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 Posted:   May 14, 2023 - 11:21 AM   
 By:   Big X   (Member)

Has anybody heard what Mike Matessino is working on lately? What new projects? What might come out later this year? It's always interesting hearing about his restoration projects.

--jthree


We only hear about projects after they are announced and officially released by the labels.


Doug from Intrada did mention that Mr Matessino is working on some forthcoming Williams titles, hopefully ‘Born on 4th July’ being one of them.

 
 Posted:   May 14, 2023 - 2:54 PM   
 By:   Mike Matessino   (Member)

Terrible feeling when a thread bump worries you.

I am working on several things as always. Some are rather large in scope and are taking a long time to get finished. As always it's the administration rather than the audio, and in general the process seems to be taking longer lately for everyone. Whether a project makes it out within a calendar year is always at the mercy of that, and it's an issue when you're already halfway through the year. There are also projects outside of the soundtrack world that I'm working on.

More immediately there is a release that will be announced very soon that has been in the cooker for a long time, and I hope it will be well received for both what it is as well as for where it might potentially lead.

And since it's correct that projects generally are not announced ahead of release, that's all I can really say. There is a lot going on and all is well.

 
 Posted:   May 14, 2023 - 3:24 PM   
 By:   Ian J.   (Member)

Terrible feeling when a thread bump worries you.

I am working on several things as always. Some are rather large in scope and are taking a long time to get finished. As always it's the administration rather than the audio, and in general the process seems to be taking longer lately for everyone. Whether a project makes it out within a calendar year is always at the mercy of that, and it's an issue when you're already halfway through the year. There are also projects outside of the soundtrack world that I'm working on.

More immediately there is a release that will be announced very soon that has been in the cooker for a long time, and I hope it will be well received for both what it is as well as for where it might potentially lead.

And since it's correct that projects generally are not announced ahead of release, that's all I can really say. There is a lot going on and all is well.


Thanks for replying, Mike. It's always appreciated (at least by this board member) when people in the industry are willing to let us know how things are going.

 
 Posted:   May 15, 2023 - 3:49 AM   
 By:   moroder20   (Member)

I really appreciate Mike Matessino!
He manages to answer emails with all the projects that surround him.
He is really cool!
Thanks to you Mike!

 
 
 Posted:   May 15, 2023 - 6:17 AM   
 By:   villagardens553   (Member)

More immediately there is a release that will be announced very soon that has been in the cooker for a long time, and I hope it will be well received for both what it is as well as for where it might potentially lead.

The above sentence from Mike Matessino could refer to Moonraker.

 
 
 Posted:   May 15, 2023 - 7:09 AM   
 By:   panavision   (Member)

More immediately there is a release that will be announced very soon that has been in the cooker for a long time, and I hope it will be well received for both what it is as well as for where it might potentially lead.

The above sentence from Mike Matessino could refer to Moonraker.


It's the hope that kills you. smile

It could refer to anything, tbh.

 
 Posted:   May 15, 2023 - 7:28 AM   
 By:   Yavar Moradi   (Member)

More immediately there is a release that will be announced very soon that has been in the cooker for a long time, and I hope it will be well received for both what it is as well as for where it might potentially lead.

The above sentence from Mike Matessino could refer to Moonraker.


What my brain goes to is expanded editions of the two Peter Bernstein Ewoks scores. Those seem like they'd fit "I hope it will be well received" but the "where it might potentially lead" being particularly exciting. And could explain why it's called "a release" (i.e. could be more than a single score).

Yavar

 
 
 Posted:   May 15, 2023 - 8:04 AM   
 By:   townerbarry   (Member)

I too appreciate Mike Matessino…Mike is The Best.

The Best Score that Matessino Produced was …John Williams The Eiger Sanction. We all see to that minimum 30 minute album..But Wow, what a tremendous amount of Johnny T’s music. The film version was amazing. Crisp and has a truly WOW Factor. John Williams score is truly a better deal than the movie.

The River is truly up high on ur Best Work. Excellent John Williams Film score. Beautiful and truly holds up today. The Pony Ride and Love Theme are the Best!

Fiddler on the Roof..Another Amazing Soundtrack..Truly Dynamic Work.

Dracula…when I was a kid, that was my 8th John Williams Album. It was different and not as bombastic as other John Williams scores..actually had love melodies!

But Mike..I am truly hoping that The Reiver’s…is coming soon..Still waiting to hear the Horse Race Cue..what an amazing work by Williams.

