THE ADVENTURES OF HAN - 2018 John Williams theme for Solo: A Star Wars Story

[Disco Stu 15,495]

Powell's score was recorded in London, right?  I wonder if Williams recorded this with the Last Jedi orchestra in LA last Fall or something at a pickup session.

 

Can't wait to hear the whole OST!  Williams and Powell together, it's like heaven.

[Jay 37,346]

Williams must have secretly recorded the arrangement in LA sometime.

 

Yea, the film cues were recorded in London

[Balahkay 627]

[Jay 37,346]

Just when we thought The Last Jedi was all we'd hear from JW in the Star Wars world until Episode 9 at the end of 2019, we kick off the first half of 2018 with TWO new concert arrangements from the maestro.  How lucky are we?

[Disco Stu 15,495]

Just now, Jay said:

Just when we thought The Last Jedi was all we'd hear from JW in the Star Wars world until Episode 9 at the end of 2019, we kick off the first half of 2018 with TWO new concert arrangements from the maestro.  How lucky are we?

 

Now if only the other new arrangement was recorded!

[Jay 37,346]

My vote?  It should be recorded at the Episode 9 sessions, and then included on a future expanded edition of The Last Jedi

[crumbs 14,306]

Just here to add: Composed AND CONDUCTED by John Williams?!?!?!!!??! When did he do that??? Did he have a stealth flight to London to record this, or was it done secretly in LA without us knowing??!!

 

Very cool and very unexpected! So we basically get a "freebie" new John Williams piece this year, conducted by the maestro himself. How superb! Certainly no doubt anymore about the extent of his contribution to the film -- certainly not just a melody scribbled on a paper!

 

Also, channeling KOTCS with that track title, hah!

[Balahkay 627]

Maybe it was also recorded during the TLJ sessions?

[Jurassic Shark 12,061]

1 minute ago, crumbs said:

Just here to add: Composed AND CONDUCTED by John Williams?!?! When did he do that???

 

Did he have a stealth flight to London or did he record it secretly in LA??!

 

I guess he conducted it via Skype.

[Jay 37,346]

3 minutes ago, someonefun124 said:

Maybe it was also recorded during the TLJ sessions?

 

It's POSSIBLE, but I don't think we got the news he'd help out with SOLO until well after TLJ was done recording, right?

 

The man lives in LA, it's really not hard to get a few hours in a studio with his favorite LA musicians when he asks

 

 

3 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said:

I guess he conducted it via Skype.

 

I thought about that possibility too, but it seemed more likely to me that it was recorded before Powell recorded any of the film cues.  He had to integrate the theme into his cues, and probably wanted to hear how Williams wanted it to sound first.

[Jurassic Shark 12,061]

3 minutes ago, Jay said:

I thought about that possibility too, but it seemed more likely to me that it was recorded before Powell recorded any of the film cues.  He had to integrate the theme into his cues, and probably wanted to hear how Williams wanted it to sound first.

 

I agree. I'll add a smiley next time.

[Obi 404]

Reminds me "The Adventures of Mutt".

 

I'm so happy !!!

[crumbs 14,306]

What the, my last post mysteriously disappeared? As well as the post quoting it?

 

Anyway, here for my first reaction: Composed AND CONDUCTED by John Williams?!?!? When did he do this??!!?? Surely he didn't fly to London and record it secretly in the Powell sessions, there would have been photos everywhere. Did he secretly record in LA without us knowing? What a great surprise!

 

Also clears up any misconception about exactly what Williams contributed to the film; certainly not just a melody scribbled on some paper!

 

Also, nice tip of the hat to the KOTCS concert suite. Let's hope this track is a little bit better than the Mutt equivalent, lol.

[BuzzLightyear 143]

Yeah!! Can't wait to hear this!

[Disco Stu 15,495]

2 minutes ago, crumbs said:

What the, my last post mysteriously disappeared? As well as the post quoting it?

 

Anyway, here for my first reaction: Composed AND CONDUCTED by John Williams?!?!? When did he do this??!!?? Surely he didn't fly to London and record it secretly in the Powell sessions, there would have been photos everywhere. Did he secretly record in LA without us knowing? What a great surprise!

 

Also clears up any misconception about exactly what Williams contributed to the film; certainly not just a melody scribbled on some paper!

 

Also, nice tip of the hat to the KOTCS concert suite. Let's hope this track is a little bit better than the Mutt equivalent, lol.

 

Jay moved it.

[TownerFan 4,983]

According to some (unconfirmed) reports on Reddit, it was recorded in LA last February. It was also the moment when he announced to the orchestra he would do Ep9 as well.

