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What does the teaser tell us about the new Star Wars score? Discuss!

Hello there!´:´) I decided to learn sculpting with clay material and create my second work at all John Towner Williams composer. you can see at : http://www.humanart.cz/nahled.php?id=74582&bgcolor=black I study music compositing and John Williams was the man, who inspired me to study music. I study at Prague conservatory. Thanks for everything John! We love your music! Also my compositions you can listen at www.petrmachane.com Thanks!

They also published some photos of the cast, but this one I liked it better...

MV just posted this on the FSM boards: I wouldn't if I were you Make of that what you will! http://filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=101502&forumID=1&archive=0&pageID=1

http://modern-vinyl.com/2015/01/02/john-williams-scores-being-reissued-onto-wax/

Hello, in the video I play an arrangement I made of the imperial march! See if you like

So far since composing Indiana Jones 4 in 2008, Williams has brought us 4 more motion picture scores, 3 of them to films by Steven Spielberg. Which one is your favorite? Don't just say the title - tell us why! For me, i find it hard to decide. Tintin is the most accessible and the most fun. I love all the action music, especially the swashbuckling piratey music, as well as the puzzle solving music, playful Snowy music, location setting music, etc. And of course the jazzy opening titles! This is also the score I've listened to the most times out of the 4 for sure, partly due to it being the first new Williams score released in 3 years, and also cause it's just damn good! War Horse still blows me away. It's a score that grabbed me right away and has never let go, full of great themes and great settings of those themes. The reunion theme is so heartbreaking! This is film music at it's best, conveying emotions that can affect the listener deeply. It's also the only score of the 4 I've continuously listened to since getting it (I don't think I've listened to Tintin since 2012) Lincoln was a very surprising score to me. For whatever reason, I wasn't expecting too much from it, but then it came out and it was just FULL of FANTASTIC themes. The difference between it and War Horse, I think is that while War Horse has interesting music in between the thematic passages, while with Lincoln I don't find those sections to be as interesting. But the themes are all great. The Book Thief I've only listened to 3 times so far, but it is a very nice, quiet score. A couple of the themes are really great, and most of the rest of the score seems to be little ideas that only exist in one track but are all very nice to listen to. So every score has great things to offer in my opinion, but if I had to pick one, I suppose today I'd pick War Horse. What are your picks, and why?

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Hello my friends! This is my arrangement of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial for solo acoustic guitar. Enjoy click here to subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/user/MrMarcosKaiser?sub_confirmation=1

Can't believe it's been up for hours and no one mentioned it on the freaking John Williams Fan Network. You guys are SLACKERS! http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.9196/.f?sc=13&category=-113

https://www.pacificsymphony.org/tickets/concert/FromScoretoScreen/10207

John Williams: Vida y Obra. New monograph. In Spanish. On sale soon. https://www.facebook.com/groups/199773040048498/ http://johnwilliamscomposer.blogspot.com.es/

http://metro.co.uk/2014/06/20/star-wars-episode-vii-when-will-harrison-ford-return-to-set-4769090/ Question for UK members: does this newspaper have any credibility? Sounds to me like a load of BS... UPDATE: Topic title edited to reflect actual news

