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I find it hard to agree with that until I see the films themselves. With just the scores, I think they are perfect. By the way, does anyone else get a "Its Working!" vibe in relation to War Horse? I of course refer to the bit of music from said dialogue in The Phantom Menace.
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You wait though...with all the praise Williams has been getting, as well as Shore, someone will come out of the woodwork with some truly awful score that will win the oscar instead of one of these fine two gentlemen. It will happen.
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The Wal-Mart here in Cedar City and the Wal-Mart store my dad worked in Salt Lake City had virtually no soundtrack section that I could see. Borders has long since closed but I quit going to them because they're prices were a bit ridiculous for CDs. These days I mostly do my shopping online, either from Amazon or mostly from Movie Music. There's only a couple of times I've bought CDs directly from the labels IE: LLL, Varèse, Intrada, FSM.
When Borders was open, like some of you I had noticed over the years how their soundtrack section got smaller and smaller each year. Back in the early 90's there were literally two whole sections devoted for score soundtracks. I had to sometimes walk to the other side to see if they had what I was looking for. After time that really went down to just one single side, then a small section. It was quite sad to be honest to see it get smaller and smaller.
Nice to see another fellow JW Utah fan on here! I know what you mean, the Media Plays in the day always had 2 sections and for some reason, the people at the store I frequented, always had a pretty good knowledge of the section too. It was strange.
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You mean it does not seem to have a specific dramatic purpose outside the final emotional accent on the story, not scoring any specific idea in the film?
It seemed that way, especially how it's used in track 15. The scene that it plays over. I'll have to take closer notice next time of how that smaller moment plays out in track 14. To see where exactly it's spotted. This is just my initial observation.
Sort of how "Regaining a Son" works in Seven Years in Tibet.
And since you bring that up...how beautiful is that anyway, and more importantly the Williams/Ma version, Elegy for Cello and Orchestra from 2001? That and War Horse's main theme are definetly in my top 20.
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The entire catalogue of JW scores (the most expanded versions of each, no double OST's ) in MP3 form takes about 11GB. This does not include his various other works outside of film music
I have some ripped in VBR so if all 320k it would be a bit more,13 GB at most
Yup. Thats what my total is so far. I do have the concert works on mine, but dont have quite a few of his older scores (pre Sugarland Express) I still need to get those. A 16 GB nano is the perfect device for a JW collection!
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Which of the themes sounds like Jade from The Rock?
Count me in too. I thought that the first time I heard it, but was afraid to bring it up. I'm new and didn't know how Zimmer and company were appreciated around here.
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Y'a know, I'm a big fan of just calling it the Bonding theme. It just evokes that feeling you get when everything is working as it should. You feel yourself going forward and your not only bonding with individuals, but places and perhaps even things. From what I gather about the story, it too is a lot about living life in such uncertain times, but still wanting to persevere into the future. The music is outstanding.
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Thank you much! Much better.
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He knows. His username is not NickTinTin, but NickTinTLn
yeah, I know it now. I think Jason has drummed it into everyones heads by now...mine included
But its too late to change it, so I guess I'll just leave it in honor of all us people that were so unfamilliar with Tintin to begin with -
I recently purchased a red 16 GB Nano. I put my entire collection of John Williams on it. And JW only. It stands at about 11 GB. I love it.