And the Big Daddy Score is …The Sugarland Express..which will be 50 Years in 2024 …It will be released..because the very important fact it was the first score John Williams wrote for Steven Spielberg.

And I truly Love listening to ur podcast with.. Maurizio Caschetto & Tim Burden at the Legacy of John Williams…Truly wonderful to listen how things came together on John Williams scores.

Superman was fascinating to listen to you and Maurizio and Tim. Learn a lot about how it all works.

Thank you so much.

Oh yeah..John Barry’s Moonraker would be cool, and a correct version of The Tamarind Seed, Expanded The Specialist, and A View To a Kill..

And Jerry Goldsmith’s Under Fire! Would be Cool..The Film Version is much better than them concert versions!

 
 Posted:   May 15, 2023 - 8:34 AM   
 By:   Yavar Moradi   (Member)

Only two tracks on the original Under Fire album were “concert versions” arranged specifically for the album, and one of those (the opening track “Bajo Fuego”) is easily the best piece Goldsmith composed for Under Fire! Though I would *love* to get the shorter original film action cue that served as the basis for that extended concertante work, as well as all the other unreleased film cues, it’s strange to single out the album as different and inferior when all but two tracks were indeed the film cues.

Yavar

 
 
 Posted:   May 15, 2023 - 8:40 AM   
 By:   Symphorch   (Member)

My biggest hope for La La Land's catalogue is that they give Godfather Part II the same treatment next year on it's 50th anniversary that the first Godfather got last winter!

Again, lots of cues that were used in the film (and probably unused) that didn't make it onto the original album.

 
 Posted:   May 15, 2023 - 8:47 AM   
 By:   ryanpaquet   (Member)

Everyone can relax, it’s clearly Fluppy Dogs.

 
 Posted:   May 15, 2023 - 9:13 AM   
 By:   Yavar Moradi   (Member)

If Mike Matessino is working on a premiere of Fluppy Dogs by Shirley Walker (or any Shirley Walker, really) I'll be very happy... smile

Yavar

 
 Posted:   May 15, 2023 - 9:45 AM   
 By:   Mike Matessino   (Member)

I hope I’m still half cool when it’s revealed that we are knocking on a different door in the hallway than the usual ones. Nothing to do with John Williams, although there is a quote from him in the booklet.

 
 Posted:   May 15, 2023 - 9:47 AM   
 By:   Yavar Moradi   (Member)

Ooh, that's a good tease Mike!

Yavar

 
 
 Posted:   May 15, 2023 - 10:22 AM   
 By:   Mike Petersen   (Member)

I hope I’m still half cool when it’s revealed that we are knocking on a different door in the hallway than the usual ones. Nothing to do with John Williams, although there is a quote from him in the booklet.

Ooooo ... the mind reels ... Ewoks, by Peter Bernstein ... Gilligan's Island, the Gerald Fried scores ... the possibilities are endless. (JW hovers very near the periphery of both of those.)

 
 
 Posted:   May 15, 2023 - 10:32 AM   
 By:   TacktheCobbler   (Member)

I hope I’m still half cool when it’s revealed that we are knocking on a different door in the hallway than the usual ones. Nothing to do with John Williams, although there is a quote from him in the booklet.

Ooooo ... the mind reels ... Ewoks, by Peter Bernstein ... Gilligan's Island, the Gerald Fried scores ... the possibilities are endless. (JW hovers very near the periphery of both of those.)


Or it could be an older score (Golden Age/Early Silver Age) that was influential to Williams’s style. Just a thought.

 
 
 Posted:   May 15, 2023 - 10:43 AM   
 By:   townerbarry   (Member)

I hope I’m still half cool when it’s revealed that we are knocking on a different door in the hallway than the usual ones. Nothing to do with John Williams, although there is a quote from him in the booklet.

It could only be…

Romancing The Bone!

 
 Posted:   May 15, 2023 - 10:57 AM   
 By:   NSBulk   (Member)

Nothing to do with John Williams, although there is a quote from him in the booklet.

You know what else has a John Williams quote in it? MOONRAKER!

https://youtu.be/kZci4tZ-Wfk

Neil

 
 Posted:   May 15, 2023 - 12:01 PM   
 By:   EdG   (Member)

Whatever it is, we're in for a treat.

 
 
 Posted:   May 15, 2023 - 7:29 PM   
 By:   JThree   (Member)


Mike:

You have to understand for some of us, it's what we live for.

--jthree

 
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