[crumbs 14,306]

10 minutes ago, Jay said:

I thought about that possibility too, but it seemed more likely to me that it was recorded before Powell recorded any of the film cues.  He had to integrate the theme into his cues, and probably wanted to hear how Williams wanted it to sound first.

 

Great point. It's all well and good to read Williams' music on paper, another thing entirely to actually understand his musical intentions via conducting.

 

Considering Williams must have written the theme before Powell started writing the score proper (so it could be integrated throughout), presumably this was recorded late last year, before TLJ was released? That way Powell could understand the idiosyncrasies of the piece and write accordingly; seems unlikely the first time he heard Williams' track was alongside his film cues.

[toothless 963]

Such a great news Now I hope it'll premiere in London later this year.

[John 2,032]

Awesome! May 25 couldn't come soon enough.

[Disco Stu 15,495]

13 minutes ago, TownerFan said:

According to some (unconfirmed) reports on Reddit, it was recorded in LA last February. It was also the moment when he announced to the orchestra he would do Ep9 as well.

 

Williams confirmed he'd come back for IX before February.  The Variety article that generated the headlines that he was coming back for IX was from January 10th

 

http://variety.com/2018/music/awards/john-williams-could-set-oscar-record-1202658996/

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5 minutes ago, TownerFan said:

According to some (unconfirmed) reports on Reddit, it was recorded in LA last February. It was also the moment when he announced to the orchestra he would do Ep9 as well.

 

Wait, what? Do you mean 2017 or 2018? If the former, shooting began January 2017 so that means Williams was writing this months before production began, with two different directors. Very surprising if true; hard to believe they kept it under wraps for 15 months.

[toothless 963]

 

[crumbs 14,306]

Yeah just noticed the other thread, haha! Oops.

[Disco Stu 15,495]

1 minute ago, crumbs said:

 

Wait, what!? Last February? Shooting began January 2017, so Williams was writing this months before production even began, with two different directors? Very surprising if true; hard to believe they kept it under wraps for 15 months.

 

I interpreted “last February” as Feb 2018!

[Ricardo Mortimer 43]

20 minutes ago, someonefun124 said:

Maybe it was also recorded during the TLJ sessions?

 

It was a year ago. I don't think so.

[TownerFan 4,983]

8 minutes ago, toothless said:

Such a great news Now I hope it'll premiere in London later this year.

 

It’s more likely he’ll debut it in Boston in a couple of weeks at his annual Film Night concerts.

 

And yes, I meant February 2018 in the post before, of course

[Disco Stu 15,495]

8 minutes ago, crumbs said:

 

Wait, what? Do you mean 2017 or 2018? If the former, shooting began January 2017 so that means Williams was writing this months before production began, with two different directors. Very surprising if true; hard to believe they kept it under wraps for 15 months.

 

In the December 2017 Variety interview, Williams talks about the theme very much in the present and future tense.

 

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Powell was announced as the primary composer for “Solo” back in July. “His assignment is something I’m very happy about,” Williams adds. “What I will do is offer this to John, and to [director] Ron Howard, and if all parties are happy with it, then I will be happy. … John [Powell] will complete the score. He will write all the rest of the themes and all of the other material, which I’m going to be very anxious to hear.”

https://variety.com/2017/film/news/john-williams-star-wars-composer-han-solo-movie-theme-1202650282/

 

That's not something that was recorded 11 months prior.

[toothless 963]

Yes you're right, I wrote this a bit quickly. But I mean, I hope he'll conduct this piece in London. I don't care where it actually premieres.

[crumbs 14,306]

12 minutes ago, TownerFan said:

 

It’s more likely he’ll debut it in Boston in a couple of weeks at his annual Film Night concerts.

 

And yes, I meant February 2018 in the post before, of course

 

Ah, thanks for clarifying. "Last February" implied last year's February to me.

 

Great news either way. Will be interesting to see how it blends with the music recorded in London.

 

Also, did anyone else notice that Ron Howard's comments lend credence to those persistent industry rumours about Williams' meeting with Kennedy regarding Rogue One and Giacchino/Desplat/Powell. Very interesting.

[Disco Stu 15,495]

Someone ask Williams what his favorite John Powell score is

[TownerFan 4,983]

Here’s the original report on Reddit about it:

 

https://www.google.it/amp/s/amp.reddit.com/r/StarWarsLeaks/comments/7p9m1k/john_williams_is_confirmed_for_ix/

 

It was recorded in the first days of January 2018, apparently. The guy who wrote the report talks about it being a “temp score”, but it’s very likely it was the session for the concert piece. 

[Taikomochi 1,136]

That person doesn’t really seem to know what temp tracking is...

[Disco Stu 15,495]

10 minutes ago, Taikomochi said:

That person doesn’t really seem to know what temp tracking is...

