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I understand he was considered for Elrond, but ultimately didn't work out because he was already under contract for JPIII.

We'll never know for sure but there's been plenty of examples during Williams' carreer where he stuck quite close to the temp-track. Banning Back Home and The Face of Pan come to mind; also lots of TLW is basically doing JW his own spin on Silvestri's Predator 2, among other things. I think there must be a point where Spielberg is like: I want you to do this as close as you can!

holy cow

The news caught me really off guard this morning because I remember not too long ago he announced publically that he had beaten cancer. Reading that he passed away so soon after that really broke my heart. Apart from Jurassic Park which he will always be my first contact with his great work and will forever have a special place in my heart, I always wanted him to be in more stuff. He had plenty of work of course, but I always thought he deserved more high quality work to showcase his talent. Possesion is also a great one. Mouth of Madness also comes to mind and I'm looking forward to The Fox which seems quite interesting and original. Gone but never forgotten -gonna really miss you, Sam.

I'm expecting Silvestri to write the more "old fashioned" portion of the film, but I don't think they'll ask him to go the pastiche way, which could be what Giacchino does. Either way, sounds like a cool project right up our alley!

Oh damn, I had no idea -hope he'll be ok.

I'm surprised it's taking Clemmensen this long. Will he give it 5 stars?

As I listen to this score I understand why Powell took the gig. They let him go full Carl Stalling, perhaps even further than that. Quite fun stuff!

Holly's cameo

That's a lotta people.

Silvestri has always been kinda like Morricone in his usage of themes. When they appear there's not really that much variation.

Sounds Rat Race-ish.

We need more!!

We can trace it back to Jaws, if not further down the line -I'm sure someone can correct me on which is the older instance that we know of JW using the xylophone hits for action But yeah, it became a much more common element on his action music from the late 90's to this day -they even appear on Disclosure Day!

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