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    How much does JW owe Steven Spielberg?

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    I thought Williams became really amazing when he started working with Spielberg. I think Spielberg brings out the best in Williams.  

    I agree with that 100%. Also, I like the fact that Spielberg seems to truly appreciate John Williams's talent. There's always a short featurette or interview to be found on his DVDs.

    Kudos to Spielberg!!! :|

    Great TV composers.

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    I didn't know the McGyver theme was composed by Randy Edelman! He did "The Last of the Mohicans" too, which is pretty different!!

    Yeah!!!

    Great film composers who wrote TV Themes:

    James Newton Howard: ER

    Randy Edelman: MacGyver

    Jerry Goldsmith: Star Trek

    Danny Elfman: The Simpsons

    Thomas Newman: Six Feet Under

    John Williams: Amazing Stories

    Can you think of anything else???

    Ultimate Harry Potter Poll.

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    Bottom line is all three soundtracks are equally good, just the CoS as heard in the movie is slightly inferior to the other two, no doubt because of William Ross's contribution (whatever that was).  

    But the original compositions by JW, to my mind, are all equally top-notch.  

    LOL

    There's nothing wrong with William Ross, have you heard any of his orchestrations or indeed scores? I know i'm repeating myself to many here, but check out My Dog Skip - some of the loveliest music out there!

    -Tim

    I didn't mean to put William Ross down, I just meant that if John Williams had been solely responsible for the score -- meaning if he had written the score for the entire movie instead of letting Ross adapt the score to PS -- it would have been a better score overall. In that regard, PS and PoA are surperior to CoS. ;)

    But Williams did write the actual musical score to COS, Ross merely assisted by arranging and conducting - at least I believe that to be the case anyway.

    -Tim

    I get worked up whenever the topic comes up.This will never be settled.There are some,like me,who based on listening,plus evidence and observations that have been discussed on the MB,that JW wrote every note of the final score in spite of what the "adapted" credit on the c.d. says.There are those who will continue to ignore all this and attribute whatever role to Williams Ross in composing of the score.

    K.M.

    Actually, JW DID indeed write every single note of the final score. It's just that Ross strung the music, which was written by JW for TPS, together for the unscore to CoS. The word "adapted" is a little misleading, but fact remains William Ross did not write a single note of ORIGINAL MUSIC.

    :)

    BTW, did you read this??? What do YOU like about your favorite score???

    On the other hand, ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS for CoS are some of the very best. I love almost every track on the soundtrack, and I don't mean just the concert arrangements.

    I love Knockturn Alley (music when Hermoine shows up in the movie for the first time, makes me smile every time), I love The Flying Car (crazily spinning and heart-stopping), the Duelling Club (so funny and urgent at the same time, especially the moment when Malfoy and Harry walk away from each other and the camera pulls back from above), The Spiders (for each of the eight spider legs two descending notes), and Reunion of Friends (this is one of the REALLY best: I love the way the music swells when Hermione embraces Harry and then stops all of a sudden, when she hesitates to hug Ron; the quiet music alone says so much -- it seems to say that something has been slowly developing between the two of them . . . could it be first love???; the rousing finale as we slowly pull out of the building and leave the students and faculty alone in the Great Hall). Great stuff!!! :)

    Ultimate Harry Potter Poll.

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    On the other hand, ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS for CoS are some of the very best. I love almost every track on the soundtrack, and I don't mean just the concert arrangements.

    I love Knockturn Alley (music when Hermoine shows up in the movie for the first time, makes me smile every time), I love The Flying Car (crazily spinning and heart-stopping), the Duelling Club (so funny and urgent at the same time, especially the moment when Malfoy and Harry walk away from each other and the camera pulls back from above), The Spiders (for each of the eight spider legs two descending notes), and Reunion of Friends (this is one of the REALLY best: I love the way the music swells when Hermione embraces Harry and then stops all of a sudden, when she hesitates to hug Ron; the quiet music alone says so much -- it seems to say that something has been slowly developing between the two of them . . . could it be first love???; the rousing finale as we slowly pull out of the building and leave the students and faculty alone in the Great Hall). Great stuff!!! ;)

    Ultimate Harry Potter Poll.

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Bottom line is all three soundtracks are equally good, just the CoS as heard in the movie is slightly inferior to the other two, no doubt because of William Ross's contribution (whatever that was).  

    But the original compositions by JW, to my mind, are all equally top-notch.  

    LOL

    There's nothing wrong with William Ross, have you heard any of his orchestrations or indeed scores? I know i'm repeating myself to many here, but check out My Dog Skip - some of the loveliest music out there!

    -Tim

    I didn't mean to put William Ross down, I just meant that if John Williams had been solely responsible for the score -- meaning if he had written the score for the entire movie instead of letting Ross adapt the score to PS -- it would have been a better score overall. In that regard, PS and PoA are surperior to CoS. ;)

    How much does JW owe Steven Spielberg?

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    For me, the answer is DEFINITELY no. John Williams owes so much to Spielberg (vice versa, as well, by the way). Ever since the breakthrough score to JAWS, JW did E.T. and SCHINDLER'S LIST with him (all of those got JW an Oscar). Also, SS introduced JW to George Lucas, the creator of STAR WARS, which, of course, proved to be another landmark score and established JW as the foremost film composer of the modern age.

    So, without Spielberg, who knows where JW would be today??? Certainly not where he is now, but I think that, considering his massive talent, he still would have made it all the way to the top. What do you think???

    :mrgreen:

    Great TV composers.

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    Speaking of the Simpsons, I really, really like Danny Elfman's Theme From The Simpsons. I think that's still one of Elfman's greatest achievements (along with his movie works like Batman, Edward the Scissorhands, and -- maybe -- Men in Black). I think everybody knows the Theme From the Simpsons.

    :mrgreen:

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