John Powell's MIGRATION (2023)

[Jay 37,369]

Dave Norris, who works for Universal in London, confirmed Powell is scoring it in the FSM thread

 

    I think John Powell is scoring this.

        New Animation Score is nearly done writing!

 

    https://www.instagram.com/stories/johnj_powell/3109990455668985430/

 

He is

 

https://filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=150865&forumID=1&archive=0

 

So that's good enough for me to start the thread her.  If it turns out he's not scoring it, we can rename the thread.

 

 

 

 

[Edmilson 7,466]

A new Powell animated score in December is a great Christmas gift!

[LSH 969]

Very good news! Looking forward to it.

[Luka 242]

Another confirmation:

 

[Edmilson 7,466]

Now it's on Film Music Reporter as well:

 

http://filmmusicreporter.com/2023/06/18/john-powell-scoring-illumination-entertainments-migration/

 

My most antecipated score for the final months of the year alongside JNH's All the Light We Cannot See.

[PrayodiBA 517]

December can't come soon enough! 😞

 

Now that Powell is confirmed,

I watched the trailer again, and this particular "flying" segment:

^^

There is an "epic" underscore to the Pharell's song in that moment; of course that's a random trailer music creation,

but that could be indication that the filmmaker would want "an epic score" for the flight scene.

 

I think that is why they brought Powell in the first place;

they see "a flying moment", then they instantly "hire Powell!"

 

And in regards to this being an Illumination production, which mainly aimed for kids & toddlers,

I believe Migration won't be fully the case here, as it's directed by the director of Oscar-nominated Ernest & Celestine,

so expect a bit of "maturity" in it.

 

And anyway,

based on this photo from Powell's partner's instagram:

 

^^

The score is currently being recorded in London Air Lyndhurst studio.

The last time Powell recorded his score in London is with HTTYD 3!

 

So is this another indication that it will be a big, quality orchestral score?

(Unlike with Powell's previous, Call of the wild and Ferdinand, recorded in The State,

and both are not "a big orchestral score")

I assume Powell, or any composer, would want to record the music in London because the orchestra performer is better there, is this correct? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Richard Penna 3,694]

In what conceivable way is Call of the Wild not a 'big orchestral score'? It doesn't have as much action as HTTYD but the whole thing is brimming with thematic goodness.

 

Don't see what there is to have against scores recorded in the States. I think you're reading far too much into one photo of a session.

[Luka 242]

29 minutes ago, Richard Penna said:

In what conceivable way is Call of the Wild not a 'big orchestral score'? It doesn't have as much action as HTTYD but the whole thing is brimming with thematic goodness.

 

Don't see what there is to have against scores recorded in the States. I think you're reading far too much into one photo of a session.

 

What I understand from @PrayodiBA's perspective is that the number of musicians was probably less on Call of the Wild. A lot of the tracks are more on the bare side with guitar solos for example. 

And the fact that a score is being recorded at Air Studios or Abbey Road usually means it's a big full orchestra. They wouldn't go there just to record a small ensemble. They want the big room sound of those stages.

[PrayodiBA 517]

58 minutes ago, Richard Penna said:

In what conceivable way is Call of the Wild not a 'big orchestral score'? It doesn't have as much action as HTTYD but the whole thing is brimming with thematic goodness.

 

Don't see what there is to have against scores recorded in the States. I think you're reading far too much into one photo of a session.

^^

Yeah, this, what @Luka perfectly said 🙏

(English is not my first language 😄)

30 minutes ago, Luka said:

 

What I understand from @PrayodiBA's perspective is that the number of musicians was probably less on Call of the Wild. A lot of the tracks are more on the bare side with guitar solos for example. 

And the fact that a score is being recorded at Air Studios or Abbey Road usually means it's a big full orchestra. They wouldn't go there just to record a small ensemble. They want the big room sound of those stages.

 

----

I am hugely under the impression that the quality of orchestra player is better in London than in the US;

but my assumption is also not a nonsense, as I watched many composers interview of how they spoke highly of "the score being recorded in London; the brass player are great etc."

 

And yeah like Luka said, Hollywood composer wouldn't want to choose to record the music in London if not for the quality of the orchestra or the quality of the stages.

 

And Powell recording in London is indeed an indication of big orchestral score,

as judging from Powell's choice of recording location for his scores in the last decade:

Still > recorded in his house

Don't Worry Daring > recorded in New York, US

Call of the Wild > recorded at Newman Scoring Stage, US

HTTYD 3 > recorded in Abbey Road, UK

Solo > recorded in Abbey Road, UK

Ferdinand > recorded at Newman Scoring Stage, US

Pan > recorded in Air Studio, UK

HTTYD 2 > recorded in Abbey Road/Air Studio, UK

^^

And we know which are the "big orchestral score" 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Jay 37,369]

Great to have definitive confirmation!

