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Thank you! I'll echo the above - this are just so interesting! 
And a quick question. Michael said something like "We passed the idea onto John's people and they said yes."
 
How many people does Williams have working for him doing admin, scheduling, fanning him and feeding him grapes in summer, etc.

Thank you! I'll echo the above - this are just so interesting! 
And a quick question. Michael said something like "We passed the idea onto John's people and they said yes."
 
How many people does Williams have working for him doing admin, scheduling, fanning him and feeding him grapes in summer, etc.

A very nice video from 1991 with Williams playing some of "Somehwere in my memory" on the piano and talking about scoring the film:
 
 

In a couple of months, I'll be celebrating my '30th anniversary' of being a John Williams fan and collector.
 
Growing up with films like Star Wars, Indiana Jones and E.T., I've been intrigued by Williams' music since childhood, but it was during the Spring of 1993 that I became a true and devoted fan.
 
My life was very different 30 years ago. I was still living with my parents, attended the final year of high school, had hair on my head and I had no idea how my life was going to turn out. 
 
I look back on 30 years filled with significant events, ranging from wonderful to not so great. I became a teacher and headmaster, got married to a beautiful wife, bought a house, lost my stepfather and grandparents, traveled the world, became father to an autistic son and successfully overcame an episode of depression.
 
The music of John Williams has been an integral part of my personal journey and has always had a positive effect on me. 
 
Today I had some photos taken of my entire collection, something I've been wanting to do for years. I hope you will enjoy them and here's to the next 30 years! 
 
 
 
 

I don't think there's anything she's said or done that could lead to that conclusion. Have I missed something, or is that just a hunch?

Yes, it's the project of a lifetime.
 
I can't wait to share all this work.
 
As for this first volume, I'm particularly proud of the work on James Horner's youth. What takes 6 lines on Wikipedia makes 20 pages in the book, thanks to the memories of his brother and his high school music teacher. And I've got about 30 pages on his university career.
 

 
 

Later I'm sure. There was no mention of these earlier, and we did know that Han Solo and the Princess was one of the first batch despite not making it to the first album - also the Witches of Eastwick which she didn't have time to get ready for the reocrding.
 
And just before Indy 5 was released Ann-Sophie said that Williams was writing more arrengements. We got Helena's Theme soon after, and she did imply there was more than one new arrangement in the works. Hopefully there are more as well as plans to record. Fingers crossed!

I’ve been an avid collector for 30 years, and still I “only” own 75 % of the content of this box. And I’d wager that’s a pretty decent percentage!
 
Still, lots of the stuff that is on here that I never got isn’t really “rare” - it’s just that I never pulled the trigger on the OSTs. I just figured I’d “get to it later”.
 
Thats about five discs worth of content that I don’t own.
 
This box is a great way to “catch up” on a lot of that music!

Later I'm sure. There was no mention of these earlier, and we did know that Han Solo and the Princess was one of the first batch despite not making it to the first album - also the Witches of Eastwick which she didn't have time to get ready for the reocrding.
 
And just before Indy 5 was released Ann-Sophie said that Williams was writing more arrengements. We got Helena's Theme soon after, and she did imply there was more than one new arrangement in the works. Hopefully there are more as well as plans to record. Fingers crossed!

Later I'm sure. There was no mention of these earlier, and we did know that Han Solo and the Princess was one of the first batch despite not making it to the first album - also the Witches of Eastwick which she didn't have time to get ready for the reocrding.
 
And just before Indy 5 was released Ann-Sophie said that Williams was writing more arrengements. We got Helena's Theme soon after, and she did imply there was more than one new arrangement in the works. Hopefully there are more as well as plans to record. Fingers crossed!

Thank you Bespin. I do vaguely remember that, I wonder how long ago that was?
 
I started helping Mike with these releases over 7 1/2 years ago, and Hook is the 25th release I've been a part of. And it was the first one I started on!