 

I sort of see how they could use that term, but it'd be more accurate to call it a "demo recording" where the demo gets used as temp score in editing.  That's fairly common, like with Giacchino and Jurassic World.

[Jay 37,346]

I wonder if the inside of the OST booklet will mention that JW's track was recorded in LA, and if it will mention the exact date or not.  Probably not.

[Tom 4,652]

2 hours ago, Jay said:

John Williams not only composed the new Han theme, but wrote a whole concert arrangement of it titled "The Adventures of Han" THAT HE CONDUCTED!  It is track#1 of the OST album

 

 

He will likely conduct this in concerts, then.

Track 11?  Disney's gay agenda confirmed! 

[DrTenma 116]

I have just seen the post of John Powell and I'm very happy to see that Williams conducted himself a concert arrangement for 'Solo'. I think that was the right call. I was already very interested in this score but now I can almost consider this as a Star Wars score hahahaha

[Jurassic Shark 12,061]

I'm guessing JW gets at least 50% of the album royalties.

[Drew 590]

8 minutes ago, Tom said:

Track 11?  Disney's gay agenda confirmed! 

 

Lando isn't gay in Empire Strikes Back. But with Disney's "let the past die" mindset, who knows? 

[Jurassic Shark 12,061]

 

2 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said:

I'm guessing JW gets at least 50% of the album royalties.

 

And rightfully so! If his new theme's any good, that is...

 

1 minute ago, Drew said:

 

Lando isn't gay in Empire Strikes Back. But with Disney's "let the past die" mindset, who knows? 

 

Maybe he's polyamorous.

[Chen G. 3,949]

YES!

 

This also means that, in quoting the theme in the score, Powell will have something more concrete to base his variations off of than a mere demo.

[Jurassic Shark 12,061]

2 hours ago, Disco Stu said:

Powell's score was recorded in London, right?  I wonder if Williams recorded this with the Last Jedi orchestra

 

That's an awesome name for an orchestra!

[King Mark 3,631]

Didn't ecpect him to actually conduct it.

 

Great news

 

...Unless it 12 minutes long and micro-edited to 6 on the OST

[Tom 4,652]

9 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said:

I'm guessing JW gets at least 50% of the album royalties.

Only if the theme is hummed by at least 13% of those leaving the theatre.  Otherwise the effort is weak, forgettable, and deserving of no recompense. 

[Jurassic Shark 12,061]

I'll hum it twice then.

 

4 minutes ago, King Mark said:

Didn't ecpect him to actually conduct it.

 

Great news

 

...Unless it 12 minutes long and micro-edited to 6 on the OST

 

That's still pretty long!

[The Illustrious Jerry 3,356]

2 hours ago, Disco Stu said:

the Last Jedi orchestra

5 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said:

That's an awesome name for an orchestra!

Yeah, I went to see the First Jedi Orchestra a while back and it was alright. The Last one is better.

3 minutes ago, Tom said:

Only if the theme is hummed by at least 13% of those leaving the theatre.  

You hear that folks. It is our duty to fulfill this.

[Chen G. 3,949]

Do we know if there's another concert arrangement (by Powell, this time) on the album?

 

"Flying with Chewie" sounds like a candidate, given that there is a Chewbacca theme now.

[Jurassic Shark 12,061]

15 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said:

Maybe he's polyamorous.

 

9 minutes ago, Chen G. said:

YES!

 

Chen reacting to the possibility that Lando might be polyamorous.

 

[The Illustrious Jerry 3,356]

1 minute ago, Chen G. said:

Do we know if there's another concert arrangement (by Powell, this time) on the album?

 

"Flying with Chewie" sounds like a candidate, given that there is a Chewbacca theme now.

Hmm. Yeah. Giacchino stuck three in on Rogue One (Jyn Erso And Hope, Imperial, Guardians of the Whills suites). Would be nice for a proper concert arrangement, especially with Powell reportedly having an additional five or something new themes and motifs.

[Jurassic Shark 12,061]

4 minutes ago, The Illustrious Jerry said:

Hmm. Yeah. Giacchino stuck three in on Rogue One (Jyn Erso And Hope, Imperial, Guardians of the Whills suites). Would be nice for a proper concert arrangement, especially with Powell reportedly having an additional five or something new themes and motifs.

 

Indeed.

 

When it comes to the concert arrangements from Rogue One, I wish Giacchino will revise them in the future to make them feel like more complete concert pieces.

[Smeltington 1,440]

 

YAYYYYYYYYYYYY what an exciting time!! I really hope we hear this in London!!!!!!!

 

This will be the first Star Wars score to have all the music JW wrote released on the OST. And only the second to be released in its entirety EVER (counting SW77)!