Popular Post pete 698 Posted May 5, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted May 5, 2016 I thought this might have been fake it's just such an unexpected collaboration^ http://www.foxsports.com/nba/story/kobe-bryant-animated-film-dear-basketball-john-williams-050516 Quote Dear Basketball is now set to become an animated short film, and Bryant is collaborating with some Hollywood legends on the project. ... Five-time Academy Award winner and 50-time Academy Award nominee John Williams will write the score for the film, according to Variety. Bryant has long been a fan of Williams, and even has a portrait of him in his office. SafeUnderHill, Muad'Dib, mrbellamy and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10254 Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Wut? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 5624 Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 AWESOME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post aviazn 267 Posted May 5, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted May 5, 2016 Wow, Google shows Kobe's never been shy about his JW fandom. The real question is IS HE ON JWFAN?? http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/10107791/kobe-bryant-los-angeles-lakers-pleased-critical-return-achilles-injury Quote He even cracked a big smile when asked about the Staples Center public address system playing Darth Vader's theme song from "Star Wars" when he was introduced during the starting lineups. "They must know I'm a huge John Williams nut," said Bryant, referring to the composer who wrote the music. EDIT: Here's the portrait of Johnny in Kobe's house… http://imgur.com/KOcdqbY justaguy, Once, Smeltington and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 3392 Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Well, this could lead to a cool little concert piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 5624 Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Link to "Dear Basketball" poem. Quote from Bryant on the project: Quote “’Dear Basketball’ is the perfect tribute to something I’ve loved for so long. Glen and John are two legends in their industries, so to partner with them on the creative process is a dream come true." Funny how Johnny had never scored a Disney film before, now in the space of a year he'll have had two back-to-back plus this cartoon by a high-profile Disney animator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 12623 Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 This is awesome and so very random! I love how random Kobe Bryant being a Williams fanboy is! To think Williams is collaborating with him on an animation about his retirement is about as unexpected as news gets on JWFan. Dane Bryant Frazier and Cerebral Cortex 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thor 5811 Posted May 5, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted May 5, 2016 While not exactly a feature film surprise a la THE BOOK THIEF to look forward to, this certainly came out of nowhere. Williams is good with these little "sports ditties" (be it the Sunday Night Football theme or the Olympic themes), so it should be good. Dane Bryant Frazier, Once, crumbs and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 2 hours ago, mrbellamy said: Funny how Johnny had never scored a Disney film before, now in the space of a year he'll have had two back-to-back plus this cartoon by a high-profile Disney animator The Mouse always wins in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 5624 Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 7 hours ago, Thor said: While not exactly a feature film surprise a la THE BOOK THIEF to look forward to, this certainly came out of nowhere. Williams is good with these little "sports ditties" (be it the Sunday Night Football theme or the Olympic themes), so it should be good. Yeah, I'm getting Olympics/American Journey vibes from the poem. Sentimental Americana bookending a rousing middle section probably. The countdown ending could be neat if he goes big with that. Dane Bryant Frazier 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4048 Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 So when is it being released? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 5624 Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Article in the OP says it'll be posted sometime in the fall on the Sports Illustrated site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artguy360 1675 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 This is the weirdest JW project ever but I'm really excited for it. JW scoring a short, animated film-thing with some poetry about basketball is just crazy interesting to me. I would never have imagined that JW would be writing music/a motif for Kobe Bryant. Kobe's gonna have his own JW theme! Cerebral Cortex and crumbs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryant Burnette 542 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 I've given neither a shit nor a fuck about Kobe Bryant until now. I still mostly don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Cerebral Cortex 2848 Posted May 6, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted May 6, 2016 19 minutes ago, Bryant Burnette said: I've given neither a shit nor a fuck about Kobe Bryant until now. I still mostly don't. "What the hell are you trying to say about my man, Kobe?" Once, crumbs, Will and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1608 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Sounds like an April's Fool joke but whatever. I hope it has a catchy main theme and LLL will release the Expanded Edition of the OS album! Dane Bryant Frazier 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 2389 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 21 hours ago, pete said: I thought this might have been fake it's just such an unexpected collaboration^ http://www.foxsports.com/nba/story/kobe-bryant-animated-film-dear-basketball-john-williams-050516 I'm more curious about why Kobe Bryant has a office? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1622 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 This is so cool! For anyone interested, Glen Keane was the main animator of the titular character in Disney's Tarzan, where they incorporated lots of basketball moves into the son of man, as well as some skateboarder moves, so this should be a piece of cake fror Glen. He also directed this little gem recently, so at least visually it should be quite inspiring for our Johnny: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellosh 1726 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 If Kobe listens to War Horse on a daily basis, he'll be my favorite athlete of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6478 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 I'm Kobe. Bellosh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 31034 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 On 5/5/2016 at 11:15 AM, pete said: Williams to Score Kobe Bryant Basketball Animation... Anybody else think this is just about the strangest piece of Williams-related news to happen in the history of this site? Bellosh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellosh 1726 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 33 minutes ago, E.T. and Elliot said: I'm Kobe. Nice! What did you listen to before your last game where you put down 60!! Also, thoughts on the Desert Truck Chase concord edit????