pete 907 Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 was that it? 17 minutes with a few music clips? BB-8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,306 Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 Fun fact: Natalie Holt conducted JW's Obi-Wan Kenobi suite. BB-8 and Chewy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-8 3,468 Posted August 30, 2022 Author Share Posted August 30, 2022 Didn't William Ross conduct all the non-Holt Obi-Wan Kenobi sections? And didn't the LSO perform the first Harry Potter OST at Air Lyndhurst Studios and Abbey Road Studios in London? Classic FM just said "recording orchestra" conducted by John Williams.... What a superficial and badly prepared 2 hours...junk food level! No wonder Williams was pushing to get back to work on Indy 5 ("down to wire"). 5 hours ago, pete said: was that it? 17 minutes with a few music clips? I had predicted 6 minutes of pure Williams talk. bollemanneke and pete 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mahler3 478 Posted August 30, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 30, 2022 The LSO performed the 2nd Potter film at Abbey Rd. The first one did feature many LSO players but it was a session orchestra fixed by Isobel Griffiths. Same for Azkaban. Portions of the first Potter we’re recorded at Air, but as Williams wasn’t familiar with the venue he preferred Abbey Rd so all remaining sessions were conducted there. Yes, you’re right regarding William Ross. I haven’t listened to the 2 hour show, I was recommended to watch the 17 minute video edit via the Global Radio player and it sounds like “He chose wisely.” My takeaway from the interview was that Hedwig’s Theme starts with “chimes” (!) and the statement from Andrew Collins “I don’t know how you did it, but you did it!” about Star Wars was cringeworthy! I actually enjoyed the conversation about Jaws above everything else, despite its well trodden fodder. I’m also glad JW insisted on talking about the LSO & Maurice Murphy. Amer, ConorPower, BB-8 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 907 Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 Does the 17-minute video contain all the interview material? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,684 Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 Classic FM is a music station... you didn't honestly expect them to just have two hours of Williams talking did you? (obviously, yes you did ) mahler3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mahler3 478 Posted August 30, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 30, 2022 15 minutes ago, pete said: Does the 17-minute video contain all the interview material? Yes, unless parts were decided to be cut. Come to think of it I can’t recall hearing the Bond misquote l. 15 minutes is typical for an approved interview slot. Press junkets have a similar timeframe. MaxTheHouseelf, WilliamsStarShip2282 and pete 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 907 Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 34 minutes ago, Richard Penna said: Classic FM is a music station... you didn't honestly expect them to just have two hours of Williams talking did you? (obviously, yes you did ) I did.. Well I expected more than 10 minutes of Williams talking. I'm a dreamer! I just realized the James Bond quote wasn't in the 17-minute video.. So it's not the whole interview regardless of how much I was expecting So what else is missing from the 17-minute video? And does anyone have a link to the 2-hour broadcast? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TownerFan 4,983 Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 The questions were a little bit on the generic side, referring just to his most popular works and not much else. But I gather this was not addressed to fans or connoisseurs, but mostly to their classical music audience. That being said, JW looks very jovial and happy. He seems truly enjoying himself in this stage of his life, imbibing himself with all the love he gets from wherever he goes and whoever he meets. It's impossible not to smile when you hear him talking with such joy and gratitude about music. BB-8 and ConorPower 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bollemanneke 3,342 Posted August 30, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 30, 2022 1 hour ago, Richard Penna said: Classic FM is a music station... you didn't honestly expect them to just have two hours of Williams talking did you? (obviously, yes you did ) Yes, I was. JW is 90 now. No one knows how much longer he will be with us. Anyone in their right mind would have asked him more intelligent questions at this stage, such as 'how do you feel at this point in your life, what was your experience in Europe like' or, I dunno, anything intellectual. Nobody needs yet another rehash for casual listeners who don't know who he is, we've received plenty of those for a lifetime. Nobody forced Classic FM to do this. They wanted to and they wasted our and his time. Let someone like Tim Burden or Tommy Pearson ask the questions, someone who actually knows what posterity would want to ask him, not someone whose first priority is delivering catchy lines and repeating fifty effing times he's talking to JW. You can just tell Williams wanted to have this chat over with. To quote one of my friends: what a shit show. enderdrag64, BB-8, Bayesian and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-8 3,468 Posted August 30, 2022 Author Share Posted August 30, 2022 I am still wondering who Classic FM is actually addressing. The superficial layman? Or the old aged pensioner who avoids using the internet, has a limited record collection and is happy with zapping into "soothing classics"? Audio interviews with JW have certainly been done/presented better by other "networks" over the past couple of years, e.g.: Gramophone John Williams on writing a new violin concerto for Anne-Sophie Mutter | Gramophone BBC KUSC