I just remembered a memory!  The movie came out very spoon after I started listening to Williams on CD. I went to see a different movie, and Hook was finishing in a different theater as we were entering ours. I remember just being mesmerized by the music I could hear from the open door of that theater. It was I'm sure music from the last part of Farewell Neverland - The Christmasy joyous Mother theme. It had me mesmorized and I remember waiting a little bit before going into my theater so I could hear as much as possible. I think at that point I only had about 4 or 5 Williams CDs, and I got Hook as soon as I saw it in a shop.

After each concert, I always imagine Williams returning home after perhaps a few days of not doing much writing or none at all and returning to his piano with renewed enthusiam. Would love to know what his schedule is like leading up to a concert. Exactly how much time does he spend preparing beyond the usual rehearsals? 
 
And regarding the new Scherzo of Mortorcycle and Violin, I recently made a list of long long list of peices that Williams could possibly arrange for violin and orchestra. I never considered that a possibility. 

I just remembered a memory!  The movie came out very spoon after I started listening to Williams on CD. I went to see a different movie, and Hook was finishing in a different theater as we were entering ours. I remember just being mesmerized by the music I could hear from the open door of that theater. It was I'm sure music from the last part of Farewell Neverland - The Christmasy joyous Mother theme. It had me mesmorized and I remember waiting a little bit before going into my theater so I could hear as much as possible. I think at that point I only had about 4 or 5 Williams CDs, and I got Hook as soon as I saw it in a shop.

It helps, it Helps!
 
So glad this has gotten a new arrangement. I remember thinking it must have felt left out and forgotten and sad and lonely after the other major romanticish Star Wars themes got the Mutter treatment. Can't wait to hear it! Please Santa, let there be a new album in the works. It doesn't have to be this year. 

I just remembered a memory!  The movie came out very spoon after I started listening to Williams on CD. I went to see a different movie, and Hook was finishing in a different theater as we were entering ours. I remember just being mesmerized by the music I could hear from the open door of that theater. It was I'm sure music from the last part of Farewell Neverland - The Christmasy joyous Mother theme. It had me mesmorized and I remember waiting a little bit before going into my theater so I could hear as much as possible. I think at that point I only had about 4 or 5 Williams CDs, and I got Hook as soon as I saw it in a shop.

I hope you enjoy
 

Is this a real person in the video? He doesn't blink 😲

Using the Hal Leonard Signature edition measure numbers, here are the changes between versions:
 
2 new measures added between m24 and 25. These 2 bars are an expanded orchestration of measures 5 and 6.
 
Measures 25 and 26 have slight alterations to texture, register, and rhythm. Measure 27 returns to HL as printed.
 
Measures 41 to 44 have been rewritten. What was previously 14 beats of music (4/4+4/4+4/4+2/4) is now 25 beats (5/4+6/4+6/4+4/4+4/4). The new version features altered meter and elongated note lengths, along with the addition of a flute to the Vln1 line and added harp. The new violin 1 part in m43 is entirely different, only vaguely similar to the contour of the older version. What has actually happened is an augmentation (lengthening) of all the notes in old measure 43. The ear is thrown by the inclusion of a G# which is new, but the rest of the melody is the same notes in a very lengthened form. The underlying harmony has also changed, but I'll leave that to a music theorist for explanation. 
 
Measure 45 to the end is unchanged. 
 
I hope this helps!
 

Whipped up my own cover for this album this morning. I believe the art I used was technically made for the show, but I think it works just as well for the movie.
 

A truly magnificent evening! The Maestro was in top form and still sharp as a nail (except only a couple self-described “senior moments”, and during one I helped him remember Sean Connery’s name!). The new version of “Scherzo” was great fun and very much tailored for Anne-Sophie’s style, but the bigger highlight for me was the new version of “Anakin’s Theme” that was also done for her. It took the changes from the version debuted at Tanglewood this past summer and greatly expanded on them, ending on a haunting harp rendition of the Imperial March very similar to what’s played when the character dies at the end of Return of the Jedi - a truly unexpected and chill-inducing callback!
 
My photos:
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That and Anakin's Theme. Hopefully a new album is in the works!

That and Anakin's Theme. Hopefully a new album is in the works!

That and Anakin's Theme. Hopefully a new album is in the works!

That and Anakin's Theme. Hopefully a new album is in the works!