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The Legacy of John Williams (Website & Podcast)


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On 07/12/2022 at 11:00 AM, TownerFan said:

On the heels of the Milan events... Tune in today at 7pm CET / 1pm EST / 10am PST (available at any moment immediately afterwards)

 

This video is great!  I was already traveling when it dropped so figured I wouldn't see it until I got home (did not want to watch it on my phone), but Maurizio was kind enough to show it to me and Jim Ware in his house.  It was such a lovely tribute, I was moved many times.  I hope everybody checks it out!

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The Gloria Cheng conversation was excellent!  She's a lovely person.  I took a masterclass with her about contemporary piano performance and thought she was so polished that I later asked her for advice on public speaking which she happily gave me tips about presentations.  Aside from her being a wonderful person, she's a fantastic musician too!  Anyway, I really enjoyed the podcast and look forward to hearing more from you.

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I hope people enjoy this lighthearted conversation. Richard is always a joy to speak with and some of the audience questions are good. The full concert we speak of is also available to stream alongside some rehearsal clips. Take note of The Forest Battle trombone directions which are so important!

 

Similar to the crucial drama of the T-Rex Finale! Here’s one more clip which is just for you! :-)

 

 

 

 

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Wait, was this the concert with the premiere of the TROS suite?!?!

 

EDIT: false alarm. I remember this concert. Was that other one also in Dublin? Or was it Detroit or something?

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9 hours ago, igger6 said:

Wait, was this the concert with the premiere of the TROS suite?!?!

 

EDIT: false alarm. I remember this concert. Was that other one also in Dublin? Or was it Detroit or something?

There was also a Dublin concert last year on May 4th which included TROS, among music from all 9 films.

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17 minutes ago, ConorPower said:

There was also a Dublin concert last year on May 4th which included TROS, among music from all 9 films.


But only the one “Rise of Skywalker” concert piece from the OST, right?

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This was great! And Whitacre’s Equus was an instant buy for me. 

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23 minutes ago, Brando said:

Oh cool!! I love the behind the scenes stuff!

 

I think you'll enjoy Adam's stories from various Williams sessions and the Sony Scoring Stage itself. :)

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Oh yeah, give me the stories!! Having Ramiro Belgardt on as a guest would be super cool as well. I know the editing process isn't always ideal, but it would be really awesome to hear him talk about working close with John and the filmmakers.

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It's so great to hear the positive feedback on this episode with Adam, @Jay!!  I was thrilled when @TownerFan agreed to move forward with it and even more so that he allowed me to participate.  I tried to sneak in some tech talk but didn't want to go overboard, in case it turned off the listeners.

 

I couldn't agree more with @TownerFan's selection and placement of the musical clips, especially the 2nd movement of "Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra", which really was the surprise highlight of my experience at the recording sessions for the Hooten EP.

 

31 minutes ago, Jay said:

I especially enjoyed hearing Randy Kerber's cool, slow and slinky version of Galaxy's Edge!  I can't even remember now if that's commercially released or not, but it should be!

 

It has not been commercially released but Adam added it to his SoundCloud page several years back...

 

 

He treated me to a playback of this piece as well as several of Kerber's market cues (with Adam's added vocoder elements) that he discussed in the podcast in February 2020 at Hollywood Scoring, weeks before the pandemic hit.  Of course, it was just a few days after I had visited Disneyland with @Dr. Know and his wife, and I didn't key in on Kerber's arrangement/music during my time spent in Galaxy's Edge.

 

31 minutes ago, Jay said:

That NBC News piece included was amazing as well, am I nuts or is that not available anywhere else?

 

I thought that the version of "Meet the Press" that Adam shared with us to include in the podcast had not been heard anywhere else outside of portions appearing in various NBC featurettes about the 2004 sessions that Adam mentioned, but it seems that an extended version or separate longer take has been on the Network News Music since 2005: https://www.networknewsmusic.com/meet-the-press-2004-theme/. Adam's version is higher-quality than the one featured there, however.  That site includes some other selections from those 2004 sessions, most famous of them being the theme Williams wrote for a new show to be hosted by Tom Brokaw which has been dubbed the "Rodeo" theme by some (I believe that this is an edit that @King Mark put together from various NBC behind-the-scenes videos back in the day): https://www.networknewsmusic.com/today-2004-bumper/

 

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Right, I knew Kerber's version was on Soundcloud (it's mentioned in the episode), I just couldn't remember if Disney had finally gotten around to putting more park music out officially, like as a digital album on all the platforms.  They really should!

 

Thanks for the explanation of Meet The Press!  It's great to have a new, nice, high quality version now!

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