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This is cool:

I don't think this should be here, but member Laserschwert (he's JanBing over here) posted this on the Telltale forums. I think it's actually quite brilliant. It takes a little bit to get used at first, but once you do, if feels great!
https://soundcloud.com/laserschwert/foxney

On May 29, 1913, the world of arts was forever changed when the audience who gathered at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris was about to witness the first ever performance of a ballet composed by Igor Stravinsky called Le sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring). The rest, as they say, is history.
This seminal piece of music really turned the music world upside down and went on to become one of the most important pieces of music ever written in the 20th century. Nothing was the same after it.
After 100 years, Stravinsky's Sacre is still a powerful composition, capable of infusing a great deal of excitement and awe to anyone who listen to it. Film composers also took their share of great influence from this piece.
So, let's celebrate one of the most amazing pieces of music ever conceived by a human being! NPR Classical made some great articles to celebrate the anniversary, go read them here.
Watch this wonderful visualization made by composer and videoartist Stephen Malinowski:

Star Wars.

Collaborator of Steven Spielberg, oscar winner, he is one of the many people feature in " music and cinema: the marriage of the century?" in Paris. However, its in Los Angeles where L'Express met with John Williams.

He's not at home, but not in unfamiliar territory. In Hollywood, at the Dreamworks studio offices in the heart of Universal studios is where he welcomed us. The ambiance was familiar, close by is where Steven Spielberg works, with whom Williams has worked with since Sugarland Express in 1974.
Tatata taaa tata taaa, its him. Without doubt, his music is the most well known. Two songs for two films: Raiders of the lost Arc with a certain indiana jones and Star Wars with Darth Vader and his black helmet. His work has earned him 48 oscars nominations, and was nominated again this year for Spielberg's " Lincoln". He has won five times, most notably for "Jaws" and "E.T".
At 81, he still composes everyday, including many concert works and still conducts on a regular basis. On this occasion, he was polite, elegant, and spoke calmly and quietly about his career in Hollywood starting in the 1950's


ARE YOU HAPPY THAT FILM MUSIC IS FINALLY BEING RECOGNIZED?
" The change started about 30 years ago. Before, it was looked down to ask an american orchestra to play film music. The musicians, without doubt, were trained for interpreting Beethoven, Mozart and Brahms, but not what people called 'Commercial Music'. You don't really find this attitude today. Notably, because scholars have started studying the lives of Hollywood composers like Herrman and Alfred Newman. The music was reevaluated and given merrit , or lack of. Unfortunately, there has been a lot of music composed that only works with the film, and not in the concert hall. The problem is trying to get them played in concert.
YOUR COLLABORATION WITH SPIELBERG IS LEGENDARY, QUITE LIKE THE COLLABORATION OF HITCHCOCK AND HERRMANN. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT?
Steven, is a loyal, considerate and a great lover of music. We have a great relationship, and much of what i've done for him is very diverse. He really enjoys the old romantic film scores, actually much more than me. Whats great is his diverse library of films has allowed me to explore many different aspects and styles of music making. I always enjoy writing music to correspond with the beautiful images he produces. I think we've discovered a lot together. For example Jaws, we had no idea the music would have the impact that it did. Unlike me, Steven is really crazy for everything cinematic. Whats great is that he always comes to the recording sessions, always has a lot to say, and enjoys it like he's payed a ticket to a concert.
HOW DO YOU WORK?
In general, i prefer to see the film rather than read a script. A script suggest to much to the inner eye and the imagination. I prefer to sit down with the director and watch the film. Discuss when and where to place the music and what style of music would be fitting. After that, i go back to my office and work for several weeks searching for the perfect voice for the film. Sometimes i think that i don't write as well as i did thirty years ago, but during that time, ive worked with a great many orchestras and musicians, so its possible im creating a balance!

