Popular Post Jay 38,660 Posted August 1, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 1, 2023 https://www.forbes.com/sites/darrynking/2023/07/31/a-farewell-to-john-williams-the-maestro-of-the-movies enderdrag64, KittBash, Sunshine Reger and 3 others 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Courtney Sees Ghosts 274 Posted August 1, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 1, 2023 This is the worst title anyone could possibly pick for an article about John Williams. Almost had a fucking heart attack. Oceadge, Yavar Moradi, MikeH and 8 others 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Damien F 1,761 Posted August 1, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 1, 2023 Absolutely horrible title. Andy, Yavar Moradi, enderdrag64 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 38,660 Posted August 1, 2023 Author Share Posted August 1, 2023 Hopefully that title was something Forbes corporate put on there, and not the author's decision. Any commentary on the actual article? SpotTheDog and Yavar Moradi 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bellosh 3,803 Posted August 1, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 1, 2023 clickbait motherfuckers. bollemanneke, SpotTheDog and MikeH 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 8,430 Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 Quote If one looks at the earliest feature films John Williams scored, you see some fairly prominent director names that today are mostly known only among cinephiles — Frank Tashlin, Andrew McLaglen — and then Frank Sinatra, for whom John scored the only movie the actor/singer directed, “None But the Brave.” I didn't know JW had scored a movie directed by Sinatra! What did Williams say about the experience of working with him? Tallguy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Yavar Moradi 2,845 Posted August 1, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 1, 2023 6 minutes ago, Edmilson said: I didn't know JW had scored a movie directed by Sinatra! Oh man, you need to get it. One of my favorite 60s scores by Williams and the FSM release is still available from Screen Archives! https://filmscoremonthly.com/cds/detail.cfm/CDID/423/None-But-the-Brave/ Check out the sound clips. Great main theme. And check out Williams performing his own theme in the piano demo track: http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/store/MP3/1212/19_Piano_Theme.mp3 Just gorgeous, quintessential Williams. Yavar Tallguy, Edmilson, Molly Weasley and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 2,866 Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 This interview really left me wanting more. It’s always interesting reading/listening to Mike. Tallguy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KittBash 289 Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 12 minutes ago, Alex said: This interview really left me wanting more. It’s always interesting reading/listening to Mike. Agreed, it almost feels like they took very specific parts from a more comprehensive discussion. That said always love hearing from Mike! bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jay 38,660 Posted August 2, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 2, 2023 Yeah I was shocked how short it was! It felt like it was just getting started, then it was over! MikeH, ConorPower and Molly Weasley 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Andy 4,958 Posted August 2, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 2, 2023 So his career started with How to Steal a Million and ended with Images before his untimely passing at age 40? Interesting article. A. A. Ron, Bayesian, ThePenitentMan1 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom 4,933 Posted August 2, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 2, 2023 1 hour ago, Jay said: Yeah I was shocked how short it was! It felt like it was just getting started, then it was over! Are you stealing lines from my wife now? Davis, Manakin Skywalker, Brando and 5 others 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 38,660 Posted August 2, 2023 Author Share Posted August 2, 2023 Manakin Skywalker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,582 Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 What the, why is this interview so short? Feels like an excerpt or something. BrotherSound 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Davis 2,756 Posted August 2, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 2, 2023 Maybe Mike’s doing an expansion. ThePenitentMan1, Edmilson, Brando and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artguy360 1,889 Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 The article is very short and just seems to end abruptly. Feels like 1/3rd of a decent interview about JW. Thankfully Mike has shared a lot more in other interviews over the years, especially with the fabulous Legacy of John Williams podcast. This interview is like half an appetizer. crumbs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rough cut 1,739 Posted August 2, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 2, 2023 Did they forget to post the full article? Brando, MikeH and Davis 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tallguy 4,083 Posted August 2, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 2, 2023 It's so short because Mike started going into details about both the Star Wars AND Indiana Jones expansions he's working on. enderdrag64, Brando, Bellosh and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GerateWohl 4,891 Posted August 2, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 2, 2023 10 hours ago, Edmilson said: I didn't know JW had scored a movie directed by Sinatra! What did Williams say about the experience of working with him? In the liner notes of the album there is a quote from Williams: "I've known him for quite some time and I composed the score for the only film he himself personally directed, None but the Brave, a second world war story, a good action film. He couldn't have been nicer, more considerate, more appreciative. Since then I've seen him from time to time and even conducted for him[...] I know you can hear, that he has a reputation for being difficult, but... I never had anything but the most wonderful and gracious connection with him. I think Frank is good with musicians; he appreciates people who do music." Davis, Edmilson and Yavar Moradi 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davis 2,756 Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 Of course he would say that, he didn’t want to be buried in the desert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 4,083 Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 So Williams continues to be