La La Land Records - New John Williams release coming Black Friday 2013 [UPDATE: June 2014] [Empire of the Sun]

[Koray Savas 2,251]

They'll announce it a week before it goes on sale.

[Incanus 5,715]

Aren't there only a few minor cues missing from the FSM release? I am quite delighted with that release.

Many don't have it and would welcome a rerelease. Me included.

Re-release of The Towering Inferno would be more than welcome.

[Miguel Andrade 1,263]

I also hope it's another release of The River. The score is relatively hard to find.

Along with a few missing cues to make it complete and interesting to those who have the LP or Varese release.

[King Mark 3,631]

Seriously I don't want Towering Inferno again

[filmmusic 1,829]

Seriously I don't want Towering Inferno again

well, there are some of us that didn't get it the first time!

[Incanus 5,715]

Seriously I don't want Towering Inferno again

Well of course you don't but there are quite a few of us who didn't have a chance to get it the time it was first released by FSM.

[Miguel Andrade 1,263]

I've bought The Towering Inferno back when FSM first released it and I won't mind Lalaland (or any other label) re-issueing it. I will probably double dip on it if and when it happens, but I can always save the money for other releases I want to get.

[filmmusic 1,829]

anyway, this is an expansion right?

so, could it be the Towering Inferno? Wasn't it already complete?

[JohnnyD 1,223]

They'll announce it a week before it goes on sale.

Not really. Hook was announced a month before it was released. Same thing with the other of their releases of the Maestro's work.

[Faleel 5,353]

Seriously I don't want Towering Inferno again

You will get HP3 when I get Towering Inferno. so there!

[Koray Savas 2,251]

What's the deal with Earthquake, is that only possible under Varese?

[Luke Skywalker 1,795]

i dont know anymore.

i thought the same about fitzwilly, but there it is.

[dylan345 3]

A complete earthquake would be pretty awesome

[JohnnyD 1,223]

A complete earthquake would be pretty awesome

Especially without the film sound effects.

[King Mark 3,631]

I dunno, I only listened to the OST only a few times. The only track i really like is The City Sleeps

[Koray Savas 2,251]

KM, you're not the only person that matters. Whether you're pleased with the current The Towering Inferno release or don't really like Earthquake doesn't mean they shouldn't be remastered and/or expanded for score fans.

[Jay 37,369]

I'd happily buy both of those because I don't have the original CD releases.

[Incanus 5,715]

I'd happily buy both of those because I don't have the original CD releases.

I own the original Earthquake CD now but I would gladly get the complete score if it was released. And Towering Inferno is the one score I don't own yet along with Conrack and Paper Chase.

[Gurkensalat 340]

I would love TinTin - the complete recordings!

[Incanus 5,715]

I would love TinTin - the complete recordings!

Though that is nearly impossible I would not object. Oh and it's Tintin!

[indy4 155]

Towering Inferno is probably #1 on my list. Not only do I not own it physically, but I've never heard it except for bits of the main title (that I mostly don't remember). I'm waiting until it gets an official release.

[Incanus 5,715]

Towering Inferno is probably #1 on my list. Not only do I not own it physically, but I've never heard it except for bits of the main title (that I mostly don't remember). I'm waiting until it gets an official release.

The main title is among the best that score has to offer. A lot of the music is pop and lounge variety, which really is common with all of three of the early 1970's disaster movie scores Williams did. They alternate between very terse suspenseful dramatic underscore and very source music like jazz, lounge and pop music pieces with a couple of very dramatic highlights of bigger writing thrown in.

[indy4 155]

I'm a fan of earthquake, so if it more of that I'm down! Miles on wheels is great. As long as its not as boring as Poseidon adventure

[King Mark 3,631]

yes, agrees there's a few great cues in Towering Inferno. Main Titles is one of his best ever

but some cues were already "damaged". unless better element are found I doubt there's going to be much of an improvement.

Anyways if Williams is involved, the Fitzwilly release proves it's not one of his early minor scores he cares about supervising

[crocodile 8,017]

I haven't got any of those disaster scores (not quality disasters, hopefully), so any of them would do for me.

Karol

[Foxfan 128]

No one else is thinking JFK? I've been meaning to buy it but used prices have creeped up in the last month or so with the upcoming anniversary.