YOU CONDUCT REGULARLY. DO YOU FIND THAT ITS IMPORTANT?
Composing is a solitary occupation. Its not a very lively or exciting experience, but directing an orchestra, yes. The music becomes something organic. All composers should conduct, its essential. The orchestral techniques have evolved over time, but the highlight of it all still remains hearing your compositions by an orchestra.

SINCE THE END OF WORLD WAR II, FILM MUSIC HAS ALLOWED CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL MUSIC TO REMAIN POPULAR, HOW HAS IT DONE SO WHEN AT THE SAME TIME, FOR EXAMPLE, SERIAL MUSIC IS DRIVING AUDIENCES AWAY?
Its and interesting idea. I've never thought about it in these terms. It's obviously difficult to say. The extreme ranges that Serial Music tends to employ. But now you have composers like John Adams, who is probably the most important american composer. About film music? I don't know, but film music is released to the public and is heard all over the world everyday.


WHAT WAS THE IMPORTANCE OF MUSIC DURING THE CREATION OF " HOLLYWOOD"?
Film music was born in the 1930's in the style of the european tradition. The composers had a very romantic approach. The orchestras mostly consisted of europeans, and therefore had a very particular style. An interesting point is that Franz Waxman, Bernard Herrman, Alfred Newman, Erich Korngold, all had very similar tastes. What they wrote became part of the American culture. Also, don't forget the musicals and the song writers. The impact of American folk and vaudeville theater as it developed in the early twentieth century, before sound films, is enormous. What happened from 1900-1930, musically, had a massive impact on hollywood. We ended up with a sound that mixes Korngold, paying his debt to Richard Strauss opera, and vaudeville. This is music in which the Great Depression and World War II will also have a big impact. Partition Casablanca would not have been what it was without the war.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT AMERICAN CLASSICAL MUSIC?
The american composers really fascinate me. Take the trio; Copland, Gershwin, Bernstein. All three of them embody the " american sound" and coincidentally were all born into a families of Russian-Jewish immigrants. They were all first generation Americans and created the "american sound" without even having family routes here. The French and German works, by contrast, are the result of centuries of development. It's amazing, this absorption capacity that America seems to have.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE YOUNGER GENERATION OF FILM COMPOSERS HAVE TO OFFER
They have new techniques, they use computers and electronics in their work. Mychael Danna, who just recently one on oscar for Life of Pi, created a marvelous atmosphere in his score. Its orchestra, but not completely. He uses the orchestra to create beautiful textures alone side electronics, and its something that didn't exist thirty years ago. It's a new direction for film music. Alexandre Desplat also has written some very beautiful music that i very much enjoy.
DO YOU LISTEN TO MUSIC WHEN YOURE NOT WORKING?
Not really. If for example, I listen to Haydn or Brahms, i become very discouraged because ill never be able to write something as good as these great masters. When i'm listening to music, thats all i'm doing. I don't participate in conversations or just have it on in the back round. Like Rachmanivov said " Music is enough for a life time, but a life time is not enough for music". Its not possible to live long enough to listen to everything, study everything and appreciate everything. I'm eighty on and i've barely touched the surface!


DO YOU HAVE ANY REGRETS?
I would be very ungrateful if I said that I wanted more of this or more of that. I'm healthy, I can work ten to twelve hours a day without getting tired, I've composed so much. My only regret is the intellectual and technical limitations that I know. My only frustration was back to my youth, when I realized that I would never be a virtuosic pianist. Even if I worked hard, I never would have succeeded. Fortunately, composition has led me elsewhere, and saved me. Putting notes down on paper, these small black spots, and then give them to musicians ... Imagine the excitement that can happen! You get up, you shake hands, and the music is heard ...


obiwan71, corriger moi si vous trouves que j'ai traduit mal!

Watch this video below to hear this exchange:
Kaya Savas: "So I have to ask, are you coming back for number 7, Star Wars, has JJ talked to you?"
John Williams: "I certainly plan to, and fully expect I'll be there and to be able to do it."

