[Thor Joachim Haga]

Yes, it’s kinda mindboggling when you think about it.

I don’t know what year I first discovered John Williams, exactly, but let’s say it was my socalled “explosion year” 1990, the year I turned 13. Williams was pushing 60 at the time, which is old to a teenager. After all, Williams is only seven years younger than my own GRANDfather (who passed away in 2011 at a measly 86). And here we are, 36 years later. Now I’m pushing 50 myself, and that “old man” from 1990 has yet ANOTHER score coming out! Pretty wild.

Of course, there are several other film composers out there who are older than Williams. And there have been many film workers that historically have even more impressive “old man feats”(….FEATS, not feet!…) – like Manoel de Oliveira who directed his last film at age 106 – but very few who have had the continual presence that Williams has had throughout. So however DISCLOSURE DAY turns out, that’s a feat onto itself.