fommes 153 Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Delivery estimate: 27 Oct - 1 Nov. But I need those razor blades I ordered with the CD now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 So you are going to look like captain Haddock when your order arrives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 153 Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Certainly not like Tintin - those days of babycheeks are long over! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 I've seen OST in my local HMV today. Almost grabbed it (I want it so badly), but then again I'll wait for my copy to arrive. Might be even tomorrow.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 153 Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 It has arrived this morning, from Amazon.co.uk. So apparently they did ship it early! - even though the estimated shipping date was yesterday. And I got my dispatch-email only a few hours before it actually arrived. How quick is that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Congrats!I expect you to upload a video of you unpacking the package! (Or at least a photo.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 153 Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 I'm not at home right now unfortunately - ironically for the first time in days. And it's just an Amazon-package - I'm sure you know how it looks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 It's not the package, it's the gem inside the package... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Weird, my still hasn't arrived.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Felt the temptation to pick up the copy from HMV today, but, to my amazement, they sold out within one day. It turns out there are some people with good taste in Derbyshire. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Felt the temptation to pick up the copy from HMV today, but, to my amazement, they sold out within one day. It turns out there are some people with good taste in Derbyshire. KarolSo how many copies did you see yesterday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 I don't know. Ten?Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 And they all sold out within a day?Wow. JW might be more popular among the general public than we ususally give him credit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Either this or we have 10 very disappointed people when they realized that this CD contains neither Adele, Rihanna, nor Justin Bieber.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 I bet they are now all lifelong JW fans... and it should be any minute now before they find their way onto jwfan.net! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 153 Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 This is just the most ridiculous insignificant detail ever, but I'm digging the side spine of the CD. It's a bit like the Varèse Deluxe Editions but then with Sony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Hey, nothing is insignificant when it comes to a new JW release! How about a picture to document this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Yeah I like the fact that there is a red Sony Classical logo like on the older CD's.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 You mean this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Yup, but the spine version (like on the Sumon the Heroes). But the spine itself is black, not white.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Great!Whenever I see this logo, I have to think of "The Spielberg/WIlliams Collaboration album!" Dunno, they are somehow firmly linked in my mind. This might have been the very first Sony Classical album I bought in my life: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisAfonso 186 Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 The spine ideed looks very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,792 Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 I hope they dont ruin spine continuity in the sequels... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisAfonso 186 Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 You mean like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 You mean like this?That was a head scratcher. Did Sony Classical suddenly have a new designer or design policy with mandatory fonts for RotS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 You mean like this?Oh yeah...The spine ideed looks very nice Love it! Looks almost like classical music CD . . . which I guess it will be, in 100 years or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Can someone who has the CD either reproduce here or tell what kind of liner notes Spielberg has for this one. Or has he written one at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Can someone who has the CD either reproduce here or tell what kind of liner notes Spielberg has for this one. Or has he written one at all?Yes, that'd be great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Here it is:The old fart still got it! Steven SpielbergWow gee BloodBoal. Thanks a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 153 Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 It's one page as usual, but it's lengthier. I'm thinking he really, really likes the score as well To Josh - I'm sorry I don't have the time to take a pic, but I'm sure someone else will take one or you'll get the CD soon enough anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 It's one page as usual, but it's lengthier. I'm thinking he really, really likes the score as well Okay, I think I will refrain from reading the liner notes here (if somebody posts them), and wait until my CD arrives. I couldn't refrain from listening to the samples, but at least I can do this. To Josh - I'm sorry I don't have the time to take a pic, but I'm sure someone else will take one or you'll get the CD soon enough anyway!Well, ChrisAfonso already did! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 153 Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Haha, yeah, but I was foreseeing you asking me to take a pic of the liner notes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 I forgot.Did GL write liner notes for each of the prequel Star Wars albums? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 I forgot.Did GL write liner notes for each of the prequel Star Wars albums?Yes. Wiliams even wrote one himself for Episode I. I don't think he has done that very often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Hmmm, one of these days I am gonna reread all the liner notes written for JW albums...We should do a sort of ranking of our personal favorites! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 He did those for AOTC and ROTS as well.What about KOTCS?Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Wait. Didn't JW write them for the Harry Potter albums too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 He did those for AOTC and ROTS as well.What about KOTCS?KarolSpielberg has written liner notes to every Williams score album for his movies except Empire of the Sun, Always and The Lost World.Lucas wrote liner note for all Prequel albums.And the last notes JW wrote for CD liner notes were ones for Yo-Yo Ma Plays the Music of John Williams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 We should do a sort of ranking of our personal favorites! I say it's time for a poll.Can you smell what the Josh is cookin'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Not a poll (I am not gonna list every JW album!) ... but maybe a thread where people can rank and talk about liner notes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 You know your reputation starts to suffer if you do not make a few polls soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,792 Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 eeek!the Cd just arrived Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Mine too. Just 5 minutes ago! Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Spielberg on Haddock's theme: "sounds like it's from the bottom of a bottle" and later it "sobers". My impression exactly. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Spielberg on Haddock's theme: "sounds like it's from the bottom of a bottle" and later it "sobers". My impression exactly. KarolYes indeed. Very aptly put. Could you possibly post Spielberg's entire liner notes here, please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 There ya go (I typed it all):Considering the number of action movies he's scored, from Star Wars to Indiana Jones to The Adventures of Tintin, it surely can be said, "if the adventure has a name, it must be John Williams". When I first heard the Tintin score, I felt as though John hadn't aged a bit since his work on Jaws and Star Wars. This new music has the same energy and exuberance, and it's so intricately interwoven into the story, characters, and images that it makes me feel like a youngster again -and you will too, if you're not one already!In this instance, a traditional score was the perfect match for another tradition - the beloved comic books by the Belgian writer and artist working under the nom the plume Herge, who created the Tintin series in 1929.Tintin was the first animated film I directed and the first one John had scored. But when he saw my initial rough cut, he understood immediately what needed to be done, and we soon found ourselves on familiar ground. John's stirring theme for our title character Tintin is perfectly suited to a young reporter who somehow always becomes the story. The second most important character in the Herge series id the oftentimes drunken sea captain Archibald haddock, and for him, John created a theme that sounds like it's from the bottom of a bottle - until Haddock's redemption, that is - when his theme sobers into one that is lovely and noble.The two detectives working for INTERPOL, Thomson and Thompson, are look-alikes who can only be told apart by the spelling of their names. They never seem to get anything right, and John captured theme perfectly in his cue, "Introducing the Thompsons". Then there's Snowy, Tintin's dog and constant companion, whose theme is fast, funny, and deliriouslybreathtaking. At the heart of out adventure is a search for honor and identity, as Captain Haddock must discover, through his soggy memories, a family secret dating back to the 17th century. And for this, John returned to his movie roots and composed a pirate theme rivaling anything from the sketchbooks of Max Steiner or Erich Wolfgang Korngold.Personally, I cannot hear this score too many times... whether in my car, or from the music library on my phone, or whenever I see the brilliant images from the film, animated by the geniuses at Peter Jackson's company WETA in Wellington, New ZEaland. Tintin brought together so many gifted artists who created a breakthrough on photorealistic animation. And accompanied by John's brilliant score, we all can return to out roots through the genre of action/adventure movies, filled with memorable characters, laughter, and total escapistentertainment.Enjoy-Steven SpielbergKarol - who noticed Spielberg doesn't aknowledge KOTCS as this kind of a movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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