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I’m pushover for a Williams fanfare, and the SpaceCamp soundtrack provides one of his most underrated. The main theme dances between the French horns, trumpet, and low brass, with the strings sweeping in to carry the melody; it conveys the film’s emotional peaks as effectively as Williams’ more iconic scores. It’s also one of Williams’ most ethereal scores because of its gentle use of strings and woodwinds in the more quiet moments. And as much as the Training Montage might get mocked, I love the fact that in the middle of this otherwise timeless score there’s a moment where the drum machine and synths evoke the time when pastels and shoulder pads ruled.

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial The Empire Strikes Back Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Superman: The Movie Jane Eyre Close Encounters of the Third Kind Empire of the Sun Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban SpaceCamp Midway I very easily could have included The Fablemans, and I'm growing increasingly fond of the Dial of Destiny score, even though it feels so unlike the rest of his Indiana Jones work.