Mr. Breathmask

I've never really heard any of the piano scores mentioned, but I do know that the piano music from the End Credits of E.T. IS gooorgeous. U2 - Walk On from All That You Can't Leave Behind

I don't know, but the piano at the beginning of End Credits from E.T. is pretty cool. - Marc, surprised that hadn't been mentioned yet.

While the first part of the LotR trilogy featured an OST release that was in chronological order, the second film had an album that was hussled up all the way. Now, I've figured this out a few weeks ago, but I hadn't had time to post it yet, but here it is anyway. Mind you, this sequencing is RECOMMENDED, as there are tracks that are merged cues, and might have a part from another track in it and so on, but I've tried to make the tracks as chronological as possible. So here it is: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Recommended CD Programming 1. Foundations Of Stone 2. The Taming Of Sméagol 5. The Uruk-hai 3. The Riders Of Rohan 10. Treebeard 4. The Passage Of The Marshes 9. The White Rider 7. The Black Gate Is Closed 6. The King Of The Golden Hall 8. Evenstar featuring Isabel Bayrakdarian 12. Helm's Deep 11. The Leave Taking 14. Breath Of Life featuring Sheila Chandra 13. The Forbidden Pool 15. The Hornburg 17. Isengard Unleashed featuring Elizabeth Frazer & Ben Del Maestro 16. Forth Eorlingas featuring Ben Del Maestro 18. Samwise The Brave 19. Gollum's Song performed by Emiliana Torrini In short: 1, 2, 5, 3, 10, 4, 9, 7, 6, 8, 12, 11, 14, 13, 15, 17, 16, 18, 19 - Marc John Williams - Sending The Signal from E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (20th AE)

Everytime a sprint finishes in the World Championships Athletics that's being held now in Paris, they play the Star Wars Main Title, followed by the ending crashes of the TESB End Credits. Very cool indeed, but why not play Superman? It would be very fitting in finals, eh? - Marc John Williams Meeting E.T. from E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (20th AE)

You're voicing my thoughts here, Marian. I completely agree. - Marc, not really feeling like going over this again.

I think he'll go all the way. JohnWilliams.org said he had been officially signed for PoA, and that he'll score GoF if his schedule permits it (so nothing official there yet, but a good indication). If he gets that far, why not finish it? Williams enjoys writing, and I think if they want him to do it, he'll do it if he can. I think he wants to prevent another crummy ctrl+c, ctrl+v job like Ross did on CoS. - Marc John Williams - The Fortress Of Solitude from Superman: The Movie

You're damn right he does. Welcome to the boards. - Marc, John Williams - The Planet Krypton from Superman:The Movie

You can also hear someone breathing in the End Credits of JP (track 7, that is).

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and perhaps not so much better, but surely bigger: The Empire Strikes Back - Marc John Williams - Roy's First Encounter from Close Encounters of the Third Kind (CE)

I know what you mean. I've heard it since the beginning. I think it's indeed someone moving around on a chair. - Marc John Williams - Lost Squadron from Close Encounters of the Third Kind (CE)

Clausen also used a variation of E.T.'s Flying Theme in an episode in season 2 (I think it was Bart's Dog Gets An F, the one where SLH tears up the Bouvier quilt). - Marc John Williams - Navy Planes from Close Encounters of the Third Kind (CE)

... Anyway, to get back on topic, that's a funny site, Neil. I hope the guy makes it. - Marc [see above]

Like Stefancos said, the two are very different. But Tintin (Kuifje over here) is great too, and last time I reread the series I always made sure I read an album in one go so as to pick up the pacing better and read it like watching a movie. - Marc, whose favourite Tintin is Flight 714 and who suggested his History teacher three years ago to read Tintin in the Land of the Soviets as an interesting reflection of how the old Soviet Union was seen back then. John Williams - The Battle of Endor I from Return of the Jedi

Hmm... Yeah. Hence the smilie. - Marc, reading Asterix John Williams - Duel of the Fates (Dialogue Version) from Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace (UE)

