Jessie Lohner 0 Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 I love this score so much! I can't say why exactly, but this is one of the first movie soundtrack I ever bought. I love Sean's Theme especially, but also Psychic Truth, Everybody Runs, and of course Anderton's Great Escape. The first track Minority Report is nice too. Does anyone share this love of John Williams in the Bernard Herrman style with me?Spyders gives me the creeps, but the music is so effective. I wish I could play the viola like this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 390 Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 "Minotiy Report" is a phenomenally well written score, and I agree, "Sean's Theme" is hauntingly beautiful. The score is rather underappreciated, although I know that several of the more modern classically oriented posters here, rate and rank it very highly.A number of (especially two-part) polytonal devices that have since become trademarks (to those who notice them), were first explored here.Those who know Williams's "Duo Concertante" for violin and viola, will have little trouble tracing a development from "Minority Report", to Munich's "Letter Bombs" , to the duo's final movement (and further, to Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull's "Ants!". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Well,it has the distinction of beeing my biggest dust collector Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 I seem to remember the spider sequence having the only music of interest. Other than that, I know nothing about the score. Wasn't too keen on the movie either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 390 Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Damn, I'm unable to edit my own post. Please forgive my losses when battling the keyboard... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Dust collector! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 I love the music for Minorty Report!, Am I the only one?Yes.Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie Lohner 0 Posted September 19, 2008 Author Share Posted September 19, 2008 I love the music for Minorty Report!, Am I the only one?Yes.NeilMarcus loves it too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Peio will also think it is brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 And Miguel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrScratch 294 Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 A New Beginning is great, like a Mahlerian adagio. Otherwise I think its a boring listen. This score features the least exciting action music Williams has ever written. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie Lohner 0 Posted September 19, 2008 Author Share Posted September 19, 2008 This score features the least exciting action music Williams has ever written. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonblueeyes 0 Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 This score features the least exciting action music Williams has ever written. Nuh-Unh!!!! This score is A-MAZING!! And as much as I love Everybody Runs, Anderton's Great Escape my favorite, favorite track is The underwater version of Sean's Theme. I had that floating in my head for about a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,276 Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 It's an absolutely brilliant score, what's wrong with some of you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,370 Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 I like it for the fast staccato strings of Minority Report and the sad romantic feeling of A New Beginning. Indeed, there is something very Herrmannesque about the score (the strings are very dominant). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 It's an absolutely brilliant score, what's wrong with some of you?My parents were abusive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Did they sodomize you? Make you perform fellatio? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 ...Oh dear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 It's an absolutely brilliant score, what's wrong with some of you?The word "brilliant" is one that is tossed off far too much.Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 'About', being the correct word to normally follow 'tossed'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,276 Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 It's an absolutely brilliant score, what's wrong with some of you?The word "brilliant" is one that is tossed off far too much.NeilIt's my honest unbiased opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 389 Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 "Pre-Crime to the Rescue" works magnificently in the film. "Everybody Runs" does not, but makes for a great listen on album. "Anderton's Great Escape" is a travesty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davros72 1 Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Overall, I enjoy it. Parts of it are great... but sadly other parts are rather tepid and tedious. In general the main themes are strong compositions. IMHO of course. I listened to it quite a bit after it came out, many repeat listenings, but sadly I haven't heard it in a while. Maybe I should listen to it on my commute home tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzOutcast 122 Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 I noticed the lack of appreciation for Minority Report around here. I certainly don't think it's a masterpiece, but I find it to be a very solid album. I actually really dig Anderton's Great Escape. The movie was excellent (albeit a bit long) and on a sidenote, I though Everybody Runs fit perfectly in the movie. It's one of the few moments that give me goosebumps (as soon as those strings come into play once Anderton kicks out the window).But yeah, good album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,069 Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 It's good album but nowhere near being brilliant.I'm one of the few who actually likes "Anderton's Great Escape". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neimoidian 14 Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 It's an interestingly written score that completely does nothing to me. I enjoy Williams' complex writing, but when I listen to MR I feel nothing for the most part. What amazes me is how so much skills put into this score sound so bland to my ear... There are cues that I enjoy - most notably Great Escape, Leo Crow, Sean by Agatha, Finale and A New Beginning, but rest of the score rather bores me.