THE POST - SCORE Thread

[Disco Stu 15,495]

Does this mean all of Will's predictions about the TLJ score will come true?

[Jay 37,352]

Wow I was expecting a joke post, but it's real!

 

There are no spoilers at all.

 

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1. The Papers
2. The Presses Roll
3. Nixon’s Order
4. The Oak Room, 1971
5. Setting the Type
6. Mother and Daughter
7. Scanning the Papers
8. Two Martini Lunch
9. Deciding to Publish
10. The Court’s Decision and End Credits

 

http://filmmusicreporter.com/2017/11/29/the-post-soundtrack-details/

[Disco Stu 15,495]

Mmmm I bet "The Court's Decision and End Credits" is gonna be delectable.  Cannot wait to hear this OST.

[Jay 37,352]

10 tracks... I wonder how long they are.   If the album is, say, 50 minutes, a lot of them will be pretty meaty!

[Disco Stu 15,495]

2 minutes ago, Jay said:

10 tracks... I wonder how long they are.   If the album is, say, 50 minutes, a lot of them will be pretty meaty!

 

Hey!  I just checked the Amazon page for the album and it says 40 minutes!  That's not in the Film Music Reporter article.

 

https://www.amazon.com/Post-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack/dp/B077HP1DVD/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1511988424&sr=8-1&keywords=the+post+soundtrack

 

A 10 track, 40 minute Williams soundtrack.  Very old-school.  I can dig it.

 

[Jay 37,352]

Neat!

[Disco Stu 15,495]

I read Spielberg say in a Q&A that he wanted The Post to feel like a 70s movie.  And well, a sparsely spotted political drama is pretty 70s!  

[mstrox 6,651]

Must be saving a lot for his buddy Mike Matessino's 2019 expanded release!  Talk about milking the cow from both ends!

[Disco Stu 15,495]

Just now, mstrox said:

Must be saving a lot for his buddy Mike Matessino's 2019 expanded release!  Talk about milking the cow from both ends!

 

Unless it's complete at 40 minutes!

[Jay 37,352]

Yup it could very well be the complete score on this OST.

[Jurassic Shark 12,066]

On 11/22/2017 at 12:05 PM, Arpy said:

21. Scherzo for Newspapers and Orchestra

 

This will probably be on the expanded release then...

[Chewy 2,388]

Would it be the first time ever we get a complete score directly with the first release?

[mstrox 6,651]

Any chance that the first and last track will be identical?  Man, that would REALLY bring me back!

[Disco Stu 15,495]

Of course we're making logical assumptions still.   The only things we "know" about this score are heard secondhand from people who do not listen to music in film like we do.

[Jay 37,352]

6 minutes ago, Chewy said:

Would it be the first time ever we get a complete score directly with the first release?

 

No.

Unless you mean specifically by John Williams.  Then yes.

[Chewy 2,388]

Yeah by John Williams

[Jay 37,352]

The only JW score that comes close to being complete at launch is Saving Private Ryan.

 

SpaceCamp and Monsignor are pretty close too.  Accidental Tourist, Nixon, and JFK are fairly close IIRC.

[BloodBoal 7,538]

24 minutes ago, Jay said:

There are no spoilers at all.

 

What spoilers could there possibly be, anyway?

[Jay 37,352]

I dunno.

[KK 3,307]

17 minutes ago, BloodBoal said:

What spoilers could there possibly be, anyway?

 

He was probably referring to the Trump cameo in the post-credits scene.

[Not Mr. Big 4,639]

Can't wait for Two Martini Lunch!

[mstrox 6,651]

18 minutes ago, KK said:

 

 

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He was probably referring to the Trump cameo in the post-credits scene.

 

I'm glad you went back to spoiler tag this!

[Dixon Hill 4,234]

Please be a chamber/small ensemble playing the gnarly stuff you might have heard in a 70s political conspiracy score, and not more noble Americana.  Actually, if painted with the former colors rather than the latter, it might help sell the whole ridiculous production.  David Shire rather than Copland.

[Disco Stu 15,495]

One person said it sounded like NBC music so nope

[mrbellamy 6,278]

I think they just said that was one cue towards the end. I wonder if The Presses Roll might be that. I know they said it came in towards the end of the film but that seems like the highest energy title for something like that, maybe it's a montage or something when they publish the story. Could see it being a concert piece that he threw up there as an album opener.

[Richard Penna 3,686]

52 minutes ago, Jay said:

Yup it could very well be the complete score on this OST.

 

You really think JW would put a complete score on CD from the start? No way.

 

I can see track 10 being an incredibly serious, heavy, 10 minute mammoth of a cue that everyone will go wild over.

[BloodBoal 7,538]

1 minute ago, Richard Penna said:

You really think JW would put a complete score on CD from the start? No way.

 

The CD probably includes all the cues, but JW microedited 10 seconds out of one of them.

[crumbs 14,306]

Yeah that tracklist doesn't look chronological at all. 40 minutes seems about expected though. Bit surprised he hasn't expanded the album with theme arrangements like Lincoln!

 

Guess this also indicates Disney are intentionally withholding the TLJ tracklist until the last minute. Would be very cool if they kept it hidden until the release! With all the pre-order sites listing the same placeholder track titles (Untitled Track 1 etc.) I'm guessing that's the actual tracklist Disney sent out.

[Disco Stu 15,495]

Just now, crumbs said:

Yeah that tracklist doesn't look chronological at all

 

What?  It looks very chronological from what I know about the film.

[BloodBoal 7,538]

Just now, Disco Stu said:

What?  It looks very chronological from what I know about the film.

 

Having a two Martini lunch before deciding to publish? I don't think so!

[Richard Penna 3,686]

3 minutes ago, crumbs said:

Guess this also indicates Disney are intentionally withholding the TLJ tracklist until the last minute. Would be very cool if they kept it hidden until the release!

 

In theory there's no reason at all to see a tracklist before listening to the album, unless it's an expansion (in which case you know the score and want to see how it's arranged).

[crumbs 14,306]

Yeah, I don't know about you, but I usually have my Martini lunches at breakfast, well before I'm court making any decisions.

[Jurassic Shark 12,066]

1 minute ago, BloodBoal said:

 

Having a two Martini lunch before deciding to publish? I don't think so!

 

You shouldn't publish on an empty stomach. Rule #1 of journalism.

[BloodBoal 7,538]

Maybe that's the twist? If they hadn't drank those Martinis, they would have never decided to publish the papers?

[crumbs 14,306]

I hope the Martini lunch takes place at Trump Tower.

[Not Mr. Big 4,639]

1 hour ago, Jay said:

3. Nixon’s Order

Will Williams bring back the Nixon theme?

[Brundlefly 2,385]

1 hour ago, Jay said:

The only JW score that comes close to being complete at launch is Saving Private Ryan.

 

SpaceCamp and Monsignor are pretty close too.  Accidental Tourist, Nixon, and JFK are fairly close IIRC.

Not JFK.

[Alex 2,835]

Is Setting the Type going to be a Home Alone-style orchestra and synth drum pad montage cue?

[Brundlefly 2,385]

Is "Mother and Daughter" a variation of "Father and Son"?

[Henry Sítrónu 494]

1 hour ago, Not Mr. Big said:

Will Williams bring back the Nixon theme?

That's what I thought. I doubt it. But it would be so damn cool. 

[Will 2,215]

Awesome tracklist! Very short album but I guess I didn't really expect anything else haha. 

 

I do find it pretty hilarious that several of the titles are virtually identical to our joke ones ("Scanning the Papers," etc.)

[King Mark 3,631]

40 minutes. I don't share all your optimism it might be the complete score.  The most likely scenario is that the score is the usual hour and a half/ two hours score but they only put 40 minutes of it on c.d. and we get screwed as usual

 

But I'm thinking due to the subject matter (freedom of the press or something in the Trump era) and Meryl Streep cast as a "strong woman" amid the sexual scandals of Hollywood, this might be a very popular film among the politically correct Hollywood elite for multiple reasons .Maybe Williams finally has a chance to win an Oscar for scoring the "right" movie this year

 

[Brundlefly 2,385]

I think there is one OST that was complete, right from the beginning: Presumed Innocent!

[King Mark 3,631]

is it? I never checked if there was unreleased music

[Bayesian 1,363]

1 hour ago, king mark said:

40 minutes. I don't share all your optimism it might be the complete score.  The most likely scenario is that the score is the usual hour and a half/ two hours score but they only put 40 minutes of it on c.d. and we get screwed as usual

 

IIRC, JW only spent a few days in the recording studio, right? Like 3 or 4 days? Is that enough time to get much more than 40 minutes of music put down?

[crumbs 14,306]

I highly doubt the score is much longer than this OST indicates. I'm just surprised he didn't pad out the runtime with a reprise track, but his recent end credits suites have served the same purpose anyway, just improved. 

 

He's basically maxing out the disc capacity for TLJ so I think his methodology has changed lately about OST assemblies. 

[Sandor 797]

I wonder if the first track will be retitled from ‘The Papers’ to ‘The Post’...

[Not Mr. Big 4,639]

Just now, Sandor said:

I wonder if the first track will be retitled from ‘The Papers’ to ‘The Post’...

Or 'The Papesters"

[publicist 4,643]

Or 'The Pope'...as i'm sure Williams would write something vastly more inspiring for his holiness...or even a heartfelt tribute to his longtime orchestrator.

[Incanus 5,714]

4 hours ago, Brundlefly said:

I think there is one OST that was complete, right from the beginning: Presumed Innocent!

I don't think it is entirely complete. E.g. the short main title isn't on the OST and there is at least on missing rendition of the family theme IIRC.

 

Setting the Type sounds like a joke-title but let's hope the music is more exciting than the track title.

 

I guess The Post didn't warrant a very expansive score so this might well contain lion's share of the music from the film.