The Rise of Skywalker The Rise of Skywalker - Final day of recording sessions

[Smaug The Iron 304]

 

 

[crumbs 7809]

So 6 months of scoring sessions, 9 months of writings. 42 years in the making. Congratulations Maestro!

 

Let's hope Disney are filming the occasion to within an inch of its life and release a celebratory video.

 

How cool would it be if Daisy, George, Ford, Hamill, Rian, Kennedy etc. all attended the final day?

[JohnnyD 538]

1 hour ago, crumbs said:

So 6 months of scoring sessions, 9 months of writings. 42 years in the making. Congratulations Maestro!

 

Let's hope Disney are filming the occasion to within an inch of its life and release a celebratory video.

 

How cool would it be if Daisy, George, Ford, Hamill, Rian, Kennedy etc. all attended the final day?

 

My anticipation is already sky-high, but that statement just increased even more.

 

We already got the featurettes for Episode VIII: The Force Awakens and Episode VIII: The Last Jedi ("John Williams: The Seventh Symphony" and "Scoring The Last Jedi: A 360 VR Experience"). There will definitely be a featurette on the Maestro scoring Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker to be included in the home video release; no doubt in my mind.

 

That would be really cool!

[Cerebral Cortex 2125]

1 hour ago, crumbs said:

So 6 months of scoring sessions, 9 months of writings. 42 years in the making. Congratulations Maestro!

 

Let's hope Disney are filming the occasion to within an inch of its life and release a celebratory video.

 

How cool would it be if Daisy, George, Ford, Hamill, Rian, Kennedy etc. all attended the final day?

 

"Hello, J.J. Baby? Yes, we just got done! We're all over here celebrating! Can you believe it? 42 years and I'm finally finished! And with only a month to spare! I was really starting to get nervo... Wh... What do you mean you 'needed to tweak the ending?'"

 

 

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"John, we need a new recording of Binary Sunset! That epic 100 piece choir rendition of Rey's Theme with Rey and Kylo's love theme in counterpoint transitioning into Luke's Theme on flute and harp just isn't loud enough over the sound effects."

[Arpy 3521]

John, maybe we just need some more force theme here and there, ya know maybe eight more times...

 

John?

[Edmilson 1338]

I wonder if, considering this was the last John Williams Star Wars recording session, if they recorded something special...

 

Expectation: An epic suite covering all the major themes of the nine movies.

 

Reality: A 16 seconds insert on a very minor cue comprised mostly of suspenseful strings that won't even be audible on the movie that JW had to write on the last few days as Abrams kept changing the edit.

 

 

[crumbs 7809]

15 minutes ago, Edmilson said:

Reality: A 16 seconds insert on a very minor cue comprised mostly of suspenseful strings that won't even be audible on the movie that JW had to write on the last few days as Abrams kept changing the edit.

 

Basically this, if the JKMS photos of the sheet music are any indication. 

[Tom 1383]

 

[mrbellamy 4249]

1 hour ago, Edmilson said:

An epic suite covering all the major themes of the nine movies.

 

I doubt he’d do anything like this in a single medley, but I do wonder if he’ll publish a Signature Edition suite for the whole saga.

 

Although my guess is it’d just be, like, “Across the Stars” and “Rey’s Theme” added to the existing OT suite, but it’d be cool for there to be a Williams-arranged suite repping all three trilogies that could become a pops standard.

 

End of the day, the “Main Title” piece will always be performed. It’s a nice thought.

[BrotherSound 556]

https://twitter.com/DougAdamsMusic/status/1197698140989775872

[Cerebral Cortex 2125]

That's more like it! Love that Steven was there! 

[Drew 226]

He's the guy who recommended Johnny for that silly children's sci-fi movie.

[Tom 1383]

I was initially annoyed that they were dragging out Williams' assignment, but this looks like pure joy and respect.  

 

Williams raising and putting down the baton on SW one last time.  Epic and sad all at the same time.  

[The Illustrious Jerry 2720]

 

Who let JJ hold the camera?

[crumbs 7809]

I love that Steven attended! Especially considering he suggested JW should get the gig for the very first film over four decades ago. Seems like they definitely made the final sessions a celebration.

 

Really hope George, Daisy, etc. got to attend as well. Looks like JJ made a speech which is awesome. 

[BrotherSound 556]

1 minute ago, crumbs said:

I love that Steven attended! Seems like they definitely made it a celebration. Really hope George, etc. got to attend as well. 

It looks like the ScoringSessions folks were there today, so hopefully everything was well-documented!

 

 

[Bayesian 525]

Does this mean we might finally get an Amazon placeholder for the soundtrack in the next few days?? (Not that the two things are remotely related, but seriously, why can’t we preorder the OST already?)

[Drew 226]

If he scored the rumored alternate endings, then how long are the complete recordings?

[crumbs 7809]

About 7 hours. 

[Cerebral Cortex 2125]

I hope we find out what the last piece he recorded was. 

[crumbs 7809]

5M74XRR Insert Revised Rev Rev 4 Alt. Version 2 (Force Theme Rev) 

[Albus Percival Wulfric 2229]

I can imagine that in his humilility he didin't expect anything extraordinary from the last day of sessions, so a full-blown little 🥂, with Spielberg and other old friends coming, must have really surprised him.

