Popular Post Amer 2,203 Posted December 26, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted December 26, 2017 Tim Burden, famous radio and film music host has interviewed Mike Matessino in London, England.The first excerpt of this interview laced with John Williams music. Film Music Historian and Soundtrack Producer Mike Matessino speaks with me about the recent La La Land Records 35th Anniversary release of John Williams' E.T. The Extra Terrestrial. Discovering an exciting alternate take of a key scene and cue is one item discussed. The full-length interview is coming soon . P.S. A clip about the equally brilliant CE3K will be posted this weekend.-Tim Burden on Facebook. thx99, Chewy, ChrisAfonso and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artguy360 1,889 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Good interview for a great CD release. Where's the extra clip? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,765 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Wish these things came in text versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,642 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Altough English is not my first language and that I never speak it, I understand pretty much everything. The most difficult part for me, is the written English (and of course spoken English!). I will simply never get the right syntax and the right tonic accent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thx99 1,782 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Thanks for the heads-up, @azahid!! Amer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,582 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Matessino is such a great interviewee. Always a fun listen, educational and gives plenty of detail about the technical challenges for those who are into that stuff. Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artguy360 1,889 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Has MM done any other audio interviews about ET or Close Encounters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amer 2,203 Posted December 29, 2017 Author Share Posted December 29, 2017 13 hours ago, artguy360 said: Has MM done any other audio interviews about ET or Close Encounters? There will be another excerpt this weekend where we will hear discussion on CE3K. The WHOLE interview will come out around Mid Jan 2018. artguy360 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Amer 2,203 Posted December 30, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 30, 2017 Here is the 23 minutes preview of the CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND segment from the full interview on SoundCloud. Listen to Challenging Tonality: 40 Years of Close Encounters of the Third Kind with Mike Matessino by timburden #np on #SoundCloud Again full interview will be up mid Jan. 2018. 1977, Chewy and Ricard 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricard 2,254 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 What a great interview... really looking forward to the full thing. Here's a transcript of one of my favorite parts: Quote I would dare say that Close Encounters was actually more of an influence on the evolution of film scores than Star Wars was. I think Star Wars got everybody to want big orchestras again, but I think in terms of what you can actually do with film composition, which was sort of locked into this rhythmic, thematic -you had to have a love theme, you had to have a hero theme, you know, that kind of approach from the past, we were sort of locked into that. I think in a way Close Encounters sort of freed it up, where a big orchestra can now do this very kind of nebulous experimental-sounding music, and audiences would now accept it. Even if you compare, say, the first Star Wars, which almost does not have an atonal bar in it -maybe some experimental percussion like for the sand people, but that's about it. But by the time you get to Empire you get dissonance right from the get go almost in some scenes. So just in the space of three years there was some change going on there. But I think that just opened it up. What it made you just feel in Close Encounters was that a conversation was going on, but you didn't have the ability to interpret it. We know it's music, but we don't know what it's saying, we haven't been given the ability to understand it. It's a musical representation of this vision that's implanted into the characters heads, you see these UFOs... They don't know... "This means something", that's what they keep saying, "this means something, this is important", but they can't articulate it. And that's what this music is. It's trying to say something, but even some of the low-end rumbling... it sounds just like rumbling, but it's actually the notes are all written out. But it's so low in the register, that it's almost below the human ear's ability to comprehend the modulations there... So, again, a conversation is going on, but we don't have the ability to hear it. Amer and 1977 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 38,660 Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 I can't wait to hear the whole interview in January! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Rick 1,186 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 still waiting... would love to hear the rest of these interviews! 1977 and Ricard 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ricard 2,254 Posted February 9, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted February 9, 2018 Tim has just informed me that a podcast of the full-length interview will be available on Erik Wood's Cinematic Sound next week KittBash, crumbs, Jay and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 38,660 Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 Sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mahler3 478 Posted February 20, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted February 20, 2018 Thanks, Amer for posting links to these. I'm definitely not famous, but thanks for the kind words. The full length version took a while to be finished, but happy to say that Cinematic Sound will premiere it tomorrow and I hope you enjoy listening. Mike is a real pleasure to listen to and his commentary on E.T., Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Star Wars and Superman are very informative. His thoughts on Close Encounters are particularly insightful. Here's a further clip, this time on Richard Donner's Superman: TownerFan, Ricard and Amer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amer 2,203 Posted February 20, 2018 Author Share Posted February 20, 2018 Excellent Tim. Looking forward to it for tomorrow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ricard 2,254 Posted February 20, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted February 20, 2018 The two-hour interview is a must-listen to any fan of E.T. & CE3K, and to all JW fans in general. There's a lot of great insight and behind-the-scenes on the two scores and movies, including some stories which I had never heard of, or didn't know in detail. The full interview will be available tomorrow Wednesday, February 21, on Erik Wood's Cinematic Sound. KittBash, TownerFan and Jay 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 38,660 Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Woohoo, can't wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KittBash 289 Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Not that I don’t always enjoy cinematic sound but I’m stoked for this one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,582 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Any idea on a time this will be posted? Will make a great podcast listen if it's up before work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phbart 623 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 While the complete interview is not up, we can appreciate this photo. Now this is a opening night! The one you really have respect! Ricard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977 1,744 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Wednesday has come and gone, where is the interview? Will I be posted elsewhere (meaning somewhere other than Cinematic Sound Radio)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Erik Woods 582 Posted February 22, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted February 22, 2018 Sorry guys. This is my bad. I've been sick. My family is sick. Really sick. I'm swamped with work (cutting a documentary) and IFMCA stuff. I meant to have this up today... I just didn't get around to it. I'm sorry. I apologize to Tim. To all of you here. The interview goes live on Friday morning. I promise. So please... be patient. Thank you. -Erik- Ricard, KittBash, crumbs and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Andrade 1,315 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Get well fast, Erik. I'm sure everyone here can wait a couple more days. Amer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rough cut 1,739 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Looking forward to it but get well first! