Actors John Boyega and Daisy Ridley attended the last recording session for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which took place this week in Los Angeles. On Wednesday, the actors posted Instagram photos of their visit to the Disney Recording Studios,…
Month: October 2015
‘The Force Awakens’ Recording: One More Session to Go
There’s still one recording session left for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, according to director J.J. Abrams, who was attending the GLSEN Respect Awards in Beverly Hills Friday night (Oct. 23): “We’re in the editing room working on the cut,…
Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Final Trailer
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Official Theatrical Poster
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‘When John Williams Can’t Go, Whom Does Spielberg Call? Thomas Newman’
Up until this year, composer John Williams had scored every single Steven Spielberg movie, save one, since the director’s big-screen debut in 1974. That streak comes to an end this weekend, though, with the release of Spielberg’s new Cold War…
Spielberg on Why Thomas Newman Scored His Latest Film
Following a DGA screening of Bridge of Spies in New York on October 7, Steven Spielberg had a conversation about the making of the film with Director Martin Scorsese, where he commented on the reasons why Williams was replaced with…
‘Force Awakens’ Score Still Being Recorded
Recording sessions for Star Wars: The Force Awakens are still taking place according to Doug Adam’s most recent tweet, which shows a photo of John Williams posing with his brothers on October 13. The movie will be released worldwide December…
Williams to Receive American Film Institute’s Life Achievement Award
For the first time in AFI history, America’s highest honor for a career in film will be bestowed upon a composer. John Williams will receive the 44th AFI Life Achievement Award in 2016. “John Williams has written the soundtrack to…
Original ‘Close Encounters’ Album to be Released on SACD
On November 27, Audio Fidelity will release the original soundtrack album of Close Encounters of the Third Kind on Hybrid Super Audio CD, an HD audio format compatible with most CD players. This limited, numbered edition of the original album…
Williams’ ‘Viola Concerto’ Premiere Recording Online
The first-ever recording of John Williams’ Viola Concerto, a piano reduction of the piece performed by violinist Victor de Almeida with Mitsuko Morikawa on piano, has been made available on YouTube. The 26-minute concert piece is comprised of three movements:…