The Fabelmans - OST Album

[Chewy 2,126]

So the OST will be released on Milan Records: 

 

[Jay 33,670]

Didn't see that label coming

[King Mark 3,411]

So it's some kind of Spielberg autobiography.

 

I predicts the best parts of the score will be the "quotes" from some of his movies like Raiders and E.T. All of them will be unreleased on the album

[Chewy 2,126]

You'll never change @King Mark 

[Jay 33,670]

I wonder why Universal granted a music license to Milan Records instead of releasing it under their own Backlot Records?

[Alex 2,694]

Is this news significant in any way? (This is a genuine question, I’m not an expert on labels etc)

[Jay 33,670]

I would say no, not really.  JW likely constructed the same album program he would for any label.

 

Actually I just thought of something, maybe the album will include some of the source songs used in the movie, so it had to come out on a major music label and not Universal's internal one?  I dunno.

[Bespin 7,566]

39 minutes ago, Jay said:

I wonder why Universal granted a music license to Milan Records instead of releasing it under their own Backlot Records?

 

They didn't want to distribute it.

[Jay 33,670]

Right - I wonder why they didn't want to distribute it?

[Bespin 7,566]

2 hours ago, Jay said:

Right - I wonder why they didn't want to distribute it?

 

Economical decision, they think a wide distribution would not cover its costs.

 

Sony is the distributor or the Milan Label.

[King Mark 3,411]

12 minutes ago, Jay said:

 

 

Actually I just thought of something, maybe the album will include some of the source songs used in the movie, so it had to come out on a major music label and now Universal's internal one?  I dunno.

 oh no.our worst OST nightmare

[GerateWohl 3,303]

Please a double CD! One Disk score, second disk songs. Not again that mishmash.

[Luke Skywalker 1,622]

Can’t wait for the expanded release in my deathbed!

 

😔

[Bespin 7,566]

@GerateWohl read again my previous posts and lower ALL your expectations concerning the score, even about an eventual Oscar nomination.

[King Mark 3,411]

My expectations for the OST albums are ALWAYS low.

 

Most realistic prediction: It will be a short score so most of it will fit on the c.d. and we might even get unused music. But that lush orchestral passage in the film's finale everyone here will praise as the best bit will be unreleased.

[TownerFan 4,978]

3 hours ago, Bespin said:

 

Economical decision, they think a wide distribution would not cover its costs.

 

Sony is the distributor or the Milan Label.

 
May I ask on which authority you’re making these claims?

[Bespin 7,566]

1 hour ago, TownerFan said:

 
May I ask on which authority you’re making these claims?

 

I have a bit of Vulcan blood, only a bit. Sadly mostly French!

[Bayesian 1,165]

I wonder if any of the classical piano pieces that diagetically appear in the film will be on the Milan soundtrack. If yes, I hope they’ll be performed originally—either by Michelle Williams, if she’s a competent pianist, or (ideally) by JW himself.
 

Almost anything her character would perform in the film would likely be in the public domain, so that’d surely make things easier on the licensing end of things.

[Fabulin 3,465]

Wouldn't it be lovely to have a curated album of some Chopin, piano arrangements of old songs, and Williams tracks designed to fit with them?

Especially if they are a bit like the finale of Lincoln:

 

[TownerFan 4,978]

30 minutes ago, Bayesian said:

I wonder if any of the classical piano pieces that diagetically appear in the film will be on the Milan soundtrack. If yes, I hope they’ll be performed originally—either by Michelle Williams, if she’s a competent pianist, or (ideally) by JW himself.
 

Almost anything her character would perform in the film would likely be in the public domain, so that’d surely make things easier on the licensing end of things.

 

Piano and keyboard solos on the score are performed by Robert Thies and Joanne Pearce Martin.

[GerateWohl 3,303]

 

35 minutes ago, Fabulin said:

Wouldn't it be lovely to have a curated album of some Chopin, piano arrangements of old songs, and Williams tracks designed to fit with them?

Especially if they are a bit like the finale of Lincoln:

 

Something like that Jean-Yves Thibaudet did with the piano suite of Dario Marianelli's Pride and Predjudice score.

