Romão

I didn't remember this thread. I guess I better post a link to my own LEGO JW here as well:
 
http://bricks.schedenig.name/2020/02/08/john-williams-brickheadz/
 

Lo, almost 15 years later...
 

 
 

Sorry, I just couln't resist.
John Williams sighted in Melee Island!!
John Williams with a few members of the starwars saga

The John Williams legacy

John Williams on the steps of the Melee Cathedral

If your interested, you can see more photos of the cathedral or of my other projects (just click "up") in
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=115754

I hate ranking things. The Phantom Menace is a great score on its own terms. No need to rank it or compare it to any other

I love how JW conveys the feeling of place of Naboo and Coruscant by orchestral color alone. It's not even thematic. But you know immediatly where you are. It's one of the greatest fantasy scores ever written, in my view

Perfect time to revisit this score. A bit like the film, I've always thought its highlights were absolutely terrific, but I will focus on the less showy passages

Good scenes. Lame movie.

That's the great Goldsmith magic, you can finish off all the orchestral heavyweights with trashy calypso fun á la Deep Rising. Which i'm about to do.
 
 

Bonus track:
 

The Main Theme to "Assassin's Creed: Black Flag"
 
"The Scumm Bar" from "Escape from Monkey Island"
 

Well, it's tainted by Stepmom and Sleepers.

I actually find Men in Tights and Dracula: Dead and Loving far funnier than other Mel Brooks movies like Spaceballs

I actually find Men in Tights and Dracula: Dead and Loving far funnier than other Mel Brooks movies like Spaceballs

Back then, Batman really had amazing music in pretty much all mediums

Back then, Batman really had amazing music in pretty much all mediums

This is immediately the first thing that came to my mind:
 
 

As I wrote in another thread: Tintin 2 would be the ideal movie to do now with all the Mocap in controlled environments. I don‘t care if Jackson or Spielberg is director, just do the movie now, so Williams can start writing music!
 

This is immediately the first thing that came to my mind:
 
 

It's also notable for its unashamed heart on-its-sleeve (very Horner/Williams) that was not a Goldsmith routine. It really sighs in 'The Patches' (above).

Night Crossing (Jerry Goldsmith) - I always forget how great this score is and how outright enjoyable it is. A great mix of Capricorn One and bold, tuneful 80s Jerry orchestral loveliness (synth free, I think). Always amused that it contains that that oscillating little string motif that appears in pretty much every bit of James Horner scoring in the 80s, plus the descending brass/woodwind motif... I always thought they original Hornerisms, but no... It's all over his Star Trek scores in particular.
 
Night Crossing has extra special meaning as it was that score which I had signed when I met his Jerryness after an event at the London Film Festival (I think?) at the Museum of the Moving Image where he talked about The Edge with Lee Tamahori. I seem to recall Jerry having a dig about about the temp tracking, notably the opening titles which was tracked with The Last of the Mohicans. Pleasing that his actual main theme isn't really anything like Trevor Jones' memorable theme. I just wish I'd had enough foresight to tell Lee Tamahori to stay away from Bond films (Die Another Die... ugh).

I do love the score, but the main theme is easily my least favorite. But I find the Two Socks theme to be absolutely enchanting. And the Pawnee material is quite striking

Oh yes, very Baleen Whale like. And does bring out the eye parallel
 
The use of Pink Floyd might be a nod to Jodorowsky's Dune, where they were set to do part of the score

I really can't quite put my finger on it, but this shot really haunted me:
 

A Little Night Music might still be my favorite Sondheim musical, although I admit some of his other works are essentially superior

Lots of little bits of extra footage scattered around here: