Popular Post crumbs 14,315 Posted April 9, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 9, 2018 Potters 4-8. Such a wasted opportunity, musically, in years where Williams' schedule was criminally lean. Makes me cringe just thinking about it. Nick1Ø66, Edmilson, mrbellamy and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 18 minutes ago, Not Mr. Big said: Wrong. Silvestri's score is excellent. It's okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan95 66 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 I'm going to join everyone else in saying Harry Potter. I actually think if he did all of them, then the series could be just as great musically as Star Wars. But even without him, the other composers should have stuck with more of the themes he had established . For example, I watched Half-Blood Prince recently and I was thinking as Fawkes was flying around at the end it would have been a perfect opportunity to do some kind of melancholic throwback to 'Fawkes the Pheonix'. Smaug The Iron and Once 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,802 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Since he was apparently going to do it, Treasure Planet Once 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,075 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 4 hours ago, Muad'Dib said: Since he was apparently going to do it, Treasure Planet Why didn't he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmarps 217 Posted April 10, 2018 Author Share Posted April 10, 2018 @Nathan95 it was a grave mistake to contstanly keep switching composers for the HP series. Maybe this is because composers such as Patrick Doyle didn’t want to continue scoring those films, but it would’ve been good for WB to find a composer who would be committed to them all (at least past PoA). Nathan95 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan95 66 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 1 hour ago, Jurassic Shark said: Why didn't he? I would guess cause it was 2002 and his schedule was full? Harry Potter 2, SW Ep II, Minority Report and Catch me if you can. Oh, and everything they did for 20th anniversary of E.T Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryant Burnette 654 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 1 hour ago, tmarps said: it was a grave mistake to contstanly keep switching composers for the HP series. From the point of view of film-score nerds, maybe. The movies themselves were all massive hits, so I'm not sure what they did counts as a mistake at all, much less a grave one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,802 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 6 hours ago, Nathan95 said: I would guess cause it was 2002 and his schedule was full? Harry Potter 2, SW Ep II, Minority Report and Catch me if you can. Oh, and everything they did for 20th anniversary of E.T Yeah, apparently that's why. He was also supposed to Black Cauldron back in the day, which I would like more for the possiblities of the score than the movie itself, but hey, I would have liked Johnny to score practically any Disney film. Rescuers Down Under comes to mind, probably was tracked to hell with his music. Nathan95 and Once 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dtw42 61 Posted April 10, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 10, 2018 The Prestige. JW does good magic music. He could have brought Nixon-esque darkness to the latter part of the film. Sadly, he was kinda busy around then. David Julyan's score was (for me at least) less interesting than it should have been. And who knows - C. Nolan's subsequent scoring choices might have, er, no I won't pursue that line of thought any further. Jurassic Shark, Not Mr. Big and Darth Porkins 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 You honestly think that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtw42 61 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Which bit are you dubious about? It was just an idea ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 57 minutes ago, dtw42 said: The Prestige. JW does good magic music. He could have brought Nixon-esque darkness to the latter part of the film. Sadly, he was kinda busy around then. David Julyan's score was (for me at least) less interesting than it should have been. That's actually a really interesting and out there choice. That would have made for an interesting Williams score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,286 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 11 hours ago, tmarps said: @Nathan95 it was a grave mistake to contstanly keep switching composers for the HP series. Maybe this is because composers such as Patrick Doyle didn’t want to continue scoring those films, but it would’ve been good for WB to find a composer who would be committed to them all (at least past PoA). Doyle wasn't asked back. When David Yates was hired he had a previous collaboration with Nicholas Hooper and brought him onto Movie 5. Director preference. Then Hooper was out for Deathly Hallows, claiming work exhaustion. Williams was apparently approached but didn't work out and Desplat got the gig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 1 hour ago, dtw42 said: Which bit are you dubious about? It was just an idea ;-) Nolan's musical aesthetics are so far removed from Williams', it's a pipe dream. It's not like he couldn't fathom how a JW score might sound like and needed to see the light. He just doesn't want those kind of scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtw42 61 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Oh sure; I wasn't supposing that JW ever could have been hired for that. Just imagining what it might have produced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 14 minutes ago, publicist said: Nolan's musical aesthetics are so far removed from Williams', it's a pipe dream. It's not like he couldn't fathom how a JW score might sound like and needed to see the light. He just doesn't want those kind of scores. JWFan Platinum would never be marred by such speculation in the first place. dtw42 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtw42 61 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Sorry, I'm only a plastic-level member. Gimme another 10 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 You will enter when a cryogenically frozen Williams is awoken again to handcraft painstakingly detailed alternative scores with full orchestra for old Chris Nolan movies. Dixon Hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Julyan's score is not what one might expect, but I find it fits the film well and conjures a strange, otherwordly atmosphere. Flashy magic a la Harry Potter would have been dreadful. Dark Nixon brooding, maybe, but it wouldn't be so distinctive as Julyan's weird processed/stretched/reversed orchestrations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtw42 61 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 I'll grant it must work in the film. I liked the film a lot when I saw it at the cinema* and then went out and bought the CD. It just turned out to be bleh as a standalone listening experience. I hadn't listened to it much since then; have re-played the disc since this thread set off, and although I've warmed to it a little (perhaps because of the variety of stuff I've listened to between 2006 and now!), it's still a bit bleh. All just my opinion of course :-) *even though I saw the twist coming because I'd read the basic premise as a thought-experiment in a book some years before ... possibly the same place that Christopher Priest had read it before writing the novel. God, how I wish I could remember exactly where - it must be on my bookshelves somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Given JW's old-fashioned sheen, i 'd like him to tackle classic Hollywood movies like 'Gunga Din', 'The Egyptian' or 'Mutiny on the Bounty' (or or or). Once 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,714 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Ladyhawke. Mainly because I'd like to see anyone else do the score for Ladyhawke. On 4/9/2018 at 3:53 PM, crumbs said: Potters 4-8. Such a wasted opportunity, musically, in years where Williams' schedule was criminally lean. Makes me cringe just thinking about it. Indeed. Quite possibly Absolutely the biggest missed opportunity in film score history, for all parties involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mrbellamy 6,286 Posted April 10, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 10, 2018 Nathan95, Cerebral Cortex and artguy360 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew 590 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 The only thing that stood between him doing Harry Potters 5-8 was an arrogant dumbass named David Yates. Granted, I do enjoy Hooper's and Desplat's efforts quite a lot. Edmilson and Jay 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nick1Ø66 4,714 Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 12 hours ago, Drew said: The only thing that stood between him doing Harry Potters 5-8 was an arrogant dumbass named David Yates. Hmmmmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,528 Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 If it's ever filmed (which seems unlikely, but you never know) I'd love to hear his score for THE WIDOWS OF EASTWICK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 19 minutes ago, Richard said: If it's ever filmed (which seems unlikely, but you never know) I'd love to hear his score for THE WIDOWS OF EASTWICK. I imagine it would have sounded a lot like The Witches of Eastwick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,802 Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 Agora Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew 590 Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 11 hours ago, Nick1066 said: Hmmmmm. I guess 5-7 then, if you count the scheduling conflict with Tintin that would have occurred with the last one anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,829 Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 Hmmmm... 2001: A Space Odyssey Tree of Life a Ghibli anime film and as much I love Debney's score for The Passion of Christ, I'd love to hear what Williams would come up with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,802 Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Shape of the Water Practically any Scorsese film Nathan95 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 1 hour ago, filmmusic said: Hmmmm... 2001: A Space Odyssey Tree of Life Only on JWFan. Bryant Burnette 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,829 Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 6 minutes ago, TGP said: Only on JWFan. What do you mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 11 minutes ago, TGP said: Only on JWFan. Tree of Life actually could have been a great project for Williams. Loved the movie but can't remember any of Desplat's score Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,829 Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 8 minutes ago, Not Mr. Big said: Tree of Life actually could have been a great project for Williams. Loved the movie but can't remember any of Desplat's score that's because I think only one minute or so of it was used! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Just now, filmmusic said: that's because I think only one minute or so of it was used! Which minute? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,829 Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Just now, Not Mr. Big said: Which minute? Don't remember... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corellian2019 386 Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Probably the minute that was used towards the end of the teaser trailer. So glad when it showed up in the actual film (heard when the baby takes its first steps, iirc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 7 hours ago, filmmusic said: Hmmmm...as much I love Debney's score for The Passion of Christ, I'd love to hear what Williams would come up with. Or Horner! ”Mel, I’ve found this Libyan type of bagpipe. Should we use it for Jesus? No? Okay, I’ll just use Ulieann Pipes, than!” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Edmilson 7,448 Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Williams was doing literally no movie in 2007, 2009 and 2010. He could've scored all the Yates-directed Potter movies if Yates wasn't such a dumbass. Sure , he may have thought that Williams' music would be too "childish" and his Potter movies needed something more dark and dramatic... But this only shows that he wasn't aware of scores like Prisoner of Azkaban, War of the Worlds, Revenge of the Sith, etc. Williams could've delivered the dark score Yates wanted if he wasn't so stupid. Also, I like Gia's Jurassic World scores, but a part of me will always be curious for the score Williams could've wrote if he was invited. Raiders of the SoundtrArk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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