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I think Williams's new compositions for CoS not only suffer because of the recycling but also because of Ross's conducting (not necessarily on the album, but almost certainly in the movie). But I still think CoS has some of the best themes ever (and not only in the HP series), like Fawkes the Phoenix, Chamber of Secrets, Dobby the Houseelf, Gilderoy Lockhart, and Moaning Myrtle.

I just know him from The Simpsons. What else did he work on??? Any recommendations???

Okay, you guys might complain that this ground has been covered already, but now that we've had several months to drink in the latest achievement by JW for the HP series, what's your favorite? A lot of people keep saying PoA is the best, but I think that's not really fair (or right, for that matter). Don't get me wrong, PoA has some of the best themes of the entire series -- I'm thinking here especially of A Window to the Past and Buckbeak's Flight -- but I think Hedwig's Theme, Fawkes the Phonix, both of Harry's Themes, and Dobby the Houseelf are equally good. To my mind, the 3rd HP score is different (because the movie and the director are different, no doubt), but by no means better or worse. 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

Who is the best composer working for television??? I've been a fan of Dick DeBenedictis for a long time, who's been writing great orchestral scores for such TV shows as Columbo, Perry Mason, and Matlock. I think he's one of the best. Also Mike Post, who wrote some of the great theme songs in the 80s and 90s (i.e. NYPD Blue, The A-Team, and Blossom), is one to remember. I think that, while recent composers such as Sean Callery (24) and Michael Giacchino (Alias) are great in their own way, they're not as memorable as they could be. But, I guess, only time will tell. What other good TV series composers can you think of???

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban The Terminal The Incredibles The Village Alexander Winner: PoA I would love to see JW beat out Vangelis at the Oscars. That's for 1981. You know what I mean.

I think I'm gonna get the GoF score just to compare Doyle to Williams. It will undoubtedly make me realize just how exceptionally good and unique the first 3 Potter scores really are . . . P.S.: Nothing against Doyle, you understand, it's just that JW is no match for anybody.

If Shore won for The Aviator, I think he would be the first composer ever to win an Oscar two years in a row . . . and to win 3 Best Score Oscars in just four years!!! So he's out (hopefully).

It's a brother-and-sister love theme, I guess.

Definitely Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I'm curious as to wheter Doyle will incorporate some of the JW-themes in the new film. Probably not, with the likely exception of Hedwig's Theme. I wonder whether JW gets a credit on the teaser poster or trailer . . . Original Themes (Hedwig's Theme) by John Williams . . .

Well, it's too late now . . .

HAHAHA LOL dunno how that happened . . . .

Same here. BTW, does anyone have the exact schedule of the recording sessions? When do they start?

I bought the Manchurian Candidate soundtrack done by her, I thought it was great for the movie, worth having in my opinion because it includes the original movies soundtrack along with the remake You should check out ONLY YOU on DVD. It's her absolute best, I'm told. I think the soundtrack is out of print, though . . .

Does anyone have anything by Rachel Portman??? I've heard that her score to ONLY YOU and EMMA are two of the best love story scores ever. I haven't even watched those films, but I'm very much curious as to what the only respected FEMALE film composer can produce. LOL

None of those themes were ever used in TPM or AotC, were they? I think (hope) that JW will somehow incorporate them into the score to RotS . . . What other themes do you think will be in RotS??? The Imperial March, obviously, perhaps Anakin's Theme and Across the Stars as well, but other than that . . .

I agree completely. Three is just right. I think 2002 -- as good a year as that was for JW -- was a little bit too much: AotC, Minority Report, CoS, then Catch Me If You Can. On top of that wasn't the 20th anniversary of E.T. in March 2002???

Your paranoism is frightening. P.S. Hey, wait, here's a thought. What if John Williams won't score RotS, now that he's decided to do WotW. Probably James Horner will take over at the last minute and score RotS instead. How about that. LOL

The director of Memoirs Of A Geisha is ROB Marshall, not Frank.

Well, I saw it now and I gotta say I'm really relieved. Although, of course, I WAS kinda expecting it . . .

What more do you want from a director???

Oh yeah, I found it. But unless you hit the slow motion button right before JW comes on, it's more like 7 seconds rather than 15.

According to spielbergfilms.com there's official word that JW will indeed score War of the Worlds!!!

I love all of them, obviously, perhaps Han Solo and the Princess slightly more than the others.

In fact, it's NOT the same recording. For one thing, the sound quality is different, and for another, the 3-second addition halfway through the piece is NOT looped. I've got the written score to that piece and it's been added by JW himself, along with the new ending. Has anyone ever seen a photo or footage of Williams Ross conducting the LSO??? I know I haven't. And chances are, I never will. Yeah, it IS true that William Ross didn't compose a single note for CoS (I've read that somewhere; I think it was in an article written by John Takis), he just probably strung the themes that were written by JW for SS together so that it fit loosely with the storyline of the second installment of HP.

If everybody keeps quiet about this, then how do YOU know, King Mark???