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,582 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Yes, focus on getting better. Your health is far more important than a podcast. All the best! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amer 2,203 Posted February 22, 2018 Author Share Posted February 22, 2018 Sweet of you to update us, Erik. We will wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977 1,744 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Thanks Eric, sorry to hear about the setbacks. Hope all goes well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 38,660 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Damn I can't wait to listen to this tomorrow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Erik Woods 582 Posted February 23, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted February 23, 2018 Here you go! http://www.cinematicsound.net/interview-with-mike-matessino-guest-host-tim-burden Also available on Apple Podcasts. https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/cinematic-sound-radio/id1095893204?mt=2 Enjoy! And thank you, Tim, for letting me host this incredible program! Great to have you back as a guest host for CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO! -Erik- phbart, TownerFan, Ricard and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phbart 623 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 @Erik Woods, is there a way to download it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Woods 582 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 5 minutes ago, phbart said: @Erik Woods, is there a way to download it? Through iTunes. -Erik- phbart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 38,660 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 On 2/23/2018 at 9:38 AM, phbart said: @Erik Woods, is there a way to download it? Of course! LINK REMOVED, LOL phbart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Woods 582 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Can we please not make that link publicly available, @Jay -Erik- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 38,660 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 LOL. OK. Listening now! Chewy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Woods 582 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Thanks, Jay! Much appreciated! -Erik- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 38,660 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 HOLY COW!!! This interview is amazing, one of the best! Even though I knew many of the stories (I'm starting to realize a lot of Mike and I's private conversations about these releases are like a dry run for the stories he'll eventually tell on podcasts ), there were plenty I didn't know, and the whole thing was quite fascinating. It wasn't entirely focused on CE3K and ET, many other things come up such as 2001, Superman, Raiders, The Accidental Tourist, and more! Some tidbits that come to mind that are especially interesting: How the use of dissonance in the CE3K score makes the melody of the 5 notes stand out even more, be even more important and prominent That the french audio track of the Raiders Blu Ray has the original 1981 sound mix instead of the modern mix? That "Lava Flow" was named after Bill Lava, famous WB cartoon composer, much like "Stalling Around" from JP was named after Carl Stalling. Wow! That nobody knows WHERE the ET Adventure ride music was recorded, but they suspect it might have been recorded in Boston. maybe during the sessions for the Spielberg/Williams Collaboration album in 1990 That the Dialogue cue was edited note by note to create a Jaws reference in the final film (!) Nice to finally have all the details of the early cut of CE3K (IE the original plane opening, how Bob Balaban's character changed, what TV Western was written for, what shots were pickup shots, etc). This is a MUST LISTEN, JWFanners, I promise! Ricard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryant Burnette 681 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 I look forward to hearing it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phbart 623 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 1 hour ago, Jay said: That the french audio track of the Raiders Blu Ray has an all-new sound mix of the score?! Wat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,642 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 At last, they care about the french audio tracks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 38,660 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Sorry, what I meant was: The Blu Ray edition of Raiders has a new sound mix, but if you choose the French track instead, you can still hear the original 1981 mix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Gonzales 5,976 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Foreign language tracks of older films usually have surprises like that (sometimes even extra music not in the English track) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacoq 0 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Can anyone identify the track played at the 2:01:12 mark in the interview? Thank you..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amer 2,203 Posted February 24, 2018 Author Share Posted February 24, 2018 Yes terrific interview. Nicely recorded too. Lovely stories. Some interesting feelers on the RCA STAR WARS Special Edition sets. Some interesting points on how remastering process has changed in the last 10 years. I can understand how Matessino feels about revisiting certain projects he did back then. It would be quite amazing if SUPERMAN gets another take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Woods 582 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 36 minutes ago, Lacoq said: Can anyone identify the track played at the 2:01:12 mark in the interview? Thank you..... "The Dome Opens (Alternate)" from SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE. -Erik- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacoq 0 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Thank you Erik! Love your show...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Woods 582 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Thank for listening! -Erik- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977 1,744 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Terrific interview, MM is always very engaging. Love the shout out to Superman at the end, hope the 4K release is truly forthcoming this year. At least now I know what Lava Flows and The Eleventh Commandment are... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy 2,471 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 So we kind of have the proof he isn't doing an expanded Star Wars score at the moment, since he said "if we whatever do it, which I hope to someday get to redo". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,984 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 A fantastic interview! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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