STAR WARS: EPISODE IX von John Williams

[horner1980]

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The Star Wars saga has been around for over 40 years, but even as it has moved between directors and even studios, it has held on to John Williams. He has scored every Star Wars movie except for Clone Wars (Kevin Kiner), Rogue One (Michael Giacchino) and Solo (John Powell is doing the main score, but Williams is providing the theme), so it’s fitting that he’ll get to close out of the Skywalker Saga. Variety reports via Film Music Reporter that Williams is set to score J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: Episode IX. “I would very much like to complete that,” Williams says.

Williams is slowing down a bit. While this year he composed scores for The Post and Star Wars: The Last Jedi, in 2018 his focus will be on a fantasia instead of film with “Hollywood’s Ghost” for cellist Yo-Yo Ma and harpist Jessica Zhou as part of the Leonard Bernstein Centennial. Then in 2019 he’ll go back into the studio to record the music for Episode IX.

However, Williams, even at 85 years old, has no plans to retire. “I don’t think you can retire from writing,” he says. “I feel very lucky, and the work that I do doesn’t depend on much. If your vision’s still good, and your hands — I have no arthritis in my hands and I play the piano very easily — I don’t think there’s any reason to deprive oneself of the fun of working. Music is so rewarding.”

It’s impressive that Williams is still knocking it out of the park and has been doing so for so long. His The Last Jedi score is terrific, and I would love to see how he brings everything to a close with Episode IX. And with frequent collaborator Steven Spielberg working a ferocious pace, I’m interested to see if Williams gets to work on The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara and/or Indiana Jones 5.
Quelle: http://collider.com/star-wars-9-score-john-williams/

 

 

[bimbamdingdong]

 williams, still the best! 

[Csongor]

John Williams ist bewundernswert ... 85 jährig schreibt er noch ein Score nach dem anderen, dirigiert unzählige Konzerte, komponiert Konzertwerke und spielt immer noch Klavier. Er hat meine tiefste Bewunderung und meinen größten Respekt!

[Sebastian Schwittay]

Hoffentlich hat er STAR WARS dann nach EPISODE IX endgültig hinter sich. Wäre ja echt trist, wenn sein Schwanengesang letzten Endes irgendein Blockbuster-Franchise-Score wäre...

[Csongor]

Möge Maestro Williams weiterhin voller Elan, Inspiration und Energie sein  

Zitat

Asked how it feels to have done this job for 60 years, the composer responds with a laugh: “It feels like a good start.”

http://variety.com/2018/film/awards/john-williams-could-set-oscar-record-1202658996/

[ronin1975]

man kann sich selber nur wünschen noch so fit zu sein in dem Alter... aber manche schaffen das halt... geistig gefordert zu werden hilft auf jeden Fall und wie er ja selber sagt, die Pfoten und die Augen machen auch noch mit... alles andere dann ja fast egal, also für den Job...

is halt nur schade, dass die SW Filme seiner ursprünglichen Qualität halt nicht gerecht werden... ich hab mir den LAST JEDI-Score jetzt nach nen paar Durchgängen auf Spotify gespart...  :-(