 

It seems like we also have a nice celebratory mood here. 10 heart-certified posts on the first page of the thread? Wow.

We are like the force ghosts smiling at an Ewok party 🍷🍸

[toothless 708]

He seems genuinely happy on theses photos. And that makes me happy. 

[Marc 334]

  

33 minutes ago, toothless said:

He seems genuinely happy on theses photos. And that makes me happy. 

 

Indeed

[bollemanneke 1612]

Why does it say 'what might be the final day'? Is there a chance it's still not over?

[Jurassic Shark 5470]

What's Doug Adams doing there - is he planning to write a book for himself?

[Jurassic Shark 5470]

12 hours ago, Smaug the iron said:

 

 

 

Now, all that remains is to butcher JW's score in editing.

[crumbs 7809]

52 minutes ago, bollemanneke said:

Why does it say 'what might be the final day'? Is there a chance it's still not over?

 

It's probably just a tongue in cheek reference to the seemingly endless sessions for new revisions and inserts. 

[mrbellamy 4249]

Or they just weren’t 100% sure it was the last day at the time they tweeted but that’s what they were hearing. They’re obviously well-informed but they have more access to some scores than others and who knows exactly how deep their sources go on Star Wars.

 

But I think the pics are clear this was it. He’s done!!!! Ugh can’t believe it.

[crumbs 7809]

Some guy on reddit says he was part of the sessions. Anyone with a reddit account should message him and see if they can get any goss on the score. Even if it's just a casual question like how the score compares to TFA/TLJ. Or if that Anthony Daniels music is legit new material from TROS. 

 

 

[Remco 441]

‘Most of the conducting on the ST has been done by other people.’ 

 

Got to love these knowledgeable reddit users.

[crumbs 7809]

That bloody Dudamel, conducting 6 minutes of a 178 minute score! He didn't leave anything for Williams! 

[Jurassic Shark 5470]

Bill Ross, you mean.

[Amer 1089]

Doug Adams just posted this. Spielberg visiting on the last session. 

 

https://twitter.com/DougAdamsMusic/status/1197698140989775872

 

[aescalle 98]

Pleeaase Dear Santa Claus,

could you send us a leak of the complete Recording sessions!

 

This is my only wish for christmass pleeease! ;-)

 

 

[King Mark 2556]

it's kind of sad in  a way. Looks like the last time he records SW music

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 5790]

As bored as I tend to be with Spielberg and even JW's work for some time now, seeing them together is always nice. Same goes for George Lucas.

[mrbellamy 4249]

They’re still the guys who made Jaws.

[pro-arte 20]

22 hours ago, crumbs said:

Some guy on reddit says he was part of the sessions. Anyone with a reddit account should message him and see if they can get any goss on the score. Even if it's just a casual question like how the score compares to TFA/TLJ. Or if that Anthony Daniels music is legit new material from TROS. 

 

 

Ouuuups, we forgot to push on the recording button, might comeback next week for another sessions 

[crocodile 4717]

12 hours ago, King Mark said:

it's kind of sad in  a way. Looks like the last time he records SW music

Just as he did in 1983 and then again in 2005.

 

 

Speaking of recording sessions ending and such, isn't it weird we're less than a month away from the film's release and there is still no word on the soundtrack release? Both TFA and TLJ were announced and available to pre-order in September.

 

Karol

[Jurassic Shark 5470]

No need for a soundtrack release when there's no new themes.

[Arpy 3521]

They probably haven't finalized the album yet.

[mrbellamy 4249]

Watch it be streaming only

[Jurassic Shark 5470]

They're waiting for Sean Murphy to do his magic...

[_deleted_ 202]

Rise of Skywalker... the penultimate chapter of JW's film scoring career? 

Will Indy 5 be JW's last score? 

 

[Hristo 1]

Maybe not.

[Albus Percival Wulfric 2229]

My dream would be to have a recorded moment from the scoring sessions when Williams finished conducting the end suite and lowered the baton, to be the final shot of the end credits. Or at least a video from the scoring sessions somewhere amidst the end credits suite.

[crumbs 7809]

From someone who claims to have attended the sessions:

 

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The stuff I heard/performed was fantastic! I (thankfully) have no idea what scenes the cues were for, since we had no visuals (I didn’t want anything to be spoiled!). I really wish I could talk more about it, but NDAs, etc.

 

 

I didn’t a sense of the score as a whole, but what I heard was great, naturally. A lot of recognizable themes, some transformed in interesting ways. I’m really looking forward to the film and didn’t want to see anything spoiler-y for myself, let alone others.

He told the horns to play a little softer, but said he didn’t want to “dampen their enthusiasm.” It got some laughs. He’s such a consummate pro and class act.

I honestly just tried to soak up every second of it. He and his music are a treasure.

 

[The music is] fantastic! As someone once told me, “There’s John Williams, and then there’s everyone else.”

 

 

From that Reddit thread above. 

[Albus Percival Wulfric 2229]

27 minutes ago, crumbs said:

"He told the horns to play a little softer, but said he didn’t want to “dampen their enthusiasm.” It got some laughs. He’s such a consummate pro and class act".

I've read / heard somewhere that it's conducting 101 to never let the brass players lose confidence. Interesting that even at such a high level it's still the case. But then I am sure that every (conducting) figure of legend is well aware that anything they say might get executed to an excessive measure.