvious but it's almost a copy of Williams tracks sometimes

 

I always thought the End Titles of Airport 77 sound like exactly like 70's Williams Disaster mode  and could even mistake it for him. Sounds like the End titles to Poseidon  Adventure, Earthquake or Towering Inferno

 

 

[The Most UnWilliams like Score/Piece?]

On 04/01/2024 at 10:55 PM, Tom said:

I think the end credit rendition of The Fablemans theme could not be more Williams.  

yeah except that track

[The Most UnWilliams like Score/Piece?]

I dunno Fablemans kind of sounds unWilliams.   The main theme is like Alan Silvestri in Contact mode

[96th Academy Awards (2024 Oscars for 2023 films)]

The ONLY reason Williams would win for DOD is the "old age lets give him a last Oscar" thing. Maybe Kimmel's comments from last year made them remember

 

About re-used music from previous scores...nobody outside of this board noticed that

[Headphones]

A crazy audiophile friend of mine (he has at least a hundred thousand dollars of audio equipment in his house including a pair of STAX SR-009s electrostatic headphones powered by a Blue Hawaii tube amp) game me these IEM earphones saying they were pretty good. 5 drivers per ear (5 driver IEMS used to cost 1000$ a few years ago). Oh and they are good, possibly the best IEM's I ever tried.  This replaces some Fiio's I was using for the last few years.

 

KZ ZS 10Pro X , about 50$usd

 

https://www.amazon.ca/ZS10-Écouteurs-intra-auriculaires-amovible-audiophile/dp/B0BCG5S5QK?ref_=ast_sto_dp&th=1

[The BFG - FYC Album]

I mean they own the disk why couldn't they sell it?

[The Evolution of John Williams’s sound over the years. Can it be broken down into eras? Or is it not that simple?]

I don't . That's why I like The Airport (especially extended in the iso score) from DOD because i feel like it's an action cue like in his 80's scores

[The Evolution of John Williams’s sound over the years. Can it be broken down into eras? Or is it not that simple?]

Well something like T-Rex Rescue and Finale doesn't seem to have the narrative flow of something like Desert Chase from Raiders.

 

In my mind ,even back in 1993 I felt something had changed

[The Evolution of John Williams’s sound over the years. Can it be broken down into eras? Or is it not that simple?]

I'll call it his "unfun" era.

 

Also from Jurassic Park onwards his action set pieces seem less thematic and structured

[The Evolution of John Williams’s sound over the years. Can it be broken down into eras? Or is it not that simple?]

He had a mid 90's phase where he did "serious dramas" I didn't like that much compared to the rest

 

Sleepers,Rosewood,Stepmom,Angela's Ashes...etc...

[John Williams Writes New Theme for ESPN College Football Championship - OF GRIT AND GLORY]

I'll endorse AI when it can transform the crappy video into a studio quality recording of this piece 

[The BFG - FYC Album]

Yeah I can't imagine for any individual to pay 760$ for a c.d. 

[1 in 26 Spotify users listened to a track by JW in Dec 2023]

isn't 256th kind of low?

["Anakin's Theme" and "Scherzo For Violin and Motorcycle" - two new 2023 Anne-Sophie Mutter arrangements by John Williams]

5 hours ago, Presto said:

From the alternate universe...

Alternate Universe # 2 he's doing all these arrangements for YoYoMa

1 hour ago, Docteur Qui said:

 

It’s as though all those decades of “serious” critics and institutions deriding JW’s music (and film music in general) as a lesser form of art have completely washed away. That they can all see him now, and the ways in which his music has transcended the films they were written for… Not that those views have ever really mattered much to those of us who’ve always loved his music, but there’s a certain satisfaction in knowing that he is now universally considered to be an artist of the highest calibre and integrity by those same institutions. It’s sublime.

Yeah that was always my wish too and I'm happy prestigious orchestras want to perform his music as equal to classical music. And if the Mutter arrangements help in that way it's positive.

[Deadline's December 31st Article on John Williams]

55 minutes ago, Miguel Andrade said:

 

I wouldn't mind using that as an excuse to visit Vienna again 

 And record Fanfare for Vienna Ball

["Anakin's Theme" and "Scherzo For Violin and Motorcycle" - two new 2023 Anne-Sophie Mutter arrangements by John Williams]

And  I still think Williams is at the top of his game at 91.

 

Galaxy's Edge Symphonic Suite, Theme from Obi-Wan, The Rise of Skywalker (concert version), The Adventures of Han, Helena's Theme, The Rebellion is Reborn, Of Grits and Glory,  Fanfare for Vienna Ball (unreleased) . All recent pieces that are among his very best even compared to his 70's-80's period.

 

But in an alternate universe I wish all those new Ann Sophie Mutter arrangements he did were written for full orchestra without Ann Sophie Mutter violin solos giving us a bunch of brand new full concert versions of his film themes. Mutter arrangements feel like an offshoot of his Cinema Serenade album.

 

["Anakin's Theme" and "Scherzo For Violin and Motorcycle" - two new 2023 Anne-Sophie Mutter arrangements by John Williams]

I enjoy the rest of it so don't say I shouldn't listen to it if I don't like he cadenza section. I know you take it very personal when other people criticize Williams more abstract concert works but I think my point is valid.

 

And I don't plan to edit it out, that was partly a joke. I never edit out music from Williams pieces even if I don't like a section.

 

I have a lot of respect for you as a Williams fan but keep in mind I've been listening to Williams music as long as you do and he's also my favorite composer ever.

[Memoirs of a Geisha - what needs to happen for an official complete release?]

Great, thanks for reminding me I'll probably be dead before some Williams expansions are relaased.

["Anakin's Theme" and "Scherzo For Violin and Motorcycle" - two new 2023 Anne-Sophie Mutter arrangements by John Williams]

Maybe we can do a  custom edit to remove the cadenza.

 

Scherzo for Motorcycle and Orchestra 2023 Revised Short Version.

[Deadline's December 31st Article on John Williams]

Wow he's still planning to work in 2025 . 

 

I think he looked a lot more healthy in the latest Pittsburg concert than the one in Japan earlier this year

["Anakin's Theme" and "Scherzo For Violin and Motorcycle" - two new 2023 Anne-Sophie Mutter arrangements by John Williams]

I don't like cadenzas then