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Nice questions. Pretty tough 1. Emma Watson? Given the recent events on HP this would explain the up till now comment. I'm sure there's another answer to this though. 2. Harrison Ford. Star Wars x 3, Indie x 3, Presumed Innocent and Sabrina 3. Er not sure about this one. Chris Columbus has served as director with Williams 5 times (HP 1+2, Home Alone 1+2, Stepmom) and then once as producer, does that count. The question does not say he's always serving as director.

There's no official definition, but I personally would define is as contemporary classical, outlining its position in Modern music as opposed to being a classic. Classic FM, which claims to be a 100% classical music station showcases both old and new music which would indicate they believe even 20th Century music to be classical. I guess in the end its down to personal choice. If you argue a distinction, then by right classical should NOT be used to define all music eras as a whole. There are marked differences between say Baroque and Classical but yet its common to group even renaissance music as classical. I would say its either class ALL (even 20th century music) as classical, or use the individual era titles. Again though, if you wish to distance 20th century from classical music, its personal preference. The dictionary definition of classical is "Of or relating to music in the educated European tradition, such as symphony and opera, as opposed to popular or folk music." I guess what must be decided, is whether 20th century orchestral music is classed as contemporary popular music (in the non pop chart sense of the word)

Just to clarify a point...The Classical period (note the capital C) did stretch from 1750-1825ish. However, I'm a Music History student and the use of classical (minus capital c) as a generic term to describe all music written ESPECIALLY for the concert stage is perfectly acceptable. As with everything in music, small things matter (stupid capital letters). Now to add some more pieces to the list. Sibelius: Finlandia, Symphony No. 2 Dvorak: Symphonies No. 7, 8 and 9 Handel: Messiah (if you're into choral works - amazing fugues) Bach: Virtually everything but particularly the B minor mass, and any fugues And of course Holst, the planets (I'll add my backing to the previous mention) Concertos of note are: Mozart's Horn Concertos (particularly 4) Strauss' Horn Concertos (so I'm biased about horn concertos - so what??) Haydn's Trumpet Concerto Dvorak's Cello Concerto (far superior to Elgars IMHO) Elgar's Cell Concerto Bach's violin Concertos Mozart's Clarinet Concerto Albinoni's Oboe Concerto There's a hell of a lot more, but they're some of my most listened to If you want something more fun then pick up band music by the likes of Jan Van De Roost or even Holst's band pieces. Orchestrally fun, there is Khachaturian or even Strauss and Stravinksy. If you want dances pick up the Strauss family for waltzes, they're unmatched pretty much. I really think that in a lot of cases classical music is just as, if not more evocative than film music although I have miles more film music than classical music. I've had classical music drummed into me from an early age as my mum is a musician, and I've played the horn in an orchestra for about 11 years. My classical musicians appreciate film music so why does there seem to be such predjudice in the opposite direction? Come of guys, even Williams has turned his hand to classical and there's a lot more stuff like his out there.

I was at a moderated interview with Howard Shore (hosted by Music from the movies magazine) the day before the concert in London, and he stated categorically that reports it would just be just the theatrical release were wrong, he said on the record that talks with Warner Music were going well and it would be the extended edition music. He also said the set would most likely consit of 8 disks

I bought Dances with Wolves just the other day, and its wonderful. I've always been a fan of Barry but that is my only CD of his. I'm going to expand to get the Lion in Winter and Out of Africa as Well. Both amazing scores. I don't really know enough about his others to comment. If you want to hear some before you buy, listen to classic fm (Classicfm.com) on Monday May 31st because they're doing the top 50 movie soundtracks and his are always amongst them. Not to mention a lot of Williams in there too.

Does anyone here know for sure when the PoA soundtrack is hitting UK shelves. So far I've collected the following release dates... CDWOW: May 17th Play.com: May 24th Amazon, HMV, Virgin: May 31st I'm inclined to go with the masses, but equally I've never known ANY of these retailers to be wrong. Can any of you tell me what's official?

I'm always amazed at the amount some of you guys have. Sadly I wasn't around when these soundtracks were first released so dont have the chance to build up a collection cheaply. I'm currently investing in the older LPs and more obscure stuff with the aim of eventually getting hold of everything available to buy. You guys got any good suggestions where I can get hold of stuff? For now though I have, in no particular order: Jurassic Park Schindler's List Catch Me If You Can ET Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - On order) Superman Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Can't get hold of the others) AI Minority Report Seven Years In Tibet Star Wars Episode 1 - 1 Disk Edition Star Wars Episode 1 - Ultimate Edition Star Wars Episode 2 Star Wars Episode 4 - 2 disk special edition Star Wars Episode 5 - 2 disk special edition Star Wars Episode 6 - 2 disk special edition Angela's Ashes Hook Jane Eyre Close Encounters Heidi American Journey - Music from the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City Rhythm in Motion Where would you suggest I go from here? In your opinions which are the best available for me to get?

I am SO with you on this. I've been checking AOL every day for a glimpse of it, and nada. How can they be so cruel? But all this stuff sounds SO good!! Williams is NOT going to disappoint, stop being so pesamistic people!!

ok ok so I'm the stupid one. Not being familiar with this board I misinterpreted everything. I am in fact fully aware of the facts...John Williams is that punk rocker right?

yeah but you are overlooking his masterpieces like willow, star trek ii and all that. Or is that deliberate, are you snubbing those scores? Er...peeps maybe I've got my JW facts somewhat mucked up here, but he didn't write Back to the Future, Robin Hood OR Willow! BttF was Alan Silvestri, Robin Hood was Michael Kamen and Willow was James Horner! Unless there are all secret bootleg versions where John Williams re-wrote all the music (which I severly doubt he he) I'm very confused!

Hook, now let me think about this one! fantastic score!! BUT I wouldn't put it quite as high on my list. I agree with your top 10 but wouldn't put it in that order. I think Hook was quite different to John's music at the time, and lets face it the film doesn't have much else going for it apart from the music. I enjoy listening to it on a dreary day to chear me up - it's just a bright score. It doesn't have the textural and style variation of his other music though so gets a bit tedious after a while and it's themes are not so developed. I wouldn't say it's overated because as with most of John's music it's better than a lot of the trash music you get nowadays (*cough* Matrix Reloaded *cough*). All in all a good sountrack but not his best ever.