daanodinot

Hi there, my first post I didn't know there was such an active community related to John Williams' music, until today! A few days back I discovered this soundtrack and decided to make a thematic overview myself, just out of interest. I was suprised to see how many times themes are referenced throughout the soundtrack (I don't know if this is normal?). I was glad to see that my list and your list is pretty similar, except that I missed the 'Joey’s New Friends Theme'. I also had listed some small theme motives as a theme although these fragment are probably to subtle to be considered a theme reference. The motive that really stood out for me in the soundtrack was the B-flat, E-flat, G motive, played on French horn as part of the Main Theme. BTW: take a look at this. I'm wondering what you think. I think this motive comes very close to the one in War Horse. Also pay attention to the setting... Speaking of the Main Theme, I was interested in how it is build up harmonically. Am I right that it uses the I III IV chord progression in E-flat major? It seems to me this progression is used very often in film music and pop songs, although sometimes the minor version of the tonic is used and then the III IV progression in the major version. I'm very interested to hear what you think