Balahkay 627 Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 If Williams hadn't been busy in 1993 with Jurassic Park, Schindler's List and possibly some other projects, do you think he would have scored Mrs. Doubtfire for Chris Columbus? They did the first two Home Alone films and then collaborated again on Stepmom and then the first two Harry Potter films, so they developed a pretty good working relationship in a 12 year period. Was Howard Shore always the first choice to score the film? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 While they worked together a lot, Columbus has never been a one-composer director. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedBard 71 Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Let's assume for the sake of argument that Williams was free to compose Mrs. Doubtfire and Chris Columbus did, in fact, hire Williams to compose score.How would you suppose that he would've gone about it? Personally, I believe that he would've kept it more or less in the same styles and instrumentations that Shore did.But what's your take? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 I think he would have overscored it like he usually does with dramas/comedies. He just doesn't know how to shake the old fashioned, nauseating grandiosity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balahkay 627 Posted June 24, 2014 Author Share Posted June 24, 2014 My guess is that it would have been a little more syrupy than what Shore did, particularly during the tender family moments. That's not a complaint, though... I love Williams syrupy music. Maybe more along the the lines of Home Alone, Stepmom, Harry Potter and possibly Hook? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Exactly the kind of Williams music everyone is yearning to have more of.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Dixon Hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FilmManiac79 6 Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 I think the only true answer to this is - maybe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 I have no doubt that John Williams' Mrs. Doubtfire would have been better but it's hard to complain, as 1993 gave us two of the Maestro's best scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uni 306 Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 My guess is that it would have been a little more syrupy than what Shore did, particularly during the tender family moments. That's not a complaint, though... I love Williams syrupy music. Maybe more along the the lines of Home Alone, Stepmom, Harry Potter and possibly Hook?I agree with this. It would've had some nice moments, but given the material, I wonder if such moments would even be necessary. Shore did a competent job, which was all that was needed for a merely competent movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 I utterly hate Howard Shore's score for this film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 I don't mind it but I like Horner's Bicentennial Man better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 4,658 Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Williams was attached to Bicentennial Man for a while but left due to scheduling conflicts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 I utterly hate Howard Shore's score for this film.Mrs. Doubtfire competent score, understated and conservatively handled, but with its fair share of sentiment. It works for the film. I don't love it, but I don't hate it either. I can play the score and enjoy it. It has its own charm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Sharkû hates everything that is good and positive in this world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 I have no doubt that John Williams' Mrs. Doubtfire would have been better but it's hard to complain, as 1993 gave us two of the Maestro's best scores.Maybe JW's Mrs. Doutbfire would have been a combination of JP and SL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 I utterly hate Howard Shore's score for this film. Mrs. Doubtfire competent score, understated and conservatively handled, but with its fair share of sentiment. It works for the film. I don't love it, but I don't hate it either. I can play the score and enjoy it. It has its own charm. For me it takes an already sappy film and coats in a thick layer of sugar. It's all of the cutesy, cloying clichés of Hollywood family comedy music that I despise, rolled into one score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uni 306 Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 I have no doubt that John Williams' Mrs. Doubtfire would have been better but it's hard to complain, as 1993 gave us two of the Maestro's best scores.Maybe JW's Mrs. Doutbfire would have been a combination of JP and SL? Absolutely. Y'know, a little "Hatching Baby Raptor" when he first sees himself in the getup (catch the whole "wonderment and awe" angle), "The Raptor Attack" for Pierce Brosnan's theme, the chorus from "Immolation" when Doubtfire's trying to manage the chaos of cooking dinner, "T-Rex Rescue" when he gives the Heimlich to Brosnan, and some "Auschwitz-Birkenau" when he gets caught and then loses the hearing. It's the perfect melding of two perfect scores! Sharkissimo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedBard 71 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 I have no doubt that John Williams' Mrs. Doubtfire would have been better but it's hard to complain, as 1993 gave us two of the Maestro's best scores.Schindler's List, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 I have no doubt that John Williams' Mrs. Doubtfire would have been better but it's hard to complain, as 1993 gave us two of the Maestro's best scores.Maybe JW's Mrs. Doutbfire would have been a combination of JP and SL? Absolutely. Y'know, a little "Hatching Baby Raptor" when he first sees himself in the getup (catch the whole "wonderment and awe" angle), "The Raptor Attack" for Pierce Brosnan's theme, the chorus from "Immolation" when Doubtfire's trying to manage the chaos of cooking dinner, "T-Rex Rescue" when he gives the Heimlich to Brosnan, and some "Auschwitz-Birkenau" when he gets caught and then loses the hearing. It's the perfect melding of two perfect scores! YES! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balahkay 627 Posted June 25, 2014 Author Share Posted June 25, 2014 Williams was attached to Bicentennial Man for a while but left due to scheduling conflicts.Interesting... I didn't know that. Glad that wasn't a priority at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahler3 478 Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 If JW was asked it would have been tricky for him considering his schedule that year. Post production was late 1993 and he had bad back issues around about that time. Hence the well deserved break in 1994. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostinspace 8 Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Not really worth discussing - Howard Shore did an excellent job on that score... comedies are not easy to score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 No, certain composers are more adept at the genre. Ira Newborn being a great example. Aside from ED WOOD, Howard Shore? Nah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Elmer Bernstein might have been a good choice if he hadn't given up on comedies at that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylan345 3 Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Yeah, Bernstein's score for Airplane is great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck 154 Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Goldsmith also did comedies around that time as well. I imagine Dennis the Menace would be a pretty good score for Doubtfire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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