Rate "Born On The Fourth Of July"

[Josh500 1,615]

Who is not voting?

Why don't you make a poll and find out?

Why don't you make a poll first whether such a poll makes sense?

But that would be silly!

You THINK???

Anyway, you haven't told us your opinion of this score yet...!

[Hlao-roo 389]

You THINK???

I would no such thing. Who do you take me for?

[mahler3 478]

Who is not voting?

Why don't you make a poll and find out?

[Josh500 1,615]

I love how JW makes the most of every note.

Case in point:

At 2:17 (exactly) of "The Early Days" there's only 1 note, played pizzicato by the bass (afterwards it's played arco). It's only one note, but just that invariably sends pleasant shivers down my back. Everything else is flowing smoothly, but that one note makes it appear as if John Williams knows exactly what he's doing...

I really admire this kind of attention to detail. It seems like John Williams knows exactly how to pull at our heartstrings, no pun intended.

[Josh500 1,615]

I just rewatched the beginning of this movie, and this is really outstandingly good.

I love everything about it: the melancholy and patriotic trumpet solo, the war games played by the kids in the woods, the song "You're A Grand Old Flag" and "Rock Around The Clock," and then of course JW's "Early Days."

These scenes almost seem like the climax of a movie instead of just the prologue...

[Joe Brausam 214]

Not to bring up the English horn/Oboe debate again - but my friend who plays both and is going to grad school for oboe says that it's an English horn, she says oboe doesn't even play that low. I think that's a pretty reliable opinion. haha ^_^

[Bespin 8,480]

I'm bumping this thread, because each time I want to listen to this score, I'm astonished to remember the album is a "6 tracks only" score, the 8 other tracks are songs! Good songs, this is not the problem... but this is actually, I think, the poorest representation of a JW score on disc.

 

Did'nt we talk about an expansion project recently?

 

 

[Brundlefly 2,385]

10 minutes ago, Bespin said:

Did'nt we talk about an expansion project recently?

It's likely.

[bollemanneke 3,343]

Wow, so many 5 star votes for the score...

[Tom 4,654]

15 minutes ago, bollemanneke said:

Wow, so many 5 star votes for the score...

Which is good.  It means no one can (rightfully) call it yet another "underrated" Williams's score.  

[bollemanneke 3,343]

So a JW score is either underrated or 5 stars...?

[Bespin 8,480]

I think most of the people voted according to the 3-movements arrangement recorded for the album Music for Stage and Screen...

 

So it means what it means...

[artguy360 1,843]

13 hours ago, Bespin said:

I'm bumping this thread, because each time I want to listen to this score, I'm astonished to remember the album is a "6 tracks only" score, the 8 other tracks are songs! Good songs, this is not the problem... but this is actually, I think, the poorest representation of a JW score on disc.

 

Did'nt we talk about an expansion project recently?

 

 

I've always disliked the OST and I think the presentation of the music has actively harmed my enjoyment of the score.

[Brundlefly 2,385]

Well, in general it's a bad sign when your OST is shorter than any of Varese's 90s OSTs.