Best Post-70's Williams Comedy Score

[Big John 3]

Comedy as defined by IMDB. Complete score, not just themes. Have I forgotten any?

I was trying to think of recent Williams-scored comedies, and couldn't think of any other than Home Alone. After a little research, I came up with this list, only one of which I have heard. So I won't vote.

[Marian Schedenig 11,695]

Home Alone 2. I like it even more than Home Alone. Witches of Eastwick is nice, but I never understood all the excitement about it. It does have some great bits of course. Sabrina....I'm afraid I didn't like it, I have the CD but hardly ever played it. I guess I should give it another chance.

[Miguel Andrade 1,727]

I love all the four scores. But the one more close to my heart is Sabrina... I don't remember the track title right now (I think is Sabrina's Return to Paris), with a solo flute on the beginning that makes all the diference... Most of the music seems to get me to a dream world, like the one were Sabrina lives her love. In facto I don't find this so much a comedy score, but a romance score.

As for the other three, thay are all great and I can't really say wich of them I prefer. Witches is marvelous with the dreamy Ballon sequence and the diabolical Devil's Dance... and I love the Tenis game.

The Home Alone films are also great, but what I really love on them is the Christmas songs, wich, by theway, was the main reason for Williams wanting to do them.

[Trumpeteer 304]

Yes, we all know that Williams wanted to do the "Home Alone" films for the chance to write Christmas music. But he stepped up and wrote a very sympathetic and wonderfully "comic" score.

"The Witches of Eastwick" is probably second on this list, but a lot closer to "Home Alone" than you may think.

"Sabrina" is a slightly better score than "Home Alone 2," though both aren't highly regarded in my book, mostly because of infrequent viewings of the films/listens to the CDs.

Jeff -- who thinks "Hook" is a comedy score as well

[Lurker 5]

Attack of the Clones was a comedy........of errors.

Neil - egging Luke on

[mahler3 548]

If we are talking about best comedic score in relation to the audio-visual coupling, The Home Alone movies hit the nail on the head most succinctly.

Williams timing, subsequent rhythms, and orchestrations are perfect. The Bassoon, Tuba, Cornet & French Horn are employed beautifully.

Particular highlights are 'Attack On The House', 'Holiday Flight', 'Kevin's Booby Traps', 'The Thieves Return' & 'Scammed By A Kindergartner'.

However, 'Witches Of Eastwick' is probably my personal favourite

[Justin 2]

Hard to say I love both The Witches of Eastwick and Home Alone however I'd say Home Alone over all that is a better listen.

Justin

[The Five Tones 305]

Ah, Sabrina!! It makes wanna grab my sweet girl and float around the room!

I know it was Oscar nominated in comedy, but I never found it that funny. I somehow wish we could put William's score with Hepburn/Bogart/Holden's film!

Witches of Eastwick is a solid comedy with a great score.

So many Home Alone supporters, maybe it's time to lift my little embargo on those films/scores and give them another chance...

[Trumpeteer 304]

So many Home Alone supporters, maybe it's time to lift my little embargo on those films/scores and give them another chance...

..... and don't wait until Christmas to do it!

Jeff -- who listens to the "Home Alone" CD year round, but rarely watches the films outside of November-December.

[Lord Gibson 0]

HOME ALONE!!!

You can just hear those bumbling burglers up to no good.

Plunk, plunk, plunk, plunk, plunk, plunk... PLUNK!!