mahler3 478 Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 From www.musicfromthemovies.co.ukTune in to BBC Radio 4 at 16.30 GMT on Friday April 14th to listen to a special edition of 'The Film Programme', which features an interview with composer John Williams. Francine Stock joins the composer at his base in the Dreamworks offices at Universal City, Hollywood to talk about his work with Steven Spielberg, his writing methods, what goes into creating a score that packs an emotional punch, the score he's most proud of and the current state of film music. Sounds like it will be a fascinating listen!You can tune in at 88-91FM or online at www.bbc.co.uk/radio4. http://www.musicfromthemovies.co.uk/article.asp?ID=644He hasn't done an interview with the BBC for many years.Tim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 Cool. Hopefully someone can nab this. Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg1138 3 Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 Yippee! Finally something exclusive-ish to us Brits... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurgaFlippinMan 7 Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 can someone please record this for those of us who wont be able to listen to it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahler3 478 Posted April 14, 2006 Author Share Posted April 14, 2006 Bump! Just a quick reminder about this interview that's on in a few hours in case you missed the news.- Tim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 Hope someone will record it for us.Brittian, we are depending on you![EDIT] I just checked their website, looks like you will be able to listen to a streaming version of the programme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 [EDIT] I just checked their website, looks like you will be able to listen to a streaming version of the programme.Which was already mentioned in the first post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 It's a shame it's only 30 minutes. It's better then nothing, but he should get more time.Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 Which was already mentioned in the first post.Fock jou! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 Starts in a few minutes, folks!Tune in at www.bbc.co.uk/radio4- Marc, who'll be listening, but can't record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 I can't record either, but I'm listening. :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 Apparently, Williams' first collaboration with Spielberg was Jaws. He also told just told the Schindler's List story again. ("You need a better composer." "I know, but they're all dead.")Good follow-up question, though. (Who would be that better composer?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 Yep.So far the most interesting thing was the interviewers comment that Williams is working on a score right now.What can that be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 That's what I was thinking.I liked his story of his wife always wearing black to the Oscars because "they've lost so many times." What version of the Imperial March was that? Same question for the Flying Theme. Are these re-recordings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 That's a slow-ass rendition of E.T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 Yes, but good for change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 Geez, he doesn't even remember if Cuaron did the second or third Potter film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 Hehe, JW can't remember which Harry Potter film was directed by Alfonso Cuarón. EDIT: Steef said it first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 He's getting senile. The end is nigh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 JW thinks that "he hasn't got a style". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 Everyone thinks that of their own work. It's such a subconscious thing it happens without being aware of it yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 I guess so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miz 139 Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 Is it still on? I can hear something I recognise on a frequency close to Radio 4! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 I was going to record the the wave file, but I forgot about the program, I was too busy watching King Kong. Oops! :oops: Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,715 Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 Nice interview. Williams is very humble as usual. He seems little absent minded about the films he has done though. I guess he really moves on very fast and complitely when he has worked on a film. There were also those old stories like Schindler's List that Williams tells in every interview but mainly it was very interesting to hear Maestro speak.I must admit I am more than intrigued what is the score Williams is working on right now as the interviewer mentioned he is writing a new score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orrakul 0 Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 I missed it in a confusion of EST, EDT and GMT...! Hopefully someone (smarter than me) was able to record it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melisande 0 Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 You can still listen to it on BBC's website, go here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/filmprogramme/Click on "Listen to the most recent edition". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 I must admit I am more than intrigued what is the score Williams is working on right now as the interviewer mentioned he is writing a new score.OotP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpigeon 3 Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 Perhaps Flags of Our Fathers. It's a Spielberg production of a bigger-scale Eastwood film. Lately, Eastwood has scored his films, but this one seems to demand a bigger score. Who knows?Ted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 Perhaps Flags of Our Fathers. It's a Spielberg production of a bigger-scale Eastwood film. Lately, Eastwood has scored his films, but this one seems to demand a bigger score. Who knows?TedThat would be nice. I believe Eastwood had nothing but kind words for Williams' score to The Eiger Sanction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 It could also be that Williams was working on something else and the interviewer just assumed he was doing a film score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashinyobject 0 Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 hopefully a new concert piece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmanand 0 Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 A new score would be better IMO... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Composer_Fan 2 Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 Thanks for posting this! I really enjoy his interviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orrakul 0 Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 You can still listen to it on BBC's website, go here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/filmprogramme/Click on "Listen to the most recent edition".Thanks for letting me know - it was a good listen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ins 42 Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 can somebody point me to the used recordings for this interview? in particular E.T. Over the moon and Imperial march? Never heard this recording anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 I wish I knew.- Rob, who can't wait to hear what this new score is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 After that University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music interview, all of this seems rather paltry in comparision.The Jim Svejda interview a couple of months ago was also much better (it was 45 minutes w/o the musical interruptions) because Williams was on the ball and because the interviewer was a little more on Williams' wavelength. And he didn't have any problems remembering which Potter film Cuaron did.Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 So Williams memory deteriorated to this extent in just a couple of months? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 That happens when you're 74. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 I don't know what else to tell ya. The February interview was good, and he seemed a little out of it in the new one. I suppose a lot can happen in a relatively short time frame.Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 11 Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 That would be nice. I believe Eastwood had nothing but kind words for Williams' score to The Eiger Sanction. I should hope so, as the score is the only good thing about the film Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AI 0 Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 Williams losing his memory = First sign of the apocalypse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrygollay 0 Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 Currently working on a new score ...May be ... SUPERMAN 2 !!! It will be a justice regarding the fact that it will be " a new score ", and the best occasion to do an homage to the memory of Christopher Reeve !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 May be ... SUPERMAN 2 !!! It will be a justice regarding the fact that it will be " a new score ", and the best occasion to do an homage to the memory of Christopher Reeve !!! I was thinking this as well. Though I won't get my hopes up. He might be scoring a car commercial for all we know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendal_Ozzel 36 Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 Holy crap. When I first read that on the main page I thought "if he's working on a new film, I think we should have heard about it by now." But if it's not really a new film per se...[frankbarone] Holy crap. [/frankbarone]I'm gonna cross my fingers...really, really hard... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,337 Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 Holy Moly. Singer must've rejected Ottman's effort. The timing seems just about right! What else can this be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indiana_Fett 0 Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 Could someone please explain the topic to me? I can't comprehend what the author is trying to tell me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docteur Qui 1,544 Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 In a recent interview with the BBC Williams said he was currently working on a project. The interviewer took that to mean a particular score, but as no new films have been announced with Williams attatched for 2006, people are specualting he's writing the score for Superman II (i.e. not the apparently butchered version that made it to the theatres all those years ago). Ask someone else about that whole discussion as I've only ever seen Superman, once at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indiana_Fett 0 Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 So he's re-writing the score? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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