The Legacy of John Williams (Website & Podcast)

[Maurizio 5,677]

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[Brando 2,395]

I’ve been listening through all the older episodes, and the other day I listened to the one with Brett Mitchell, which was a really cool one because he talks about conducting the LTP’s, and if you remember, he brought up how he hadn’t met Williams at the time, and he really wanted to. Looks like he finally got that wish.

[Jay 41,830]

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!

[karelm 3,188]

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.

[Jay 41,830]

New episode!

 

https://thelegacyofjohnwilliams.com/2023/01/12/richard-kaufman-talk/

[mahler3 504]

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! :-)

 

 

 

 

[BB-8 4,730]

15 hours ago, Jay said:

New episode!

 

https://thelegacyofjohnwilliams.com/2023/01/12/richard-kaufman-talk/

Yet another version of the "all-dead anecdote"...

[Jurassic Shark 14,694]

Someone should make a C&C release of all the versions.

[ConorPower 171]

@mahler3 I remember it well from last year! Excited to listen back and re-listen to the wonderful concert too!

Hope there are more similar events in the near future!

[igger6 989]

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?

[ConorPower 171]

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.

[igger6 989]

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?

[ConorPower 171]

@igger6 Oh sorry. Yes, there was only one TROS piece performed. 

[Jay 41,830]

Another new episode! 

 

https://thelegacyofjohnwilliams.com/2023/01/23/eric-whitacre-podcast/

[igger6 989]

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

[Jay 41,830]

It looks like @TownerFan isn't promoting his stuff here any more, but I'm happy to do it for him!

He made a great new birthday tribute video!

 

 

[Brando 2,395]

Looking forward to hearing from Joanne Pearce Martin on the next episode!

[Jay 41,830]

Here it is!

 

https://thelegacyofjohnwilliams.com/2023/02/24/legacy-conversations-joanne-pearce-martin/

[thx99 1,971]

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[Brando 2,395]

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

[thx99 1,971]

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.

[Brando 2,395]

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.

[Jay 41,830]

The Adam Michalak episode is here!

 

https://thelegacyofjohnwilliams.com/2023/03/17/legacy-conversations-adam-michalak/

[thx99 1,971]

26 minutes ago, Jay said:

New episode!

 

https://thelegacyofjohnwilliams.com/2023/03/17/legacy-conversations-adam-michalak/

I hope everyone will enjoy listening to it as much as TownerFan and I had fun recording it!!  It was a great time! Adam is a fantastic guest.

[Quppa 248]

Great episode - fascinating to hear about the engineering side of film scoring.

[Jay 41,830]

This episode was really fantastic!!

 

I quite enjoyed the entire episode, top to bottom, front to back.  I think hearing the conversation between two dudes who started college on one path and ended up in another was really interesting, and it was so great to hear Adam talk about how his love of film scores let him right into his career; Just sounds so satisfying especially for people like me who have a career that "just" pays the bills, and gets way more satisfaction from what will forever remain "just" a hobby

 

The discussion of various recording stages and various recording techniques was really interesting.  As much as this podcast series has illuminated how the availability of specific performers has influenced Williams' writing, it's clear that the room a score will be recorded in and the expertise of the recording engineers plays a factor as well.  It was interesting to hear them discuss how Williams worked with so many different engineers over the years, before finally finding a real groove with Shawn Murphy.

 

I especially enjoyed the discussed of the transition period from analog to digital, that kind of stuff is really interesting to me.  It was such a gradual process, changing from score to score, from engineer to engineer, room to room, composer to composer.  In the end I'm quite glad Williams held on to recording to 2" tape for as long as he did, since some scores during this period are locked to ridiculous bitrates by jumping on digital too soon (Kamen's X-Men was recorded natively at 44.1khz, for example).

 

And the clips chosen by Maurizio are perfectly chosen and placed!  They really augment the conversation perfectly.  I especially enjoyed hearing Randy Kerber's cool, slow version of Galaxy's Edge!  I can't even remember now if that's commercially released or not, but it should be!

 

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

[thx99 1,971]

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/

 

[Jay 41,830]

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!

[Jay 41,830]

New episode!

 

https://thelegacyofjohnwilliams.com/2023/06/07/geri-rotella-podcast/

[bollemanneke 3,959]

Wonderful so far, as expected.

[Jay 41,830]

Oh thanks for the bump I forgot to post my thoughts on the episode

 

It was very good!  I was completely unfamiliar with her, but she told good stories.  I really liked what she said about Williams as a conductor, and how his command of the recording stage is different than anyone she knows.  I don't remember her exact words now, but she expressed it in a way that I hadn't heard anyone do before that was very illuminating.

[bollemanneke 3,959]

what I love about these episodes is how, whenever he plays music excerpts, I realise more than ever just how extraordinary these musicians must be. The combination of that and the interviews somehow make me forget about the scores and really listen to just what these people are playing and how they're giving it their all.

[Jay 41,830]

And that Williams recognizes the talent in these people and composes passages specifically for them.  It's all stuff I literally never thought about before this podcast series started

[Jay 41,830]

Another new episode!

 

https://thelegacyofjohnwilliams.com/2023/06/21/legacy-conversations-peter-boyer/

[Jay 41,830]

Peter Boyer posted a nice message on Facebook about it!

