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Tim Greiving

@tgreiving.bsky.social
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Arts & entertainment journalist / film music evangelist / author of JOHN WILLIAMS: A COMPOSER'S LIFE (Oxford University Press) timgreiving.com

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Tim Greiving @tgreiving.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
And how would you like your steak prepared: medium rare, medium, well done, or Aaron Sorkin?
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Tim Greiving @tgreiving.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Ellison's first act was euthanizing the Animaniacs 😭
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Tim Greiving @tgreiving.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
That does it: I'm moving there and writing the George Miller bio I've been dreaming of doing...
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Tim Greiving @tgreiving.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Van gogh to the polls
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Tim Greiving @tgreiving.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
By jove, you're right! I'll make sure that's fixed in future editions.
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Tim Greiving @tgreiving.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
To my knowlege, JW was never asked to do anything for the Special Editions other than the new finale for Jedi. I somehow can't imagine him, circa 1997, ever wanting to write a rock song for that ridiculous scene!
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Tim Greiving @tgreiving.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
It's wild to imagine your subject outliving YOU
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Tim Greiving @tgreiving.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Fun fact: the 23 in D23 refers to the number of sequels they announce every year
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Tim Greiving @tgreiving.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Jurassic World: Dominion. A movie so unbearably stupid, and which pissed away a pointless reunion of my three beloved leads from Jurassic Park, that I remember genuinely fighting the urge to throw my cup of soda at the screen. RIP Sam Neill.
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Tim Greiving @tgreiving.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
It's giving diarrhea lettuce
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Tim Greiving @tgreiving.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Constantly outwitting hackers and identity thieves by getting a six-digit code texted to my iPhone 16 😎
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Tim Greiving @tgreiving.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
If you're not sleepy afterwards, you're doing something wrong...
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Tim Greiving @tgreiving.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Great piece, Alan! I'm even more stoked to renew my Costco membership now that I live a few blocks from one... 🌭
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Tim Greiving @tgreiving.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
How could I properly commemorate the release of Disclosure Day *and* cap off my podcast valentine to Spielberg & Williams? By talking to Henry Thomas—the human soul of the Spielberg/Williams masterpiece about extraterrestrials.
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Episode 9: Why Henry Thomas Loves Spielberg/Williams
The star of E.T. helps me stick the landing and say goodbye to this limited series
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Tim Greiving @tgreiving.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Who's reviewing it for the Times?
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Tim Greiving @tgreiving.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Spot on.
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Mad Scholar Frights @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Tim is far too kind, but I did have a heck of a lot of fun doing this episode. I love John Williams so much and I'm fascinated by all the different ways you can score a movie.
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Tim Greiving @tgreiving.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
What a blast I had talking to @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social about John Williams, Steven Spielberg, Oliver Stone, Aaron Copland, Star Wars, and Ready Player One (among other things). A rich mine from a great mind!
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Episode 7: Why Matt Zoller Seitz Loves Spielberg/Williams
...but also Stone/Williams.
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Tim Greiving @tgreiving.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
yeah yeah, Colbert got McCartney—but I got @scottaukerman.bsky.social !!!
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Episode 6: Why Scott Aukerman Loves Spielberg/Williams
Score Mockerman pauses his three hundred other podcasts to chat with me about John Williams... and other stuff.
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Tim Greiving @tgreiving.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Citing Altman, Wyler, and Vangelis... and a DEEP spelunking of Close Encounters. Please enjoy my delicious conversation with Christopher McQuarrie.
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Episode 5: Why Christopher McQuarrie Loves Spielberg/Williams
The Mission: Impossible veteran director—and Tom Cruise's wingman—probes the mysteries of the Spielberg/Williams magic, and shares his own close encounters with their work
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Tim Greiving @tgreiving.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Too kind! Thanks Mike.
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Tim Greiving @tgreiving.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Went up to North Hollywood last week to report on the latest activity of my favorite Husky
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John Williams returns to North Hollywood High, which honors him with new performing arts center
John Williams cut the ribbon on a new state-of-the-art performing arts center named for him at his alma mater, North Hollywood High School, where he honed his craft in the 1940s.
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Bilge Ebiri @bilgeebiri.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Loved talking to Tim about Spielberg and Williams. One of my all-time favorite subjects.
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Tim Greiving @tgreiving.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
I was so honored that @bilgeebiri.bsky.social joined me on Why We Love Spielberg/Williams. The conversation was (as expected) deeply knowledgable but never dry. We talk critical theories, personal favorites, and how the unique Spielberg/Williams chemistry is a kind of Eisensteinian effect.
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Episode 4: Why Bilge Ebiri Loves Spielberg/Williams
The great Vulture critic brings his critical eye to the Eisensteinian effect of our favorite director/composer duo.
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Tim Greiving @tgreiving.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
I stayed at Trevor Jones' spare apartment nearby last summer!
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Jeffrey Overstreet @overstreet.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
My conversations with film-score journalist @tgreiving.bsky.social, author of JOHN WILLIAMS: A COMPOSER'S LIFE, have been highlights of my 2026 so far. I'm blown away by the way he turned one of those visits into this beautiful recording, filled with film clips & music. I hope you enjoy this.
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Episode 3: Why Jeffrey Overstreet Loves Spielberg/Williams
The film critic and fantasy novelist brings the religioso of this duo to the fore.
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Tim Greiving @tgreiving.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Thank you Scott!
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Tim Greiving @tgreiving.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
In which @overstreet.bsky.social shares his personal history with Spielberg/Williams, examines the deeper themes in their work and how his relationship with their movies evolved with time and maturity, and contemplates which steps he considers to be maturity (and missteps). It gets religioso!
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Episode 3: Why Jeffrey Overstreet Loves Spielberg/Williams
The film critic and fantasy novelist brings the religioso of this duo to the fore.
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Tim Greiving @tgreiving.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Now liberated from the paywall and free to all!
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Tim Greiving @tgreiving.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Orgasmic!
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Tim Greiving @tgreiving.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
On my new (limited) podcast WHY WE LOVE SPIELBERG/WILLIAMS, my very special first guest is none other than Anne Spielberg... the director's sister, and his partner in movie music obsession.
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Episode 2: Why Anne Spielberg Loves Spielberg/Williams
The director's sister shares personal memories of what shaped his musical taste... and so much more.
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Tim Greiving @tgreiving.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
The robots who raised Sean Evans
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Tim Greiving @tgreiving.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
and Zendaya is Meechee
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Tim Greiving @tgreiving.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Just found out that Romeo & Juliet was actually based on a teenage crush Shakespeare had on a girl named Juniet
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 02/02/2026
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Supposedly, the excellence of this recording of Vic Damone covering "On the Street Where You Live" convinced wavering producers to keep the song in the Broadway debut of 'My Fair Lady.' Damone's pianist, who convinced him to do the song: John Williams. See you around.
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On the Street Where You Live
YouTube video by Vic Damone - Topic
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Tim Greiving @tgreiving.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
I walked into a screening of EPiC utterly indifferent about Elvis. I walked out in love with the man. When I told Baz Luhrmann about this "miracle," he said, "Tim, you are my favorite customer."
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Baz Luhrmann will make you fall in love with Elvis Presley
The new movie is made up of footage originally shot in the early 1970s, which Luhrmann found in storage in a Kansas salt mine.
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Dan Sheehan @dansheehan.memyon.org · 26/02/2026
Congrats to album producers Trevor Jones and @tgreiving.bsky.social on winning "Best Archival Release" from the IFMCA for the new THE DARK CRYSTAL 3-Disc CD set. If you've never seen this movie - see it! Jim Henson at his best, and Mr. Jones' soaring, romantic score is superb. #filmsky #musicsky
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Tim Greiving @tgreiving.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Happy birthday to the BEST, George Harrison, who would be 83 today. It was such a thrill back in 2021 to interview his widow, Olivia, and son Dhani on the 50th anniversary of his masterpiece, ALL THINGS MUST PASS. As I wrote in the lede: All things must pass, but George Harrison is forever.
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The unmaking of a Beatle: George Harrison's widow and son on the legacy of 'All Things Must Pass'
Olivia and Dhani Harrison share what they learned about George while putting together the new 8-LP reissue of his first post-Beatles solo album.
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Tim Greiving @tgreiving.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
War Horse in London was a transporting experience for me. Jim was right!
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Tim Greiving @tgreiving.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
I was similarly disappointed to learn recently that Terrence Malick's year at Oxford was not very impactful on him, and that he didn't enjoy his time there.
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Tim Greiving @tgreiving.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
John Williams is 94 today, and I love him and his music more than the 300,000 (plus) words I've written about him could ever express.
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Tim Greiving @tgreiving.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
A toast to the man who changed my life when I was 8 and first discovered his music, and again when I was 38 and he agreed to trust me to tell his life story, and who changes my mood for the better almost every single day.
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Dan Sheehan @dansheehan.memyon.org · 08/02/2026
Happy birthday to John Williams, BOTD in 1932. His music has been part of the soundtrack of my life - as it has for countless others - since the 1960s. I could write a book about it, but, lucky for us, @tgreiving.bsky.social already has. One of the most compelling bios you'll ever read. #filmsky
A photo of the cover of the book, "John Williams: A Composer's Life" by Tim Greiving - with a photo of John Williams, born on February 8, 1932

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filmsky moviesky music film scores soundtracks Hollywood legend action drama science fiction cinema Spielberg Lucas Harry Potter Star Wars Jaws E.T. Jurassic Park Schindler's List  Indiana Jones
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Tim Greiving @tgreiving.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
I just can't get past the allergy of the cover band feeling this far away from the Henson/Oz era. (Which is why I haven't watched the new thing yet.)
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Tim Greiving @tgreiving.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Not a bad list, but it's a huge bummer to exclude Bryce Dessner's TRAIN DREAMS and Daniel Lopatin's MARTY SUPREME. (Daniel Blumberg's TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE didn't even make the shortlist, for shame.) And I would personally disqualify HAMNET for its egregious climactic needledrop.
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Tim Greiving @tgreiving.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
101 reasons why more films should shoot in LA!
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Tim Greiving @tgreiving.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
I just added a few dozen blind spot movies to my watchlist from this instructive and extremely readable list. (I *knew* Grand Canyon wouldn't be on here, but doggone it, it's still a travesty!)
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Tim Greiving @tgreiving.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
"I'd like to thank the Golden Globes" is such an absurdly funny (and oft repeated last night) sentence
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Tim Greiving @tgreiving.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Sweet Danny Ocean! Steven Soderbergh done read my book 😍
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Tim Greiving @tgreiving.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
I hope it was worth the wait!
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