Popular Post Omen II 1,235 Posted February 6, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted February 6, 2018 You may remember this legendary thread from back in the day. Well imagine my pleasant surprise to open the free Metro newspaper on the train to work this morning and read this from the 60 Seconds interview with DJ Edith Bowman on page 14: Quote Who's your dream guest? John Williams. Oh man, I'd fly to the other side of the world if it meant I got just ten minutes with him! It would be the dream. Not only for the show but just on a personal level in terms of how he encouraged my connection with films from a very early age. One of the first films I remember going to see at the cinema with my mates was Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. I will never forget hearing John Williams's soundtrack and the effect it had on me. He's been so instrumental in so many of those moments over the years. I love to see my kids' reactions to him. It's brilliant to hear them go, "Did John Williams do that one, Mum?" and it's, like, "Yep, he did!" I cannot find a link so have typed it out verbatim. Good lass! Gruesome Son of a Bitch, Joni Wiljami, John and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,326 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Interesting that it was TOD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 What a hottie. Bryant Burnette and Unlucky Bastard 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omen II 1,235 Posted February 6, 2018 Author Share Posted February 6, 2018 She presented a film music concert with the Philharmonia Orchestra that I attended a couple of years ago at the Royal Festival Hall, so she seems to know her stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,232 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 I'll get some quotes from Mrs. Pilgrim for a "Not Very Famous Welshwoman Praises John Williams" thread. gkgyver 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Loert 2,509 Posted February 6, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted February 6, 2018 Quote He's been so instrumental ha! Will, The Illustrious Jerry, Omen II and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryant Burnette 654 Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 I've only heard a couple of episodes of her podcast, but they were excellent. I'd be pretty thrilled for her to interview Williams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 I believe she was a Radio One DJ at one time, so she's always been one of those more pop oriented TV personalities here, I think she even hosted Top of the Pops. Respect for Bowman just went up by the power of ten after this tho. Edit: found this too https://film.list.co.uk/article/98856-edith-bowman-i-was-nearly-in-tears-when-rian-johnson-described-going-round-to-john-williams-house/ Joni Wiljami 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 She's alright in my book! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Her top 5 scores are pretty terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryant Burnette 654 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 I find that hard to believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 She'll be here soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omen II 1,235 Posted July 20, 2019 Author Share Posted July 20, 2019 This morning Edith Bowman was the celebrity guest on Saturday Kitchen Live (a BBC TV cookery programme). She mentioned her love of John Williams again and that she e-mails his people at least a couple of times a week asking for the chance to interview him, adding that she would get on a plane straight away even if she could see him for only twenty minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,270 Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Ah 20 minutes instead of 10 now. Getting ambitious. The Illustrious Jerry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Yeah but her interview would be boilerplate and boring. "Did you have any idea you'd still be writing Star Wars music in 2019?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oomoog the Ecstatic 314 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 "Did Williams write that one mum?" "YE KNO IT WERS ZEMMER, YER PUSHIN ME TO THE EDGE." Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omen II 1,235 Posted June 27, 2020 Author Share Posted June 27, 2020 On 7/20/2019 at 5:21 PM, mrbellamy said: Ah 20 minutes instead of 10 now. Getting ambitious. I picked up a copy of the free Metro newspaper on my way to work on Friday (not many others doing likewise - can't think why) and it looks like she is now angling for a 30 minute slot with old Johnny! Sixty Seconds with Edith Bowman Quote I have a massive wish list and top of that is Mr John Williams — he soundtracked my childhood. There’s not a week that goes by when I don’t email his team and say hi. Before lockdown I was like, ‘I’m going to jump on a plane [to the USA] this afternoon’ if it means I’m going to get half an hour with him. I would drop everything to have some time with John, he’s the reason why I connect with music and film — your ETs, your Star Wars, all those things. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,008 Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 11 minutes ago, Omen II said: your ETs There's only one E.T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omen II 1,235 Posted June 27, 2020 Author Share Posted June 27, 2020 E.T.2: It Lives Again went straight to video back in the day. In fairness, Williams’s score for the sequel was largely forgettable (the inspired scoring for the lengthy orgy sequence notwithstanding). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,008 Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 Funny that he reused much of that score for Stepmom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 10 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said: There's only one E.T. Botanicus... Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,342 Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Maybe 'your ETs' was a reference to all those buried Atari cartridges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omen II 1,235 Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 Bowman is at it again like a dog with a bone! I picked up the Metro on the way to work this morning and there she is on page 14 with another Sixty Seconds interview, fangirling over OscarTM nominee John T. Williams as is only right and proper. Sixty Seconds with Edith Bowman Quote Its composer, John Williams, must surely be your ultimate guest on your podcast... I pretty much email his team once a week, just going, "Hello, it's me again..." It's the 30th anniversary of Home Alone this Christmas and so they're doing a reissue of John's soundtrack for it so I kind of come at him from all angles. John's in his eighties now and he's definitely well looked after by his team. But they're always very nice and very lovely. He's definitely the ultimate. Loert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 What does Brian Eno think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,008 Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 14 hours ago, Omen II said: It's the 30th anniversary of Home Alone this Christmas and so they're doing a reissue of John's soundtrack for it That's news to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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