Treat 0 Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 Does anyone know what software JW uses to compose, also does anyone know what type of samples he uses.thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 Yeah I know! He uses a software which is called a pen, a piano, and paper. LOL No, seriously, I don't think he uses any software at all. He is the "old-fashioned" type! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treat 0 Posted September 23, 2006 Author Share Posted September 23, 2006 i thought soo too but i thought heard he used Sonar 5, Finale, and VSL but i guess its Myth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 I can imagine Williams not having a clue how to use composing software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 Why should he start using a software now that he's in his seventies? He's worked all his life without a computer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damo 0 Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 He's worked all his life without a computer!That exactly proves the point that he doesn't need to use or start using computers. He is perfectly just as good without one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,676 Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 Kind of like asking how many pencils Zimmer and the team got through writing Pirates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 Williams still does it the old fashioned way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pi 0 Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 He is even still referred to as "maetro" on the podium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,178 Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 So was Goldsmith, but he used PCs to help him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Brausam 214 Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 Well I believe Finale is used to engrave his music for recording, or at least thats what finale sort of says. The advertisement says that it was used to "compose the music for popular films such as ...Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 I doubt Williams even knows how to use a computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Andrade 1,262 Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 Well I believe Finale is used to engrave his music for recording, or at least thats what finale sort of says. The advertisement says that it was used to "compose the music for popular films such as ...Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban."It might be used by the copying personel, but not by Williams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 I doubt Williams even knows how to use a computer.I get that impression as well. But by God if I can teach my mom how to use the internet there's hope for Williams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 I think that it is pretty obvious that Williams doesn't (and hasn't) need a computer to write his music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docteur Qui 1,544 Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 I remember this came up about a year ago.The professional scores may have peen transcribed and orchestrated using the Finale software, but the composing is 3 Ps (pen, paper, piano) and Williams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Brausam 214 Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 Yeah, thats what I had meant. Finale, Sibellius or some other software is used to engrave the score to be performed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty 0 Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 Who do you think Williams consults when he want to use some synths in his scores? I know he used some synths in Phantom Menace to bring out the woodwinds a bit, and some other scores like Heartbeeps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,068 Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 So was Goldsmith, but he used PCs to help him.Goldsmith used a mac. A MAC DAMMIT!Quote to prove it: "I've been using the Mac solely for years, and got very comfortable with it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salacius 7 Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 Who do you think Williams consults when he want to use some synths in his scores? I know he used some synths in Phantom Menace to bring out the woodwinds a bit, and some other scores like Heartbeeps.He also used some synth sounds on AI, Nixon.I just can't picture Williams clicking away in front of a screen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datameister 2,037 Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 In the case of John Williams, engraving in Finale is the orchestrators' job. Some composers like to work directly in an engraving program, but the perks of working that way aren't huge--especially if you've got one or more underlings hired to engrave all your work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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