(Starting at 1:33)
Well there you go, it doesn't get too much more definitive than that!

Done:

I don't think this should be here, but member Laserschwert (he's JanBing over here) posted this on the Telltale forums. I think it's actually quite brilliant. It takes a little bit to get used at first, but once you do, if feels great!
https://soundcloud.com/laserschwert/foxney

I'm so happy and proud to be part of ColonneSonore.net. Look what arrived today on our email:

Anyway, speaking of Gravity.

Karol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoqL8NWFPJc

They have one! It's Lord Bravery...

Holy crap! If this article is quoting Abrams accurately, maybe that Facebook post was right after all!

http://comicbook.com/blog/2013/04/30/star-wars-episode-vii-likely-to-be-scored-by-john-williams/
Wow!!!

Just a note, I contacted the radio station and they'll send me the full audio CD by mail. I'll upload it somewhere when I get it so we should all have this soon. Special thanks to Jim Svejda for having a kind heart to a JW fan.

I've seen that one in theaters. Now how many here can say the same, huh?!

Ts....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Lsqz1bjd-0

The last decade of film:


Oh man, I almost forgot. Inside a government/corporate/jail/industrial building?

BLUE GREEN AMBIANCE!
So artistic.

Harrison Ford Won't Answer Star Wars Questions:

Monsters Univerisity: Randy Newman
The Good Dinosaur: Thomas Newman
Inside Out: John Williams
Finding Dory: Thomas Newman
Día de los Muertos: Michael Giacchino

Hopefully..

Warning... I just got home after seeing it. Call it a biased review, because I am a HUGE fan of Jurassic Park. as you can tell. It is indeed my personal favorite movie.
My verdict... awesome and amazing! So worth it to see in 3D Imax! You really feel so close and so part of it all! Many scenes were so perfect for the format in their composition naturally that it was such a treat! The sound was loud and surrounding. Music blared. The audience totally ate it up. There were some kids near me that made some sounds in a few quiet moments but quickly were shooshed by their parents. By the time that T-rex showed up... they were silent.

This movie lives on the screen. That's where it belongs. Its such a perfect cinematic adventure.Everything holds up so well. And some parts actually made me jump due to sound and how big it was! And I knew everything that was coming! One part inparticluar was so effective in 3D that made MANY people jump, including me a bit! I didn't expect it!

It's funny, because at times watching certain scenes reminded me of looking through my Jurassic Park ViewMaster 3D reels as a kid! Obviously the 3D here was a much better effect, but this kind of feeling gave me EVEN MORE nostalgia watching it. I felt like the whole movie was through the ViewMaster of my youth now!

It's a world I always want to be a part of. I really didn't want to leave. This was truly where I.belonged. So happy to have experienced this film, my favorite, in such an astounding and community-esque way.

I'm sure few people will ever understand. This is my Star Wars.
If anyone has anything to ask about it, let me know. That changes I mentioned earlier in this thread were actually the only real changes I could spot in the entire film. Otherwise, it looked and felt just like the Jurassic Park I always knew and loved... but as if I was there reliving it as if it was new again.
End of fanboy gushing.

I understand that you're in it for the holistic experience more than anything else (correct me if I'm wrong), but it doesn't take an extravagant amount of extra attention to the music to recognize moments within it that you like. You say you're interested in great cues as highlights; well, highlights are exactly what people feel are missing when they point these cues out. "Rescuing Sarah" and "Anakin's Dark Deeds" are perfect examples, where the climactic material of both are either shortened or omitted entirely.
The big picture may be the most important thing, but it would be nothing without its parts.

As I predicted, they are no longer referring to the 8 episodes that aired in 2012 as "Season 5 Part 1", it's just "Season 5". The 8 episodes airing this July-Aug are "Season 6".
Here's the press release for the Season 5 DVD/Blu Ray! (There are no spoilers within for Season 5 or 6)