 

 

[michael_grig 450]

Is there a release date yet? Will it be released digitally?

[Disco Stu 15,483]

1 minute ago, Michael Grigorowitsch said:

Is there a release date yet? Will it be released digitally?

 

Of course it will be released digitally.  In this day and age the question is, will a new release OST be released physically.  For JW the answer is probably still Yes.  For most composers, it's increasingly No.

[Jay 33,670]

2 minutes ago, Michael Grigorowitsch said:

Is there a release date yet?

 

If there was one, that information would be in this thread already, of course.

 

2 minutes ago, Michael Grigorowitsch said:

 

 

Will it be released digitally?

 

Obviously. In what world would any film score from 2022 not be sold at digital retailers?

[BB-8 2,605]

48 minutes ago, Jay said:

 

If there was one, that information would be in this thread already, of course.

 

 

Obviously. In what world would any film score from 2022 not be sold at digital retailers?

As long as we get a CD, too.

[Jay 33,670]

Most new film scores do not get physical CD releases.

[Disco Stu 15,483]

27 minutes ago, Jay said:

Most new film scores do not get physical CD releases.

 

Like I said above, I'll be very surprised if that trend applies to JW.  I think he's basically the only film composer working who's still guaranteed a non-limited major label CD release for a new score in 2022.

[Jay 33,670]

Does anyone know when the last time Milan Records issued a physical CD was?

[Holko 8,621]

When's the last time a JW feature score came out with no physical release?

[BB-8 2,605]

31 minutes ago, Jay said:

Most new film scores do not get physical CD releases.

Luckily the good ones still do.

[Disco Stu 15,483]

8 minutes ago, Jay said:

Does anyone know when the last time Milan Records issued a physical CD was?

 

There's probably one more recent, but just picking at random from their titles of 2021/2022, I see that Balfe's Wheel of Time got a CD release:

 

https://www.amazon.com/Wheel-Time-Amazon-Original-Soundtrack/dp/B09L9ZCV9M/

 

It says in the details that the manufacturer is Milan, so that implies it's not one of those CD-R deals, right?

[BB-8 2,605]

7 minutes ago, Jay said:

Does anyone know when the last time Milan Records issued a physical CD was?

They do vinyl in many, many colours...

 

I mean Spielberg himself will probably want a hard copy so he can add some personal liner notes.

[Jay 33,670]

1 minute ago, Disco Stu said:

There's probably one more recent, but just picking at random from their titles of 2021/2022, I see that Balfe's Wheel of Time got a CD release:

 

https://www.amazon.com/Wheel-Time-Amazon-Original-Soundtrack/dp/B09L9ZCV9M/

 

It says in the details that the manufacturer is Milan, so that implies it's not one of those CD-R deals, right?

 

I think so!

[Disco Stu 15,483]

2 minutes ago, Jay said:

 

I think so!

 

Found it on Discogs where someone actually uploaded scans.  The back says both "Sony Classical" and "Milan".  I'd bet that Fabelmans will do that too, given JW's long-time relationship with Sony Classical.

 

https://www.discogs.com/release/22047766-Lorne-Balfe-The-Wheel-Of-Time-The-First-Turn-Amazon-Original-Series-Soundtrack

[Jay 33,670]

Boy that show looks silly

[Manakin Skywalker 4,375]

But... if the score does get a physical release, will the title be embossed? And if so, how embossed?

[Jaaaackified 70]

On 16/9/2022 at 5:13 PM, Jay said:

Does anyone know when the last time Milan Records issued a physical CD was?

 

Simon Franglen's soundtrack of a film about Notre Dame on fire got a CD release earlier this year. But that looks like Milan in Europe rather than Milan in North America

IIRC Steve Jablonsky's Red Notice got a CD release from Milan as well. 