With Indy 5 dropping in the summer, this is surely the score I'm mostly looking forward to out of all the holiday movies

[Tom Guernsey 2,286]

1 hour ago, PrayodiBA said:

^^

Yeah, this, what @Luka perfectly said 🙏

(English is not my first language 😄)

 

----

I am hugely under the impression that the quality of orchestra player is better in London than in the US;

but my assumption is also not a nonsense, as I watched many composers interview of how they spoke highly of "the score being recorded in London; the brass player are great etc."

 

And yeah like Luka said, Hollywood composer wouldn't want to choose to record the music in London if not for the quality of the orchestra or the quality of the stages.

 

And Powell recording in London is indeed an indication of big orchestral score,

as judging from Powell's choice of recording location for his scores in the last decade:

Still > recorded in his house

Don't Worry Daring > recorded in New York, US

Call of the Wild > recorded at Newman Scoring Stage, US

HTTYD 3 > recorded in Abbey Road, UK

Solo > recorded in Abbey Road, UK

Ferdinand > recorded at Newman Scoring Stage, US

Pan > recorded in Air Studio, UK

HTTYD 2 > recorded in Abbey Road/Air Studio, UK

^^

And we know which are the "big orchestral score" 

 

I think the quality of performance on a technical level is fairly comparable between LA and London. However, the one thing that a number of film composers comment upon is that, when they engage the London Symphony Orchestra, they get the benefit of a world class symphony orchestra who play together all the time in a wide variety of repertoire, so there's a unity of performance that a Hollywood orchestra can't quite match (notwithstanding that I'm sure many of the LA musicians play together on scores frequently). There are other considerations such as cost too of course! It's surprising, to some extent, that the LA Philharmonic aren't regularly engaged to perform film scores the same way as the LSO etc. It's not like that LA Phil is some huge tier of quality different to the LSO, although I suspect they have benefactors with deeper pockets so don't need the extra revenue as much, plus I'm guessing there might be some union thing too.

 

Still, yes, looking forward to JP's score!

[Courtney Sees Ghosts 269]

It took 15 years but homie scoring another animated movie not connected to Blue Sky or Dreamworks. The movie's probably gonna be mid af but the score is gonna be fire.

Edit: Totally forgot about The Lorax. My mind went straight to Bolt. Lol

[Jay 37,369]

Gen Z has arrived at JWFan

[Faleel 5,355]

No cap.

[Luka 242]

12 hours ago, Courtney said:

the score is gonna be fire.

 

Looks like it, Sener said "Wait till you hear this score… Mind Blown!"

 

 

 

[ddddeeee 257]

On 19/06/2023 at 6:23 AM, PrayodiBA said:

December can't come soon enough! 😞

 

Now that Powell is confirmed,

I watched the trailer again, and this particular "flying" segment:

^^

There is an "epic" underscore to the Pharell's song in that moment; of course that's a random trailer music creation,

but that could be indication that the filmmaker would want "an epic score" for the flight scene.

 

I think that is why they brought Powell in the first place;

they see "a flying moment", then they instantly "hire Powell!"

 

And in regards to this being an Illumination production, which mainly aimed for kids & toddlers,

I believe Migration won't be fully the case here, as it's directed by the director of Oscar-nominated Ernest & Celestine,

so expect a bit of "maturity" in it.

 

And anyway,

based on this photo from Powell's partner's instagram:

 

^^

The score is currently being recorded in London Air Lyndhurst studio.

The last time Powell recorded his score in London is with HTTYD 3!

 

So is this another indication that it will be a big, quality orchestral score?

(Unlike with Powell's previous, Call of the wild and Ferdinand, recorded in The State,

and both are not "a big orchestral score")

I assume Powell, or any composer, would want to record the music in London because the orchestra performer is better there, is this correct? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Powell and Elfman are good friends, but I wonder why he's there.

 

Edit: Elfman was visiting the set of Beetlejuice 2 in London and dropped by.

[Courtney Sees Ghosts 269]

12 hours ago, Jay said:

Gen Z has arrived at JWFan

JW fan since the age of 3! Glad to be here!

[LSH 969]

Excited about this, as I am with any new Powell project. I'm almost certain that it will be, at least, very good. He might have plateau-ed but we are in a period of peak Powell, I'm convinced of it. 

