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The John Williams Triple Anniversary


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November 16, 1977 - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

November 16, 1990 - Home Alone

November 16, 2001 - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Neil

3 great scores.

Only 2 great movies.

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3 great scores.

One great movie, one very good movie, and one good movie.

Morlock- who 3 days ago popped Home Alone into his CD player in honor of the first rain of the season, and is loving every minute of it (though anything Dan Hobgood likes is suspect in my eyes...)

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Three very good films, though I think CE3K drags a little at the beginning.

Home Alone and Harry Potter are in my top 10 score list.

Jeff -- who will isten to all three this week

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Three great scores indeed, one in my top 10

I'm guessing Potter.

Bingo! Give that man a choice between the anchor and the demonically evil talking skull! :)

And I'm guessing yours are Home Alone and Potter. ;)

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CE3K is the best of the three, both score AND film (original, not SE). However I think the score to Home Alone is inspired. Home Alone 2 has it beat though IMO. The music for Duncan's Toy Store is wonderfully appropriate! And the song Christmas Star gives me goosebumps.

:music: Bach: Herr Gott, dich loben wir.

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I think the second would more widely be considered a masterful score if it wasn't a sequel score. It has everything the first does, plus more great themes, action music, etc. But since the original does exist, and a lot of the great music in the sequel is borrowed, it's more liable to be disregarded.

Ray Barnsbury

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And I think rightfully so. The first one is perfect, inspired. The second is just too much of the same thing all over again. Some great new material, but not nearly enough.

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Most of CE3K is not an eazy listen,but I love it.I find Home Alone 2 tiresome to listen on the most part,but I like some cues quite a bit.We really need a complete HPPS release,second only to ToD in importance.

K.M.

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  • 11 months later...
And here we are again on another November 16.

Neil - playing Close Encounters to celebrate

Hey, Indysolo, I've always wondered -- who's in that picture below your name???

:thumbup:

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I'm Harry Potter. Does that count?

~Sturgis, who loves both HPSS and Home Alone, but--sniff--doesn't know CE3K that well, although I like the main theme of course, as well as that military motif, I forget where it is . . . "Stars and Trucks" perhaps?

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And here we are again on another November 16.

Neil - playing Close Encounters to celebrate

Hey, Indysolo, I've always wondered -- who's in that picture below your name???

:)

I think it's his ex girlfriend.She was a porn acrtress of some sort.

K.M.

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And here we are again on another November 16.

Neil - playing Close Encounters to celebrate

Hey, Indysolo, I've always wondered -- who's in that picture below your name???

:)

I think it's his ex girlfriend.She was a porn acrtress of some sort.

K.M.

Not my ex, but they do share the same birthday.

Neil

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I'm Harry Potter.  Does that count?

Shut up, Wesley!

Justin

Do you mean Weasley or do you just not know my name?

~Sturgis, wondering what the porn star is carrying there . . . :P

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November 16, 1977 - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

November 16, 1990 - Home Alone

November 16, 2001 - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Neil

3 excellent scores, all classic scores by the maestro

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