That's the name of a site I had intended to create (well, still do, actually), with detailed information about ALL of Williams' TV work. You click on a title, and see all the episodes he scored, with synopses, air dates, casts, pictures, soundtrack availability and so on. But it may take a while yet, as much of the information is unknown or buried so deep, I really should live in LA (near the sources) to find it all. Meanwhile, however, I've assembled a list based on the info provided by myself and others in this FSM thread: http://www.filmscore...mID=1&archive=0 I thought it could be of interest here as well, at least for us few hardcore 'early JW obscurities' fans. Feel free to fill in with missing information if you have it: GENERAL ELECTRIC THEATER (1953-1962) --- Season ?: 7-8 episodes PLAYHOUSE 90 (1956-1960) --- ??? M SQUAD (1957-1960) --- Season 2: 8 episodes BACHELOR FATHER (1957-1962) --- Theme (Season 3) --- Season 2: 8 episodes --- Season 3: 37 episodes TALES OF WELLS FARGO (1957-1962) --- ??? WAGON TRAIN (1957-1965) --- Season 2: 3 episodes (?) --- Season 7: 1 episode KRAFT MYSTERY THEATER (1958) --- ??? CHECKMATE (1960-1962) --- Theme --- Season 1: 36 episodes --- Season 2: 34 episodes ALCOA PREMIERE THEATER (1961-1963) --- Theme --- Season 1: 28 episodes --- Season 2: 28 episodes WIDE COUNTRY (1962-1963) --- Theme --- Season 1: Pilot (part of ALCOA PREMIERE) THE ELEVENTH HOUR (1962-1964) --- Season 2: 1 episode THE VIRGINAN (1962-1971) --- ??? (tracked music from WAGON TRAIN?) KRAFT SUSPENSE THEATER (1963-1965) --- Theme (Season 1 and 2) --- Season 1: 16 episodes --- Season 2: 2 episodes BOB HOPE PRESENTS THE CHRYSLER THEATER (1963-1967) --- Theme --- Season 1: 3 episodes(?) --- Season 3: 4 episodes (?) THE GHOSTBREAKER (1964) --- Pilot (unsold) GILLIGAN'S ISLAND (1964-1967) --- Pilot (unaired) --- Season ?: ?? episodes LOST IN SPACE (1964-1968) --- Theme (Season 1 and 2) --- Season 1: 4 episodes CONVOY (1965) --- Season 1: 2 episodes NIGHTWATCH (1965) --- Pilot (unsold) WHO GOES THERE? (1965) --- Pilot (unsold) BEN CASEY (1965) --- Season 4: 1 episode WAYNE AND SHUSTER TAKE AN AFFECTIONATE LOOK AT... (1966) --- Season 1: 5 episodes (?) THE TIME TUNNEL (1966-1967) --- Theme --- Season 1: 1 episode THE TAMMY GRIMES SHOW (1966) --- Theme --- Season 1: 10 episodes LAND OF THE GIANTS (1968-1970) --- Theme --- Season 1: 1 episode THE COWBOYS (1972) --- Theme (adaptation) NBC NEWS (1985) --- Various themes and bumpers AMAZING STORIES (1985-1987) --- Theme --- Season 1: 2 episodes ABC (1986) --- "The Liberty Fanfare" (and more?) EVENING AT POPS (1970-2005) --- Theme (1980-something?) OLYMPIC THEMES FOR TV BROADCAST (1984-2002) --- 1984: "Olympic Fanfare and Theme" --- 1988: "Olympic Spirit" --- 1996: "Summon the Heroes" --- 2002: "Call of the Champions" MICHAEL DUKAKIS - NBC ATLANTA CONVENTION COVERAGE (1988) --- "Fanfare for Michael Dukakis" MASTERPIECE THEATER (2000) --- Theme NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (2006) ---Theme I have omitted the TV films for now, but would have to add them eventually.

The AICN report was wrong, Giacchino debunked this story on his twitter! https://twitter.com/m_giacchino/status/466603039701622784 That's what Ain't It Cool News is reporting, from this article about Giacchino scoring Jurassic World (Bolding mine) http://www.aintitcool.com/node/67282 Discuss!

According to user ConcertAttendee, at the Portland, Oregon John Williams concert Tuesday night, he had this to say before performing Adventures on Earth: (Bolding mine) Source: http://www.jwfan.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=24227&p=1001324 Well, what do you think? A nice new remastered Blu Ray just came out in 2012, so I doubt there's another one of those in the works. Could a new 2CD set, containing finally the complete score on one disc, and the Grammy-winning original LP presentation plus alternates on the second disc, be in the works? E.T. being a Universal title would mean it'd probably be Intrada.

Thanks to airmanjerm for sending me the link http://news.turner.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=6674

This might come a bit late in the game since the Academy Awards came and went already but Jim Svedja of KUSC Classical interviewed John Williams before the Oscars and here is the 30 minute talk they had. Also on the same site are the interviews with other three of the five Oscar nominees of 2014 and of course all the older KUSC programmes, including previous year's Oscar nominee interviews. John Williams is his humble and gracious self in the interview but what shines through very clearly during this talk is his truly deep appreciation for his colleagues, musicians and music itself. A fine listen. I am off to hear what Desplat, Price and Newman had to say!

I'm looking forward to a John Williams concert in here in Sydney, Australia, this Saturday (01/03/2014): Robertson conducts John Williams Music from the Movies http://www.sydneysymphony.com/production-pages/2014/concert-season/robertson-conducts-john-williams.aspx The Sydney Symphony orchestra (SSO) will play an evening of JW pieces under their new Chief Conductor, David Robertson. I'll eagerly write a review of the concert in the days to follow. It's the third SSO all-JW concert I have attended so far. Cynically, they tend to be a quick cash-grab for the orchestra by appealing to kids and other pop-culture buffs who wouldn't otherwise attend a symphony concert. The conductor, David Robertson, is using the concert as a way to demonstrate his embrace of American 'pops' music. I call it that, despite my deep resentment of JW music (or film music in general) being referred to 'popular'. As many will point out, 'popular' has a very stubborn musical connotation of 'inferior', and despite how far and wide JW's music has reached, it can barely be called 'popular' (in the commercial sense, despite it's immense success), and absolutely not inferior (or unsophisticated) - quite the opposite, but of course I'm preaching to the converted here. The last JW concert here in Sydney was back in 2011 (I'm noticing roughly a 3-year cycle). It was a mediocre performance from the orchestra, who sounded almost like they were sight-reading. Broad appeal was generated by blending in the presence of prominent Aussie host/comedian, Shaun Micallef. Most of the night I wished he'd just shut-up and let the orchestra play. With Robertson (an American himself, hence the concert) hosting this time, I hope I can look forward to the orchestra playing with 'dignity'. Encouragingly, there will be voices involved, which gives me hope of Hymn to the Fallen being played (possibly my favourie JW piece). They will definitly be playing from 'Empire of the Sun' according to the press release. Of course, in the end of the day, I'm extremely grateful for the orchestra recognising the appeal and importance of JW music (and film music in general), and I look forward to attending their concerts at any rate - no matter how much intellectual snobbery I may display in this writing! The only step up at the moment is hoping for JW himself to come to Oz, but he seems very content with sticking to his homeland at the moment. Looks like I'll just have to try make it to Boston in June. Review to follow! UPDATE: This concert was recorded for later broadcast, and will be aired on ABC Classic FM on Sunday, 16/03/2014 at 2pm Australian EDST. 92.9FM in Sydney. The rest of the world can stream it through the ABC Classic website http://www.abc.net.au/classic.

As there seem to be these threads all over the place in JW section I thought I would ask the hardest question of all. What are the most Williams cues of John Williams?

I have no idea why I'm doing a thread on an expanded issue, as I'm perfectly pleased with my old Varese CD of this, but I thought it might be interesting to everyone else: http://www.musicbox-records.com/en/49-fitzwilly.html

I'm currently in a music class in college and my professor used Jaws as his introduction to melody (this is a more general class, not a music major class). He said that the tuba player was famous for playing the two noes (E-F). I remember looking this up before and reading that the tuba player played a high-register tuba. Now in the score, I recall the Jaws E-F theme being played on strings. I always called the "Shark's Theme" the three note phrase played in the first few seconds after the initial "dun dun". Am I wrong in saying that this is the Tuba melody that Tommy Johnson is famous for? I wish I could provide a time stamp for this, but I'm in class.

