Quintus 5,399 Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 I've got all of his obvious stuff, but I know nearly zilch about his smaller, or lesser known projects. Is there a superb theme hidden away somewhere that I don't know about? Being that themes are the reason I got into his shit in the first place. I only developed a taste for entire scores after Jurassic, as did many of us.So is there a Raiders quality theme I am yet to hear? I'd be grateful for any suggestions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 Um, maybe you should listen to all the man's scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaderbait1 1 Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 Far and Away has some absolutely great music. It's not "great" like people think some of his lesser known works are (i.e. not as lush as his greater scores), it's lush and beautiful and not repetitive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HPFAN_2 0 Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 Stanley and Iris. It's just fun, not very complex but just fun. Also Presumed Innocent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,068 Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 Jane Eyre has a gorgeous theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted August 8, 2007 Author Share Posted August 8, 2007 Um, maybe you should listen to all the man's scores.Thats a tall order for someone with a limited score buying budget :mellow:But I guess there's always Limewire.TGE: Who doesn't mind downloading (for free) the odd cue, but prefers to purchase the original album when possible. Williams is gladly on my payroll as often as I can afford.Jane Eyre has a gorgeous theme.I keep hearing (reading) about this. First on my list as of now, finally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrScratch 294 Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 Jane Eyre has a gorgeous theme.I consider Jane's theme JWs greatest love theme. This score is full of great themes. To really appreciate the score you need both the OST and the BPO album "Pops Britannia" which features a suite of themes from the score which really improve upon and expand the love theme and the Scherzo (To Thornfield). I've been listening to this like mad lately. To all who think Across The Stars is a great theme, it has nothing on this gothic/tragic piece.Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 11 Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 Definitely Jane Eyre. One of my absolute favorites. Most of the lesser known stuff is the smaller scale stuff. And I like just about all of it, so one theme would be very hard to pick out. I know this isn't what you're looking for....but 'La Bostella', a dance cue JW wrote for Penelope is one catchy tune. Very ltitle of the rest of the score got to me (one chase cue, and the Sabadaba theme), but I jsut couldnt' get enough of 'La Bostella' for months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Brausam 214 Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 Jane Eyre is good.My personal reccomendations would include Born on the Fourth of July (my absolute favorite), Agela's Ashes, or Seven Years in Tibet. The Turbulent Years from Nixon is also a lot of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,068 Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 Nixon would go on to set up Williams music to this day....it was the juncture at which Williams' style changed and never looked back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neimoidian 14 Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 "The River" or "Cinderella Liberty". Great, but rather unknown scores. I especially like the latter with its mixture of funk and jazz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted August 8, 2007 Author Share Posted August 8, 2007 I know this isn't what you're looking for....but 'La Bostella', a dance cue JW wrote for Penelope is one catchy tune.Oh no, catchy is always what I'm looking for, especially were JW is concerned. Luckily for me he exceeds in that area.La Bostella has been added to my list. Limewire initially, but if I like it I'll most likely hunt the ost down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrScratch 294 Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 Here's the Pops Britannia CD on ebay. It is worth tracking down.Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Brausam 214 Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 Nixon would go on to set up Williams music to this day....it was the juncture at which Williams' style changed and never looked back.We're not saying that would make it bad though, are we? I really enjoy Nixon, all of it...a lot of that thanks to it being the only "good" soundtrack presentation of his works with Oliver Stone. Its a shame these three scores don't have complete releases, I'm sure the scores for BOTFOJ and JFK could all have easily been fit onto one disc for each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted August 8, 2007 Author Share Posted August 8, 2007 Seven Years in Tibet.I have it and love it, for the most part. The main theme is pure epic Williams. I'm just not too keen on the more 'cultured' stuff in the score, but obviously that music serves its purpose. Personal taste being another reason.Nixon would go on to set up Williams music to this day....it was the juncture at which Williams' style changed and never looked back.Funnily enough, I noticed that transition too. I remember seeing a Barry Norman review on BBC1 of Nixon and it played a few clips from the film and I thought, hmm, Williams sounds different, for some weird reason.But I don't think he has "never looked back". I'm relying on Indy IV of course to utterly back up my reasons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 Angela's Ashes may be Williams' most underrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurgaFlippinMan 7 Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 while