https://media.kusc.org/audio/2020/01/20200131-Williams-Star-Wars.mp3 https://media.kusc.org/audio/2018/02/2018-02-15-williams-the-post.mp3 Ricard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GerateWohl 4,356 Posted August 30, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 30, 2022 @TownerFan, @mahler3: When at last are you going to make a skype interview with the maestro himself? Release of The Fabelmans score would be a great opportunity. crumbs, MaxTheHouseelf, Andy and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,342 Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 52 minutes ago, BB-8 said: I am still wondering who Classic FM is actually addressing. The superficial layman? Or the old aged pensioner who avoids using the internet, has a limited record collection and is happy with zapping into "soothing classics"? Audio interviews with JW have certainly been done/presented better by other "networks" over the past couple of years, e.g.: Gramophone John Williams on writing a new violin concerto for Anne-Sophie Mutter | Gramophone BBC KUSC https://media.kusc.org/audio/2020/01/20200131-Williams-Star-Wars.mp3 https://media.kusc.org/audio/2018/02/2018-02-15-williams-the-post.mp3 They don't know themselves I think. BB-8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post crumbs 14,306 Posted August 30, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 30, 2022 3 hours ago, BB-8 said: Didn't William Ross conduct all the non-Holt Obi-Wan Kenobi sections? And it was Williams himself who conducted the concert suite the interviewer attributed to Holt. enderdrag64, BB-8 and Chewy 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BB-8 3,468 Posted August 30, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 30, 2022 In the 17-min video version, there's a selection bias towards VPO footage, including Star Wars Main Theme. The short clips from Harry Potter (Diagon Alley) are accompanied by ASM's Hedwig pizzicati. Reel 6 of Indiana Jones V: "And that will be with me for the rest of the day." 4 hours ago, GerateWohl said: @TownerFan, @mahler3: When at last are you going to make a skype interview with the maestro himself? Release of The Fabelmans score would be a great opportunity. A 1-hour conversation between Williams and Spielberg would also be interesting on that occasion. Maybe a bit like when André Previn interviewed JW and managed to dig a little deeper. GerateWohl, mahler3 and Ricard 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 2,835 Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 This is exactly what I should have expected from Classic FM to be honest. I used to regularly listen on my communte to and from work, but stopped after I kept hearing the same pieces of music every day. BB-8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuartalHarmony 542 Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 5 hours ago, BB-8 said: I am still wondering who Classic FM is actually addressing. The superficial layman? Or the old aged pensioner who avoids using the internet, has a limited record collection and is happy with zapping into "soothing classics"? Very much the latter, is my understanding. To quote PDQ Bach, ‘Listening so easy, you don’t even know you’re listening.’ Mark BB-8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post crumbs 14,306 Posted August 30, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 30, 2022 One thing I really hate about the radio version is the interviewer has clearly re-recorded all their questions after the fact and re-contextualized the interview and Williams' responses. I despise this type of manufactured journalism (especially the post-recorded outros for each musical interlude into the next question, as if Williams is sitting there listening alongside him). The video is a better reflection of the conversation that occurred (and his questions are phrased differently with less interruptions). The radio interview has a little more Williams material (the Bond discussion is absent in the video) but they're edited into bite-size fragments and the constant musical interludes make for a frustrating listen. artguy360, bollemanneke, MaxTheHouseelf and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,342 Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 They did the same thing with the Berlin concert. A straight broadcast was too simple, they had to interrupt everything to announce the speeches JW was going to make because we obviously needed that. BB-8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Loert 2,511 Posted August 30, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 30, 2022 7 hours ago, BB-8 said: I am still wondering who Classic FM is actually addressing. Holko, BB-8 and tmarps 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-8 3,468 Posted August 30, 2022 Author Share Posted August 30, 2022 Marian Schedenig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Erik Woods 555 Posted August 30, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 30, 2022 MaxTheHouseelf, bollemanneke, enderdrag64 and 6 others 3 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,511 Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 Thus spoke filmmusicman. bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-8 3,468 Posted August 30, 2022 Author Share Posted August 30, 2022 7 minutes ago, Loert said: Thus spoke filmmusicman. FM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabulin 3,511 Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 To be fair, ClassicFM is just about the only website other than JWFan that routinely has Williams among history's greatest composers. It's an easy target, but I dunno... am I the only one here who can't be bothered to see them as the blasphemous antichrist? Btw. Williams seemed very alert and witty in his answers, which bides well for the Indy score. Omen II 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 4,651 Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 30 minutes ago, Fabulin