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Camp_Coffee t1_ix4gxby wrote

What did you do that 4(for)?

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TwoSeeVee t1_ix4mzjs wrote

I think in the old times people used to do that for extreme numbers so you could be certain it wasn't a typo.

Edit: typo

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Robinsonirish OP t1_ix4oh0h wrote

Yea, maybe it was a dumb call. When i was in the military transmitting coordinates by data, for certain situations we would type out the numbers in text to eliminate misunderstandings. For example, if logging indirect fire missions when you have a lot of time on your hands(during preplanning).

So I guess my thought was just to really pin it home how insane the number 52 is in this case, I hope you understand what I mean :)

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Jumpy-Win5810 t1_ix6kbtm wrote

Redundancy is appreciable when emphasizing something extreme.

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Gnarly_Sarley t1_ix4qux8 wrote

He is a living legend.

200 years from now, John Williams will be regarded on the same level as other legendary composers like Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Bach, and Mozart.

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grby1812 t1_ix5shde wrote

When [John Williams's] longtime collaborator, the director Steven Spielberg, showed him Schindler's List, the composer felt it would be too challenging to score. He said to Spielberg, 'You need a better composer than I am for this film.' Spielberg responded, 'I know. But they're all dead!'

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kiwidocnz t1_ix4kxo0 wrote

FYI, he has won 5 Oscars from those nominations.

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LeadPipePromoter t1_ix4yc3t wrote

Damn, less than a 10% success. With that kind of rate, maybe he should quit, it clearly doesn't work that good /s

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dentrolusan t1_ixd0ezp wrote

Note that some of those nominations were in fact unwinnable, because he was running against himself.

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Throwawaycuzawkward t1_ix4h0vd wrote

I saw Star Wars for the first time when I was five, the music was more overpowering to five year old me than the movie itself. I saw Jurassic Park, in the theater, when I was 12. I bought the sound track to Jurassic Park (which, mind you, is only John Williams instrumentals) as my second purchase of a CD when I was 14 (after U2's Zooropa).

I would be extremely angry and disappointed in human-kind if he had not been nominated for at least 52 Oscars.

ETA: Now I'm going to go listen to the theme from Jurassic Park. Not afraid to say: It makes me a little emotional.

ETETA: I was a clarinetist in band. Somehow I'm only just now appreciating fully the use John Williams made of the brass section. I got the percussion, but WTF opens the theme to a block buster with French Horns (I'm guessing)? John Williams is the Meghan Thee Stallion of instrumental composition.

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RandoCalrissian11 t1_ix8vf7c wrote

Our marching band did a tribute to John Williams show. Probably the most fun show we did, and we had some fun shows. Fantasia, John Williams, Hero’s, then Villains.

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BackWaterBill t1_ix5um1h wrote

Pffft, your mom's makes me a little emotional.

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Throwawaycuzawkward t1_ix5v48x wrote

I can accept that. She's old, and she gets sentimental. Sometimes it's hard not to get emotional. Fair play.

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Jumpy-Win5810 t1_ix6kqaj wrote

My neighbor had the JP soundtrack and I would borrow it as often as possible. I also remember a close friend getting a fancy gold foil etched edition of the Star Wars movie tracks to commemorate the 20th or 25th? anniversary. So very cool

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rapiertwit t1_ix4v57r wrote

When Williams played the tune for the Jaws shark theme, Spielberg thought it was a joke.

Yeah, it's only one of the most iconic and memorable themes from all film history.

When you are schooling Steven Freakin Spielberg in the art of creating drama and suspense in movies, that's pretty bonkers.

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mellypopstar t1_ix4j59u wrote

You made me read his Wikipedia page. TIL that John Williams is a fricking legend. He's only missing a Tony award I think.

EDIT : And his brother is in the band Toto!

Toto, who everybody on the planet has heard at one stage or another.

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Bl_lRR1T0 t1_ix4mky6 wrote

I saw Toto live a couple years ago. They've still got it

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mellypopstar t1_ix5h1sw wrote

I bet they do. They would be tight from playing FOREVER. Like how The Police is. Saw them live, sounds just like a record. Every beat and rest perfect.

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Jumpy-Win5810 t1_ix6kvok wrote

I saw the Police a few years back and they were epic for sure

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Salty-Pack-4165 t1_ix5j8v1 wrote

No way. They are still playing? I used to listen to them way back in my early teens when R. Reagan was still POTUS.

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fuzzyjuicypeach t1_ix4ux5y wrote

if I had I dollar every time I ever heard Africa by toto

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mellypopstar t1_ix5gp6o wrote

As soon as I hear someone say Toto, or read the word, I hear "It's going to take me a lot to get away from youuuuuuuuu. Only someone a hundred men or more could ever do. I dreamt the rains down in Africaaaaaaa"... I don't even know the words to the song. But my brain thinks it does however.

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coredump3d t1_ix4kuza wrote

Toto were big in 80s. "I'll be over you" is my favorite from that time

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TheKingCrimsonWorld t1_ix4s8ko wrote

I'm afraid I don't quite understand. Could you express that number in Roman numerals please?

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noxpost t1_ix96sw0 wrote

That's the most interesting thing I have heard about John Williams in 3(THREE) days

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BackWaterBill t1_ix5ugks wrote

That's like one out of every ten movies he's worked on, so in a way they're still kinda snubbing him.

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Jumpy-Win5810 t1_ix6l22s wrote

Lots and lots of jealousy/shade from certain Hollywood insiders

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Pudding_Hero t1_ix5neud wrote

Dude couldn’t even act his way out of a paper bag

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