True, true. But they're're enough ideas for the rest too. Trust me. And best of all, I would get to tell John Williams to "Pull all the plugs and make this score a friggin' epic masterpiece!!!" *drool....* - Marc, John Williams - Darth Sidious from Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace (UE)

That's quite suggestive. - Marc, John Williams - Inside The Bubble City from Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace (UE)

Yes I did. I once had a long discussion with a friend of mine about RotJ and how it could have been SO MUCH BETTER. But in the end, we both came to the conclusion that it's no use bitching about a 20 year old movie, because it's made and it's a done deal. I feel it's the same thing with the prequels. I've heard too much "These are bad movies because they didn't fulfill my expectations"-style arguments. There are flaws in the last three films (ep 6, 1, and 2), and there are many. There are missed opportunities and sometimes things DO get bad. But I love Star Wars - the whole saga - and I'm just excited to see it all come full circle. I want to see what Lucas can make of it. I'm going all the way on this trilogy, and I'll except the story Lucas comes up with. The form of the films may not always be pleasing (but please, let's not turn this into the ten million-gazzillionth "CGI sucks" thread), but I can't wait until all six movies are out, and I can sit down with my fellow Star Wars-fans and watch all six of them in one run. - Marc John Williams - Queen Amidala Warns The Federation from Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace (UE)

I know it did. But it only did because it was part of a million-dollar franchise. - Marc

I'm not even going to bother worrying and bashing Ep. III. In fact, I'm excited about it. I've learned to see through AotC's flaws. I've stopped bitching about the poor quality compared to the brilliance of the first two films. I'm not wasting my time on it anymore. I'm going to be open to what Lucas wants these films to be. It's too tiring to keep bitching. 'Nuff said. - Marc,

Oh man, how I would love to have a go at GoF. Every time I read the climax, I get vivid Technicolor Panavision images in my head. Sweet. - Marc

JP3 smells like a straight-to-video film. 'Nuf said. - Marc, who needs to catch up here.

That's a really poor choice of words You have a point. But also note that I said they looked that TO ME. I'm sure you think otherwise. I just think they can't hold up to modernday effects. Now enough about that (I'm fighting a lost battle here anyway). To get back on topic, Superman is a good score, and worth acquiring, even just to have one of those classic JW scores. - Marc

No. They don't. But the effects in Superman were very on the limit. They were refined, and I think they advanced with every film. I'm kinda used to seeing flying look natural, both in the way the actors move and the way the background blends in. In Superman they were still experimenting. I also thought the model of the breaking dam looked bad. I think I've seen better models breaking up on Thunderbirds than that one. Perhaps it's part of the "generation-difference" or whatever you want to blame it on. Superman's effects might have been awesome 25 years ago, today, they look dingy, and amateuristic to me. But as I said, they were doing stuff nobody'd ever done before. It's just that I've become used to seeing the technique refined and executed by people who are trusted and comfortable with it. Perhaps it's a bit hard to explain. Or perhaps it's a bit hard for me to explain. Whatever. Shutting up now. - Marc,

I saw that one too. He's also on the "The Force Behind George Lucas" poster. Cool stuff. - Marc, who never saw a tribute to JW like that, but likes it very much.

I was talking about the effects. Some things I think were way ahead of their time at that point, and must have been awesome to watch back in the day. And because you remember the emotion the effect gave you, you're still willing to believe it today. This comes from story: making the audience willing to believe what they are seeing is real, and get caught up in it. I don't mind that it takes place in 1978, but I wasn't around to see the film back then, and even though this is where (along with Star Wars I assume, again I wasn't there) a lot of modern VFX technologies were pushed, they are so advanced nowadays, that they have become "simple" effects, and when I first saw the film 6 months ago, I couldn't really get into it. The most FXmovies I got to see when they were new were post-Jurassic Park, so I've grown used to flashy effects, not the dingy stuff from Superman. As for your comments on King Kong, I have never seen the film, or any remake, so I don't know about that. But again, to each his own. - Marc,