Jonesy 55 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Good work Johnny T. on your 49th Oscar nomination!Cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,715 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Good work Johnny T. on your 49th Oscar nomination!Indeed! Congratulations to Maestro Williams! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,507 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 I hope he gets to 50! Come to think of it, that's a given as he's nominated every year regardless! karelm and Incanus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 I hope he gets to 50! Come to think of it, that's a given as he's nominated every year regardless! Does he have a 2014 score? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,368 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Not yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smeltington 1,440 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 I hope we get another surprise score this year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,715 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Yes let's hope Williams scores a film this year as well. Does Spielberg have anything in the works? Once 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Once 605 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Does Spielberg have anything in the works? He's got everything in the works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,829 Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 I haven't seen yet the film but I just saw at imdb that it has a rating of 7.7!!is is THAT good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 IMDb ratings don't really mean anything. For a time The Dark Knight was the greatest movie ever made. Ricard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,829 Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 IMDb ratings don't really mean anything. For a time The Dark Knight was the greatest movie ever made.Well, usually generally i agree with the ratings (although still I cannot understand the Shawshank Redemption being the 2nd best movie of all time) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,368 Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Found one of the influences to JW's gorgeous "Finale" cue. Check out 1:14: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 390 Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 As beautiful as Shostakovich's 2nd Piano Concerto is (written for his son Maxim's graduation recital, btw), it's no more an "influence" on Williams' Book Thief finale than any other medium high range piano cantilena from a Mozart concerto, or similar fare. You will probably find literally dozens -if not hundreds- of similar examples. It just happens to be a range where the piano sings beautifully.What's really special about that Williams finale, though, is the gorgeous blend of piano, harp and vibraphone timbres, eschewing the more standardized string accompaniment. Incanus and TownerFan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSM 126 Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 I hope he gets to 50! Come to think of it, that's a given as he's nominated every year regardless! If he gets an average of 1.5 nominations a year, in 7.5 years he will surpass Walt Disney which would settle forever the debate about who's the most nominated person ever... 7.5 years seems possible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Flawless calculations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,715 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 It's simple ghastly arithmetic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Another clear influence for Death's theme. Check out the trombone line at 0:32 of Mozart's "Tuba mirum" Comes from Mozart's Requiem Mass, which means it could be an intentional reference/homage IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 390 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Amusing coincidence! It would of course be impossible -and impossibly boring- for composers to go about writing music this way; re-using and re-contextualizing already existing works. What happens, though, is this: Music is a shared language. Just like with any other common tongue, we inevitably end up uttering phrases (in this case: items of musical information) that have previously occured to other people, and will continue to do so as long as we have cultures to share and participate in.But this was certainly amusing, as far as coincidences go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Yes, such a fascinating coincidence! Only a coincidence and nothing more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Heh. Even the first interval is different. Did you guys even listen it?or maybe they used this 2nd trombone solo as a temp-track... Buahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,715 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 That is such a tenuous connection. But of course you knew I would say that.What ever keeps the discussion going. The age old plagiarism/inspiration/homage/rip-off discussion is always welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,017 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 I've just read a Polish press release for the soundtrack and according to that Sony has sold to date approximately 61.000 copies of War Horse and 34.800 copies of Lincoln. It's not bad, given that films are hardly big blockbusters.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 It would of course be impossible -and impossibly boring- for composers to go about writing music this way; re-using and re-contextualizing already existing works. Ricard and Muad'Dib 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,715 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 I've just read a Polish press release for the soundtrack and according to that Sony has sold to date approximately 61.000 copies of War Horse and 34.800 copies of Lincoln. It's not bad, given that films are hardly big blockbusters.KarolThose should have sold millions! Millions I tell you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 153 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Well, that seems a lot, considering how long it takes to sell out some limited JW scores? