《艺***回忆录》——JOHN WILLIAMS消息+日版预告片

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JOHN WILLIAMS--《艺***回忆录》消息

FILM RELEASE
December 9, 2005

JOHN WILLIAMS o-n 'MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA'

Williams says his latest film project, Memoirs of a Geisha, is throwing him a few new curve balls. "I hope the music will have all the atmosphere of prewar Japan," he says. "The score is o-n a smaller, more intimate scale, a kind of concerto grosso for an assortment of solo instruments with string accompaniment.

The composer says he has written very little chamber music, and he believes writing for smaller groups requires a more exacting technique. "A few years ago I wrote three pieces for solo cello for Yo-Yo Ma, which he recorded. I found that to be the hardest of all: a solo instrument, playing in a setting where it has to accompany itself and present and develop all that material o-n its own."

Ma, a member of Local 802 (New York City), will appear as o-ne of the soloists in the music for Geisha. The score will also include extended solos for the koto, a traditional Japanese string instrument. "Writing for koto is even tougher, as o-ne is limited by the instrument's chromatic abilities, and the tuning and the plucking techniques are complicated," Williams points out. To that end, Williams says he has been working with a koto soloist in his studio, learning how to fit his writing into a comfortable idiom for the soloist.

It's all part of the process, and he typically takes these challenges in stride. "The old standard answer is true: the most diffi*** scene to write is always the o-ne you're writing at the moment," he says.

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'Memoirs of a Geisha' Score Recorded (More Details)
John Williams, Yo-Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman have just completed the recording of the score for Memoirs of a Geisha in Los Angeles. According to film music journalist Dan Goldwasser, "there was a big orchestra cue that was rewritten at the last minute, and ended up being a very intimate piece with Yo Yo Ma, Steve Erdody (cellist), and a harp player. And Williams conducting (at Royce Hall at UCLA)". Williams recently revealed some details about his latest work in an interview with International Musician magazine.

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(2005 - 2006)
Dec. 9, L.A. & New York
Dec. 10, Japan
Dec. 16, Italy
Dec. 23, North America (wide)
Jan. 27, Taiwan.