Who will become Spielberg's go-to composer after JW?

[Sunshine Reger 3,711]

 

Besides a few other minor collaborations and misc productions where someone else picked the composer, Spielberg has been a Williams-total for quite some time. I wonder whom will he work with after Williams passes away or retires definitely.

 

[Ii2 210]

Spielberg without John is Speilberg without Spielberg.

 

 

He'll retire

[Jill Sandwich 10,906]

Someone else.

[KK 3,310]

He'll probably just swing from one composer to the next, depending on the needs of the project.

[Jim 6,258]

Clint Eastwood. 

[JoeinAR 1,956]

No one. He will whore his scores out.

It certainly wont be that composer giacchino.

[Xander Harris 9,441]

Who you gonna call?

[Jill Sandwich 10,906]

Mozart.

[John 2,033]

Junkie XL. 

[JoeinAR 1,956]

Just now, John said:

Junkie XL. 

 

[Jurassic Shark 16,256]

He'll just do silent films.

[mrbellamy 7,998]

Disco Stu’s back?

[Jurassic Shark 16,256]

Zed's dead baby, Zed's dead.

[Kasey Kockroach 2,687]

He won't use composers anymore, he'll just insert pop songs into the proceedings. 

[Bilbo 4,268]

Random hookups.

 

Hopefully Giacchino is never one of them.

[Jurassic Shark 16,256]

Nor Hanzi and his entourage.

[mrbellamy 7,998]

8 minutes ago, Kasey Kockroach said:

He won't use composers anymore, he'll just insert pop songs into the proceedings. 

 

I would be kinda down for Spielberg to do a soundtrack score tbh. Although he can be a little, erm, "basic" with song choices.

 

I think he might also just end up doing more dramas with no/minimal score.

[Jurassic Shark 16,256]

He'll just re-use JW cues, played backwards.

[Xander Harris 9,441]

That would be an improvement.

[Jurassic Shark 16,256]

Who are we kidding? JW will probably outlive us all, not least Spielberg!

[JoeinAR 1,956]

I want to emphasize that Steven Spielberg has never collaborated witn Michael Giacchino in his primary role as director. He has never pulled that lever. 

[Jurassic Shark 16,256]

Philip Glass.

[Score 775]

I think he will just ask to different composers for different projects, without having a new "go-to" composer. Of that list, Silvestri and Newman could be among the possible collaborators. I hope for Don Davis, but I don't think it's likely...

[Kasey Kockroach 2,687]

19 minutes ago, JoeinAR said:

I want to emphasize that Steven Spielberg has never collaborated witn Michael Giacchino in his primary role as director. He has never pulled that lever. 

Pull the lever, Kronk!

[Jurassic Shark 16,256]

Don't touch it!

[Chewy 2,788]

Morricone

[The Illustrious Jerry 3,361]

Randomly, but I voted Silvestri because I feel that he might be a tad more likely than anyone else.

[Yavar Moradi 4,293]

Why isn't David Newman an option on the list?

[Jurassic Shark 16,256]

Too many Newmans!

[Sunshine Reger 3,711]

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[Oomoog the Ecstatic 314]

Nobody I care about.

 

Have to say, I dislike the majority of film music, but John Williams is an exception.

 

Would've been nice if JW, Spielberg, and Bruce Broughton collaborated more. Bruce Broughton is a good composer.

[TheUlyssesian 2,696]

He WILL have a go-to composer because he repeats his film-making crew all the time. He does not like jumping from collaborator to collaborator.

 

I think Silvestri is the default choice. Like Williams - he can jump from drama to action/adventure.

 

Gia has yet to score a good straight drama for me. Ditto Powell. 

 

JNH is another one. So I think it would be between JNH and Silvestri.

[Sunshine Reger 3,711]

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[Naïve Old Fart 12,786]

Hopefully the little Muppet will stop making films, soon, and put everyone out of his misery.

 

 

 

 

 

3 hours ago, Fabulin said:

 

Whoever compiled this list, forgot POLTERGEIST.

[Alex 3,055]

Nathan Johnson.

[Sunshine Reger 3,711]

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[Muad'Dib 2,026]

Is Blackhawk even on the table?

 

A Zimmer-Spielberg collab would be wonderful.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,052]

4 hours ago, JoeinAR said:

 

 

4 hours ago, mrbellamy said:

Disco Stu’s back?

 

He he he.

[Thor 9,343]

Christ Almighty, is it at all possible to have a serious discussion about this? A million replies, and all of them goofy jokes....

 

It would have been very interesting if he reverted back to Billy Goldenberg -- Spielberg's regular collaborator before JW -- but he's 83, so I doubt it.

 

I think he will continue doing what he's done so far; use various composers of the big 80s and 90s generation, tailormade for whatever project he's doing -- like Alan Silvestri, Thomas Newman and David Newman. In the 90s, when Zimmer was involved with Dreamworks, Spielberg said that he would be a likely collaborator in the future, so there's that. I would love to see and hear a Spielberg/Zimmer score.

[Koray Savas 2,259]

4 hours ago, TheUlyssesian said:

He WILL have a go-to composer because he repeats his film-making crew all the time. He does not like jumping from collaborator to collaborator.

Well this is demonstrably false. He has already used two different composers in Williams’ absence. 

[JoeinAR 1,956]

I would rather not ever hear a SS zimmer or giacchino collaboration. I do like his trying some of the competent composers.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,052]

Gia hasnt proved he's got what it takes to take over from Williams.

[SteveMc 2,687]

I agree with Disco Stu.  And KK

[Bespin Copilot 10,672]

Spielberg should stop making movies if JW can’t score them, that’s simple.

[Koray Savas 2,259]

20 minutes ago, Stefancos said:

Gia hasnt proved he's got what it takes to take over from Williams.

I’d wager that Spielberg would choose Zimmer over Giacchino. 

[JoeinAR 1,956]

There are plenty of better composer than Z or G.

[John 2,033]

I imagine Spielberg would go for a more “prestige” composer in Williams’ absence. Maybe Thomas Newman or Silvestri. 

[JoeinAR 1,956]

Silvestre has been doing well lately

[Not Mr. Big 4,949]

Never Giacchino

[pete 1,313]

I'll do it for free. I'll have to learn how to compose music first though.