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I didn't attend the concert but thought that Horner was conducting. I think I'd have been a little disapponted if he was present but didn't conduct. I'm sure everyone had a great time, regardless.
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Thanks for posting the pictures, they're great! It was great to see you the last couple of nights and what a wonderful concert!
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Christ, I didn't realise I had a huge bald spot! 
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Sounded great. Wish i could have been there.
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Christ, I didn't realise I had a huge bald spot!
Haha, I had the same reaction to seeing pictures of me from one of the nerd get-togethers from a few years ago. I was like, "Who's that guy with the blindingly white bald spot? OH MY GOD."
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Oct 6, 2013 - 8:51 AM
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Francis
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What an amazing concert! Loved the selections of cues, with great nostalgic themes in the first half (Voyager theme, Undiscovered Country, ID4, ...) and of course the main course in the second half (Kahn, Willow, Aliens, Rocketeer, ...). As if the venue wasn't beautiful enough, the show itself with some great graphics really impressed me. Not bothered at all with Horner not conducting, Newman was perfect and it truly was Horner's night. Had a fun time catching up with the usual suspects as well as meeting many new faces from different boards/countries, and just so much to see in Vienna, I definitely want to return.
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(The following is a copy of what I just posted on JWFan)
He actually is writing a concerto. Thor will have the details when he publishes his interview.
Some short comments:
I was strangely left rather cold by the concert this year. It was fine, sure enough, but it could have been so much better. Partly it might be that I'm not the biggest Horner fan. I love plenty of his stuff, mostly from the early-to-middle part of his career, but there wasn't too much of that. Then there's the usual tinkering with the suites - not quite as bad this year as it has already been, but the edits were still strange. For Goldsmith's Voyager theme, they replaced the reprise with a repetition of the first part (sans string counterpoint). For Horner's Wrath of Khan end titles, they took out the Spock theme, turning the whole cue into an endless repeat of the main theme. Also, David Newman seems to much of a studio conductor rather than a concert hall conductor. A friend complained about that last year, but I didn't really notice it back then (though he says it was worse). This year, I had the strong feeling that he simply doesn't care (or know) about orchestral dynamics and leaves that part up to the recordist when doing a recording. In the Konzerthaus, it lead to many main lines and themes being utterly buried in the orchestration. Axelrod and the great Mauceri were better. And ultimately, I feel the selection of pieces is still becoming increasingly shallow for my tastes. But nice it was, sure.
Biggest faux pas of the concert: At the beginning of the Horner part (during Khan, I believe), they showed a reverse chronological list of Horner's film titles on the screen... starting with Romeo and Juliet).
Biggest missed opportunity at the symposium: Horner's talk with Robert Townson was right before the fake scoring session, so they were seated on a recording stage with instruments and recording equipment. Townson's first question was about how Horner came up with a specific theme or something (I don't recall the details). Horner looked around and asked if there was a piano somewhere. There wasn't.
My photos of the symposium can be found here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/musgit/sets/72157636243390854/
Some shots of Horner from Thor's interview to follow soon.
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It sounds like they played Victor Pesavento's suite from AVATAR, which got its world premiere at the GSPO in Los Angeles last year. It's a fantastic suite, and the rendition of "War" is spine-tingling.
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