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LOG IN Forgot Login? Register General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board Search Terms:  Search Within:  topics posts since 2019 2018 posts 2017 posts 2016 posts 2015 posts 2014 posts 2013 posts 2012 posts 2011 posts 2010 posts 2009 posts 2008 posts 2007 posts 2006 posts 2005 posts 2004 posts 2003 posts 2002 posts 2001 posts 2000 posts users  search tips  You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2 3 4      General Discussion: Sabrina - John Williams, 1995    FIRST   PRIOR   1 2 3 4    NEXT   LAST   Last Post   Posted:   Apr 26, 2009 - 5:08 PM     By:   MRAUDIO   (Member) SPOILER! I picked up this DVD for my Wife a few months ago - I thought it was just an "okay" movie, that kinda wore out its welcome - also, there's something about the ending with Ford getting the girl that just kinda bugged me. I know what you mean. Of course, it's totally logical in a purely narrative sense, but I kinda pictured an ending where NONE of the brothers got her and that she instead ended up happy in her former French boyfriend's hands. EXACTLY, Thor - now THAT would have been a better ending - I was, at least, figuring on Ford's Brother getting Sabrina in the end - oh, well - I only paid five bucks for the DVD...:-) -- Sent on a phone using T9space.com    Posted:   Apr 26, 2009 - 9:26 PM     By:   Mr. Jack   (Member) Never seen the movie, but Williams' score is lovely and melodic. A really mellow listen on CD in the manner of Stanley & Iris and The Accidental Tourist (although thankfully not as maddeningly monothematic as the latter).    Posted:   Apr 26, 2009 - 9:37 PM     By:   Dan Hobgood   (Member) Love some of the music. The theme is wonderful. Funny, I remember being really disappointed by it in '95, after waiting two years for a new Williams score. Jurassic Park it wasn't and isn't, but this wasn't such a bad thing in hindsight. As for the film, it has the dubious distinction of being the first movie I ever fell asleep during at the cinema. However, I've since come around on it, too, and consider it a favorite in the genre. Frankly, I like it better than the original, and not by just a nose, either. Part of it may be that I'd much rather shag Julia Ormond than Audrey Hepburn, whose appeal I've never quite gotten. The major complaint I have about the remake is probably Ormond's hair-do, which treaded a little too closely to some of Hepburn's own boyish cuts for my tastes. [Oh for that long, luscious mane she displayed in Legends Of The Fall and First Knight!] Dan    Posted:   Oct 22, 2014 - 12:38 AM     By:   EdG   (Member) Had occasion to listen to this lovely gem again recently for the first time in a long while. Some of the most melodic writing of Williams' career and that's saying something. Not one, not two, but three excellent romantic themes, plus some of the playful underscoring that he rarely gets a chance to do anymore. It seems an reissue could enhance the sound a bit and perhaps present the score in its entirety. Possible? I know when people go looking for Williams' music they're usually thinking of his epic blockbusters, but it would be a mistake to overlook such an expertly crafted score.    Posted:   Oct 22, 2014 - 1:26 AM     By:   governor   (Member) a lovely film and score. Not too much extra music. The longest sequence missing is the photoshot in Paris (Sabrina and his boyfriend louis). Of course with John Williams, there are film versions not featured on the A&M CD. I would welcome an expanded CD. http://www.jwfan.com/?p=3850    Posted:   Oct 22, 2014 - 1:53 AM     By:   daretodream   (Member) It was Chet Swiatkowski, I believe. John doesn't favor his own piano playing for the most part.    Posted:   Oct 22, 2014 - 2:09 AM     By:   MusicMad   (Member) Having re-read my posting of some 5+ years ago ... ... I find that I still haven't got around to watching either version of the film (good job that DVDs last). And I think my views re: the soundtrack still hold ... I certainly prefer this to many of his other larger scores though I note that I have not played it for some considerable time. I've recently purchased some old CD releases of Mr. Williams conducting the Boston Pops, two of which, Unforgettable and Night and Day, were recorded only a couple of years or so before this score. I know the arrangements thereon of the Great American Songbook were mostly (all?) by other music luminaries but these must have been a great precursor to writing such a melodic old-style score for Sabrina ... and the wonderful arrangements of the pre-existing themes for The Party Sequence. Note to myself: play the score - soon! Watch one or other of the films before another 5 years passes ... Mitch    Posted:   Oct 22, 2014 - 6:17 AM     By:   Shaun Rutherford   (Member) There's nothing wrong with the sound quality. It was 1995, not 1955. Just turn it up two or three notches if you want to hear it "remastered."    