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,781 Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Haven't listened to this one in ages. Not much outside the thematic material really interests me. Normally I like introspective music, but instead I just found most of it boring. The Green House effect for example - barely noticed anything was playing last time I listened to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FattyMcButterpants 1 Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 I'm afraid that I don't own Minority Report and have never even listened to it. But I admit it's hard to imagine John Williams could ever write anything to my genuine dislike (Attack of the Clones being a once in a lifetime exception). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Barnsbury 8 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 It's one of my least played JW scores, though I enjoy a few highlights. "Anderton's Great Escape" is actually great for the first couple minutes, making good use of JW's favorite action motif, but it eventually peters out into more generic, typical modern action music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QMM 4 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 I'm a big fan of the Precrime and Ann Lively themes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 It's an excellent score. I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 I really enjoy MR. Some very eerie music with the spyders, some great action music (yes, I'm talking about "Anderton's Great Escape"), the beauty of Sean's theme and A New Beggining...certainly a good JW score, though admitedly there are many dead parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Your face is a dead part! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryant Burnette 658 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 I like Minority Report (movie and score alike) a lot. It's been a while since I actually listenede to it, so my memory isn't too specific, but I know that "A New Beginning" is one of my favorite Williams tracks of the decade. Beautiful stuff. I actually listened to this CD before seeing the movie -- something I rarely do -- and was in my car driving around while listening to it. When I got to that track, I had that wonderful feeling I get when initially hearing a piece of music that I know has immmediately become a favorite piece.Ah . . . remember the gold old days, when it was financially feasible to just drive around listening to music? Good times.Anyways, the Herrmannesque elements of the score are entirely appropriate: since the movie finds Spielberg working in a Hitchcockian mode, it stands to reason that Williams would be working in a Herrmannesque mode.So yeah, I like it, too, and I find it curious that so many of this board's long-timers have such a disdain for it. I can understand not loving it, but not liking it at all seems a bit odd to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 I listened to it earlier this year, but that doesn't count as liking it, I just had to clean a years worth of dust off it, I'll listen again next feb. or march Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 It's one of my least played JW scores, though I enjoy a few highlights. "Anderton's Great Escape" is actually great for the first couple minutes, making good use of JW's favorite action motif, but it eventually peters out into more generic, typical modern action music.Like "Ludlow's Demise". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryant Burnette 658 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 I listened to it earlier this year, but that doesn't count as liking it, I just had to clean a years worth of dust off it, I'll listen again next feb. or marchAh yes, the yearly romp through the entire John Williams collection. I know it well. I'd never again listen to John Goldfarb, Please Come Home without it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie Lohner 0 Posted September 20, 2008 Author Share Posted September 20, 2008 It's an absolutely brilliant score, what's wrong with some of you?The word "brilliant" is one that is tossed off far too much.NeilIf it's in connection with John Williams, my opinion is it's perfectly permissible. Hahaha, I sound like John Williams! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 I listened to it earlier this year, but that doesn't count as liking it, I just had to clean a years worth of dust off it, I'll listen again next feb. or marchAh yes, the yearly romp through the entire John Williams collection. I know it well. I'd never again listen to John Goldfarb, Please Come Home without it.Awww <_<I listen to Cinderella Liberty, Not With My Wife You Don't, and A Guide To The Married Man rather regularly. Mostly just the main title songs which I think are hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrScratch 294 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 I listen to Cinderella Liberty, Not With My Wife You Don't, and A Guide To The Married Man rather regularly. Mostly just the main title songs which I think are hilarious."Hungarian Jungle Music" & "Arrivederci Mondo" rock! I've been listening to NWMWYD and Checkmate a lot lately, I've grown quite fond of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 "Sean's Theme" and "A New Beginning" are exceptional, but overall Minority Report is a good but not great score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg1138 3 Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 Bloody marvellous score...not perhaps a classic, but superb nonetheless...have discussed it recently on other threads but yes, MR lovers are in a minority here....Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 "Anderton's Great Escape" is actually great for the first couple minutes, making good use of JW's favorite action motif, but it eventually peters outI agree. The beggining is great until about 1:30, when it becomes an okay cue.As a whole, I'd say the score is good, not great, but certainly not bad. It's no where near the brilliance of the other Spielberg score of 2002, Catch Me If You Can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,075 Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 "Anderton's Great Escape" is actually great for the first couple minutes, making good use of JW's favorite action motif, but it eventually peters outI agree. The beggining is great until about 1:30, when it becomes an okay cue.Yes.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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