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4048 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 3 hours ago, Jay said: Anybody else think this is just about the strangest piece of Williams-related news to happen in the history of this site? I still think that The Book Thief scoring assignment was more strange. It just kind of came out of nowhere at a time when it seemed that Williams only worked with Spielberg (and whoever directs a Star Wars movie). Given Kobe Bryant's known Williams fandom and Williams' appreciation for sports in general (Fenfare for Fenway, the Olympic pieces, Sunday Night Football) it doesn't really surprise me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mrbellamy 5624 Posted May 6, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted May 6, 2016 On paper, this is of course a weirder project for him than Book Thief. But in a way, I can agree that Book Thief was probably even more out of left field, because it did come at a time with no Spielberg movies officially on deck and so we were just kinda twiddling our thumbs waiting for Star Wars. And then suddenly a new score announcement came up out of nowhere, for a movie that nobody had ever heard of and that wasn't being promoted at all 2-3 months from release. The director was not A-list in any way.....I remember we were all scrambling to make sense of it before we found out Williams just liked the book. This is less of a mystery because we have known about Kobe's fandom and we know what this is and the circumstances of Williams' involvement are easy to guess. It's just unusual for him to do something like this, but it proves that he's still willing to do other stuff. I'm sure it helped that he had met Kobe before too. I'm just happy to see John working. He's 84, man. He just scored "The Biggest Movie Ever Made" for like the 17th time in his career. Seems to be enjoying himself, he's conducting like a beast even after what went down a year ago, and he's not above taking an oddball assignment. I always wonder if the reason he's slowed down is because he's just saying no, or because "they" are simply not asking so much anymore....either because maybe people are too intimidated to ask him, or they can't afford him, or he's said no enough times that they assume he's Spielberg/Star Wars exclusive now (obviously the idea that people don't want him is not an option ) But he's still the best and it's disappointing not to get more out of him, even though I'm perfectly happy with his current output. I think it's cool that there are still people in Kobe Bryant's position who go "Fuck it, man, I just want a John Williams score" like all of us would. I like to imagine Kobe calling him up and naively, very sincerely asking JOHN WILLIAMS straight up if he can please write music for an animated movie about his retirement that will be posted on the Internet, because it's very personal and it would mean a lot. And Williams says yeah because why the hell not? Like, that can happen. I love that! Not Mr. Big, MikeH and Cerebral Cortex 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 5811 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 THE BOOK THIEF was bigger because it was a FULL feature film score. This is a short film score, and in most likelihood a fanfaric piece, slightly developped for onscreen action (like THE UNFINISHED JOURNEY). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1853 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 John please don't work with the rapist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 3392 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 12 minutes ago, Joey said: John please don't work with the rapist. Williams is doing a Polanski flick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 5624 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 He almost did one once, didn't he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10254 Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 9 hours ago, Joey said: John please don't work with the rapist. Unofficially, that was never confirmed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4635 Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 And the movie never made. Now he only needs to write for Tiger Woods and Bill Cosby to complete his trilogy of dubious black celebs graced by the papal Williams blessing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10254 Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 Racist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4635 Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 But i'm half arab so i'm excused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 5811 Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 Please, don't drag that 'rapist hearsay' into this thread as well. There's enough of it at FSM right now. Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6478 Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 On 5/6/2016 at 8:43 AM, Bellosh said: Nice! What did you listen to before your last game where you put down 60!! Also, thoughts on the Desert Truck Chase concord edit????? I mostly prefer OST albums to expanded or complete/chronological scores, you know what I'm saying? I love me some clunky analog edits such as the OST version of Desert Chase. Before my last game, I listened to the ROTJ OST. It's a definitive soundtrack album. John brutally edited a 2 hour score down to a furious 42 minute program, retaining every major musical idea. You can't say it isn't a perfect representation of the score. I think I'll go listen to it right now on the way to the golf course with Bill Murray. Bellosh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2123 Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 This news certainly brightened my Thursday. So awesome to have something totally out-of-the-blue like this. Sure, it's only a short film, but I feel that if Williams takes a non-Spielberg or Star Wars project at this point, he must be really inspired by it. And sports have produced some of his best pieces ever (including the Olympic Fanfare and Theme, which was actually the first Williams piece I ever heard, my introduction to the man would become my favorite composer). Can't wait for this.... and in the meantime we'll have The BFG to enjoy and dissect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Omen II 1125 Posted May 8, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted May 8, 2016 19 hours ago, Bill said: Can't wait for this.... and in the meantime we'll have The BFG to enjoy and dissect. I can't wait to hear if Williams approaches scoring for the Big Friendly Giant and the Big Friendly Bryant any differently. Smeltington, Cerebral Cortex and crumbs 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1440 Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 On 5/5/2016 at 5:47 PM, aviazn said: Wow, Google shows Kobe's never been shy about his JW fandom. The real question is IS HE ON JWFAN?? I thought mhhhh maybe this guy... On 6/5/2016 at 6:59 AM, Bryant Burnette said: I've given neither a shit nor a fuck about Kobe Bryant until now. I still mostly don't. But it seems not... Bryant Burnette 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryant Burnette 542 Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 I've got nothing against him -- I just don't care about basketball at all. I'll definitely watch this, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1853 Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 On Saturday, May 07, 2016 at 2:10 AM, Stefancos said: Unofficially, that was never confirmed! It was not prosecuted because he paid her 4 + millions of dollars and she refused to testify. He's slime. He paid his wife more to forgive him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewya 360 Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Entering Hollywood, Kobe Bryant gets advice from Spielberg BEVERLY HILLS, California (AP) Kobe Bryant is getting advice from Steven Spielberg, J.J. Abrams and Jerry Bruckheimer as he redirects his competitive drive from professional basketball to his publishing and production company. One month after retiring from the NBA, the Los Angeles Lakers star has a new daily routine. ''I get up early and I train and I work out. Then I go to the office,'' Bryant said in an interview. He spends much of his day ''kicking around ideas'' with his staff of 10 full-time employees at Newport Beach, California-based Kobe Inc. - and calls up those Hollywood heavyweights for guidance. ''I mean those are like unfair advantages,'' Bryant said, laughing. ''I can pick up the phone and speak to them and ask them questions: `What do you think about the story? What is this missing?' And they'll nitpick every single detail and I love it.'' ''They respect and appreciate what I've done for 20 years as I respect and appreciate what they've done over the years. And we understand that there is a unifying force between those two things,'' Bryant said. ''Even though the disciplines are different, the commitment, attention to detail is absolutely the same. So even though Steven Spielberg can start speaking in film language and I won't understand a damn thing, I understand the core, the essence of what he's saying.'' Bryant said his Kobe Studios also includes seven more people who have been working on a project for the past two years, and another team of five writers starting a new project shortly. The company is now making a three-to-five minute film based on the ''Dear Basketball'' poem that Bryant used to announce his retirement, led by longtime Disney animator Glen Keane and featuring music from John Williams. ''You have to be true to who you are,'' Bryant said while making an appearance Wednesday for a watch. ''Throughout my career, I've been able to take dark times and dark emotions and channel those feelings to create something better,'' he said. ''It's not something that I shy away from. We all have things that motivate us. Sometimes you can push those things to the side, make it fester within you. Or you can choose to use them to create something better.'' http://www.foxsports.com/nba/story/entering-hollywood-kobe-bryant-gets-advice-from-spielberg-052016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 5624 Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Randomly got excited about this and went looking around to see if a release date had been announced, since it should be coming up soon. Couldn't find anything, but I did see that the original Sports Illustrated announcement mentioned this, which I don't think any of us caught at the time? Quote Several exclusive SI Films mini documentaries will also accompany the film, showing viewers the behind-the-scenes process of producing the project. http://www.si.com/nba/2016/05/05/kobe-bryant-sports-illustrated-partnership-dear-basketball-film-project So hopefully that means a score featurette! Scarpia and crumbs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarpia 132 Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 A score featurette would be really nice! I cannot get enough of Williams talking about his methods and inspirations for each project, and footage from the recording sessions. Long live the maestro! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2123 Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 12 hours ago, mrbellamy said: Randomly got excited about this and went looking around to see if a release date had been announced, since it should be coming up soon. Couldn't find anything, but I did see that the original Sports Illustrated announcement mentioned this, which I don't think any of us caught at the time? http://www.si.com/nba/2016/05/05/kobe-bryant-sports-illustrated-partnership-dear-basketball-film-project So hopefully that means a score featurette! Cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2123 Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Strange that we STILL have heard absolutely nothing since the initial announcement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Farewell to Kings 3567 Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Ep 8 got in the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 31034 Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 I don't think he's written it yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Farewell to Kings 3567 Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Ep 8 or the Kobe film? Either way I was joking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Muad'Dib 1622 Posted October 24, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted October 24, 2016 When you think the thread has been bumped because there's actual news but it turns out there are none Koray Savas, WilliamsStarShip2282, mrbellamy and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 698 Posted January 11, 2017 Author Share Posted January 11, 2017 Quote In May, Sports Illustrated announced that Bryant's "Dear Basketball" poem would be made into an animated short film. On Friday, ESPN announced that the first of six short "video presentations" from Bryant would air on Christmas Day during the 2 p.m. ET edition of NBA Countdown on ABC. http://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/kobe-bryant-shows-his-creative-side-by-writing-creating-and-directing-video-series/ No mention of Williams though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 5811 Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 The 'six shorts' thing is something entirely different to the "Dear Basketball" poem that Williams scored/will score. I don't believe we have any release date yet of the Williams-scored short. This hasn't really been talked about since May. Here are some guys making fun of the 'long production schedule' for this project: Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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