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    Muad'Dib reacted to Trope in John Powell kicks ass   
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    Muad'Dib reacted to Jay in Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous (TV)   
    More animated Jurassic stuff coming to Netflix
     
     
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    Muad'Dib got a reaction from Not Mr. Big in The Official Anime Music Thread   
    I love this show so fucking much and I think what I love the most is the music -the songs are great but the orchestral score is so unnecessarily dramatic, I can't help but adore it!
     
    This is straight out of a suspense film:
     
     
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    Muad'Dib reacted to Knight of Ren in The Official Anime Music Thread   
    I've been watching this show and I really enjoyed the first season, and the soundtrack album was just released!
    Some beautiful stuff in there, especially the main theme by Satoru Kosaki, that plays in many of his cues. Kevin Penkin's contributions are also nice, but my favorite tracks are definitely in the first part of the album. I absolutely recommend both the show and the soundtrack. Lyrical, cute and emotional, and one of the biggest surprises of the year so far!
     
    Also, Hiroyuki Sawano's score for Solo Leveling was released, but I found it a bit underwhelming, relying on the same techniques he perfected in Attack on Titan, but without the emotional impact they had in there. The OP song is awesome as is DARK ARIA, and some cues are nice (big fan of part 8 of the symphonic suite), but overall is a bit of a disappointment.
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    Muad'Dib reacted to pete in John Williams Reimagined Album (Arranged for flute, cello & piano)   
    Oops, yes.
     
    Love this bit:
     
     
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    Muad'Dib reacted to JNHFan2000 in John Williams Reimagined Album (Arranged for flute, cello & piano)   
    https://filmmusicreporter.com/2024/03/22/john-williams-reimagined-album-to-be-released/
     

     
     
    Warner Classics will release John Williams Reimagined, a new album featuring music by the Academy Award-winning composer arranged for chamber trio of flute, cello, and piano. The 2-CD set is produced by Robert Townson and the music is performed by flutist Sara Andon, cellist Cécilia Tsan, and pianist Simone Pedroni. The album covers Williams’ career from his early Emmy Award-winning score for the 1970 television film Jane Eyre to the main theme of 2022’s The Fabelmans, and includes such titles as Star Wars, Schindler’s List, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Jurassic Park, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Hook, The Accidental Tourist, The Witches of Eastwick, Dracula, The Sugarland Express, The Patriot and War Horse. A first track (Over the Moon from E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial) has just been released today and is now available to stream/download now on all major digital music services and can also be checked out after the jump.
     
    Here’s the album track list (per Slovenia’s NIKA):
     
    Disc 1:
    1. Star Wars: Princess Leia’s Theme
    2. Jane Eyre: To Thornfield
    3. Jane Eyre: Reunion
    4. Memoirs of a Geisha: Sayuri’s Theme
    5. Memoirs of a Geisha: A Dream Discarded
    6. Memoirs of a Geisha: Going to School
    7. Images: In Search of Unicorns
    8. The River: Growing Up
    9. The River: The Pony Ride
    10. The River: Love Theme
    11. The River: Young Friend’s Farewell
    12. The Sugarland Express: Theme
    13. The Sugarland Express: Elegy
    14. A.I.: The Reunion
    15. The Empire Strikes Back: Han Solo and the Princess
    16. Far and Away: County Galway, Joseph and Shannon, Blowing Off Steam, Finale
     
    Disc 2:
    1. The Fabelmans
    2. Seven Years in Tibet
    3. Jurassic Park: A Tree for My Bed
    4. Hook: The Face of Pan
    5. The Accidental Tourist
    6. Schindler’s List: Theme
    7. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: Double Trouble
    8. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: A Window to the Past
    9. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: Hagrid the Professor
    10. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: Chasing Scabbers/Hagrid’s Friendly Bird and The Snowball Fight
    11. Dracula: End Credits
    12. War Horse: Dartmoor 1912, Bringing Joey Home and Bonding, The Death of Topthorn, Finale and The Homecoming
    13. The Patriot
    14. Sabrina: How Can I Remember?
    15. The Witches of Eastwick: The Tennis Game
    16. The Witches of Eastwick: The Seduction of Suki and The Ballroom Sequence
    17. The Witches of Eastwick: Devil’s Dance
    18. E.T.: Over the Moon
     
     
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    Muad'Dib reacted to Loert in Mark Graham just picked up a John Williams sketch and is "in a rush"! Any ideas?   
    What I would give to be in that room now...
     

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    Muad'Dib reacted to karelm in Mark Graham just picked up a John Williams sketch and is "in a rush"! Any ideas?   
    My pictures while examining those sheets.  Was such a thrill to hold the original, hand written full scores!  

     
    Three piles, A New Hope, Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi. 
     

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    Muad'Dib got a reaction from MaxMovieMan in The Official Anime Music Thread   
    I love this show so fucking much and I think what I love the most is the music -the songs are great but the orchestral score is so unnecessarily dramatic, I can't help but adore it!
     
    This is straight out of a suspense film:
     
     
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    Muad'Dib reacted to Jay in Mark Graham just picked up a John Williams sketch and is "in a rush"! Any ideas?   
    New Mark Graham video. 
     
    https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4tHYdwvAhR/
     
    Here's some screen caps as I watch
     


     
    He says the sketch he picked up from Williams a few weeks ago was updates to an arrangement for a concert
     
    And then he said that at 11AM PST today, there is a recording of Star Wars music.  Maybe Williams wrote something for The Acolyte?
     
