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Composer John Williams Walks Back His Own Retirement Talk At 91: “If An Interesting Film Came Along…”

Revered composer John Williams has walked back his retirement talk, saying of previous reports that he’d put down his baton for the final time, “I don’t care much for grand pronunciamentos, st…

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“If a film came along that I was greatly interested in, with a schedule that I could cope with, then I wouldn’t want to rule anything out. Everything is possible. All is before us. Only our limitations are holding us back. Or, to put it more simply: I like to keep an open mind.”

People are speculating it's because they're going to start filming the "New Jedi Order" movie in the spring, and Williams only did TLJ and TROS because he didn't want anyone else composing music for Rey.

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His 30-minute voyage through the "Star Wars" universe included selections he has written over nearly 40 years.

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Audio of his interview.

"Rey, of course, is played by Daisy Ridley, who I so loved in The Force Awakens. And last year, when [Lucasfilm president] Kathy Kennedy rang me up and said, ‘Would you do the last music for The Last Jedi?’ I said to her, ‘Is Daisy in it?’ and she said yes, so I said yes.”

 

[Jinzo Prime]

Kind of sweet that he is doing if for an actress he likes. Too bad it's for a character that didn't really develop.

 

[diffusionx]

For a lot of people, retirement actually sucks and is a bad thing. It's not like he is a coal miner with a wrecked body. As long as his brain works he can compose music. Now as for Star Wars, who cares at this point, it's trash. But I am sure that he will be able to find work.

 

[INC]

Great he's doing more work

Bad it's gonna be a new horrific woke star wars project

 

[DKehoe]

A titan of the industry. He's more than earned a long and peaceful retirement but him producing more work is great news for the rest of us.

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

'Walks back' is this some gen z rubbish?

 

[March Climber]

'Walks back' is this some gen z rubbish?

American terminology. It has been around since the early 2000s, maybe earlier IIRC.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

I read “John Williams” in the thread title and my heart skipped a beat. The man is at an age when his eulogy could be in the news any day. Glad to hear it’s not about that. But he liking Rey’s character is disappointing.

 

[YCoCg]

'Walks back' is this some gen z rubbish?

You've never heard the term Walks Back, Walk It Back, Back peddles, Back peddling? Those are terms that have been around for a long time. Of course we all know the famous Gen Z band R.E.M who even did a song about it...

 

[Darkmakaimura]

Great he's doing more work

Bad it's gonna be a new horrific woke star wars project

It's so sad that we all know what future projects are going to be like, all of them containing "The Message" and it looks like that's never going to go away. It will actually just get worse.

 

[Mr Reasonable]

For a lot of people, retirement actually sucks and is a bad thing. It's not like he is a coal miner with a wrecked body. As long as his brain works he can compose music. Now as for Star Wars, who cares at this point, it's trash. But I am sure that he will be able to find work.

The pace that composers for film have to work at is no joke though, for a man of his vintage I'd expect it to be a big undertaking.

As for being sure that he will be able to find work, yes, I would think that the most celebrated film composer of all time probably won't struggle to work if he wants to.

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

Crazy to think how Disney have run SW IP into the group. Star Wars IP literally lives in spite of Disney

 

[Badlucktroll]

Great he's doing more work

Bad it's gonna be a new horrific woke star wars project

I really hoped they would have Rey and Kylo break the mold with the trifecta or whatever the hell they called it and become the first balanced “grey jedi” but NO.

 

[ManaByte]

first balanced “grey jedi” but

"I don't get the 'gray Jedi' thing. You're either a Jedi or you're not. It's like being a 'gray vegetarian' who eats meat."

 

[AJUMP23]

I was watching the movie midway starring Charlton Heston. John Williams did the score. man is prolific.

 

[willothedog]

Johnny Williams, as he was known, best work