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    Gruesome Son of a Bitch got a reaction from Trope in Seven Years In Tibet (John Williams)   
    I can hear the influence on later scores such as Attack of the Clones and Memoirs of a Geisha.
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    Gruesome Son of a Bitch got a reaction from Martinland in SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE - 3CD Set from La-La Land Records   
    Attack of the Clones > Superman - The Movie
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    Gruesome Son of a Bitch got a reaction from mstrox in Rank The Indiana Jones Films   
    It's just Raiders of the Lost Ark.
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    Gruesome Son of a Bitch got a reaction from Badzeee in What Is The Last Score You Listened To? (older scores)   
    I've said before how the Giacchino Trek main theme just drives me nuts. I find it completely obnoxious.
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    Gruesome Son of a Bitch got a reaction from Hego-Damask-II in Samuel Kim - Star Wars Theme   
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    Gruesome Son of a Bitch got a reaction from Brónach in What are your 3 favorite tracks in a row on any JW score   
    Sea Attack Number One
    One Barrel Chase
    Preparing the Cage 
     
    The classic seafaring bits rerecorded for the album and perfectly sequenced.
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    Gruesome Son of a Bitch got a reaction from JTN in RAMBO III (2018 remastered edition by Intrada)   
    One of Goldsmith's manliest most testosterone-fueled scores.
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    Gruesome Son of a Bitch got a reaction from bollemanneke in What exactly did William Ross do in Harry Potter the Chamber of Secrets   
    Wow! That's worthy of a new thread!
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    Gruesome Son of a Bitch got a reaction from Naïve Old Fart in Aliens: Live To Screen Concert London, November 6   
    They mostly come in 2016. Mostly.
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    Gruesome Son of a Bitch got a reaction from enderdrag64 in Williams donates all his scores to Juilliard   
    Hopefully next he'll donate all his unreleased music to the John Williams Fan Network.
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    Gruesome Son of a Bitch got a reaction from artus_grayboot in Batman is 30 years old   
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    Gruesome Son of a Bitch got a reaction from artus_grayboot in Batman is 30 years old   
    Today is history. Batman, the beloved movie, the franchise more or less as we know it to this day was unleashed like a batarang on the world. Blockbusters had been around for at least a decade prior, but it became the prototype for a newer modern blockbuster with its controversial casting, massive salary for a big name star, darker tone, an edgy new-age director, tie-in pop soundtrack and overall merchandising blitz. I think even Disney is a little jealous of all that Batman paraphernalia. About the only thing that's changed since that time is the introduction of cinematic universes, a way to simply expand the blockbuster movie to a blockbuster series. They're basically still making them in the mold of Batman because it simply is the best of its kind.
     
    I'm drinking a Diet Coke as I type this and thinking of how Batman is also such a charming product of its time. It really appeals to a male fantasy of the 80s. Batman blows guys away with guns and missiles (Remember, this was acceptable and cool back then--our heroes were Indiana Jones, Rambo etc.), drives a cool hotrod and saves ludicrously attractive screaming blonde women. So no, they don't exactly make them like this anymore unfortunately. They definitely don't score them like this anymore. Elfman's more recent Justice League score and, hell, everything I've seen from Tim Burton in the last 20 years show how the mighty have fallen.
     
    But Jack Nicholson as the Joker, the absolutely iconic moments, Anton Furst's stunning Academy Award winning production design and the Elf Man's best score are all preserved in this beautiful 30 year-old time capsule of cinematic greatness.
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    Gruesome Son of a Bitch got a reaction from igger6 in The Patriot (John Williams)   
    They're worthless. 10 dollars from a vendor on Amazon Marketplace. But I take it, I remove it from Spotify and it becomes priceless.
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    Gruesome Son of a Bitch got a reaction from Kasey Kockroach in REMIXED & RESTORED: The Lost World: Jurassic Park   
    The best part of this entire score was composed for a brief series of images where a guy takes a tranquilizer dart out of a case and puts it in a gun.
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    Gruesome Son of a Bitch got a reaction from Brónach in Alexandre Desplat's Star Wars: Rogue One score   
    The thing is, we'll never know. I would certainly much rather have heard a Desplat Star Wars score than a Giacchino one.
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    Gruesome Son of a Bitch got a reaction from Naïve Old Fart in Your Favorite Third Act Musical Surprise   
    A Busy Man
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    Gruesome Son of a Bitch got a reaction from Once in GALAXY'S EDGE - New John Williams composition (2018)   
    Here he is talking about his music they don't even play there.
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    Gruesome Son of a Bitch got a reaction from Naïve Old Fart in Star Trek is better than everything   
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    Gruesome Son of a Bitch got a reaction from Tom Guernsey in Non-JW Favourite Short Musical Moments   
    By far the TOS fanfare in The Barrier by Jerry Goldsmith.
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    Gruesome Son of a Bitch got a reaction from Bespin in What's John Williams' diet?   
    He likes water.
     

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    Gruesome Son of a Bitch got a reaction from bollemanneke in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's (Philosopher's) Stone   
    This will be a day long remembered.
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    Gruesome Son of a Bitch got a reaction from Brando in La-La Land Records' HOOK (2CD Expanded) Discussion thread   
    Wait to die. Wait to live. Wait for an OST that would never come.
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    Gruesome Son of a Bitch got a reaction from Brando in REMIXED & RESTORED: The Lost World: Jurassic Park   
    The best part of this entire score was composed for a brief series of images where a guy takes a tranquilizer dart out of a case and puts it in a gun.
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