Perdogg 1 Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 I find this soundtrack to be really interesting. The strange thing about it is that "Sean's Theme" and "A New Beginning [Minority Report]" seem to be really misplaced in the soundtrack, although they are probably the two best tracks - Precrime to the Rescue" is good too . Do not get me wrong, I like the soundtrack, but 80%of the soundtrack sounds a lot like "Attack of the Clones".I really like "A New Beginning [Minority Report]", it sounds vaguely familiar. Is it based on some previous work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 I think it's incredibly entertaining. Some of JW's best atmospheric music. It's always interesting to me. There's a lot of sadness, zaniness and plain creepiness. I find it frequently exciting. It DOES sound similar to the other 2002 scores at points, but I've got nothing against that.Some of my favorite music was butchered on the album in Pre-Crime to the Rescue. The opening scene with the development of that three-note motif is brilliant.I think the reason A New Beginning and Sean's Theme seem misplaced to you is because overall it's a cold and moodier type of score. Those two themes are the heart and soul of the thing, reserved for either the ending or more tender melancholic moments relating to the family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Ware 526 Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 The similarity to Attack of the Clones is unsurprising - Williams started work on it immediately thereafter.The score is very episodic - outside of the pre-crime and Sean thematic material there is little in the way of recurring thematic material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 The similarity to Attack of the Clones is unsurprising - Williams started work on it immediately thereafter.The score is very episodic - outside of the pre-crime and Sean thematic material there is little in the way of recurring thematic material.You are forgetting the Anne Lively Theme but otherwise what you are saying is true. Sean's theme is the main theme of the score really that ties it all together. Some recurring motivic ideas flit in and out but those are more allusions to Herrmannesque suspence techniques. As with War of the Worlds rhythmic propulsion is often paramount in this score.Similarities between Minority Report and Episode II are very unsurprising as is the resemblance with other Williams output that year. All 4 films had common elements and Williams still managed to convey them each time a bit differently.That said I like this score very much. It kind of bridges the development from A.I. to later Williams scores in its minimalistic progressions and shows his concession to the modern film scoring in the aforementioned rhythmic emphasis in action writing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 I really liked Minority Report. I loved the Pre-Crime material. Yet at times, the score misses on potential. Had Williams made more use of the ethnic vocals for Anne Lively's Theme (I'm not sure if thats the right theme I'm pointing out), the score would have been a lot more interesting. Regardless, I certainly found this score to be very interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,802 Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 The music is great, but I really hate the mix on the album... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 I agree with most of the comments. It's one of those scores that is unmistakably John Williams, but at the same time it feels very unique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 It's just unique. There are no varying degrees of uniqueness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,012 Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 It's ok.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 I remember back in 2003, I saw the movie for the first time on DVD.And I was SO impressed with only one cue--"Everybody Runs!"--that I felt I had to get the OS soundtrack (back then I wasn't such a big fan, I guess, or I had temporarily lost interest in JW, so I still didn't have it). So I got the album, and gradually I got to know all the other tracks. Standouts are "Minority Report" (the first track), "Sean's Theme," "Anderton's Great Escape," and "A New Beginning." I think this is a fantastic effort, slightly Herrmann-esque and mysterious, although quite soft and tender or loud and bombastic when the occasion demands it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 The music is great, but I really hate the mix on the album...Shawn Murphy must hate futuristic thrillers, this and A. I. are among his very lows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TownerFan 4,983 Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 The score is very episodic - outside of the pre-crime and Sean thematic material there is little in the way of recurring thematic material.I've always seen (and heard ) this score as an example of Williams building the composition on the principles of pulse/rhythm and texture instead of thematic development. In this sense he seems to follow a more contemporary film scoring aesthetic, but if you look close enough you can see he's really applying Bernard Herrmann's school of thought. This score seems to me Williams' own North by Northwest. The film is bleak and tense, so it probably wouldn't have made much sense to have a grand adventure theme à la Indiana Jones. The action material is pretty much all rhythm-based, with short motivic cells, rapid woodwind figures and percussive tones, while most of the underscore is built on suspended chords and interesting textural writing (the use of the vocal wailing is particulary well-handled). The only instances where he brings out a sense of melody and more classical thematic writing are for the scenes related to Anderton's lost son, which is quite fitting imho as it's the film's emotional core. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Although there's some Herrmann-eque touches here and there, and really don't get the comparisons. It's far more atonal, cold and avant-garde than the vast majority of Herrmann's work (minus SINFONIETTA FOR STRINGS and PSYCHO). It's got more in common with the most daring of 60s and 70s scores (Goldsmith, Takemetisu, Corigliano, Fielding, Rosenman, Schifrin and Williams's own) and even touches of more contemporary stuff like Don Davis and Tan Dun.Listen to "Previsions." Is that like any Benny Herrmann piece you've heard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Well, I think the comparison was made by Spielberg and maybe Williams, but truthfully, it doesn't scream Herrmann to me. Maybe he did draw some inspiration, but it feels like its own thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,688 Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 I like the thematic material, but as soon as Williams tries doing anything involving ambience, or darker scenes, it loses my interest. I just don't think he's good at 'subtle'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 I like the thematic material, but as soon as Williams tries doing anything involving ambience, or darker scenes, it loses my interest.Not a fan of Williams's atonal writing in STAR WARS, ET, CE3K,JP, TLW, or the INDY flicks either? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,688 Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Not all of it, no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Richard, don't you delete tons of JW tracks and only keep the ones you like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,688 Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Yes - and I do it with many composers.If only half the tracks on an album interest me, I'll delete the ones that don't. It's my method of keeping my collection manageable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Well, I think the comparison was made by Spielberg and maybe Williams, but truthfully, it doesn't scream Herrmann to me. Maybe he did draw some inspiration, but it feels like its own thing.There are some clear Herrman stylistic references in the score. Some of the noir-ish feel kind of reminds one of Herrman. And Spiders is definitely a very Herrman-esque cue. But other than that, the score is pretty much modern Williams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 The most Hermmannesque piece that Williams ever wrote was for Attack of the Clones. In "Bounty Hunter Pursuit," between the bombastic opening and the big variation of the Trade Federation theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TownerFan 4,983 Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Although there's some Herrmann-eque touches here and there, and really don't get the comparisons. It's far more atonal, cold and avant-garde than the vast majority of Herrmann's work (minus SINFONIETTA FOR STRINGS and PSYCHO). It's got more in common with the most daring of 60s and 70s scores (Goldsmith, Takemetisu, Corigliano, Fielding, Rosenman, Schifrin and Williams's own) and even touches of more contemporary stuff like Don Davis and Tan Dun.Listen to "Previsions." Is that like any Benny Herrmann piece you've heard?I stand by my words. I think it feels Herrmannesque in terms of approach at scoring, even though it doesn't specifically quote or, worse, ape Herrmann's stylings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Well, I think the comparison was made by Spielberg and maybe Williams, but truthfully, it doesn't scream Herrmann to me. Maybe he did draw some inspiration, but it feels like its own thing.There are some clear Herrman stylistic references in the score. Some of the noir-ish feel kind of reminds one of Herrman. And Spiders is definitely a very Herrman-esque cue.Still sounds more like Goldsmith in Bartók-mode to me (isn't there a cue called "Spiders" in OUTLAND?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,012 Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Listened to this last night. I don't like this score.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Listened to this last night. I don't like this score.KarolYou sound like a little boy saying you don't like broccoli! Take your time, listen to it again and again... and then decide!I stand by my words. I think it feels Herrmannesque in terms of approach at scoring, even though it doesn't specifically quote or, worse, ape Herrmann's stylings.Yes. But only a few cues in my opinon (notably Spyders and Eye-Dentiscan), but not the entire score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,012 Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Listened to this last night. I don't like this score.KarolYou sound like a little boy saying you don't like broccoli! Take your time, listen to it again and again... and then decide!I had ten years for that already. Doesn't impress, sorry.Karol - who likes broccoli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Man it has been 10 years from when the Minority Report came out. How the time flies. And I still think the score is excellent. It really enhances the film, the use of music in general, not just JWs score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Listened to this last night. I don't like this score.KarolYou sound like a little boy saying you don't like broccoli! Take your time, listen to it again and again... and then decide!I had ten years for that already. Doesn't impress, sorry.Karol - who likes broccoli It's a difficult score to get into-- it took a while for me, as well-- but now I love this score! Some of the tracks are my all-time favorites. Sean's Theme, Everybody Runs, Great Escape, etc.... Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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