New 20 minute audio interview: John Williams At The Movies

[Jay 41,625]

Composer John Williams earned his 54th Oscar nomination for his score to Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, which allowed him to revisit the music he'd written for four earlier films, going back to Raiders of the Lost Ark, 42 years ago. As the years have passed and new characters have been introduced, there are new themes to explore, but also a memorable canon, filled with nostalgic, swashbuckling melodies. John Williams tells Brian Lauritzen he didn't start out thinking he'd write a full score for the film, but after writing a handful of themes, he found himself drawn into the project, and not wanting to let anyone else take it over.

 

https://www.kusc.org/articles/at-the-movies-john-williams

[Bespin Copilot 9,373]

An now, here's a piece from Raiders of the Lost ark: The Colonoscopy Theme.

[Trope 1,096]

So awesome to hear Williams around 18:30 to praising Thomas Newman for his combination of orchestra with electronics and other elements when discussing the future of the orchestra in film music.

 

And my goodness, is Johnny still so sharp. And hearing all those musical excerpts throughout the interview got me hyped to listen to the score again. It's just such great music.

[Edmilson 10,070]

JW has always been a fan of Newman, he praised him before. I wonder what TN score is his favorite...

[Alex 2,919]

Always good to hear an JW interview with some stimulating questions. The part regarding the Tuk Tuk chase was interesting.

[Bespin Copilot 9,373]

21 minutes ago, Alex said:

Always good to hear an JW interview with some stimulating questions. The part regarding the Tuk Tuk chase was interesting.

 

The interesting part was that John Williams remained quite polite, merely stating, "It's interesting, I'll think about it," in response to the interviewer's suggestion about the chase music being influenced by the vehicle (whether a tuk-tuk or a Mercedes). This contrasts with a more dismissive response like, "I don't think it's that relevant".

 

Do you think John Williams would compose distinctly different music for a chase involving a motorcycle, a Tatooine speeder, or a Tuk-Tuk? I doubt it. It depends on several factors, but not solely on the vehicle itself, I believe.

[Amer 2,420]

Anyone figured oiy hoe to get an mp3 rip of this?

[BB-8 4,591]

Blimey - he says the N-word!

[Not Mr. Big 4,787]

22 minutes ago, BB-8 said:

Blimey - he says the N-word!

Got worried before I remembered what this was referring to   

[Bespin Copilot 9,373]

34 minutes ago, BB-8 said:

Blimey - he says the N-word!

 

Newman?

[Amer 2,420]

2 hours ago, Alex said:

Always good to hear an JW interview with some stimulating questions. The part regarding the Tuk Tuk chase was interesting.

It's pronounced as "Took-Took" not "Tuck -Tuck". Although in my Country and India these are known as Rickshaw!!

[Edmilson 10,070]

48 minutes ago, Bespin said:

 

Newman?

[Tom 5,407]

28 minutes ago, Amer said:

It's pronounced as "Took-Took" not "Tuck -Tuck". Although in my Country and India these are known as Rickshaw!!

 

5 minutes ago, Edmilson said:

 

[Edmilson 10,070]

So Zimmer and Powell got the name of the vehicle right and Williams didn't? 

 

 

[Alex 2,919]

Should have asked him if Bill Ross wrote the second part of the chase 😅

[mrbellamy 7,154]

2 hours ago, Amer said:

Anyone figured oiy hoe to get an mp3 rip of this?

 

Just view the page source for the direct mp3 link:

 

https://downloads.ctfassets.net/8usdt07j8s00/6mvtUt2ampOr8CcTfdojoW/7fc1446e3663c98f0801848fd503bdb7/AT-THE-MOVIES-MONDAY.mp3

 

Don't think that violates the rules, otherwise mods can edit my post 

[Jay 41,625]

God no that doesn't come remotely close to violating any rules.  Have you seen the yearly FYC thread?

[JohnnyD 1,473]

What a lovely interview. I can't wait to see the Maestro perform in New York in a few days!

[Bryant Burnette 747]

19 hours ago, Amer said:

Anyone figured oiy hoe to get an mp3 rip of this?

 

Right click, view page source, search for mp3 link and save as.

16 hours ago, mrbellamy said:

 

Just view the page source for the direct mp3 link:

 

https://downloads.ctfassets.net/8usdt07j8s00/6mvtUt2ampOr8CcTfdojoW/7fc1446e3663c98f0801848fd503bdb7/AT-THE-MOVIES-MONDAY.mp3

 

Don't think that violates the rules, otherwise mods can edit my post 

 

Oops, beat me to the answer!

[backfromthedead 29]

"if you get ahead of that tempo, it makes the action...the horse riding in the scene seem slow. If you get behind it, music is dragging the scene down, pulling it back"

[artguy360 1,992]

Funny how JW calls Thomas Newman Tommy Newman.

[pete 1,061]

I love Williams happily surpised reaction to the mention of Sugarland Express. Ha, that should have been followed up with "Why won't you release it!!?"

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1 hour ago, pete said:

I love Williams happily surpised reaction to the mention of Sugarland Express. Ha, that should have been followed up with "Why won't you release it!!?"

 

I found that cute too. He seemed taken aback that someone remembered that score, much less a specific cue from it.

[BrotherSound 2,485]

One interesting tidbit is that JW initially wrote three concert arrangements, before he decided to take on the entire score: one for Helena, one for the Nazis, and one for Archimedes and the dial. This seems to confirm @Jay's speculation that "Nazis" on the GEMA cue list is a concert arrangement.

[artguy360 1,992]

I wonder if those concert arrangements are basically what we hear in most of the prologue track.

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3 hours ago, BrotherSound said:

One interesting tidbit is that JW initially wrote three concert arrangements, before he decided to take on the entire score: one for Helena, one for the Nazis, and one for Archimedes and the dial. This seems to confirm @Jay's speculation that "Nazis" on the GEMA cue list is a concert arrangement.

 

I suspect the latter two were rearranged to form the end credits suite we ultimately received. No doubt both had material that didn't make the final version though.

[Alex 2,919]

The snapping snare drum and the rendition of the new Nazi motif on trumpet in “Combat Training” sounds like something JW would put in a concert arrangement.

[TheUlyssesian 2,590]

16 hours ago, BrotherSound said:

One interesting tidbit is that JW initially wrote three concert arrangements, before he decided to take on the entire score: one for Helena, one for the Nazis, and one for Archimedes and the dial. This seems to confirm @Jay's speculation that "Nazis" on the GEMA cue list is a concert arrangement.

I noticed that and wondered if we have those 3 suits as he first wrote and recorded them.

 

EDIT: He mentions the famous Laura theme from David Raksin as a reference for Helena's Theme.

[igger6 983]

The other two concert pieces need to be released as "Nazuite" and "Archisuitees" respectively.