jasonblueeyes

I know what you're talking about. It's blends so seemlessly with the action on screen as it cuts from the Dance - the bedroom - the train station. Marvelous!!! I'd love to know as well. And While we're on the subject i'm dying to know - what is the name of that German song that's heard at the Film's beginning inside the club with the dancing girls. The song that's heard while the girls are in close-up and the shot is between the girls dancing legs. (A very Felliniesque Shot!) I'd love to know.

Holy Cow!!! Still Six Months to go. Oh well.....anything worth getting is worth waiting for. I believe the Expanded releases of TOD and LC Soundtracks will follow given especially that there will be features of the music on the bonus disc. I don't mind having to buy them all together. I bought the 3 Widescreen VHS editions seperately 4 years ago and regretted it after because I never had that cool Indy Cassette box that held all 3. From the look of the DVD preview it does look like they cleaned the movies up immensely. I have a friend who has all 3 on 1 T-160 VHS. Oh my God!!! The awful picture quality and low sound makes me want to cry. :cry:

Did anyone see that ' Making Of Raiders Of The Lost Ark' Special or the 'Great Movie Stunts' TV specials of Raiders And Last Crusade. I have the Raiders Making-of on VHS. You can rent this in some stores. I bet for sure that these will be on the 'Extras' Disc.

Distance We'd travel for Complete Indiana Jones Complete Score Editions.

Is there a CD version of this score? I've obtained a copy that has LP static on it. Is this the only version out there? I've only been introduced to this score recently, and the more i listen to it, the more I love it. This is beautiful stuff. Full of longing, passion and a playful joyful sound. Here's my suggestion: Take a walk outside while listening to this score on a walkman or portable CD player. Trust me. It'll definitly be rewarding.

I wrote a similar Pan (Excuse the pun ) of 'Hook' Movie and score a few months back. Nevertheless, there were a lot of differences of my opinion. But, that's what's great is that some people can find joy in sometimes unexpected places. Just don't get me started on 'Always'. :spiny:

Hi Ricard, Just struck by your Avater. Is this a real official box set release or a JW fanatics dream. If it is real WHERE CAN I BUY IT??????? And if not.....well it pretty darn cool. One can only continue to hope.

What Titles Were They? Perhaps knowing what Titles were taken we could all keep a look out for those titles for you. I definitly will. I'd be glad to help by making CD-R's of any JWscore you'd like but like most members here I'm sure you'd prefer originals.

To A Man Who's Music I have listned to ALMOST every day for 17 YEARS...Who's seen me through the highest highs of my life (Getting my own apartment)....to the lowest lows (Ex-Girlfriend break up) and who's music has been with me every step of the way and will continue to do so... HAPPY F censored ng BIRTHDAY YOU GENUIS!!!!!!!!!!!!! beerchug

Just A few notes i'd like to address here regarding my Favorite JW score EVER and my choice for #1 JW Score. My main comment is about the Exclusion of a Major cue from the film on all of the 3 Raiders CD releases - The original 1981 release, the 1995 re-release and the complete edition. I'm talking about the actual FILM end credits. Just as the credits start the Indy theme plays twice then on the third go the whole orchestra springs to full blown fanfare. I've always LOVED this version of the Raiders March and have been hoping it would turn up on some release. Perhaps it can be made available when the film hits DVD. To those of you who have the movie Go ahead and listen to the end credits of the movie. You'll also notice the entire "Buildup" section of the March is missing from the film version. That passage where the music segues from the romantic cue back to the Indy fanfare. It's completely gone from the Film version!! (I think this happens in Temple Of Doom as well, but not Last Crusade.) I also have a comment or two about the Raiders 2 CD complete score set. In either of the 'Through The Wall' tracks there is no Indy fanfare. There is in the film. What's the deal??? And as for that 9 second unused track doesn't it sound exactly the scene at the beginning where indy jumps the pit. I was sure that that was where it fit but I could be wrong. Anyone have any idea where that piece would fit?

Tough Decision actually but: 1. Raiders Of The Lost Ark 2. E.T. The Extra Terristrial 3. The Empire Strikes Back 4. Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom 5. Schindler's List 6. Jaws 7. Superman 8. Return Of The Jedi 9. Close Encounters Of The Third Kind 10. The Witches Of Eastwick Runners Up: 11. Star Wars: A New Hope 12. 1941 13. Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade 14. A.I. 15. Born On The Fourth Of July 16. Hook 17. Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone 18. The Phantom Menace 19. Jurassic Park 20. Attack Of The Clones Honorable Mentions: 21. Minority Report 22. Far And Away 23. Empire Of The Sun 24. JFK 25. Amistad 26. Home Alone 2: Lost In New York 27. Nixon 28. Seven Years In Tibet 29. The Patriot 30. Harry Potter and The Chamber Of Secrets Finally: 31. The River 32. Sabrina 33. Catch Me If You Can 34. Angela's Ashes 35. Presumed Innocent 36. Home Alone 37. Sleepers 38. The Accidental Tourist 39. Stanley And Iris 40. Spacecamp THAT oughta do it.

