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It's a wonderful score; I still have my original MCA LP from way back when the movie came out, which I picked up without having seen the movie. (I did catch the movie sometime in the early 90s on TV). Was nice when this was finally released on CD.
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It's a beautiful score, just listening to it right now. So THE RIVER is the first film score this year I listen to. (First music I listened to this year was Schubert Symphony #8 with Claudio Abbado and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.)
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The Ancestral Home is the kind of John Williams music that just gives me goosebumps.
I love all the music in The River (even the bluesy Love Theme), but Ancestral Home is just off the chart fkn amazing.
I remember the score getting some flak from critics when the film was first released, with complaints of ill fitting music for some of the scenes.
Much like Goldsmith's too chipper Xmas music right after a horrific death scene in Damian Omen II, The River has a very heavy 'picket line/spit in face' scene followed by lovely jaunty Williams style scoring, so I can kinda understand the criticism.
But as standalone music, it's absolutely terrific.
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I love the 4 picture partnership between Mark Rydell and John Williams.
Starting with The Reivers, which Williams came on board after the original Lalo Schifrin score was rejected (Schifrin had scored Rydell's first feature film The Fox), they continued with The Cowboys and then Cinderella Liberty, before reuniting for The River.
All four scores are top notch efforts and high up on the impressive filmography of Jay Dubya.
He probably would have worked with him more if it wasn't for the whole Lucas/Spielberg circus that Johnny boy joined after Jaws and Star Wars.
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