JOHN WILLIAMS

Anthony wrote
Oh crap. I did my daily check-the-Birthday's-on-IMDB, saw it, meant to post something, and totally forgot!

Matt C wrote
Mikael just confirmed that Williams will indeed be scoring Tin Tin on his blog.

Anthony wrote
Wasn't that kind of know...forever ago? Or was it just assumed?

Erik Woods wrote


Let's see... Spielberg directed film... who else is going to score it? Quincy Jones?

-Erik-

Erik Woods wrote


Let's see... Spielberg directed film... who else is going to score it? Quincy Jones?

-Erik-

markrayen wrote
I usually respond Minority Report to this question, which I believe to be the best score of the century so far. It has a highly ambitous take on musical structure that is unprecedented in film, as is the originality of the orchestrations. It is music that sounds fresh and unique, but at the very same time it retains Williams' brilliantly refined and accurate craftmanship. The thematic material is as radiant as ever, and Williams seems to have worked harder at developing these themes than he did in the entire Star Wars saga put together. As a composer scrutinizing the works of other composers, I can't believe how he managed to display such bravery on the creative side without clouding the dramatic relationship between the music and its accompanying images. It is beyond any doubt one of the composer's most distinguished musical achievements, yet sadly it lacks acknowledgement.

Erik Woods wrote
^ Talk about over rated! It's pretty good but not the best thing Williams has ever written. And original? Hardly. Hearing "March of the Villains" during the eye ball sequence and "Ludlow's Demise" from The Lost World during the chase sequence were very distracting! A few nice themes but better than the Star Wars saga... Wow! Just wow!

Now, there are two stand out cues however that I think display some of that originality and greatness you were talking about; "Pre-Crime to the Rescue" That scene doesn't work without Williams music and the best action cue in the score "Everybody Runs," which is far more interesting due to its subtle nature unlike "Anderton's Great Escape" which is so in your face and doesn't fit with the rest of the scores tone. The rest is rather average Williams material.

-Erik-

Steven wrote
I guess some people really don't like material being re-used!? I very rarely have a problem with it, and in fact sometime I relish the use of re-used material. If it's done in a particularly clever way and used well, like Williams always does if he ever revisits a certain technique/style/motif/theme, then I find it interesting to see it put to use in a different film. Whatever Williams may have re-used in Minority Report, all I can say is it was put to excellent use.

Erik Woods wrote


It would have been much cooler if he played The Emperor's Theme!

-Erik-

Anthony wrote


Why...nay...HOW did that make a noise??

Christodoulides wrote
Is that for real? How does he do it?!