[Luka 242]

On 23/6/2023 at 11:47 PM, Jay said:

Gen Z has arrived at JWFan

 

I don't understand what this is referring to?

[Faleel 5,355]

On 23/06/2023 at 10:48 PM, Courtney said:

..homie ... mid af ....gonna be fire.

 

[Luka 242]

Oh I see! I guess I'm too close to being a Z as well hahah (1996)

[Faleel 5,355]

If I am not mistaken @Jilal and @Will are in that Z/almost Z range as well.

[Courtney Sees Ghosts 269]

22 minutes ago, Luka said:

Oh I see! I guess I'm too close to being a Z as well hahah (1996)

Ey! Product of 97! #TitanicGang

[Edmilson 7,466]

I think it's rather funny that there are JWFans members younger than the site itself 

[Jilal 569]

1 hour ago, Signals said:

If I am not mistaken @Jilal and @Will are in that Z/almost Z range as well.

 

I've never been labeled this way before and it hurts, ngl

[Faleel 5,355]

19 minutes ago, Edmilson said:

I think it's rather funny that there are JWFans members younger than the site itself 

Forget BCE - CE, the real year calendars ahould go by BJWF - AJWF or BJWFE - JWFE

[Jilal 569]

3 minutes ago, Signals said:

Forget BCE - CE, the real year calendars ahould go by BJWF - AJWF

 

Based af bro

[JNHFan2000 2,966]

New trailer

 

 

[Luka 242]

That movie actually looks good!

Can't wait to hear the score. We know Powell can give us something great with flying scenes! haha

[Jay 37,369]

Can't watch the trailer now, is there any Powell music in it?

[Luka 242]

4 minutes ago, Jay said:

Can't watch the trailer now, is there any Powell music in it?

 

Unfortunately not

[enderdrag64 624]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CwqbP7BykYN/?hl=en

[Luka 242]

40 minutes ago, enderdrag64 said:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CwqbP7BykYN/?hl=en

Wow hahaha a very Powell joke. Love it

[Edmilson 7,466]

4 hours ago, enderdrag64 said:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CwqbP7BykYN/?hl=en

Geez... I hope the whole score is not on that style.

[Courtney Sees Ghosts 269]

John Powell score a movie I'd actually like again challenge. 

Been dying out here since The Hidden World.

[Jay 37,369]

34 minutes ago, Edmilson said:

Geez... I hope the whole score is not on that style.

 

Style? That's clearly a joke where he set every instrument in his DAW to quack noises 

[Tom Guernsey 2,286]

Of course it’s a joke. He’s clearly missed off the kazoo track.

[Not Mr. Big 4,639]

I hope it's real

[Holko 9,529]

if it's not on the expansion between the demos we'll riot

[A. A. Ron 1,742]

Same with the Dr. Seuss characters singing the Bourne theme he jokingly mocked up while working on either Lorax or Horton.

[JNHFan2000 2,966]

Powell's a funny guy. It really was a joke last week 

 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cw8YixqPYc_/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

[Jay 37,369]

18 minutes ago, JNHFan2000 said:

It really was a joke last week 

 

Did you think it wasn't?

[Faleel 5,355]

23 minutes ago, Jay said:

 

Did you think it wasn't?

It was possible! It is the score to an Illumination animated kids film

 

[PrayodiBA 517]

HE’S BACK!!! 🥺😭 

 

 

I was hearing this right when I woke up in the morning, you can imagine what a speggtacular start this is to my day  

 

[PrayodiBA 517]

It will probably be used in this sequence, but of course I could be wrong, here I tried to match it:

 

 

 

[Edmilson 7,466]

4 hours ago, PrayodiBA said:

HE’S BACK!!! 🥺😭 

 

I was hearing this right when I woke up in the morning, you can imagine what a speggtacular start this is to my day  

 

Sounds the kind of Powell score I've been dying to hear since Call of the Wild!

[JNHFan2000 2,966]

4 hours ago, PrayodiBA said:

It will probably be used in this sequence, but of course I could be wrong, here I tried to match it:

 

 

That's very well done!

[PrayodiBA 517]

4 hours ago, JNHFan2000 said:

That's very well done!

Thank you, but I guess it won’t be like that.

Hearing the music snippet again, this meme truly capture the situation:

 

[PrayodiBA 517]

Another sneak peek of JP’s score in this new clip:

 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyopV9wSCnk/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

 

I love the meditative quality of the melody and at the same time, it will definitely sound majestic in its epic arrangement. Can’t wait!

[PrayodiBA 517]

So here it is, 

A full clip with John Powell’s score:

https://x.com/despicableoutof/status/1725925342882173235?s=46