Members of the brain trust behind The Force Awakens: composer John Williams, producer and Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, co-writer Lawrence Kasdan, and director and co-writer Abrams, photographed at Bad Robot, Abrams’s production company, in Santa Monica. Photograph by Annie Leibovitz.…
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‘A John Williams Celebration’ Blu-ray/DVD – Interviews Online
C-Major Entertainment has posted two new clips from their upcoming ‘A John Williams Celebration’ DVD & Blu-ray, featuring the 2014/15 Opening Gala Concert by the Los Angeles Philharmonic led by Gustavo Dudamel, with John Williams as guest conductor and Itzhak…
‘The Force Awakens’ Score to be Recorded “throughout the Summer”
Recording sessions for Star Wars: The Force Awakens will take place in June “and throughout the summer” according Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy, who revealed the information in a recent interview at Star Wars Celebration Anaheim: “It’s not quite assembled., ”…
Watch the ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Official Teaser #2
Teaser music rundown by Alexander (original forum post): 0:06 – Interesting Empire Strikes Back-like “gloomy” celesta figure. 0:16 – Very A New Hope-like, nostalgic incarnation of the Force theme. 0:23 – The double basses seem to add depth and a…
‘From Star Wars to Harry Potter: Off to the Movies with John Williams’
The Pennsylvania Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Michael Buterman presents “From Star Wars to Harry Potter: Off to the Movies with John Williams” on May 15-17, 2015 at three different venues. The program includes music from Superman, Star Wars, Harry Potter,…
Williams Meets the LSO in Los Angeles
On March 24, John Williams visited the London Symphony Orchestra at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, coinciding with a rehearsal for the LSO’s current American Tour. Williams was reportedly “devastated” for not being able to record the…
John Williams to Record STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Score with an L.A. Orchestra
From StarWars.com: John Williams is currently hard at work composing the score for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which will be recorded in Los Angeles. For the recording of the score, Williams will work with members of the superb freelance orchestra…
New Williams Concert Work to Premiere July 5
As mentioned in a 2014 interview, John Williams is writing a new concert work for this year’s 75th Anniversary of the Tanglewood Music Center, the annual summer music academy which operates as a part of the Tanglewood Music Festival. The…
Williams at ASCAP’s Film & TV Music Awards (Updated with Video)
(John Williams appears at 2:05 into the video) The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) hosted its 30th annual Film & Television Music Awards on Monday at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, CA. The invitation-only dinner…
Thomas Newman Replaces Williams on ‘Bridge of Spies’
PRESS RELEASE: BURBANK, Calif. (March 18, 2015) – Dreamworks Pictures’/Fox 2000 Pictures’ upcoming dramatic thriller directed by three-time Academy Award®-winning director Steven Spielberg (“Saving Private Ryan,” “Schindler’s List”) and starring two-time Academy Award winner Tom Hanks (“Forrest Gump,” “Philadelphia”), has…
‘The Force Awakens’ Recording Sessions: London or Los Angeles?
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…
New Compilation: Williams Film Music Arranged for Chamber Ensemble
On April 7, BSX Records will release ‘Schindler’s List: The Film Music Of John Williams’, a 12-track compilation featuring classic Williams themes arranged for chamber ensemble. The album includes music from Schindlers List, The Terminal, Memoirs of a Geisha, JFK,…