ST John Williams scored TFA - incl. Soundtrack discussion

I'm actually Hans Zimmer.

 

It's the theme of "great performances." Until now I didn't know it was composed by Williams.

 

It might be that he was just conducting it. Thanks!

 

Well it specifically said "composed and conducted by John Williams" on the screen at 0:44 into the video.

Thanks for sharing the link, gotta find time to watch this.

 

I thought you were saying JW died ....

 

we're all already dead.

 

JW= John Williams that is what I meant, and I did not originally say that,
@ThreeDeathstickProblem originally said it........

 

If Episode VIII is coming out May 2017 wouldn't he be scoring Episode VIII as early as next fall?

 

...dead sexy

 

http://www.jwfan.com/?p=7859
John Williams has cancelled yet another concert due to "back issues". It appears as though his health is declining.
This combined with the odd statement from Iger saying that he'd seen the film "without most of its music", I wonder if we'll still get a full score from him.

 

Link?

 

https://dorksideoftheforce.com/2015/07/28/disney-ceo-bob-iger-has-seen-star-wars-the-force-awakens/

 

Getting the orchestra to rehearse and record each piece of music takes time.

 

I don't think that necessarily means much. The sound mix is usually pretty much the last thing to do... I would think the score will be added sometime in October maybe?

However, if JW's health is on the slide maybe we'll have to face VIII and IX without him?

 

Before panic gets out of hand, here is the actual cancellation e-mail I received (I had purchased a ticket to said concert):

"

Dear Patron,

John Williams regretfully has had to cancel his upcoming appearances at Tanglewood for Tanglewood on Parade on August 4 and Film Night on August 22, due to a back ailment that requires him to rest and limit travel over the next few weeks. Mr. Williams is expected to recover soon and return to his conducting work in the coming weeks. BSO Music Director Andris Nelsons will lead the Boston Pops in Williams' "Throne Room and Finale" from Star Wars during Tanglewood on Parade on August 4. Boston Pops Conductor Keith Lockhart will join conductor David Newman to lead John Williams' Film Night on August 22."

I hope you all appreciate the bolded part

 

There's still a chance that they could be covering up something more serious though. In that Comic-Cone TFA video, Williams' voice sounded much weaker than it usually does. That combined with the long dry-spell for news about the score are worrying to me.
Anyway, I'll stop this fear-mongering (especially since it is relatively hypocritical since I was the one who said I was tired of people fear mongering about Williams' age).

 

Yeah I think you're overthinking. He's 83 so he can't move around like he once could. He's written the score. He doesn't have to conduct it nor does he even have to record it. Not sure what you mean by a dry spell. What are we supposed to know about the score at this point?

 

I wouldn't worry about him canceling too much. Conducting is a lot of standing and a lot of twisting, it's very hard on the back. If he's hurt his back, it would be very hard to conduct.

 

When I was 29 I had a "back ailment" that made me miss work for an entire month (and that was only a desk job). I wouldn't get too worked up about this.

 

I'm more worried that there's another, more serious ailment that he hasn't let on about. His voice sounded considerably weaker in that SDCC video.

 

Oh... Sad news. Very sad news. The SDCC comments got me really worried. But let´s face it, the Maestro is 83 years old. At this age anything can happen. Let´s hope he can finish TFa soundtrack and he is fully recovered for the next one.

 

Hmm. It's not necessarily terrible news - back ailments happen all the time to people of all ages - but of course, he is 83 years old, and this has happened at a very difficult stage of the process. Four months out from release is not really a time where you can afford to lose your composer, so I suspect there will be people covering for him.

And I have to admit it's getting increasingly hard to imagine the prospect of him doing VIII and IX.

 

He can still write the music without conducting. In fact many composers don't conduct.

 

He's going to be fine, he has to be.

 

I don't know about that. At 83, nobody is guaranteed to be fine. Even if he does recover, we're not guaranteed a compete score from him, as we don't know the specific timeline or extent of his illness. It's possible that he could have been incapacitated at a critical time in the film's post-production.
Am I being pessimistic? Yes, but I'd rather be pessimistic now than be even more disappointed later should my predictions come true. Once we've received official word that the scoring process is done, I'll relax but for now, I'm going to be really cautious with my enthusiasm.