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smeltington 1,440 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 I've just read a Polish press release for the soundtrack and according to that Sony has sold to date approximately 61.000 copies of War Horse and 34.800 copies of Lincoln. It's not bad, given that films are hardly big blockbusters.KarolThose should have sold millions! Millions I tell you!I could have bought more... fommes and Incanus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Incanus 5,715 Posted January 31, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted January 31, 2014 I've just read a Polish press release for the soundtrack and according to that Sony has sold to date approximately 61.000 copies of War Horse and 34.800 copies of Lincoln. It's not bad, given that films are hardly big blockbusters.KarolThose should have sold millions! Millions I tell you!I could have bought more...I could have got more out. I could have got more. I don't know. If I'd just... I could have got more. If I'd made more money... I threw away so much money. You have no idea. If I'd just... This car. Someone would have bought this car. Why did I keep the car? 200 CDs right there. 200 soundtracks Smeltington. 200 more.This wrist watch. 10 CDs. This is gold. 10 more CDs. He would have given me 10 for it, at least 5. At least 1 more CD. A soundtrack album, Smeltington. For this.[sobbing]I could have gotten one more CD.. and I didn't! And I... I didn't! Joni Wiljami, Smeltington and Muad'Dib 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smeltington 1,440 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 bahahahaha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balahkay 627 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 I wonder how many thousands of copies were downloaded for "free"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Don't forget the ones that were downloaded for money. Your average consumer doesn't buy CDs anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balahkay 627 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 So maybe millions were sold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 I saw the movie yesterday, with Miguel, and I found it to be a moving, tastefully done little story. Very well acted and shot, with impecable production design. It's not groundbreaking by any means, and some of the emotional scenes fall flat, but I always felt it was earnest and with its heart in the right place. Williams score works wonderfully.The death theme worked particularly well with the narration Incanus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Andrade 1,263 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Fully agree.Williams score is the perfect musical companion, either to image or narration, something that isn't that much of a norm in the too loud films on nowadays.As a film is a solid effort, well acted and directed, but the superb production design, along with Williams music, are what really makes it special in some way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Liesel miraculously survives. I have to comment on this one. It was not miraculous. She fell asleep in the basement while reading. You even see Hans checking up on her before going to bed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TownerFan 4,983 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 The Book Thief is up for "Best Music for a Foreign Film" at ColonneSonore.net Awards 2013. John Williams is also up for "Best Foreign Composer of the Year". To see the full list of the nominees and cast your own vote:http://www.colonnesonore.net/news/comunicati-stampa/2938-colonnesonorenet-awards-2013-edition.htmlAs you may remember, Williams won 2 awards last year:http://www.colonnesonore.net/news/premi-e-concorsi/2556-premio-colonnesonorenet-2012-le-foto-dei-premiati.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Maurizio, Williams is going to win, RIGHT?!(don't you dare not give the award to him!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonesy 55 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I hope Johnny wins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 He better win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TownerFan 4,983 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Then vote for him, JWfans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 "Grazie per aver votato!"One vote more for the Gravity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,195 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I've just read a Polish press release for the soundtrack and according to that Sony has sold to date approximately 61.000 copies of War Horse and 34.800 copies of Lincoln. It's not bad, given that films are hardly big blockbusters. Or that all those important limited label releases sell a few thousand copies at the very best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 So that means there's around 60,000 casual Williams fans worldwide that will buy his new releasesThat seems good enough for Sony to release complete Prequel scores if you factor in the Star Wars fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 I voted for JW in both categories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwig 1,120 Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 So that means there's around 60,000 casual Williams fans worldwide that will buy his new releasesThat seems good enough for Sony to release complete Prequel scores if you factor in the Star Wars fansA quick aside: What was the reason was that the Prequels never had complete releases? One would think the OT releases would serve as a pretty good model. (Sorry if this was answered in an ancient thread somewhere, there were just too many posts to scroll through on the PT scores!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 I believe the main reason is John Williams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Ultimate Editions were planned for Attack Of The Clones and Revenge Of The Sith but the overwhelming criticism of The Phanton Menace's botched release ruined those chances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Someone from this site wrote a long winded letter of insults to Sony Classical signed by several membersI didn't sign it and warned it was a bad idea at the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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