[Incanus 5,715]

No one else is thinking JFK? I've been meaning to buy it but used prices have creeped up in the last month or so with the upcoming anniversary.

Yeah it is a WB title and I would not mind an expansion (I have no idea how much extra music there is, probably 15 to 20 minutes tops).

[King Mark 3,631]

We need a list of remaining scores to be expanded, with the number of minutes of unreleased music in each

[Incanus 5,715]

Quickly! Call specialists in each and every remaining unreleased and unexpanded John Williams score to the JWFan cave! Time is of the essence!

[Jay 37,369]

Wasn't this list useful?

http://www.jwfan.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=23577&p=938668

[Incanus 5,715]

Oh it was. We just forgot about it! To Jason's list everybody!

[King Mark 3,631]

Wasn't this list useful?

http://www.jwfan.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=23577&p=938668

yes, but we need the amount of unreleased music in each, so we can "see" what our priorities should be

[Jay 37,369]

An excellent idea. I am going to spin that list off into it's own thread with more information. Stay tuned everybody!

[Miguel Andrade 1,263]

No one else is thinking JFK? I've been meaning to buy it but used prices have creeped up in the last month or so with the upcoming anniversary.

Yeah it is a WB title and I would not mind an expansion (I have no idea how much extra music there is, probably 15 to 20 minutes tops).

I think that for JFK we might have a whole other set of recording sessions. I believe Williams wrote and recorded some main pieces prior to filming, so that Stone could use them while shooting the film. He later returned to record again some of that material do it would better fit the final edit. Or so I think. Feel free to correct me though.

[Incanus 5,715]

No one else is thinking JFK? I've been meaning to buy it but used prices have creeped up in the last month or so with the upcoming anniversary.

Yeah it is a WB title and I would not mind an expansion (I have no idea how much extra music there is, probably 15 to 20 minutes tops).

I think that for JFK we might have a whole other set of recording sessions. I believe Williams wrote and recorded some main pieces prior to filming, so that Stone could use them while shooting the film. He later returned to record again some of that material do it would better fit the final edit. Or so I think. Feel free to correct me though.

I think so too. Some of the music fits far too well the scenes it is meant for to be just fortuitous accident or good music editing.

[JohnnyD 1,223]

Can't wait for this score, but I am bummed that one of our planned BLACK FRIDAY titles is now delayed until 2014 due to Mr Williams work on this project.

Well, at least we get a new work by him in 2013 and one expanded reissue in 2014!

MV

Well, the Maestro has completed his work on The Book Thief. Now, we wait for the announcement from LLL.

[Jay 37,369]

La-La Land announces their titles exactly 1 week before they go on sale, Johnny

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Had the same conversation on the previous page.

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

So are we finally getting Close Encounters or The Towering Inferno? I'm not liking the relatively low pressing numbers for the titles this year, if either one of those is among them. They're going to sell out fast.

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Pretty sure a vast majority of JW's releases have been 3,000 copies. Family Plot and Hook are the only ones that come to mind, at 5,000. Then there's the virtually unlimited Black Sunday.

[Faleel 5,353]

La-La Land announces their titles exactly 1 week before they go on sale, Johnny

Uh, last week of December?

[Jay 37,369]

So are we finally getting Close Encounters or The Towering Inferno? I'm not liking the relatively low pressing numbers for the titles this year, if either one of those is among them. They're going to sell out fast.

Did you read the quote from MV Johnny just reposted? The Williams title is coming next year, not Black Friday.

[JohnnyD 1,223]

La-La Land announces their titles exactly 1 week before they go on sale, Johnny

What about Hook? That was announced a month in advance, if memory serves me right.

[Jay 37,369]

And that was an exception, not the rule.

[JohnnyD 1,223]

Since the Maestro is personally involved with this release, maybe it will be the same instance for this release.

[King Mark 3,631]

I think it's going to be a Harry Potter 1,2,3 box set due to the recent info we have

I'd make sense for Williams to supervise these too

[crocodile 8,017]

Or just 1.

Karol

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Definitely just 1.

[Tom 4,661]

probably not 1-3, as he did not even compose the score for the second.

Settle down--just kidding.

[King Mark 3,631]

Well if it's just #1 we already heard all the music, so it's just a technicality of buying it in c.d. form

The question is how many years before they reach Azcaban