Taikomochi 1,536 Posted June 12 Posted June 12 I picked listen, celestial, and reprise. Seems like those are the leaders so far. Would be very interested to hear the reasonings for other choices!
Tydirium 1,644 Posted June 12 Posted June 12 I went with memory..., celestial..., and reprise.... What can I say, I love the Memory theme. Had a tough time choosing between celestial… and believe…, though. MSM 1
Dave 288 Posted June 12 Posted June 12 Went with "believe...". Definitely my favourite track. I'm not sure on the other 2 yet but so far I only listened to the full Album a mere 3 times.
MSM 199 Posted June 12 Author Posted June 12 First of all isn't it amazing how Maestro John Williams 1) has given us another original score at age 94!! and 2) re-invents himself time and again, sounding fresh and new AND familiar at the same time? The sound of this score may be less lush and thematic compared to his 80s and 90s scores but the suspenseful tension building has increased over the years, and it all sounds very convincing. We hear a composer who made his point already a long time ago, doesn't need to show off, just giving us exactly what is needed. I'm choosing "Dive", "Celestial", and "Memory". "Dive" is a surprisingly modern, brooding, almost un-Williamsesque action cue which I can't stop listening to. We might have not seen proper UFOs in this movie, this track certainly does sound like the quintessential arrival cue! And "Memory" and "Celestial" (and also the Bernard Herrmann-like “Believe”) give us glimpses of the supernatural wonder we know from CEot3K, Dial of Destiny and AI. It all comes wonderfully together in "Reprise". The score on itself is an adventure, which doesn't necessarily needs the movie...actually much like any JW score. Escape_Velocity 1
filmmusic 3,320 Posted June 13 Posted June 13 Listen, Empathy and Reprise. I'm more into drama music in this period of my life..
Edmilson 12,627 Posted June 13 Posted June 13 As a fan of Williams' rhythmic, "moving things along" music that culminates in an epic finale, Unseen and Signs are two of my favorite tracks. Celestial has some beautiful A.I./Hook cooing female choir. But I also love the main theme in Listen and in Reprise.
Escape_Velocity 109 Posted June 14 Posted June 14 On 12/6/2026 at 12:54 PM, MSM said: First of all isn't it amazing how Maestro John Williams 1) has given us another original score at age 94!! and 2) re-invents himself time and again, sounding fresh and new AND familiar at the same time? The sound of this score may be less lush and thematic compared to his 80s and 90s scores but the suspenseful tension building has increased over the years, and it all sounds very convincing. We hear a composer who made his point already a long time ago, doesn't need to show off, just giving us exactly what is needed. I'm choosing "Dive", "Celestial", and "Memory". "Dive" is a surprisingly modern, brooding, almost un-Williamsesque action cue which I can't stop listening to. We might have not seen proper UFOs in this movie, this track certainly does sound like the quintessential arrival cue! And "Memory" and "Celestial" (and also the Bernard Herrmann-like “Believe”) give us glimpses of the supernatural wonder we know from CEot3K, Dial of Destiny and AI. It all comes wonderfully together in "Reprise". The score on itself is an adventure, which doesn't necessarily needs the movie...actually much like any JW score. This score really keeps surprising me. What’s more is that this is far from the first time Williams has taken this subdued impressionistic route, but even compared to other scores in this vein, this one keeps finding new unheard sounds and techniques. I think it also adds some nice diversity to Williams’s output, not that he really needs it given how diverse he already is. Not every score has to be grandly operatic. MSM and Taikomochi 1 1
TheUlyssesian 2,768 Posted June 14 Posted June 14 The melodic highlights are rather easy to identify Believe Listen Memory Empathy Reprise
BB-8 6,439 Posted June 14 Posted June 14 During Celestial I hear a baby dino hatching so I went with Empathy Believe.
Jay 46,839 Posted June 15 Posted June 15 I guess I'm still an action music aficionado because my most listened to tracks are Chase, Caught, and Unseen! bruce marshall and ins 1 1
Darth Mulder 181 Posted June 15 Posted June 15 I really fell in love with the piano ostinato in the track "believe" BB-8 1
crocodile 9,818 Posted June 18 Posted June 18 Listen... Memory... and Believe... But I also like Chase..., Unseen..., Celestial... and Reprise... Hard to pick just three. Karol
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,744 Posted June 18 Posted June 18 So you're capitalizing the first letter of the track titles, but keeping the full stops? interesting...
tranders65 119 Posted June 18 Posted June 18 Went with my top top 3 to vote, but dang, if you're looking at the chronological order, the entire Believe/Home/Memory/Empathy/Celestial/Unseen part is a knockout to me.
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