Will John Williams score Steven Spielberg's new UFO movie?

[mrbellamy 6,355]

If Steven Spielberg directs it and John Williams is alive and well at 93+, I think it'll happen. I wouldn't begrudge him saying no but of course I hope he does it. I don't really wanna think about it anymore until it exists. 

[Gurkensalat 341]

I would love another big Williams score, but when I look at the Indy 5 soundtrack, for which he had to resort to copying old works to fill in the blanks despite having lots of time due to the constant delay of release, I don't think that he has a big action wall to wall score in him any more. Once you get that old, the energy level just goes down and everything takes much more time. But on the other hand if this movie is more of a kind like Fabelmans or the Post, requiring no wall to wall scoring, he might still be able to pull it off, if he really wants to do it and it really happens in the next 1-2 years.

 

By the way, what I would really like is him writing another Tintin score, but I think that window of opportunity is passed, even if another Tintin movie will be made one day.

[Richard Penna 3,786]

Williams doesn't owe anyone another film score. If he wants and is able, he'll do it, perhaps with Ross' help. But no one should be surprised, shocked, betrayed or send hate mail to the composer who scores it, if Williams chooses not to.

 

We were fortunate to get DoD out of him as a largely original score but we shouldn't expect it from him.

[Marian Schedenig 8,276]

3 hours ago, Gurkensalat said:

I would love another big Williams score, but when I look at the Indy 5 soundtrack, for which he had to resort to copying old works to fill in the blanks despite having lots of time due to the constant delay of release, I don't think that he has a big action wall to wall score in him any more. Once you get that old, the energy level just goes down and everything takes much more time.

 

Maybe it wouldn't have to be a wall to wall score. It probably needs fewer busy action sequences than Indy, too. And I'm sure Spielberg would accommodate Williams and plan for his scoring habits along with editing. Provided Williams is healthy and wants to do it, of course.

[JohnnyD 1,224]

"According to Spielberg, Williams repeatedly tells him that he’s waiting for his next assignment. “Every time we see each other,” Spielberg says, “Johnny asks, ‘Are you working on our next film?’ Because John has been my primary creative partner across my entire film career. And that’s not gonna end until we do.”"

 

https://variety.com/2024/film/news/john-williams-oscars-star-wars-steven-spielberg-collaborations-1235929403/

 

I think that answers the question.

[Yavar Moradi 2,655]

On 18/04/2024 at 2:43 AM, bollemanneke said:

No, because he said he was done with films, right? He's done enough, he needs to enjoy the time he has left.

 

Wrong; he never ever said that. And I agree he should enjoy the time he has left... fortunately for us he genuinely enjoys writing music for films (or at least, for Spielberg films).

 

Yavar

[Jurassic Shark 12,258]

Spielberg should do Indy 6, getting Indy and Short Round (Tall Round? Mr. Round?) back together for one last adventure, kick-starting the Round franchise. 

[GerateWohl 4,500]

Too late. Round is too old for that.

[Thor 7,701]

"Round". I giggled.

[mrbellamy 6,355]

10 hours ago, Yavar Moradi said:

 

Wrong; he never ever said that. And I agree he should enjoy the time he has left... fortunately for us he genuinely enjoys writing music for films (or at least, for Spielberg films).

 

Yavar

 

He did literally say "I don't particularly want to do films anymore" but I think as it turns out, the word "particularly" was doing a lot of work when he said that. With the various qualifying statements he's given since, it's more accurate to say film scoring as a whole is not a priority.

 

But he's also admitted to being protective and jealous about his film legacy, saying some version of "I did it because I didn't want anybody else doing it" about multiple projects now. And even though he can come off ambivalent and not-quite-kidding when he says stuff like "Steven expects me to work til I'm 100," he's obviously sentimental and proud about that. They are married after all. 

[JTN 2,275]

On 19/04/2024 at 6:26 PM, Jurassic Shark said:

Short Round (Tall Round? Mr. Round?)

You call him Long Round, Doll! 

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I would LOVE another sci-fi score in the same veins of CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND or E.T. 

If only...

[Jurassic Shark 12,258]

On 19/04/2024 at 6:34 PM, GerateWohl said:

Too late. Round is too tall for that.

 

[Edmilson 7,660]

On 19/04/2024 at 1:26 PM, Jurassic Shark said:

Spielberg should do Indy 6, getting Indy and Short Round (Tall Round? Mr. Round?) back together for one last adventure, kick-starting the Round Cinematic Universe. 

Fixed.

[JTN 2,275]

I just want one more HUGE Spielberg-Williams sci-fi blockbuster like CEOTTK, E.T., MR, AI or WotW. 
I’m so sorry JW couldn’t do RPO, that could’ve been a great opportunity for him to return to sci-fi with Spielberg. Maybe now they can pull it off. I miss his 70s sound very much, but I guess we’ll never have that again as his style has evolved so much. And he doesn’t have Herbert Spencer, either. But an optimistic sci-fi with a hummable JW theme would be wonderful.