     
    Goldsmith The Omen:
     

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    Muad'Dib reacted to JNHFan2000 in John Williams is becoming a Disney Legend   
    https://attractionsmagazine.com/2024-disney-legends-include-joe-rohde-john-williams-angela-bassett-and-harrison-ford/
     
    Among a few other names like Harrison Ford & Angela Bassett, John Williams will become a Disney Legend on August 11.
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    Muad'Dib reacted to PrayodiBA in John Powell kicks ass   
    I just want to continue the discussion that Anthony started;
     
    Lately I’ve been truly obsessed with the Mars Needs Moms Recording Session album, as it contains a lot of unreleased gems that it’s mind boggle Powell didn’t put it in the official OST
     
    I think I remember reading that Powell came very very late into this project. This is a similar case with Pan when he replaced Dario Marianelli at the last minute. And also just like Pan, what he delivered under the time constraints is truly commendable, and in fact, we are here aware that many people have ranked Pan high among Powell’s works, just like Mars Needs Moms
     
    The Mars Needs Moms score, for many general listeners, was popular as being HTTYD-ripoff, as one of the theme (at least some section of the theme) is a direct lift from Test Drive theme. But considering the time, I can forgive. Especially as the other themes are really strong and among the best Powell has ever written.
     
    Here I want to share some of tracks from the recording sessions that were unreleased in the official OST that really needs to be appreciated.
     
    “Bed Remorse”:
    03 Bed Remorse.mp3  
    The sad statement of the main theme here is really lovely, and really plays well with the scene ( I remember I shed a bit of tears during that scene)
     
    ”No Time”:
    13 No Time.mp3  
    I always adore how Powell can play around with his already great theme to make it even greater, as heard here ^^

    “Capture-Fall”
    17 Capture - Fall.mp3  
    A nice action piece
     
    ”Time Running Out”
    24 Time Running Out.mp3  
    The best out of the unreleased. Such such mindboggle Powell didn’t put this track in the OST. Listen to that statement of the theme in the beginning and tell me if that isn’t a glorious Powell moment!
     
     
     
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    Muad'Dib reacted to Marian Schedenig in The MONKEY ISLAND and other Adventure Games thread   
    That's the second biggest Monkey Island Collector's Edition I've ever seen!
     
    PS: The soundtrack is a proper CD! Included in the 2 CD jewel case that also holds the Windows version of the game (Mac and Linux version come on separate discs in paper sleeves). The jewel case design serves nicely as a soundtrack case, so I'll put that in the CD shelf and the box with my other games.
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    Muad'Dib reacted to Thor in 96th Academy Awards (2024 Oscars for 2023 films)   
    Don't know if this shows up for anyone else, but here's Henry Stanny's (member Morricone on FSM) cell phone camera recording of Williams' SCL speech yesterday:
     
    https://www.facebook.com/1374175681/videos/323425597387644/
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    Muad'Dib reacted to Yavar Moradi in From Mexico to Hollywood: Golden Age Cinema : Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra concert curated by John Williams and Gustavo Dudamel - October 25 - 27, 2024   
    The L.A. Philharmonic actually has a history of recording Mexican film music that far pre-dates Gustavo Dudamel succeeding Esa-Pekka Salonen. May I introduce you all to an awesome film score called La Noche de los Mayas, from which Salonen recorded a great suite in the 90s?
     
    Dudamel did at least one movement with his Simon Bolivar orchestra:
     
    So I think there's a pretty good chance this awesome score is a central part of this new program. But I would be even more interested if they did any other film music by Revueltas or other Mexican composers... not that long ago Naxos did do a premiere complete recording of his very first film score, Redes (Waves), paired with Copland's very first film score:

     
    Good stuff!
     
    Yavar
     
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    Muad'Dib reacted to Tom in John Williams on Variety Cover (article & video)   
    I think he is asked so much that large stretches without anything rarely come up.  He talks about the tuba and viola concerto being somewhat spontaneous.  Heartwood probably the same.  I wonder how much the piano concerto is him and how much Ax asking.  
     
    I do think that he loves the popular vein of composing more than he realizes or at least sometimes lets on.  Jumping at the ESPN thing the way he did and the comments in this interview point to him wanting more than just concert-hall composing.  
     
    50 years from now, musicologists are going to be dumbfounded that he pulled off a lifetime worth of work for the concert hall and a lifetime worth of work for movies (and a hell of a lot of occasion pieces to boot).   
     
    He seems so balanced.  His comments on Goldsmith and others being unhappy due to their career frustrations is so perceptive.  He found the recipe for a lifetime of happiness as a composer--something that very, very few composers (from Mozart to Beethoven to Goldsmith) have pulled off.  
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    Muad'Dib reacted to Cerebral Cortex in John Williams on Variety Cover (article & video)   
    I quite liked this post from a Reddit thread on the video:
     
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    Muad'Dib reacted to JNHFan2000 in John Williams on Variety Cover (article & video)   
    https://variety.com/2024/film/news/john-williams-oscars-star-wars-steven-spielberg-collaborations-1235929403/
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    Muad'Dib reacted to SyncMan in John Williams & Anne-Sophie Mutter with The Chicago Symphony Orchestra. October 22nd 2024   
    Location: Symphony Center. Chicago, IL
    Time: 7:30pm
    https://cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-featured-concerts/williams-mutter-cso/
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    Muad'Dib reacted to Jay in The MONKEY ISLAND and other Adventure Games thread   
    Here it is!
     

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    Muad'Dib reacted to DeltaPupJux in Jurassic Park 7, written by David Koepp   
    Don't hate, but I could be on board for bring Don Davis (from III) back to score.
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