According to JoAnn Kane Music Service via their Twitter account, recording sessions for John Williams’ score to The BFG started last week with the attendance of director Steven Spielberg – you can read some Williams and Spielberg quotes from the sessions in the tweets below. The “Big Friendly Giant”, a fantasy adventure written by Melissa Mathison based on Roald Dahl’s novel, is scheduled to be released in 3-D on July 1, 2016.
#stephenspielberg on the podium today with #johnwilliams This is our 28th movie together and we're heading for 30!
— JoAnn Kane Music Svc (@JKMSlibrary) February 21, 2016
#johnwilliams from the podium. To the brass section: A forte in this movie is not the same as a forte in Star Wars!!
— JoAnn Kane Music Svc (@JKMSlibrary) February 21, 2016
More #johnwilliams from the podium. And now you've seen the "sleeping conductor" trick.
— JoAnn Kane Music Svc (@JKMSlibrary) February 21, 2016
#johnwilliams (flute solo) Let's play as quietly as possible and give her the accompaniment she richly deserves
— JoAnn Kane Music Svc (@JKMSlibrary) February 21, 2016