Popular Post Amer 2,096 Posted January 10, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted January 10, 2018 Great news. John Williams officially confirms to John Burlingame in his new detailed interview to Variety. Read below and rejoice! (Thanks to Mike Matessino for the alert) http://variety.com/2018/music/awards/john-williams-could-set-oscar-record-1202658996/ John, Score, James and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Episode 11? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Score 770 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 I think you should invert "I" and "X" in the topic title (For a moment, I got scared) Amer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amer 2,096 Posted January 10, 2018 Author Share Posted January 10, 2018 Thanks. I was so thrilled I didn't type it correctly. But fixed it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Awesome! Amer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Great news! When JJ was announced as director, I thought it increased the chances of Williams doing it. We get a confirmation much more in advance than The Last Jedi Amer and Once 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Score 770 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Was it known that he is writing a fantasia for cello, harp and orchestra titled “Highwood’s Ghost” ? Interesting! Once 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Not unexpected though, why would Williams not intend to score the last film in a 9 film saga? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Smeltington 1,438 Posted January 10, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted January 10, 2018 Holy shit, there's so much to process in this article!!!!! "Johnson was so delighted with the results that, Williams says, he would eventually like to release a version of the film “without the dialogue and effects, just the music played in the foreground. All of the accompanimental music will be brought forward — every gesture, the music traveling along with the moods and textures, references to characters and so on.” For those who were wondering what Johnson thought of the score! Cerebral Cortex, Jurassic Shark, Tiburon and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,346 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Nice to have official confirmation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 4 minutes ago, king mark said: When JJ was announced as director, I thought it increased the chances of Williams doing it. Why? JJ was extremely kind and flattering towards Williams and his contribution to the film 2 years ago. Williams hasn't had a bad time on the new SW films, i'm sure of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post King Mark 3,631 Posted January 10, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted January 10, 2018 that's what I said..did you read my post correctly? Williams seemed to enjoy working with JJ Will, Jurassic Shark, Tiburon and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bespin 8,480 Posted January 10, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted January 10, 2018 “I would very much like to complete that” (surely hoping it's the last!) crumbs, Loert, Will and 3 others 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Score 770 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Just now, Jay said: Nice to have official confirmation! Jay, the news about the orchestral piece "Highwood's Ghost" is worth of a main page post! (also, it is stated that the recorded score for TLJ was 184 minutes) crumbs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amer 2,096 Posted January 10, 2018 Author Share Posted January 10, 2018 Finally we are reading some post LAST JEDI feedback in more depth. Hope there will be more coverage on video and hoping Williams nabs both films for an Oscar nomination each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 And the size of the orchestra, was that reported elsewhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post King Mark 3,631 Posted January 10, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted January 10, 2018 106 minutes of unreleased music confirmed Gruesome Son of a Bitch, Tiburon, Pieter Boelen and 3 others 3 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 1 minute ago, king mark said: 106 minutes of unreleased music confirmed Something to look forward to for the next 20 years Pieter Boelen and crumbs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,516 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 A lot of which we'll get on the isolated score! It'll probably be banished to the super ultra 3D 4K Bluray version to give people a reason to buy it, but we'll have it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 8 minutes ago, Smeltington said: "Johnson was so delighted with the results that, Williams says, he would eventually like to release a version of the film “without the dialogue and effects, just the music played in the foreground. All of the accompanimental music will be brought forward — every gesture, the music traveling along with the moods and textures, references to characters and so on.” why not release a 2 c.d. set now instead of 20 years from now Chewy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smeltington 1,438 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Hey now, he was delighted, but not THAT delighted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,054 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 He was delighted with 77 mins. Smeltington 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Balahkay 627 Posted January 10, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted January 10, 2018 I had no doubt Williams would finish the trilogy. Now the real question... will he take on Rian's trilogy? Once, Tiburon, Oswin Pond and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,054 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Rian praising JW: As for “The Last Jedi,” director Rian Johnson says “of all the cool amazing stuff that I was lucky enough to get to do, the experience with John was the highlight of the highlights.” Pieter Boelen and Tiburon 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chewy 2,388 Posted January 10, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted January 10, 2018 Great article! Quote Asked how it feels to have done this job for 60 years, the composer responds with a laugh: “It feels like a good start.” I love him! Tiburon, John, Pieter Boelen and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Balahkay 627 Posted January 10, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted January 10, 2018 I love this quote: Quote “I don’t think you can retire from writing,” he says. “I feel very lucky, and the work that I do doesn’t depend on much. If your vision’s still good, and your hands — I have no arthritis in my hands and I play the piano very easily — I don’t think there’s any reason to deprive oneself of the fun of working. Music is so rewarding.” crumbs, James, SourBork and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Very interesting reading! We also have a reference from Williams to the thematic material, including Rose's theme and what he calls a motif for Ach-to. It also seems the size of the orchestra was increased after all: 101 pieces, as opposed to 85-piece in the previous one. My guess is added percussion, a fuller string roster and high