said: Btw. Williams seemed very alert and witty in his answers Has he ever seemed otherwise? Fabulin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 907 Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 I thought most of Williams responces were given inspite of the interviewer, not because of him. "Did you know that that two-note Jaws motive would make you a superhero?" Wtf? Sounds like a questions a middle school student would write. Nothing about inspirations, recent albums, and concerts, and nothing really about future projects and plans except Indy. BB-8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-8 3,468 Posted August 31, 2022 Author Share Posted August 31, 2022 I'm wondering whether the interviewer was so excited that he was unable to bring any logic into the sequence of the questions and themes. I mean just imagine sitting in front of the man himself. I think one would certainly need some common ground or a strong topic to have a meaningful conversation, otherwise you just end up exchanging polite platitudes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,342 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 He's a presenter, he should have been able to do that. I would have been able to suppress my excitement, I think, because I would be aware of how important it was. You can become a fanboy in the last minute. Amer and crumbs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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pete 907 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Last grumble: To get the same responces from Williams, he needed only to have said, "Hi John" "Your job is hard", "Jaws", Star Wars", "Harry Potter", "Superman", "Indy 5", and "bye John". And from his comments, there was no evidence of research and preparation beyond knowing Williams scored those films. Grumbling aside, it was lovely hearing John say that he's having much more fun of late, and I like how he described Spielberg's idea for Jaws music being similar to Images as crazy. BB-8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-8 3,468 Posted August 31, 2022 Author Share Posted August 31, 2022 1 hour ago, pete said: Last grumble: To get the same responces from Williams, he needed only to have said, "Hi John" "Your job is hard", "Jaws", Star Wars", "Harry Potter", "Superman", "Indy 5", and "bye John". And from his comments, there was no evidence of research and preparation beyond knowing Williams scored those films. Grumbling aside, it was lovely hearing John say how that he's having much more fun of late, and I like how he described Spielberg's idea for Jaws music being similar to Images as crazy. And for a change, the "all-dead" anecdote did not feature. pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrett 153 Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 When he says that 30% of the film is complete… does he mean 30% of the writing? Or 30% of the recording? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 907 Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 28 minutes ago, Garrett said: When he says that 30% of the film is complete… does he mean 30% of the writing? Or 30% of the recording? I'm sure he meant writing as he mentioned that he just about had all the thematic material (new themes) written. And this was back in early July, so two months ago. Garrett 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,342 Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 This station is declining alarmingly quickly. ON their request show: "I'd love to hear part of Beethoven's moonlight sonata, it's my favourite song." No correction. Then they play this: is it me, or did they use to be better? I'm switching to Lyric FM I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-8 3,468 Posted September 7, 2022 Author Share Posted September 7, 2022 2 hours ago, bollemanneke said: This station is declining alarmingly quickly. ON their request show: "I'd love to hear part of Beethoven's moonlight sonata, it's my favourite song." No correction. Then they play this: is it me, or did they use to be better? I'm switching to Lyric FM I think. I therefore prefer BR-Klassik and, when in a UK mood, BBC Radio 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,342 Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 Yeah, I used to find BBC3 too intellectual, but this is much worse. Lyric FM is good too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 Well, I have a favourite song by Beethoven, it's called An Die Hoffnung, Op.94! bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 4,651 Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 2 hours ago, bollemanneke said: This station is declining alarmingly quickly. ON their request show: "I'd love to hear part of Beethoven's moonlight sonata, it's my favourite song." No correction. Then they play this: is it me, or did they use to be better? I'm switching to Lyric FM I think. In all fairness, the Pathetique is the better sonata--though the first movement is best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,342 Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 Well my favourite song remains Harry's Wondrous World, sang by Boston Pops. Once 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-8 3,468 Posted September 7, 2022 Author Share Posted September 7, 2022 Beethoven Op. 111 comes closest to Mahler and Oscar Peterson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-8 3,468 Posted September 7, 2022 Author Share Posted September 7, 2022 5 hours ago, bollemanneke said: Well my favourite song remains Harry's Wondrous World, sang by Boston Pops. I prefer it sung by the Berlin Philharmonic because of the ritardando. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,342 Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 Ah yes, that glorious ritardando... Never did an A-flat sound better. BB-8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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