Bland John WIlliams

[Sea Change]

Lauren asked: [snip]

 Where did you get the idea that he barely won 
> the contract for the HP films?  I've never heard that, and given the 
> man's reputation, I would think that the producers would've surely 
> considered him a top contender, if not the only contender.  Who else 
> is more well-known than JW?
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Sea Change replies:

I live in LA and we hear & read the scuttlebutt of 'the biz'-there was no idea to 'get'.   John 
Williams barely won the contract.  He was actually forced to submit a sample of music, 
which is normally not done at all at his level.  The contract was renewed for the next two 
films because he showed he could, if forced, actually do it in the first movie.   When I hear 
the next two movies, I hear an increase in major triads and much lush sandwiching, so 
much Lawrence Welk, that by movie three, I wanted to strangle the music editor who made 
the score so intrusively loud.

I wish I could hear whatever it is you are hearing in PoA.  I just played it a few days ago 
and am mystified as to what you could be referring to.  JW does a creditable job in the first 
movie.

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Lauren then broke the bad news:
> 
> Good riddance?  Well, he'll be back for OoTP, so we're not rid of JW 
> at all!  Welcome back, I say!

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Sea Change responds:

Brrr!  Sorry to hear that.



Sea Change, who has lived on this planet long enough to know that 'well-known' is not the 
same as 'good'.