Earlier today we reported that concert producer Tommy Pearson had announced that “John Williams would return to London to record the new Star Wars score this summer”. Pearson made that comment last Friday during a film music concert at Birmingham’s…
Category: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Teaser Trailer – John Williams’ Star Wars Music is Back!
Here it is! The first teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, featuring 80 seconds of new Star Wars music composed by John Williams. You can watch the teaser on iTunes’ Trailers page and on YouTube. Discuss this topic…
First Cues for ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Recorded
From MakingStarWars.net: Today, we received several reports about John Williams recording Star Wars cues at a Sony scoring stage. The Maestro is apparently recording the music for the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens teaser. As we’ve mentioned before, we…
‘Star Wars: Episode VII’ Title Revealed
Putting some speculation to rest and kick-starting a new round of interpretation, the newest Star Wars movie now officially has a title. Star Wars: The Force Awakens is the title of the J.J. Abrams-directed film, Disney announced Thursday. The studio also confirmed that…
‘Episode VII’ Trailer Music to be Recorded Nov. 15?
Following the rumor that the first teaser trailer for Star Wars: Episode VII will include original music written by John Williams, one of our sources claims that the Maestro will indeed record the new music next month in Los Angeles:…
Williams to Begin Work on STAR WARS: EPISODE VII in Two Weeks
During his October 4 concert in Milwaukee, and as an introduction to his performance of The Throne Room and End Title from Star Wars, John Williams revealed that “in about two weeks” he would start working on the score to…
Star Wars: Episode VII Set to Roll Cameras May 2014
From StarWars.com: March 18, 2014 Disney and Lucasfilm are excited to announce that principal photography on Star Wars: Episode VII, directed by J.J. Abrams, will commence May 2014, and will be based at London’s historic Pinewood Studios. This will be…
John Williams Looks Forward to Scoring New ‘Star Wars,’ ‘Indiana Jones’
LOS ANGELES — At 81 years old, legendary composer John Williams is busier than ever, as he scores JJ Abrams’ Star Wars: Episode VII and is raring to work on Steven Spielberg’s Indiana Jones 5. John quipped that he expects to…
Latest ‘Star Wars Insider’ Confirms Williams will Score Episodes 7-9
While this isn’t the most shocking scoop in STAR WARS news, it’s worth noting that Issue #144 of Star Wars Insider magazine, official publishing date September 3rd, features a story confirming that composer John Williams will score all three upcoming Sequel Trilogy films. –…
Abrams Meets Williams at Tanglewood Concert
J.J. Abrams stopped by Tanglewood on Parade on Tuesday as a special guest of Boston Pops Laureate Conductor John Williams (Pictured here with BSO Managing Director Mark Volpe). It was recently announced that John Williams will return to score the music…