[Jay 33,670]

According to this page, the OST album will release on Friday, November 11th

 

http://filmmusicreporter.com/upcoming-soundtrack-albums/

[Disco Stu 15,483]

4 minutes ago, Jay said:

According to this page, the OST album will release on Friday, November 11th

 

http://filmmusicreporter.com/upcoming-soundtrack-albums/

 

I assumed it would but nice to have confirmation (although whoever runs that website is maybe assuming too)

[Brando 1,373]

I would've thought it would release the same day as the film, but then again this isn't a big blockbuster/franchise movie either.

[Tom 4,000]

2 hours ago, Brando said:

I would've thought it would release the same day as the film, but then again this isn't a big blockbuster/franchise movie either.

This is the release date--it opens as limited on the 11th and then expands two weeks later. 

[DangerMotif 886]

Does anyone have any info on whoever runs that account? Such a mystery but he gets everything. legend

[GerateWohl 3,303]

So we are getting two more Williams releases this year. And I can't say which one I am more excited about.

This one or the upcoming expansion of whatever.

 

[Brando 1,373]

46 minutes ago, Tom said:

This is the release date--it opens as limited on the 11th and then expands two weeks late. 

Oh thats true.

[Jay 33,670]

52 minutes ago, Gibster said:

Does anyone have any info on whoever runs that account? Such a mystery but he gets everything. legend

 

By "account", do you mean the Film Music Reporter website?

 

I heard once that it's run by @Kaya, but I have no idea if that's true or not.  Maybe @Koray Savas knows?

[DangerMotif 886]

33 minutes ago, Jay said:

 

By "account", do you mean the Film Music Reporter website?

 

I heard once that it's run by @Kaya, but I have no idea if that's true or not.  Maybe @Koray Savas knows?

Such a mystery to me, whoever runs it is a legend. Just interesting how it breaks almost all of score news and is completely annonomys

[Koray Savas 2,244]

2 hours ago, Jay said:

By "account", do you mean the Film Music Reporter website?

 

I heard once that it's run by @Kaya, but I have no idea if that's true or not.  Maybe @Koray Savas knows?

Kaya runs Film Music Media. I’m not sure who runs Film Music Reporter. 

[Jay 33,670]

It remains a mystery then

[pete 794]

Two weeks to go. I'd lost track of that.

Arg the stages of excitment a new Williams score:

1. announcement

2. filming starts

3. filming finishes

4. starts scoring 

4.5 if we're lucky Williams talks about his progress.

5. finishes scoring 

6. Soundtrack announced

7. Release date announced (sometimes included in stage 6)

8. Track titles!

9. Track lengths!

10. The first listen.

11. Initial disaapointment - not what I was expecting, how could it be? - New kid on the block doesn't belong.

12. Then I realize it's great and it feels part of his canon.

13. Listen for about a month

14. Life returns to normal but it's better because there's more Williams music. 

 

When I started it was just
1. See Williams name on a poster

2. Look for soundtrack

3. Buy soundtrack

4. See the movie maybe.

 

or

1. See Williams name on a soundtrack while browsing the OST section of a record shop. I'm so old!

2. Buy and listen etc,

[Brando 1,373]

9 minutes ago, pete said:

Two weeks to go. I'd lost track of that.

Arg the stages of excitment a new Williams score:

1. announcement

2. filming starts

3. filming finishes

4. starts scoring 

4.5 if we're lucky Williams talks about his progress.

5. finishes scoring 

6. Soundtrack announced

7. Release date announced (sometimes included in stage 6)

8. Track titles!

9. Track lengths!

10. The first listen.

11. Initial disaapointment - not what I was expecting, how could it be? - New kid on the block doesn't belong.

12. Then I realize it's great and it feels part of his canon.

13. Listen for about a month

14. Life returns to normal but it's better because there's more Williams music. 

 

When I started it was just
1. See Williams name on a poster

2. Look for soundtrack

3. Buy soundtrack

4. See the movie maybe.

 

or

1. See Williams name on a soundtrack while browsing the OST section of a record shop. I'm so old!

2. Buy and listen etc,

4.75-John Williams performs a brand new theme during, what is believed to be the very first occurrence, his annual Hollywood Bowl summer concert, at the behest of the director, surprising everybody as he also drops the name and description of the female lead.