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Anyone willing to hazard a guess as to how much Williams will be paid for writing ONE THEME? I think that would be very interesting to know!
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"So, basically what's going to happen is, I'm going to paint Mona Lisa's smile, and then if everybody's happy, Giovanni here will fill in the rest, and I know it'll be brilliant."
---Leonardo da Vinci
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Anyone willing to hazard a guess as to how much Williams will be paid for writing ONE THEME? I think that would be very interesting to know!
An appropriately super high amount?
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Anyone willing to hazard a guess as to how much Williams will be paid for writing ONE THEME? I think that would be very interesting to know!
Please, Baby Jesus, let it be a coupon redeemable for immortality.
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I wonder if Williams and company was disappointed in Giacchino's efforts for Rogue One.
I've heard from multiple people in the know that indeed Williams didn't like the ROGUE ONE score very much at all. Williams seems very protective of Star Wars in particular (he reportedly didn't like Joel McNeely's SHADOWS OF THE EMPIRE much either back at the time), and it's probably a good thing to try to get his blessing when they pick a new composer. I heard that when Kathleen Kennedy asked him who was out there that he liked, he heartily spoke up for Powell.
Having Williams contribute at least one new theme seems like a great idea. He's probably got more creative latitude to come up with something that fits the picture whereas anyone else would likely feel pressure and/or an obligation to pay heavy homage to the original score. My big problem with ROGUE ONE is that many, if not all, of the major themes seemed to point back to earlier themes that Williams had written, but it didn't always make sense for the score to be doing that.
I'm surprised that a gentleman like John Williams would badmouth anything, especially not a score that was created in the tiniest amount of time under the biggest pressure. Also, a score featuring many of his own themes.
I would imagine that the troubled production of SOLO led to Kennedy asking Williams to lend one original theme to the film, in order to get more goodwill.
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An interesting combination J Williams/J Powell associated with Han Solo movie.
A Star Wars cannon to introduce this scoundrel hero makes perfect sense.
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I wonder if Williams and company was disappointed in Giacchino's efforts for Rogue One.
I've heard from multiple people in the know that indeed Williams didn't like the ROGUE ONE score very much at all. Williams seems very protective of Star Wars in particular (he reportedly didn't like Joel McNeely's SHADOWS OF THE EMPIRE much either back at the time), and it's probably a good thing to try to get his blessing when they pick a new composer. I heard that when Kathleen Kennedy asked him who was out there that he liked, he heartily spoke up for Powell.
I too have never heard of Williams bad mouthing anyone but then again I’m not in LA and don’t run in those circles so it’s hard to know. I wouldn’t be surprised however if Williams did not care for Rogue One since I found its reharmonization of key themes clunky (my opinion).
I’m elated that Powell is on this project and if this story about Williams picking Powell is accurate that’s even cooler. I wonder if Powell will bring some of his concert sensibilities to this as I found his work in that area stellar.
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Dec 31, 2017 - 10:09 AM
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I wonder if Williams and company was disappointed in Giacchino's efforts for Rogue One.
I've heard from multiple people in the know that indeed Williams didn't like the ROGUE ONE score very much at all. Williams seems very protective of Star Wars in particular (he reportedly didn't like Joel McNeely's SHADOWS OF THE EMPIRE much either back at the time), and it's probably a good thing to try to get his blessing when they pick a new composer. I heard that when Kathleen Kennedy asked him who was out there that he liked, he heartily spoke up for Powell.
Having Williams contribute at least one new theme seems like a great idea. He's probably got more creative latitude to come up with something that fits the picture whereas anyone else would likely feel pressure and/or an obligation to pay heavy homage to the original score. My big problem with ROGUE ONE is that many, if not all, of the major themes seemed to point back to earlier themes that Williams had written, but it didn't always make sense for the score to be doing that.
Were your sources clear that he was talking about the MG score and not the Desplat one? Also, I find that gossip tends to become exaggerated down there, are we talking primary sources, secondary, what? Just curious! =)
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Surprising and great news!
In the 90s there was a small tendency common to have composers such JNH (Dante's peak, Liar, Liar) or Thomas Newman (Corina, Corina) making themes and letting other composers do the score. Can't imagine how many times a composer as big as Williams must have received offers to do that, and he only did it for Superman IV (1987), right? And he can do that in his sleep.
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