Me neither. . anyway I hope all your lives are filled with the sound of music this year but more importantly the sound of happiness from everyone around you all. M Christmas, Everybody.

Uni Said Sorry, Uni. I Meant to quote you up there. I'm new to this whole quoting thing.

Now see, I couldn't disagree more. I think there was magnanimous love for the material--I think that's what gave it the spare remnant of "heart and charm" that survived Spielberg's distractions. I will admit, however, that it's taken me time to find all that. Maybe I'm too harsh in my critiscism of 'Hook' in the aspect that 'It lacks Heart and Charm'. Being A student of Spielberg films for almost 20 years I DO realize I can NEVER accuse him of not having enough heart. No one can say that about him. 'Hook' is a flawed film - yes, but it's heart is in the right place. Maybe I feel that level of love Steven had for the materiel somehow just didn't translate to the big screen as strongly as it does in his other works. There were reportedly frictions and problems on the set of the film, (Julia Roberts was accused of being difficult to the point where the crew dubbed her 'Tinkerhell'. Dustin Hoffman had his own Writer brought in for his dialogue and character.) Who knows? Overall it does fit into the whole Spielberg oevre. The themes that he is known for are well represented in 'Hook' (The 'Lost' Boy, importance of parent and child relationships, accepting responsibilty in life while still retaining that inner child within.) The most touching moment in 'Hook' for me is a very small scene near the beginning between Caroline Goodall and Robin Williams on Christmas Eve and She explains to him that time is slipping away from him and if he doesn't make the most of it right now, it'll pass him by. It's a small scene but It is performed, photographed and lit (in cold blue tones) in such a way it moved me more than any huge or big scene in the rest of the movie. 'Hook' is flawed but it does have a few moments of magic like the one I just mentioned. As for the score, well I think it's a great effort. Williams did this movie around exactly the time 'JFK' was released. I think 'JFK' was the more personal score for williams, the one he really poured his heart into. (Williams was a big Kennedy supporter and fan). Just my opinion. As for the simililarities, well of course your going to here SOME similarities in musical style. These are both Fantasy films with big ideas and big dreams which still manage to centre on the humanity of it's characters. Instumentation, arrangement, orchestration will always sound similar. But listen to the THEMES themselves. Each action, each character has it's own different theme. This is what distinguishes all of Williams' works from each other. I mean the majority of filmgoers out there don't even pay attention to the music. It ALL sounds the same to them. That's it - I can't write anymore. :wink2:

Has anyone seen the Promo for Fox TV's new reality matchmaking show that premiers next month called 'Joe Millionaire' or something? They use a bad 'Hook' sounding tune for the ad. It sounds like the 'Prologue' From 'Hook'. This is true. I've heard this sound-alike before, (Entertainment Tonight used to use it all the time as well.) but usually in Disney or family types of movie and TV ads. I've never heard it used in a Reality TV ad like this though. The two just don't seem to go together. Unless the mystery bachelor turns out to be JW Himself . Of course I'm kidding.

Everybody here has this but me - but i'm looking for original Jurassic Park CD. The only major Williams-Spielberg original score I don't have the CD of.

I was 11 years old in 1986. One Sunday night 'Raiders Of the Lost Ark' was shown on T.V. Up until then I didn't know a Thing about film music. I had little interest in it. I wasn't even crazy about movies. This was different. I was absorbed and hypnotized after the first minute. Nothing else existed except the sights in front of me and the sounds coming at me. What i remember most were the breathless moments when Indy replaces the Idol with the pouch, the boulder, the bi-plane escape, the revealing of the ark, the desert chase, the german sub, the opening of the ark and the end credits. I was a changed person. I became a JW ans SS fanatic right then and a full blown movie freak. When People ask me 'What is the movie that made you love movies?' I say 'Raiders Of The Lost Ark'. Same for the Score.