Hi, Did anyone manage to make it to the YMF Debut concert last night? Nice to report Maestro looked great and was in top form. No signs of slowing down I’m happy to say. He did make this one tantalizing comment before playing the Star Wars theme: “We’re about to play Star Wars [audience interrupts with cheers] and each time we play it, I’m reminded of the first time we played it decades ago. Neither I, nor George, nor anyone else involved thought this would go far or in a few years there would be a sequel and I’d have to revisit the themes…and years later another trilogy. Now we’re hearing of a new set of movies coming in 2015, 2016…so I need to make sure I’m still ready to go in a few years for what I hope would be continued work with George…[more cheers].” It seems from the comment he made, he has stated interest in scoring the new films (assuming his stamina and health continues (fingers crossed)). And second, he might not realize the new films are not directly controlled by Lucas but now in the hands of JJ Abrams. Do we need to start a letter writing campaign to vocally have JJ Abrams at least give right of first refusal to Williams? I think it might make a nice passing of the “baton” if JW did the first with Giacchino as understudy to boost some of his skills and really take the place as the heir to JW. Something Giacchino seems willing but untrained to do. It is like that whole padawan/master thing in Star Wars. The sold out concert program was: The Cowboys Overture Close Encounters suite Harry Potter Suite * Hedwig's Theme * Nimbus 2000 * Harry's Wondrous World ET "Adventures on Earth" - Intermission - Hollywood Movie Tribute Hook selections * The Face of Pan * Flight to Neverland Violin suites with Bing Wang, soloist * Fiddler on the Roof * Schindler's List Tintin "The Duel" Lincoln "With Malice Toward None" Star Wars Main Title Encores: Elegy for cello and strings Raiders of the Lost Ark Imperial March ~~~~ March 30th, 2013 update: Michael Giacchino says "I'm a huge Star Wars Fan, but one of the things that excites me most about it coming back is the chance to hear new John Williams music, not new Michael Giacchino music based on John Williams music. I'm excited to hear what he would do, so however it shakes out, it would be great." Jump to this point in the thread: click ~~~ April 13th, 2013 update: Michael Giacchino makes similar comments at a Star Trek concert in Switzerland Jump to this point in the thread: click ~~~ April 19th, 2013 update: JJ Abrams says at a Star Trek premiere that John Williams will score Episode 7 Jump to that point in the thread (Includes video a page or two later): click ~~~ May 20th, 2013 update: Kaya Savas interviewed John Williams at BMI Film/TV Awards, and he stated "I certainly plan to, and fully expect I'll be there and to be able to do it." Jump to that point in the thread (includes video!): click ~~~ June 10th, 2013 update: John Williams confirms at Boston concerts that he will be scoring Episode 7 Jump to that point in the thread: click ~~~ July 27th, 2013 update: At Star Wars Celebration VI, the announcement is officially made that John Williams was formally asked to score all 3 new Star Wars films (Episodes 7, 8, and 9). And an official video was uploaded to youtube featuring John talking about working with JJ and Kathleen Kennedy on the new films Jump to that point in the thread: click

Just got the following in an email from the BSO:

Since 2005, the only films John Williams have scored have been those directed by Steven Spielberg (Indiana Jones 4, Tintin, War Horse, and Lincoln). What OTHER films that have been released since then do you think Williams would have given an excellent score to? Here are some pages that will help you refresh your memories of which movies have come out I think the Night At The Museum films would have given us some fun magical adventure music in line with the Harry Potters perhaps. Speaking of Harry Potter, after he was unable to do for, I think if he returned for Harry Potter 5-8 (all directed by David Yates) it would have led to a fascinating series of scores from the maestro - not to mention his longest franchise (currently) at one film longer than Star Wars saga. How about comic book movies? X-Men 3, Spider-man 3, Iron Man 1-3, Thor, Avengers, Superman Returns, Man Of Steel? I think Captain America by Williams would have been awesome! The Transformers movies are shit, but he might have been inspired to write some awesome themes and a new era of action music. Tintin was his first animated movie ever, but what if he scored a Pixar film first? Maybe Cars, Ratatouille, WALL-E or Up? How about a Dreamworks Animation film like Kung Fu Panda, Despicable Me or How To Train Your Dragon? A Disney film like Bolt, Tangled, or Wreck-It-Ralph? How about flexing his dramatic muscles with There Will Be Blood, The Reader, Revoluationary Road, or Carnage? A fantasy movie like The Golden Compass, Snow White and the Huntsman, The Mummy 3? A Sci-Fi film like Source Code or Looper? A horror film like Drag Me To Hell, Let Me In, Carrie? Silly summer blockbusters like The A-Team, GI Joe, Prince of Persia? Or how about something like Ridley Scott's Robin Hood, Watchmen, Moon, or Oblivion? What if he started working with Nolan for Prestige and Inception? Your thoughts?