LA session flutist Jenni Olson on JW and The Force Awakens

[Maurizio 6,561]

Nice recollection about TFA sessions:

 

http://www.jenniflute.com/news/star-wars-the-force-awakens/

[Incanus 5,883]

That was a lovely little reminiscence. Thanks for sharing this Maurizio!

 

I wonder if she is the one playing the haunting flute solo in The Scavenger, one of the most magical moments of the entire score.

[Richard P 5,007]

Suitably gushing, but a nice article. It seems JJ has a similar relationship with music as Spielberg does - with so much respect for the composer and the music. Seems rare these days.

 

But putting a black blanket over the projector screen? That feels excessive. Unfortunately, when you combine Disney needing to capitalise on SW, and JJ being famously secretive about virtually everything, it's not surprising. It feels very arrogant of the studio.

[Incanus 5,883]

11 minutes ago, Richard Penna said:

Suitably gushing, but a nice article. It seems JJ has a similar relationship with music as Spielberg does - with so much respect for the composer and the music. Seems rare these days.

 

But putting a black blanket over the projector screen? That feels excessive. Unfortunately, when you combine Disney needing to capitalise on SW, and JJ being famously secretive about virtually everything, it's not surprising. It feels very arrogant of the studio.

Well they deleted all the footage the 60 Minutes host took on his phone at the sessions and kept everything under very tight wraps before the release so the secrecy extended to everybody. It seems excessive but that was the only way they managed to keep the film mostly a secret before the premiere and it also helped to raise the pre-release hype. Undoubtedly this thing being a JJ prduction and the new trilogy kick-off added further secrecy to the equation.

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The most amazing thing I have ever heard a director say to a composer was when JJ Abrams said to John ‘don’t worry, we’ll make the film work.’

 

By micro-editing notes from the music all over the place! 

[Incanus 5,883]

53 minutes ago, crumbs said:

 

By micro-editing notes from the music all over the place! 

Is there any other way man? Is there really?!

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1 hour ago, Incanus said:

Is there any other way man? Is there really?!

 

Not without some serious overtime for the film editors, and probably visual effects department!

 

The days of E.T.'s final reel are long gone, which is almost contradictory to the ease of digital editing in the modern age.

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14 minutes ago, crumbs said:

 

The days of E.T.'s final reel are long gone, which is almost contradictory to the ease of digital editing in the modern age.

 

The final reel of ET has several edits and inserts.

[crocodile 9,430]

And all Star Wars scores were tinkered with quite a lot. Even the very first one.

 

Karol

[nightscape94 968]

"‘Just play as if it is already there."

 

Johnny seems to be full of these little musically philosophical nuggets, they just pour out of him.

[Incanus 5,883]

1 hour ago, nightscape94 said:

"‘Just play as if it is already there."

 

Johnny seems to be full of these little musically philosophical nuggets, they just pour out of him.

He knows how to coax a good performance out of the players. Like a zen-master of music making wisdom.

 

Flutes! Play or do not play! There is no try!

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 11,402]

To play the note, you have to become the note!

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Note on... Note off. Note on... Note off.

[The Score Cleaner 8,904]

Mute on, Mute off. Mute on, Mute off...

[Loert 3,079]

2 hours ago, nightscape94 said:

"‘Just play as if it is already there."

 

This is so deep that I'm pretty sure that my brain entered another dimension thinking about what it means.

[Balahkay 631]

5 hours ago, Richard Penna said:

Suitably gushing, but a nice article. It seems JJ has a similar relationship with music as Spielberg does - with so much respect for the composer and the music. Seems rare these days.

 

But putting a black blanket over the projector screen? That feels excessive. Unfortunately, when you combine Disney needing to capitalise on SW, and JJ being famously secretive about virtually everything, it's not surprising. It feels very arrogant of the studio.

 

What's funny is that a good portion of the film was leaked and known prior to the release.  They didn't do a very good job with avoid leaks.  Even the rumors about Luke turned out to be true.  It seems only the score wasn't leaked ahead of time aside from the 60 minutes piece, teaser and the AMA clip.