woodwinds. crumbs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Williams is arthritis free. good to know Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jurassic Shark 12,054 Posted January 10, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted January 10, 2018 They probably increased the percussion section to include his whole extended family. crumbs, igger6 and Will 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 I wonder Williams will continue TLJ's heavier use of prequel-esque percussion and choir or if he'll go back to TFA's more stripped back sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy 2,388 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 I hope so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,492 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Nice! Third's the charm! There is one error in the article, though. PLAYHOUSE 90 was not the first TV show Williams worked on (in fact, we still miss steadfast evidence that he worked on this show at all!). As most of you know, that was M SQUAD. Once 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,683 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 1 hour ago, Holko said: A lot of which we'll get on the isolated score! It'll probably be banished to the super ultra 3D 4K Bluray version to give people a reason to buy it, but we'll have it! That was my first thought on reading that section - it surely means Johnson will push for an isolated score on the BD. I personally haven't been particularly thrilled by TLJ, but I haven't seen the film, and often a film viewing changes everything. Joni Wiljami 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giftheck 916 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 There wasn't really any doubt , but nice to see him round the saga out with one last score. And I hope it's the ultimate culmination of all his Star Wars work so far: it needs to go out on a triumphant note and I have every confidence in him for this. Though... maybe he could get a more traditional scoring schedule - so far, his luxurious schedule has resulted in really great music - which still suffered butchering in editing. It must be grating that he hasn't escaped the editors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Fancyarcher 350 Posted January 10, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted January 10, 2018 I don't think we needed any conformation but nice to know. This will probably be last his SW film too. Hope he goes out with a "bang". Great article too. Williams is always such a delight. Giftheck, John, crumbs and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 we always need confirmation. we were wondering if Williams was scoring TLJ for a long time Ricard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,511 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Quote a lot of interstitial connecting material Where does he find these words? I'm not even sure how to pronounce it correctly... Oh and hurrah obviously! Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,342 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Can I be the first morbid poster who points out that Williams is still months away from writing any music for that film, if you know what I mean... and that Episode 9 is not gonna be the end of it all? Pieter Boelen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,054 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Of course it won't, but for JW it will. He deserves to rest now... with writing scores to Spielberg's next movies. Chewy and Fancyarcher 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post crumbs 14,306 Posted January 10, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted January 10, 2018 So he wrote another 3 hour Star Wars score. In fact, 184 minutes is about 6 minutes more than he recorded for TFA! Simply astonishing. Matessino must be dreaming of sinking his teeth into these one day. That's a glorious amount of unreleased/unheard music, the likes of no JW score expansion I've heard before (maybe ROTJ would come close in the OST vs complete score ratio?) Love, love, LOVE that Rian might be pushing for an isolated score on a future Bluray. We know Disney love to double dip (they did the standard TFA release then the 3D one a year later with extra features). What are the odds they might include an iso score on the latter release? Guessing Disney Records might quietly interject, as it could effect future score expansions (let's just hope they're more invested in these scores than Sony were). Holko, Pieter Boelen, Fancyarcher and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 I'm sure it won't be a totally isolated score and they're going to find a way to ruin it by adding LOW sound effects or dialogue. or SOMETHING to prevent making bootlegs Pieter Boelen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,683 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 I think Rian was pretty specific in what he was envisioning. If you just take away the dialogue, you're changing virtually nothing for most of the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerebral Cortex 3,357 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Wow! So in 4 years we will have had 4 Star Wars movies with new Williams music. Who'd have thought? Pieter Boelen and crumbs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 10, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted January 10, 2018 I was hoping for Junkie XL, but I guess Williams will do, I suppose. crumbs, Amer, igger6 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,306 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 And really, it's 3 film's worth of music, over 6 hours recorded (with only about 4 hours used in the final films). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igger6 894 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 It’s funny that I actually felt a little pang of deprivation at that phrase about his major work of 2018 not being for film. How accustomed I’ve become to the manifold and unexpected blessings of the past ten years. What is it, eight scores, two of them Star Wars?! Not a single synapse in my brain came within a mile of imagining this. Then, a second later, I remembered the Solo theme is coming, too, and even the voracious, score-grubbing ingrate side of me was placated. P.S. It’s “IN-ter-STISH-uhl,” meaning occurring between the major sections of a larger work of some sort, usually having a connective quality. Will and crumbs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p0llux 398 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 damn son Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwig 1,120 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Great news. Let's hope Episode IX has some of the most compelling new characters / locales / situations of the ST so it inspires some of the best themes of the saga. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artguy360 1,843 Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Best news concerning Ep 9 so far. crumbs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post crumbs 14,306 Posted January 11, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2018 15 minutes ago, artguy360 said: Best news concerning Ep 9 so far. Other than Colin Treverrow getting the ass, of course. Obi, Remco, Jurassic Shark and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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