[James Horner's Top 10 Scores (2016 Edition) !PLEASE VOTE NOW!]

1. The Land Before Time

2. For Greater Glory (Cristiada)

3. Star trek 2

4. Brainstorm

5. Cocoon

6. Day of the Falcon (Black Gold)

7. The Man Without a Face

8. Mask of Zorro

9. The Spitfire Grill

10. The Rocketeer

[THE BFG OST ALBUM Discussion]

The whole movie is pretty lightweight, but the score captures it nicely, and has some beautiful moments.  There are no big dramatic moments in the film, only some that are more aesthetically beautiful than others, and again, the score captures those individual moments very well.

 

It's the best score I've heard this year.  It just doesn't have those heart wrenching moments that the film was lacking, that every post-2010 Wiliams score (other than Tin tin) has had.  It's a consistently pleasant listen, and some of the track Dream Country has my favorite Wiliams' trope with the flighty lilting high strings. 

 

Someone earlier in this thread (I believe) compared this score to James Horner's Casper, and I think that's a very fair comparison.  The more lightweight stuff here sounds at home with the more playful music from Casper, or even Land Before Time.  And if it was anyone other than Williams had written a score that sounded like this in 2016, everyone would be in complete awe of them.

[THE BFG OST ALBUM Discussion]

 

Here's some B-roll from the movie.  The last 2 minutes are John conducting the score.

[2010's will be Williams' best decade?]

I don't think the highs of the 2010s have reached the highs of the last several decades for Williams.  And of course this will be his least prolific decade, with hopefully 10 scores.

 

On a similar note though, I agree that the lows have been nowhere near the lows of previous decades either.  No boring Stanley & Iris or nonstop War of the Worlds scores in the mix.  It's been a great decade for him, and hopefully The BFG turns out to be classic Williams fantasy.

[Williams writes "Great Performances" TV Theme]

Hi, long time follower of the site, first time poster.

Anywho...

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/rejoice-itzhak/3459/

It's a fairly new episode with John's theme at the beginning.