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John Williams discusses Tintin score

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Over on the John Williams Fan Network site, the composer "speaks" about the music he is composing for the upcoming Tintin film.

I'm currently orchestrating a large piece with a number of ideas. The main theme is highly energetic, filled with great tonal twists and turns, reflecting, I suspect, Tintin's heroic energy. It will become a classic, I think. To give more information would be to reveal things that I don't ... want to say.

We are at the beginning of the process. The main scoring sessions are off in February.

Also, let me say with regard to Tintin, I believe, as with "Potter" and Catch Me if you Can, people will be both surprised and not surprised by how the music is both "expected" and "UN-expected"--- before you hear it.

For more information, please visit the Fan Page.

For more info: on all things Tintin, visit TintinBlog.com, ShopTintin.com, Facebook,com/ShopTintin, and Twitter.com/ShopTintin.

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  • John Crichton at JWFan 1 year ago
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    That quote is not from Williams, it's from his orchestrator, Conrad Pope via a private online exchange with one of our members that he graciously allowed to be published.

  • JWFAN 1 year ago
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    Yes, and it's been misquoted. You changed "JW" to "I."

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