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I often enjoy listening to A.I. and Minority Report back-to-back. Great new territory for Williams. No wonder he'd rather do Memoirs rather than Potter 4 (though it would be wonderful). He "been there, done that" countless times and I'm sure he wants a creative change.
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Minority Report: Not exactly new material for Williams if you're familar with Lost in Space, Poseidon Adventure, and Black Sunday. A great score and contains many wonderful Williams' characteristics.
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Wow, this thread has been resurrected after a long while. But it's fitting as I think Williams will revisit this style for WOTW. And I cannot wait. This, aside from Shore's King Kong is at the top of my list of most anticipated scores for 2005.
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I can surely appreciate Williams' mastery in Minority Report (a Revell a Beltrami or a Debney could never compose anything remotely like this) but , IMHO that doesn't make it a great album or music that I like.
Minority report just goes the same road Williams has taken for adventure/fantasy/action films of lately. To me they all sound like another take on Jurassic Park action music, i.e, dull and uninspired music. Williams on auto pilot, IMHO (I repeat).
On the other hand when Williams is writing for dramas or comedy this days (not so often as desired) he seems more inspired, more comfortable with the material, and thus we have music that shines (Sabrina, Sleepers, Seven years in Tibet, The terminal).
Except for A.I which was a more adult fantasy movie than say the Potter scores, Williams' music for the adventure genre is subpar when compared to things like E.T, Jaws and The Indy Jones and Star Wars scores. Those scores were full of memorable themes and motifs and an evident joy in the part of the maestro while scoring. I konw many of you loved Williams¡ lastest Potter but to me it sounded the same old tired way.
And speaking of the new Star Wars scores, they are the perfect example of a Williams on auto pilot. I became a film music aficionado while listening to the Empire strikes back score. If I were a kid now hearing Attack of the clones (apt title, by the way) would surely make nothing to me (What? Would I be whistling Jango's escape?).
Just my two cents. Feel free to comment on my thoughts, that's wha this board is for
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Well, Fernando, I don't think that he's lost his touch when it comes to themes or action music for adventure films. Though I love those earlier thematically rich works of his as well , I find his new action work to show a refinement of years and a mature decision to use interesting motifs rather than larger themes at every turn - the Jango music included.
Not everything has to be hummable to be enjoyed, and, indeed, I'm sure it is not his intention to make everything a tune the audience can carry away with them, but to support the scene effectively and interestingly (which I think he does).
Cheers!
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