John Williams mourns his career-long editor
RIPThe composer Kenneth Wannberg, music editor on half of John Williams’ films over half a century, has died in Florence, Oregon, aged 91.
He retired after Spielberg’s ‘Munich’ in 2005.
His death precedes by a few days the global celebrations of Williams’s 90th birthday.
Sad news.
Just four days before John Williams turns 90.
And on the day DG releases “The Berlin Concert”.
Well, luckily, the masterminds and technicians behind the sound of orchestral film music are already legend and surely “much smarter than their critics”, who are too vain and self-absorbed to revise their stiff academic attitudes.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/feb/03/john-williams-at-90-he-is-so-much-smarter-than-his-critics
Ken was an amazingly talented musician and a wonderful person. He was supportive to all, but suffered no fools; no matter how wealthy or influential they might be. It was a gift to have known him.
What specifically does a *music editor* do for film scores?
Watch Star Wars (1-6) and listen to the soundtracks separately, and then you’ll know.
That’s way too cryptic. We’d like an explanation.
Not much of an article, 3 short paragraphs .
This article has a great deal of information about Kenny:
https://variety.com/2022/music/obituaries-people-news/kenneth-wannberg-composer-and-music-editor-who-worked-with-john-williams-on-star-wars-series-and-50-other-films-dies-at-91-1235171606/