Posted:   Oct 23, 2014 - 3:21 PM     By:   Reeve   (Member) There are still some John Williams Holly Grails left to be released. Hmmmm - let's see now..... I BELIEVE THIS TITLE RANKS AS MY NUMBER ONE! "Sabrina" is the score that needs an expansion more than any other blockbuster score done by The Maestro - and it's simple - it's the most gorgeous score that he has ever written - I was astounded, taken aback - the first time I heard this score. I adore it, and I desperately need to hear more of it! You've got the Monnlight track sung by Sting, The How Can I Remember track sung by Michael Dees, and a reprise of The Main Theme From Sabrina which is an edited version of the opening track - unnecessary. That shortens the actual score time to 37 minutes and 34 seconds. The three tracks I just mentioned allow the CD to run for 50 minutes and 8 seconds. The way I normally listen to this score is by inserting the original Somewhere In Time tracks by John Barry - enhancing the listening experience. In the film version of Sabrina - you can actually hear Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini - and I believe it's a John Williams conducted piece, I hope to hear that version some day! How much music would you think is missing off the CD? I would say 20 minutes. I do believe that it can fit on one CD quite easily.    Posted:   Oct 23, 2014 - 4:35 PM     By:   Michael_McMahan   (Member) I really love this score too. I'd happily pick up an expanded version.    Posted:   Oct 23, 2014 - 5:31 PM     By:   Maleficio   (Member) There's nothing wrong with the sound quality. It was 1995, not 1955. Just turn it up two or three notches if you want to hear it "remastered." Good one!    Posted:   Oct 23, 2014 - 5:34 PM     By:   Krakatoa   (Member) As usual with this composer, such a splendidly arranged album.    Posted:   Oct 24, 2014 - 3:26 PM     By:   sherrill50   (Member) OK, never saw the movie, and haven't heard the score. But, a) it's John Williams, and b) it's cheap. Ordered!    Posted:   Oct 24, 2014 - 6:11 PM     By:   spielboy   (Member) maybe too much songs (some not by Williams) on the album, but I think this score works better in this small form. I dont need an expanded 55-min long score-only SABRINA CD, I mean.    Posted:   Aug 12, 2019 - 3:01 PM     By:   daretodream   (Member) Could someone recommend a similar (either by Williams or others) score?    Posted:   Aug 12, 2019 - 3:38 PM     By:   lacoq   (Member) Could someone recommend a similar (either by Williams or others) score? Stepmom is a lovely score also!    Posted:   Aug 12, 2019 - 9:13 PM     By:   Paul MacLean   (Member) Could someone recommend a similar (either by Williams or others) score? Williams did a number of "intimate" scores featuring solo piano, though Sabrina is by far the most romantic of them. You might like Stanley & Iris, though it is not as unabashedly lyrical. Angela's Ashes is a gorgeous "intimate" score, with some beautiful piano writing -- but considerably more tragic and melancholy in tone than Sabrina.    Posted:   Aug 13, 2019 - 2:41 AM     By:   Thor   (Member) There is no shortage of intimate, gorgeous scores in Williams' resume. In fact, I think I'm very much gravitating towards those these days than the big adventure stuff. Stuff like STANLEY & IRIS, THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST, ANGELA'S ASHES (one of my alltime favourite JWs), STEPMOM....although the particular romantic slant of SABRINA seems to be something of its own. Perhaps PETE'N'TILLIE or JANE EYRE would be good companions, or bits and pieces in PENELOPE, HOW TO STEAL A MILLION, NOT WITH MY WIFE YOU DON'T. It's worth noting that the main song from SABRINA, "In the Moonlight" bears an uncanny similarity to the song "Make Me Rainbows" from FITZWILLY, although the latter score is more comedic and whimsical, overall.    Posted:   Aug 13, 2019 - 2:46 AM     By:   MusicMad   (Member) Having re-read my posting of some 5+ years ago ... Note to myself: play the score - soon! Watch one or other of the films before another 5 years passes ... Mitch The trouble with resurrected threads is ... you realise just how fast time passes! I did play the score ... nearly three years ago (I bought JW's Sony box-set last year so have heard a lot (too much?) of his music recently) ... but neither film has made it into the player since that last posting from Oct 14 Mitch    Posted:   Aug 13, 2019 - 6:17 AM     By:   Shaun Rutherford   (Member) The Accidental Tourist and Stanley & Iris for sure.     General Discussion: Sabrina - John Williams, 1995    << < 1 2 3 4  > >>  Go to page:  1 2 3 4   First Post    General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2 3 4

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