The Force Awakens Williams conducting Force Awakens cues shown on 60 Minutes (UPDATE: Second Video now online)

[Lewya 360]

ADMIN NOTE: First Video from December 10

Second video from December 13

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Omg!

Short video of Williams conducting a bit of the new Star Wars score here! - http://deadline.com/2015/12/star-wars-jj-abrams-steven-spielberg-recommended-1201664881/

Six weeks before the premiere, 60 Minutes watched as Abrams raced around a Hollywood soundstage, phone in hand, recording video mementos of composer John Williams at work on the movie’s score. Abrams grew up listening to recordings of Williams’ iconic movie scores, so he wanted to capture the composer in action. “This is like, momentous…as a fan, I can’t even believe I got to be here,” says Abrams, who was 11 when he first sat mesmerized in a theater watching the original Star Wars.

[Mari 279]

The CBS show 60 Minutes is doing a story about Star Wars this Sunday. Here's the preview video which contains footage of John Williams conducting:

http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/preview-the-new-force-behind-star-wars/

It's being discussed here:

http://www.jwfan.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=25851

[Not Mr. Big 4,739]

I had a feeling we'd get something today. Sounds great!

[mrbellamy 6,769]

:)

[Joni Wiljami 1,212]

Cool!!

[Loert 2,713]

Incredible!

I love the way he plays with Luke's theme. At one point it's heroic, at another point it's menacing...it's just great!

[Once 691]

Wow, he looks really great.

[Will Tasker 21]

Must... Have... More...!

[Once 691]

He looks great! And it sounds great.

[Not Mr. Big 4,739]

I'm sure it won't please those stuck in the past but it sounds like a whopper of an action cue.

[SafeUnderHill 205]

[John Dutton 7,421]

Sounds awesome! Oh my Roddenberry, we're so close now!

[KK 3,308]

Wonderful stuff!

Also great to see the endearing boy-ish enthusiasm from J.J.

[SafeUnderHill 205]

[Richard P 4,211]

Awesome Seeing JJ and JW interact - that's genuinely interesting.

Unfortunately, I'm receiving the OST for Christmas, so I've taken a vow not to listen to this on release day.

...

Maybe just Rey's theme.

[KK 3,308]

Can't wait till KM comes in and complains about how much the OST will suck anyway!

[SafeUnderHill 205]

[KK 3,308]

That confirms it!! JJ ghost-wrote the score!

[Not Mr. Big 4,739]

[Richard P 4,211]

Don't they project the film so they can see how it will line up?

At least he's recording it like that, rather than a music editor having to loop it.

[SafeUnderHill 205]

[Jay 39,585]

Wow!

[SafeUnderHill 205]

[Taikomochi 1,249]

Holy shit, that sounded awesome.

[Cerebral Cortex 3,358]

Not entirely convinced Williams wrote the music in this video...

[King Mark 3,729]

that's not real Williams music!

[SafeUnderHill 205]

[BuzzLightyear 143]

It's so incredible!! The music sounds really fresh!

Can't wait to hear more...

[KK 3,308]

Composed by Felix Erskine

Orchestrated by J.J. Baby Abrams

Conducted by Johnny Williams

[King Mark 3,729]

better save this in case it's unreleased music (3/4 chance)

[Lewya 360]

Yeah, it sounds great! Sounds like it will be as least as great as the best prequel score based on this little bit. Of course that is silly because it is so little but it is the vibe I am getting.

Can someone download the video and put it on YouTube by the way?

[King Mark 3,729]

quick before it's taken down and we can never hear it again!

[karelm 3,093]

Nice find! So this is a promo, right? The full story will be this Sundays 60 minutes? What a busy weekend this will be. :D

[Not Mr. Big 4,739]

I'm getting a bit of a Tintin/KOTCS/Lighter bits of ROTS feel. Some sick low brass writing.

[King Mark 3,729]

I thought William Ross was conducting

[mrbellamy 6,769]

I'm sure it won't please those stuck in the past but it sounds like a whopper of an action cue.

I think the tempo is a little slow for an action cue...sounds more like a "preparing for battle" type cue to me.

Not to split hairs

[Not Mr. Big 4,739]

I'm sure it won't please those stuck in the past but it sounds like a whopper of an action cue.

I think the tempo is a little slow for an action cue...sounds more like a "preparing for battle" type cue to me.

Not to split hairs

"Setting the Trap"?

[Balahkay 629]

Can't wait to hear this in stereo!

I thought William Ross was conducting

From my understanding, he conducted some of it. Nobody knows how much, yet. Williams apparently isn't having any trouble conducting here. Great to see that.

[Joni Wiljami 1,212]

Where are gggyver, thegreyshit, BB8 and publishit bashing this video? They are getting old

[Not Mr. Big 4,739]

Where are gggyver, thegreyshit, BB8 and publishit bashing this video? They are getting old

TGP doesn't always bash things and I'm not sure who bb8 is

I'm expecting a "You are all pathetic" comment from Publicist any minute though.

[Code 000. Destruct. 0. 4,260]

Why the fuck would I bash it? When have I said anything negative about any of this? Get your head out of your ass you moron.

[Jay 39,585]

Wow,Williams looks great!

Such a tiny bit of music really doesn't tell me anything about a score

So, its great to see Williams looking so good, and great to see a director so fanatic about his music. This is great!

[mrbellamy 6,769]

I'm sure it won't please those stuck in the past but it sounds like a whopper of an action cue.

I think the tempo is a little slow for an action cue...sounds more like a "preparing for battle" type cue to me.

Not to split hairs

"Setting the Trap"?

I think somebody needs to make a Home Alone/Ackbar mashup.

[Romão 2,322]

Do you guys reckon the brass fanfare at 00:56 could be a new theme or is it a merely incidental passage?

[mrbellamy 6,769]

I could see that going a lot of ways. Maybe it's the beginning of a theme, or just a recurring action motif for one sequence.

I have to admit I was slightly disappointed when Luke's theme kicked in for the first cue because I thought it was gonna be the new Resistance march

[Balahkay 629]

Maybe the first cue is one of the rejected cues?

[DarthDementous 1,239]

I really like that second cue with the low strings, reminds me a lot of Vader's first theme from ANH and subsequent music from the Deathstar. Sounds very Empire and flavors of the OT.

Can't not talk about the first (action?) cue though, really nice rendition of Luke's Theme/Main Star Wars Theme that even begins to sound a bit menacing at some point.

Then the third cue, which could be a part of the second cue sounds a lot like JW's Harry Potter work which is fantastic, I like that magical sort of whimsical sound that it has. Could be a celeste playing, John Williams certainly loves those.

[Not Mr. Big 4,739]

From The Jedi Council Boards...

I still prefer all of the "modern" arrangements heard during all of the trailers to any of the confirmed Williams snippets. His stuff just doesn't have the density of sound I've come to prefer over the years. The music in the most recent Chinese trailer was especially top notch. It didn't really sound like Williams tho

[crumbs 14,891]

Lol.

[Balahkay 629]

His or her loss. This is excellent music.