i love angela's ashes, i always felt it sounded somewhat like an irish flavored spinoff of seven years in tibet. but maybe its just me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,068 Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 No you're right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWfangirl1992 18 Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Seven Years in Tibet.I have it and love it, for the most part. The main theme is pure epic Williams. I'm just not too keen on the more 'cultured' stuff in the score, but obviously that music serves its purpose. Personal taste being another reason.Yes I'm quite fond of the Seven Years in Tibet theme also. That is definitely a score to look into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Stanley & Iris, JFK, Presumed Innocent, Jane Eyre and Sabrina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,626 Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 I've got all of his obvious stuff, but I know nearly zilch about his smaller, or lesser known projects. Is there a superb theme hidden away somewhere that I don't know about? Being that themes are the reason I got into his shit in the first place. I only developed a taste for entire scores after Jurassic, as did many of us.So is there a Raiders quality theme I am yet to hear? I'd be grateful for any suggestions i thnik you should get those cues I named in your other thread about orchestration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HPFAN_2 0 Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Um....Sleepers if only for the Football Game and Heartbeeps if only for well...every damn track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Amistad, Seven Years in Tibet, Angela's Ashes and Jane Eyre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Witches of Eastwick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Dracula, and particularly the cue Dracula's Death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicholas 1 Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 I love "Restoration" from Jane Eyre - an uncannily accurate pastiche of "English" music - it could almost have been written by Butterworth.It seems to me as if Williams's scores (on CD) can be divided into 2 classes - those that are essentially orchestral suites of themes, and those that contain large amounts of narrative (ie background) or "action" music. I tend to prefer the former as listening experiences, and the best in that class I would suggest were Schindler's List, Angela's Ashes and Jane Eyre.But remember, the key to an appreciation of the maestro - everything has something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Lewis 6 Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Here's the Pops Britannia CD on ebay. It is worth tracking down.JeffIs anybody else bidding on that? Because I don't want to screw any fellow JWFanner.Well, maybe a few of them, but they know who they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 I've already placed a bid for it, sorry, I didn't realise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrScratch 294 Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 I've already placed a bid for it, sorry, I didn't realise.When I first saw that auction I was tempted to bid on it myself, just to get a second copy of it on the cheap. Hmm, there is still time. Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Lewis 6 Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 I've already placed a bid for it, sorry, I didn't realise.Don't stop bidding because of me. That wasn't the point of the question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 Damn, I didn't win the auction anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maglorfin 196 Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 Also The Cowboys. Gotta listen to it at least twice a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karovd 0 Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 What about 'The Accidental Tourist'? Am I the only one who think it's beautiful? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 11 Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 No, you are not. I know that at the very least myself, Alex and Miguel agree with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,626 Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 I underestimated Accidental Tourist in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 I have not heard The Accidental Tourist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Lewis 6 Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Join the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 11 Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Oh, you'll accept anyone nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Lewis 6 Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Well, you are not allowed in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 11 Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 "Why won't those stupid idiots let me into their crappy club for jerks?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 The Accidental Tourist is very good. Rosewood is another one to get and I'd recommend Heartbeeps as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 I haven't heard Rosewood either, but I do have Heartbeeps. It's quite nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 11 Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Heartbeeps is a bit too light for me. Some lovely themes. Rosewood is fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Barnsbury 8 Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 The Heartbeeps love theme is a treat.Ray Barnsbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrScratch 294 Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Do you own a turntable and want to hear Jane Eyre? Here's the Jane Eyre LP.Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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