All of JW's music sounds the same

[Eric_JWFAN 11]

According to this idiot. Check out the end if this review.

http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C0DEFDB143BF932A25755C0A964948260

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

I think he's kinda right. Williams' sound in that era was pretty consistent, even if he was consistently pumping out great scores. E.T., Superman, Star Wars and Indy are all clearly composed by the same guy. I mean, there are serious differences between those scores, yes, but they are still musically similar. The real question here is whether he's correct about the finale and the usage of Williams music.

[Faleel 5,340]

I don't really hear SW in E.T.

[Eric_JWFAN 11]

How can anyone hear the Raiders march or anything from that movie and think E.T.?? Seriously the only thing these scores all have in common is their colorful orchestrations and overall elite quality.

[Faleel 5,340]

I hear more TOD in ET than Raiders.

[indy4 155]

Nothing wrong with having an identifiable style. I disagree with the author that the scores are "not that different," as clearly Raiders, SW, and E.T. all explore new territories--but they are definitely unified by JW's stylistic tendencies.

[chuck 154]

"Also, at the end of the film, there is an all-out assault on the emotions that depends, it seems, more on the rising volume of this music than on the events portrayed."

[Naïve Old Fart 9,498]

Of course it sounds the same; it's all by the same person!

Perhaps I should justify that: it feels the same.

[Luke Skywalker 1,792]

he should review nowadays music with most film having "Zimmerian library" music.

And he kills one of the best music-images moments in cinema history.

He probably was a resentful Jerry Goldsmith fan

[crocodile 7,984]

I got a good chuckle out of this final paragraph.

Karol

[Ricard 2,242]

I don't really hear SW in E.T.

Except for the fact that the first 5 notes of the Flying Theme and the Star Wars Main Theme are the same, I agree with you.

[Jonesy 55]

The guy forgot to mention The Empire Strikes Back

[Jilal 569]

This guy clearly has no knowledge of what he is talking about.

[Ricard 2,242]

But seriously, many people have been saying the same thing for over 30 years. I can't see why every article stating the same opinion deserves to be mentioned.

[Sharkissimo 1,973]

I hear more TOD in ET than Raiders.

And ROTJ.

[JoeinAR 1,949]

Vincent Canby was a pretty good film critic, he can be allowed to be wrong from time to time.

And he is wrong.

E.T. does not sound like Star Wars or Raiders, ESB, Superman, or even Close Encounters.

It's one of the reasons I love it so much is that it is so different than those. Yes at the end it is loud and glorious, but it's often quiet and intimate.

[Faleel 5,340]

It was Williams in his wierd strings stage, like Empire of the Sun etc.

[Sharkissimo 1,973]

It was Williams in his wierd strings stage, like Empire of the Sun etc.

You mean portamento?

[Trent B 337]

I don't really hear SW in E.T.

There's a direct quote of Yoda's theme in the score...

[Marian Schedenig 8,173]

Yoda's theme is not in SW.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Not yet....

[Faleel 5,340]

Yoda's theme is not in SW.

It was Williams in his wierd strings stage, like Empire of the Sun etc.

You mean portamento?

I guess

[Sharkissimo 1,973]

Yoda's theme is not in SW.

It was Williams in his wierd strings stage, like Empire of the Sun etc.

You mean portamento?

I guess

Timestamps?

[Hlao-roo 389]

The real question here is whether he's correct about the finale and the usage of Williams music.

He's correct.

I got a good chuckle out of this final paragraph.

Karol

Sometimes you just can't help laughing when people are that right.

[publicist 4,643]

Williams himself admitted that he was kind of forced by Spielberg to overdo the finale. JW found it 'a bit shameless' - so it's not just the clueless critics who realized it might all be a bit too heavy labor; it is somewhere in either the Spielberg bio of Andrew Yule or Joseph McBride.

[Arnaud 6]

Well hurrah for shamelessness. Spielberg was right!

[Quintus 5,399]

Luckily the young at heart don't object to a spot of open manipulation and are more than happy to let the grumpy cynics of the world spoil movies for themselves.

[publicist 4,643]

Tell that to John Williams.

[Quintus 5,399]

What do you mean? Williams' eager manipulation of soft sods like me has made him very rich.