the nicest fellow in Hollywood, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,943 Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 Eheheh....Williams calls movie theaters "the cineplex". He probably calls iphones "telecommunication devices" and cars are "horseless carriages". I will confess to not knowing any of his 60's scores but loving his 50's jazzy albums. I know and love his tv scores like Lost in Space but there is much to discover from his early career. Brónach and Once 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeH 768 Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 That f****** title Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Marian Schedenig 8,751 Posted August 2, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 2, 2023 1 hour ago, MikeH said: That f****** title "That F****** Title and Prologue" Tallguy, MikeH, Brando and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeH 768 Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 3 hours ago, Marian Schedenig said: "That F****** Title and Prologue" That should be the title of the new book! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,751 Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 Or at least of the first chapter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Miguel Andrade 1,315 Posted August 3, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 3, 2023 On 02/08/2023 at 11:49 AM, GerateWohl said: In the liner notes of the album there is a quote from Williams: "I've known him for quite some time and I composed the score for the only film he himself personally directed, None but the Brave, a second world war story, a good action film. He couldn't have been nicer, more considerate, more appreciative. Since then I've seen him from time to time and even conducted for him[...] I know you can hear, that he has a reputation for being difficult, but... I never had anything but the most wonderful and gracious connection with him. I think Frank is good with musicians; he appreciates people who do music." Williams also played in some tracks of Sinatra's 1958 album "Only the Lonely". Later on, Williams did conduct for him members of the New York Philharmonic on a special gala in the early 80's. GerateWohl, rough cut and Muad'Dib 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SpotTheDog 39 Posted August 3, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 3, 2023 On 01/08/2023 at 9:10 PM, Tom said: Are you stealing lines from my wife now? Not from his wife, you don't! Tom, Brando, ThePenitentMan1 and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThePenitentMan1 976 Posted August 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 4, 2023 "What would your concert pieces sound like if you weren't a film composer?" "Just... Images, really. Feelings." Brando, SpotTheDog and Tallguy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,304 Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Images lol SpotTheDog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,891 Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Yes, and always with the same vocallist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,529 Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 1. Title SUCKS. 2. Article too short. 3. Any MM interview is great. 4. Jane Eyre expanded confirmed. 5. More MM podcast appearances required. SpotTheDog and rough cut 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 38,660 Posted August 4, 2023 Author Share Posted August 4, 2023 This Forbes article is by the same author as this New York Times article, so I assume he interviewed Mike for that, then later decided to publish his entire interview with Mike in Forbes. NYT: With moments of comedy and tongue-in-cheek suspense, that score was an early clue of “just how versatile John Williams could be,” said Mike Matessino, a producer of numerous Williams soundtracks. Forbes: I once asked Ian Fraser, who worked with Williams on “Goodbye, Mr. Chips” a couple years later, if had any sense on that project of just how great a composer Williams would become, and he said, “I knew it when I went to the sessions for ‘How to Steal a Million,’” as Fraser was at 20th at that time working on ‘Doctor Dolittle.’ The “Million” score is a mixture of comedic elements and some terrific half-tongue-in-cheek suspense writing that showed just how versatile John Williams could be. It’s also significant in that it is the first time he was given the opportunity to completely re-record music from the film for his own soundtrack album, so it really was a significant career milestone. It's like getting the expanded reissue of the original presentation KittBash 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 8,035 Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 On 04/08/2023 at 8:39 PM, Jay said: Forbes: I once asked Ian Fraser, who worked with Williams on “Goodbye, Mr. Chips” a couple years later, if had any sense on that project of just how great a composer Williams would become, and he said, “I knew it when I went to the sessions for ‘How to Steal a Million,’” as Fraser was at 20th at that time working on ‘Doctor Dolittle.’ The “Million” score is a mixture of comedic elements and some terrific half-tongue-in-cheek suspense writing that showed just how versatile John Williams could be. It’s also significant in that it is the first time he was given the opportunity to completely re-record music from the film for his own soundtrack album, so it really was a significant career milestone. It's like getting the expanded reissue of the original presentation I'm a little curious about this statement. I can understand he's talking about films and not TV shows like CHECKMATE or M SQUAD, but how would one define DIAMOND HEAD? Is it Hugo Winterhalter's theme song (which Williams uses extensively throughout) that "disqualifies" it from being the first film score he was able to completely rerecord for album? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,985 Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 Am I the only one who really doesn't see any significant value in asking someone like MM to describe the 'importance' of the most signficant director/composer relationship? (i.e. everyone knows about it) It's a classic backslap-fishing exercise because no one in their right mind, when asked about any professional relationship is going to say anything negative, and they're definitely not going to discuss John Williams in any fewer terms than the greatest ever film composer because that's populism. I echo the above - more podcast appearances to discuss his restoration work in detail is far more useful and interesting than this stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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