Contents include:
1941, Accidental Tourist, Adventures of Tintin, Amazing Stories, American Journey, Amistad, Angelas Ashes,AI (regular and promo), Black Sunday, Catch Me If You Can, Close Encounters,Cowboys, Empire of the Sun,Family Plot,Five Sacred Trees,Fury, Harry Potter 1-3, Home Alone 1&2, Hook, Indiana Jones Boxset, Jaws, Jaws 2, JFK, Jurassic Park 1&2, Memoirs of a Geisha, Minority Report,Munich, Nixon, Patriot,Poseidon Adveture, Presumed Innocent,Sabrina, Saving Private Ryan,Schindlers List, Seven Years in Tibet, Spacecamp,Spielberg-Williams BSO compilation,Star Wars (OSTs, boxset, Fox 4 CD set, Prequels) Stepmom, Superman, Terminal, Towering Inferno, Treesong, Unfinished Journey (live recording),War Horse, War of the Worlds,Yo Yo Ma Plays John Williams
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Check out my short, 100% spoiler-free review of the soundtrack album on the main page:
Thanks! Good to know I'm not the only one with it on auto repeat
Problem is. I cant decide what music to play these days...War Horse or Tintin. -
When listening to Williams talk about music or just about anything, I always feel so... uneducated
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Another positive review (do we really need to be more convinced of the brilliance of War Horse?) in French:
http://www.underscor...war-horse-sony/
In short, it says it's nothing groundbreaking, simply a new masterpiece (in a literally sense) of John Williams.
Well well...
Well, I guess it would be hard to be groundbreaking, when your John Williams and you turn out such tremendous quality every single time.
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I already said that elsewhere but my first reaction was: "Where does he get so much energy from? He's 80!".
Karol
My first reaction was of gratitude that John Williams still graces this world with his music. I was grinning happily through every track because of the energy, orchestral mastery and power of the music that sounds so effortless and inspiring.
He's no mere mortal, remember.
Seriously though, Tintin has for me reaffirmed his status a giant among men and I worship at his alter. How he still finds within his soul creativity and imagination is profoundly inspiring.
Indeed. He is truly an inspiration and a musical marvel.
I always say...if the world has to come to a certain point, where John Williams passes on.....he will be the one person/celebrity, I most likely would cry about and think its the end of the world. Those Michael Jackson and Elvis people would have nothing on me that day.
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Option 2. And I think Williams accomplish's this more often then other composers. Its why he's my favorite.
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My very first was this collection of sci fi music which included Star Wars, 2001, Holst's The Planets and a few more. I was about six and I would use my little tape recorder to record the sound from SW on video, so i could play it without the movie. I was finally given the above mentioned CD.
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Wow. I always knew SS was passed up numerous times for Best Director, but I I guess I never realized he wasn't even nominated for Jaws.
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This article popped up on my facebook feed today (the link was posted by the official Jurassic Park page). I thought it had some pretty good insights as to why the original is more beloved than 2 or 3 (as well as other dinosaur-themed films and TV programs).
http://blogs.smithso...-jurassic-park/
Jurassic Park was the perfect vehicle for the debut of the CGI dinosaur, thanks to its careful attention to character and story, in addition to incredible graphics for the time (they still hold up quite well - I prefer JP's subtle approach to the over-the-top Transformers, etc.).
Jurassic Park will be as much an event in film effects history as King Kong or Star Wars.
That article links to a story in which Jack Horner, one of the worlds leading palaeontologists, discusses the base subject of Jurassic Park 4. And they debunk certain things that couldn't have happened in the real world as far as what dinos could do, based on new investigations. Quite fasinating. I could definetly see Spielberg directing now. As it turns out, Michael Crichton was right afterall. He only had it the wrong way. New evidence suggets the modern day ancestors...birds could be used to genetically enginner reverse-dinos! Amazing.
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Well I know he tends to say something is great about a lot of things that sometimes dont turn out. But I guess as myself really wanting Williams to write another JP score instead of another Indy score, I hope maybe he has some type of tiff with George and decides to make JP 4 instead, to show people he can make part fours turn out ok :-)
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I think Spielberg might end up directing this time actually. I read somewhere before, he was really excited about the story,so it wouldn't suprise me. He could make Lincoln, then make JP4 or Robocolypse.
What Is Your 5 Least Favorite John Williams Scores
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Not sure I could come up with five but I have never cared for Presumed Innocent. I even watched the film again recently, and it has, as does Williams score for me...such a lifetime TV movie vibe.