Uploaded September 2018 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago
SOURCE: recordcollectormag.com/latest-news-20-9-18
In anticipation of the forthcoming UK arena tour (30/11 to 17/12/18) of the audio-visual extravaganza of 'Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds', the titular constructor, conductor, musician, composer talks to Andy Rawll for Record Collector Magazine (@RecCollMag) about the conception of the original album and his own musical journey as well as revealing how the latest show promises to be the most ambitious and spectacular version yet.
For full details, including cast updates and tour dates, see: thewaroftheworlds.com
Don't miss the 5 minutes of additional footage that you can see here: youtube.com/watch?v=-gS-G3Z4U3A
Interview Timeline
00:00 - Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the album release
01:38 - Continued relevance of HG Wells' original story
02:43 - What to expect on this latest tour. 'breaking through the fourth wall"
03:58 - Staging of the new show
04:35 - New cast members (inc. Newton Faulkner & Nathan James)
05:30 - The voice of Nathan James
06:03 - Jason's back (Donovan)
06:25 - Anne-Marie (Jeff's daughter) as Carrie
07:15 - Black Smoke Band (Herbie Flowers; Chris Spedding)
08:03 - Latest perspective of the chances of anything coming from Mars (ESA)
09:53 - Chances of the show going to Mars
10:30 - Musical background and influences (Two cities; commercials; TV scores; early user)
13:15 - Evolution of signature, synth-based sound (Esso Tiger campaign)
14:25 - Role of Father and step-Mother is developing original idea and other early team including John Pasche (designer of Stones tongue logo)
15:42 - Forever Autumn (origins as a Lego jingle and 1972 Vigrass and Osborne single that Jeff co-wrote)
18:06 - WotW as the overriding musical highlight of your career
19:02 - Rights ownership from HG Wells estate
20:19 - Licensing agreements
21:20 - Other formats yet to be explored (animated feature film)
22:45 - Other projects. Ballet score (Matisse vs Picasso) and stage version of WoTW
26:07 - Jack London 'Call of the wild'
27:28 - Love of tennis (Melbourne shows on Rod Laver arena)
28:58 - Advice to the young Jeff in 1978 (£240k investment on top of £70k from CBS)
30:31 - Conclusion
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SOURCE: recordcollectormag.com/latest-news-20-9-18
In anticipation of the forthcoming UK arena tour (30/11 to 17/12/18) of the audio-visual extravaganza of 'Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds', the titular constructor, conductor, musician, composer talks to Andy Rawll for Record Collector Magazine (@RecCollMag) about the conception of the original album and his own musical journey as well as revealing how the latest show promises to be the most ambitious and spectacular version yet.
For full details, including cast updates and tour dates, see: thewaroftheworlds.com
Don't miss the 5 minutes of additional footage that you can see here: youtube.com/watch?v=-gS-G3Z4U3A
Interview Timeline
00:00 - Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the album release
01:38 - Continued relevance of HG Wells' original story
02:43 - What to expect on this latest tour. 'breaking through the fourth wall"
03:58 - Staging of the new show
04:35 - New cast members (inc. Newton Faulkner & Nathan James)
05:30 - The voice of Nathan James
06:03 - Jason's back (Donovan)
06:25 - Anne-Marie (Jeff's daughter) as Carrie
07:15 - Black Smoke Band (Herbie Flowers; Chris Spedding)
08:03 - Latest perspective of the chances of anything coming from Mars (ESA)
09:53 - Chances of the show going to Mars
10:30 - Musical background and influences (Two cities; commercials; TV scores; early user)
13:15 - Evolution of signature, synth-based sound (Esso Tiger campaign)
14:25 - Role of Father and step-Mother is developing original idea and other early team including John Pasche (designer of Stones tongue logo)
15:42 - Forever Autumn (origins as a Lego jingle and 1972 Vigrass and Osborne single that Jeff co-wrote)
18:06 - WotW as the overriding musical highlight of your career
19:02 - Rights ownership from HG Wells estate
20:19 - Licensing agreements
21:20 - Other formats yet to be explored (animated feature film)
22:45 - Other projects. Ballet score (Matisse vs Picasso) and stage version of WoTW
26:07 - Jack London 'Call of the wild'
27:28 - Love of tennis (Melbourne shows on Rod Laver arena)
28:58 - Advice to the young Jeff in 1978 (£240k investment on top of £70k from CBS)
30:31 - Conclusion
recordcollectormag.com @RecCollMag
thewaroftheworlds.com @twotwoofficial #twotwis40 #TWOTWTour2018 #TheWarofTheWorlds #theeveofthewar #JeffWayne #spacerocks #ESA
@LiamNeeson24 @TheNathanJames @JDonOfficial @NewtonFaulkner @CarrieHFletcher @ThatAdamGarcia @AnnaMarieWayne @spacerockslive @ProgMagazineUK
