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Jun 5, 2015 - 10:08 PM
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Wedge
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HOOK being a Spielberg picture, Williams was attached very early, and conceived many of the themes between his work on HOME ALONE and the start of filming on HOOK (which was largely shot during the first half of 1991). The actual scoring did not take place until late summer and fall, however, at which time Williams wrote in chunks as the film came together. (He also scored the film's teaser trailer, as announced in the LA Times in late August).
Meanwhile, Williams went to New Orleans to visit with Stone during the filming of JFK, following the 1991 Boston Pops summer season -- my guess would be late July or early August. He then wrote and recorded music for JFK in advance of seeing the completed film, some of which was edited to his cues. It seems likely that he had JFK off his plate by the time he began work in earnest on HOOK -- the latter being recorded between mid-October and early November.
More information, with quotes from Williams, can be found in a January 1992 Boston Globe article, which has been archived by JWFan here: http://www.jwfan.com/?page_id=4538
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Anything new on a re release of JFK?
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Anything new on a re release of JFK?
I remember someone from a label (I think MV from Lalaland?) implying that an expansion is coming..
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Yeah, I think MV was referring to both JFK and The Towering Inferno when he said "not before 2017." So hopefully we see them both this year, although the way release schedules go, I am prepared for a longer wait if need be. As for Hook, it is absolutely one of my favourite scores of all time, easily top 10 Williams for me, and I love the current LLL release, but since it is out of print, and there're still cues I've been waiting for over 20 years to get on CD (like the piece in between "The Banquet" and "The Never-Feast" in the film) that weren't on the LLL 2-disc album, and combined with the possibility that better sources could turn up for the cues that they used the music stems for, and the fact that Williams has become far more permissive to complete and chronological releases, I too would very much welcome another release of this score, perhaps with the same 3-disc treatment that A.I. got. That would be wonderful.
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I too would very much welcome another release of this score, perhaps with the same 3-disc treatment that A.I. got. That would be wonderful.
I agree.
If Home Alone got a redone then Hook definitely should get one too.
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JFK is awesome and I will buy it again and again on any new format it should grace.
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I too would very much welcome another release of this score, perhaps with the same 3-disc treatment that A.I. got. That would be wonderful.
I agree.
If Home Alone got a redone then Hook definitely should get one too.
An expansion of an expansion? Is that where we are now?
Hook's expansion was full of compromises and should definitely be revisited, but ONLY if they find the actual elements from the last reel.
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Mar 27, 2017 - 8:44 AM
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mstrox
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An expansion of an expansion? Is that where we are now?
We've been there for decades! Star Wars was expanded in 1993 and again in 1997!
More recently, we've seen plenty more. If there's a good reason to expand it, I don't see why not. For instance, if a score has been out of print/hard to find, if additional music is found or was left off of the original release, if much better sounding elements are found, etc.
Home Alone was out of print - new elements were found along with some additional source music, so the rerelease/expansion was done.
The Matrix was expanded years ago, but that expansion was not "complete" - certain people have been clamoring for the missing cues since that release. Other scores that follow that pattern - the old Indiana Jones scores, and E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (TWICE - we're looking for an expansion of the expansion of the expansion on that one  )
In the case of Hook, a good amount of the final battle had to be taken from the film stem due to inability to find the source material. If those tapes are found, I'd love to hear the recordings in full, and in clarity.
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