Overall, I've always had the feeling that 'Hook' - Movie And Score were rushed. Also I didn't feel there was a lot of love for the material. It lacks heart and Charm. I was deeply disappointed when I first saw 'Hook' in Theatres. I was so let down I wanted to cry. :cry: . Had 'Hook' been made in The 80's when I felt Spielberg (Who IS my all time favorite cinema storyteller along with Scorsese, Kubrick, Lynch and Fellini) could really have had a Great time with this materiel it would have been incredible. If he had injected the same spirit in it as he had with 'Raiders' it truly would have been something. I think he made 'Hook' at a time when he felt he had better do this right now or else the interest would have passed. He was obviously thinking about doing more serious work for the future. I felt it was something he needed to get out of his system. As flawed as 'Hook' is I think it was right for him to make it and move on. Since 1993 I've cheered and applauded the direction he has taken and in the choice of stories he has chosen to tell. His last number of films have been mature and complex and I've loved them. Spielberg himself has admitted as much when it comes to 'Hook'. In 'Time' magazine he remarked that in Dec. 1991 that "'Hook' is down and out for the count, but I don't care. I married Katie." Definitly a more mature, rounded, ambitious Spielberg emerged and Cinema is changed remarkably forever for it.

Hi Sarah, Cool to have you here. (I don't post very Often, either.) Sure you may look like Natalie Portman but being A JW fan makes you lovely, anyway. 8O (BTW, people say I look like Harrison Ford - when he was younger )

I might be one of the few that actually like 'HP' more then 'Hook'. The film and the score. Hook has some lovely themes and a great action arrangement at the end (And I like the music of 'Hook''s first quarter, the Banning back Home cues are lovely, especially this time of year) but overall I found the 'Hook' score to be TOO sweet and lovely. Captain Hook's theme is charming but there is NO darkness or menace to Hook. How are we supposed to be afraid of this character with a theme like his? Al least that's how I feel. As for 'HP' it does have the same sense of joy and whimsy as 'Hook' but it also has some great Dark passages which really add a lot to the score and Film. The Voldermort cue's are hard to shake off and do create a scence of menace and danger. This is where I feel 'HP' and 'Hook' differ and because of it I feel 'HP' is the more rounded score. Hope this Helps Du Lou

This IS a surprising choice but I have to pick 'Minority Report' for it's complex structuring, It's ability to shift from many moods and Feelings and to Help compliment the rather complicated narrative of the film. (At least I felt). The movie shifts between moments of Horror, action, loss, mystery and tenderness and I think JW's work in this score sweeps us up right away and takes us on the same journey as John Anderton. My favorite cue is also a surprising one. I choose the angelic theme of Sean and Lara over all others. This Haunting cue has stayed with me throughout the year and over everything else JW has done this year, this one is always with me. 'Anderton's Great Escape' is a breathless cue (2nd best action cue of the year, I have to give 1st place to 'Chase Through Courascant' as the year's best action cue). And of course nothing gave me chills more than the 'Visions of anne Lively' cues with that lone female voice crying out to be heard. I truly believe this score should really be listned to again by some members who have expressed disappontment over this score, but of course everything is a matter of personal taste. It's really something quite great.

During The Early Nineties I was very into James Newton Howard. First Big Movie I recall seeing his name was Pretty Woman. It had a nice Piano Theme I loved. I Really liked his Urban sound of Grand Canyon. A great Score for our times. Falling down had a great score especially during the end of the movie. The Fugitive Rocked!!! Wyatt Earp Had A good Main Theme. Not a lot More though. I've lost interest over thr years but still he is very good.

Who should it Be? Lucas will do commentary of course for all three but here's who I believe should also participate for each individual film. A New Hope: Lucas, Producer Gary Kurtz, The 3 Principal actors + Anthony Daniels( Possibly o­n a Seperate commentary), John Dykstra, Norman Reynolds and Of course John Williams Empire: Lucas, Director Irvin Kirshner, Williams, Actors Jedi: Lucas, DP, Williams, Actors. (Director Richard Marquand died in 1987). Who do you all think should participate?

In the next to final scene of AOTC, overlooking the Clone Army on the balcony are Palpatine, and Bail Organa. I'm a bit befuddled. It seems clear to me that Palpatine will indeed lure many members of the Republic to cross over with him when The Actual real Crossover to the dark side occours and It looks like Bail Organa will be right by his side. But what puzzles me is this: Isn't Leia's name Organa? But she was born to Anakin and Padme. That would leave her to possibly be adopted by the Organa's when Anakin Turns and (Possibly, Padme Dies). So wouldn't Leia live and work along with her adopted parents. (Bail Organa or relatives of the Organa's). How and Why does Leia come to work for the Rebel Alliance at the time Episode IV begins. There need to be a LOT of questions answered and tied up in Episode III. I can't imagine how it can be done. Ep. III will possibly have to do some time shifting and span a great number of years i feel in order to have the questions answered. Maybe Lucas Is planning Another series to answer these questions. Hmmmmm..... Who knows.

Does anybody else's blood boil When a reviwer uses theword "Rehash' when reveiwing a new JW score?