 

The Legacy of John Williams has published a podcast interview with me, as part of their "Legacy Conversations" series. I'm grateful to producers/hosts Maurizio Giovanni Caschetto and Tim Burden for their ongoing interest in my music, their wide-ranging knowledge, and their passion for what they do. Let's face it, for any composer to be mentioned in same breath with John Williams is an enormous compliment, and one I don't take lightly. This series of "Legacy Conversations" has included many musicians who have worked personally with JW, and whom I deeply admire and respect.

I was happy to have an opportunity to discuss in detail my recent album with the London Symphony Orchestra on Naxos (also Naxos of America, Naxos UK, etc.); my work "Balance of Power," commissioned by The Kennedy Center for the National Symphony Orchestra; my new "Rhapsody in Red, White & Blue" for pianist Jeffrey Biegel; my work with "The President's Own" United States Marine Band; and some of the ways in which the one and only JW has influenced me and other composer colleagues. Our discussion also included John Mauceri's brilliant book, "The War on Music."

Of many interviews I've done over the years, this is easily one of the most in-depth (and probably the longest of all). For those who are interested in my music, I hope you'll listen. Many thanks, Maurizio and Tim!

 

https://www.facebook.com/PeterBoyerComposer/posts/pfbid02yvbNciPtjZVSSoUWM6or3jPg511BTbxuSmQiFRZdZcJZrBc23FKGr7xeokb5YcUDl

[Jay 41,830]

Trailer for a big video interview! 

 

 

[BB-8 4,730]

For a second, I thought this was going to be political...

[Jay 41,830]

It's up!

 

https://thelegacyofjohnwilliams.com/2023/08/14/legacy-conversations-the-war-on-music/

 

 

[Incanus 5,852]

That was a completely engaging and wonderful conversation and touched on so many interesting points about the history of film music, classical music and music in general. Mauceri's charting of the possible reasons for the trends of "classical" or "concert hall" music post WWII was fascinating. I could have listened to the trio for another 2 hours. I'll definitely pick up Mauceri's book!

[Jay 41,830]

The latest podcast episode is here!

 

https://thelegacyofjohnwilliams.com/2023/09/01/the-lost-world-amistad-podcast/

[Jay 41,830]

 

 

NEW EPISODE Soundtrack Producer Mike Matessino talks the expanded reissues of two impressive #JohnWilliams scores from 1997, THE LOST WORLD and AMISTAD, recently released by @LaLaLandRecords

LISTEN http://tinyurl.com/ysabbudp

 

https://twitter.com/TheLegacyofJW/status/1697639770518614300

 

 

 

🔴 NEW EPISODE!🎙

 

GRIPPING JOURNEYS: THE MUSIC OF 'THE LOST WORLD AND 'AMISTAD'

 

Archival Soundtrack Producer Mike Matessino returns on The Legacy of John Williams podcast to discuss the remastered and expanded editions of two impressive scores from the Steven Spielberg/John Williams collaboration, recently released by La-La Land Records: THE LOST WORLD and AMISTAD.

 

Mike Matessino sheds light on his restoration work on these seminal scores, both composed in the same year (1997), also offering his insightful comments on how they sits within John Williams' filmography. Project assistant Jason LeBlanc joins the episode as a special guest to further illuminate on the process of restoring these two releases and explaining his role assisting Matessino during their production.

 

Hosted by Maurizio Caschetto and Tim Burden

 

🎧 LISTEN 👉 tinyurl.com/ysabbudp

 

Available on all major podcasting platforms!

 

https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0UVnm8YfsbeLeLhtAkuxUuSbSvVD2MkXoBj7ZBNbF1bS3rbsbk4guz7weGaCxcY1xl&id=100054793129036&mibextid=CDWPTG

[1977 1,763]

A great listen, thanks Jay, Maurizio, Tim and Mike!

[bollemanneke 3,959]

Amazing episode so far, obviously.

[Holko 11,231]

So glad Amistad was given attention, Jay was a nice surprise! Great episode!

[enderdrag64 1,303]

This was the first episode of the podcast I've ever listened to. I really enjoyed it!

I think I'm gonna go back and listen to all the other episodes over the coming months, I've been looking for a new podcast to listen to while driving anyway

[Brando 2,395]

36 minutes ago, enderdrag64 said:

I think I'm gonna go back and listen to all the other episodes over the coming months, I've been looking for a new podcast to listen to while driving anyway

I did this several months ago! It took me a very long time to catch up but the behind the scenes stories and discussions with the players and Mike are so cool and very informative.

[pete 1,072]

Direct quote from Michael: "Williams is busy with at least three things - he's writing"

 

The only upcoming pieces that have been announced are the piano concerto and a piece for Yo-Yo Ma, which will presumably be performed at the upcoming Williams/Yo-Yo Ma concerts in February 2024. Assuming those two haven't been completed, that means Williams is writing at least one other piece. Yay!

[Jay 41,830]

Was wondering when someone was gonna mention that... 

[ricsim88 309]

Great podcast. Really enjoyed your insights @Jay

[KittBash 328]

Finally got a chance to just sit and listen to this. Another great episode of the podcast and @Jay it was great to hear you and your insights added to the mix this time! Your work on this board over the years has proven that you would be great at working on these releases and I hope it continues. 

 

I always enjoy the chats with Mike, @mahler3 & @TownerFan, and I always archive copies of these discussions along with my copies of the scores as I return to these episodes often, this will be no different. 

 

I particularly liked what was said about how podcasts like this break down the barrier between us who love these releases and those who work on them... hearing all of the inside bits (at least what we are allowed to know ) on how these releases are made is always a gratitude inducing moment for me for as it was said, it's a small miracle these happen and I can't agree more. 

 

Now to give Amistad another spin