David Smith: John Williams' Music Should Be Enjoyed Beyond Movies

[indy4 155]

http://www.wacotrib.com/entertainment/accesswaco/david-a-smith-john-williams-music-should-be-enjoyed-beyond/article_ca4cd62e-958f-5084-b9ea-93f178fbd23b.html

[Hlao-roo 389]

Typical fan boy soapboxing. Next.

[Ollie 1,059]

He makes a good point for the non-film score fan concerning Williams but he's still one of those who thinks film music has no credibility outside of the movies it was composed for.

[BloodBoal 7,538]

[Faleel 5,346]

And the funny thing is, in "Star Wars", the Imperial March does not appear.

[gkgyver 1,645]

Wait until Disney releases their special editions.

[Marcus 390]

A decent article (and his assessment of most film music is -unfortunately- largely correct, given the quality of the majority of film music especially these days). Few things give me greater joy than seeing Williams' film works programmed with more serious fare (as his works surely are).

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Granted, most film scores range from forgettable to bad. Sappy sentimentality mixes in equal proportion with bland bombast. Cheap manipulation seems to be the usual goal.

Nevertheless, perhaps familiarity breeds contempt. We think more of Darth Vader when we hear Williams music from Star Wars rather than actually hearing the music on its own terms. Such is the kind of cheapening shorthand in which our culture specializes and it works against a deeper appreciation of something quite worthwhile.

Isn't it a bit ironic that both sentences are by the same guy?

David A. Smith, you suck.

I stopped reading after those two paragraphs.

[Richard Penna 3,686]

Not entirely sure what he's trying to say, other than Williams should be considered for his concert work as much as his film work.

He seems to dislike the association between music and film, and considers most of film music unmemorable; however I think that's 100% down to individual tastes.

[BloodBoal 7,538]

[Richard Penna 3,686]

Depends which thread and whether the day begins with a 'T'.

One moment Williams is the king of the universe, and the next, AotC sucks.

[Ollie 1,059]

Well it doesn't suck but it ranks as one of Williams' most disappointing efforts, of course given the uninspiring subject matter I'm not surprised the music turned out the way it did.

[Joni Wiljami 1,206]

He's basically saying film music is worthless, expect Williams'.

I just realized that's no different from what many people here seem to think...

Well, many people here seem to be right.

[Ollie 1,059]

And they are wrong, sadly.

[Joni Wiljami 1,206]

Edit: of course my post was provocative.

But on the other hand , why did I even bother...? Goodbye.