gotta smile at that....

[Kristin]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "Dai Evans" <dai_evans at y...> wrote:

> When listening to the soundtrack, as I did several times when 
forming my opinion, I found many echoings of of his previous work, 
> particularly ET and Jurassic Park (also some people have mentioned 
> Hook, but I don't know that one), as if he just rehashed some old 
> scores and added a few new bits here and there.
> 

I do love John Williams and think he is a wonderful composer. I 
thought maybe it was just me, when I listen to the soundtrack, that 
it sounds a bit like E.T.. I thought maybe because both movies have a 
whimsical quality about them that it made me think of E.T. and that 
soundtrack. I hadn't thought about Hook or Jurassic Park, I did 
however think it had a bit of a Star Wars quality to it as well. 

It may just be the way he writes for what might be called
"blockbuster fluff" type movies, the soundtracks all have similar 
aspects. Jaws, SW, Close Encounters, Indy, E.T., JP, HP, and probably 
Hook. It seems that the more "serious" movies like Schindler's List, 
Saving Private Ryan, and Angela's Ashes don't have that cookie cutter 
feel about them. Just my obsevartions on the whole soundtrack thing.

Cheers,

Kristin