Eric_JWFAN 11 Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Anyone know if the maestro has ever been given the "Thanks but we're going to go with someone else" on a major motion picture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 390 Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 No Williams score was ever rejected, although countless have been butchered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 There are rumors that a couple scores were rejected in the fifties and sixties, but who's keeping track of that stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Andrade 1,260 Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 There are rumors that a couple scores were rejected in the fifties and sixties, but who's keeping track of that stuff?I am...The closest thing to a rejection I ever heard is The Swinger. Not even a Williams picture, as he was asked by André Previn to adapt his themes into this film. In the end, most of the music was thrown out, remaining, at the very least, the title song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 But JW has certainly rejected certain films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Uh -- yeah... I think that just about every member of the entertainment industry has passed up a project or some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckM 1 Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 JW has several times filled in when other composers were rejected though, right? Can't remember which films though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Yes.Patrick Doyle - StepmomDavid Arnold - The PatriotPlenty of others, I'm sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 His score to The Color Purple went unused. Though he never actually finished composing the entire score, only about 35 minutes was even recorded before Quincy Jones pulled rank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixie_twinkle 48 Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Yes.Patrick Doyle - StepmomDavid Arnold - The PatriotPlenty of others, I'm sure.Michel Legrand - The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Films JW rejected:Heaven's Gate Wolf Meteor Bicentennial Man The Deep The Sentinel Quintet InchoAlso, wasn't Jerry Goldsmith wanted to score Superman: The Movie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,792 Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 remaining, at the very least, the title song.therefore the music went unused, not rejected Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maglorfin 196 Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Also, wasn't Jerry Goldsmith wanted to score Superman: The Movie?Yes, I've heard that too, though I don't remember why he didn't end up doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Scheduling difficulties. The schedule for Superman kept changing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maglorfin 196 Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Right. Thanks, Stefan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Barnsbury 8 Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 His score to The Color Purple went unused. Though he never actually finished composing the entire score, only about 35 minutes was even recorded before Quincy Jones pulled rank.A shame, as some of that fiddle music is among Williams' most evocative.He also replaced Wynton Marsalis as the composer for Rosewood, I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixie_twinkle 48 Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 His score to The Color Purple went unused. Though he never actually finished composing the entire score, only about 35 minutes was even recorded before Quincy Jones pulled rank.A shame, as some of that fiddle music is among Williams' most evocative.It's okay. "The Shack" is a great cue, but the rest sounds like Williams' heart just wasn't in the material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Maybe he knew the music would not be used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 I keep telling you it was a bad idea for Williams to mix hip-hop and traditional African music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch 57 Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 It wasn't your intention to amuse us now, as it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desplat13 1 Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 JW has several times filled in when other composers were rejected though, right? Can't remember which films though.Didn't the Harry Potter makers want James Horner originally, but he rejected them? Kind of amazing JW was a second choice...Colin Thomson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Yeah, Horner said he was tired of doing fantasy films.I never knew JW actually composed music for The Color Purple, I always thought that was a joke cause I remember a thread awhile back about it and someone said he never did any music.Wow, that's a run-on sentence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Andrade 1,260 Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Yeah, Horner said he was tired of doing fantasy films.I never knew JW actually composed music for The Color Purple, I always thought that was a joke cause I remember a thread awhile back about it and someone said he never did any music.Wow, that's a run-on sentence.It is a joke... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 But Ray and Pixie are talking about it in detail and naming tracks, like there is a bootleg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 I just remembered that there was a discussion on rejected scores a few months ago. Go here for all your Williams answers. Check the "supposedly rejected" section as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,624 Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 The Rocking Chair is the best track of the Williams boot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 On a related note, it's always amazed me how a composer of Goldsmith's calibar got rejected and replaced so many times.And as far as Potter goes, I don't think Horner was ever formally asked, he was just on a short list. I'm sure Columbus wanted Williams from the start given their relationship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,624 Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 well,listening to The Flight of the Griffin, which is somewhat an alternate Buckbeaks Flight,I say Horner would be have been better than Doyle or Hooper for Potter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Doyle, yes. Hooper, no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrythomasgirl 0 Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Anyone know if the maestro has ever been given the "Thanks but we're going to go with someone else" on a major motion picture?Anyone who'd say "No" to JW is deaf..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Doyle, yes. Hooper, no.Hooper, yes. Doyle, no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixie_twinkle 48 Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Anyone know if the maestro has ever been given the "Thanks but we're going to go with someone else" on a major motion picture?Anyone who'd say "No" to JW is deaf..... And anyone who'd actually reject a completed Williams score post-1975 or so clearly has way too much money! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest macrea Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 I think of "rejected" scores as referring to ones that were already recorded, and I don't think that's ever happened to JW. But I do seem to recall him being announced as the composer for Donner's "Scrooged" when it was in production. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Films JW rejected:Heaven's Gate Wolf Meteor Bicentennial Man The Deep The Sentinel Quintet InchoAlso, wasn't Jerry Goldsmith wanted to score Superman: The Movie?He passed on Batman and Titanic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Barnsbury 8 Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 The Rocking Chair is the best track of the Williams bootIt's good, but I prefer the thematic development of "Patty-Cake."well,listening to The Flight of the Griffin, which is somewhat an alternate Buckbeaks Flight,I say Horner would be have been better than Doyle or Hooper for PotterYour comments on that score helped me decide to purchase it, so it'd better be good. I figured if KM likes a modern non-Williams film score, it must be something special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,624 Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 I never said it was all good. 3 or 4 tracks near the end of the album are good.The End Credits did give me score goosebumps in the cinema ,which is rare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Doyle, yes. Hooper, no.Hooper, yes. Doyle, no.Doyle, yes. Hooper, no. Koray is correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Barnsbury 8 Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 I never said it was all good. 3 or 4 tracks near the end of the album are good.The End Credits did give me score goosebumps in the cinema ,which is rareYeah, I was considering it anyway. Your opinion just helped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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