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I was hoping it'd be better than TinTin. 
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I found a good chunk of WAR HORSE rather dull. There are only a few extraordinary moments during the first 11 and a half tracks but the last 4 and hlaf make up for that! When playing it for the first time I actually couldn't wait for it to end. Not to say that War Horse is bad... far from it... but it's not as strong from start to finish as Tintin is. But man, when Williams dials it up the drama the score really shines, especially the final 4-5 tracks. From about the middle of "The _____ of Topthorn" to the end... vintage Williams.
-Erik-
is it better than RETURN OF TH JEDI?
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I'll take it over just about anything else I've heard in the past few years.
I've only really heard The Homecoming but wow is it beautiful. I played parts of Tintin for my wife, then switched to War Horse (Homecoming) and she said the first one sounded film scorish and very much described the action whereas The War Horse track "told a story". I like Tintin from a cerebral POV but The War Horse is pure emotion which is what Williams does best!
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The first thing that struck me about WAR HORSE is that it sounds like a combination of Far & Away and Jane Eyre. Those wonderfully earthy English tones, but with a little bit of regional color - not specifically Irish per se, but with just enough of a lilt for it to be interesting. Those last four cues are indeed stunning.
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...I've got something in my eye; excuse me...
Oh Jeff, that can be taken in two completely different directions, but either way, it makes the same point.
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The first thing that struck me about WAR HORSE is that it sounds like a combination of Far & Away and Jane Eyre. Those wonderfully earthy English tones, but with a little bit of regional color - not specifically Irish per se, but with just enough of a lilt for it to be interesting. Those last four cues are indeed stunning.
From the pieces I've heard it's John Williams channeling Ralph Vaughan Williams and in my book that is no bad thing, I can't wait to hear the full album.
The three leaked pieces show a mix of Americana and British elements (the latter both typical light music style and Vaughan Williams), and this might be be an uneasy mix, the two don't really belong together musically. I'm wondering whether there's an element in the plot that suggest such a mix. Alas, the film itself will probably be less interesting than Tintin.
The melodic element seems very promising though.
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