[HPFGU-Movie] Re: Bland John WIlliams

[OctobersChild48 at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/28/06 11:46:35 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
laurenmcoakley at yahoo.com writes:


> And now Lauren:
> Hi Sea Change,
> Sorry, but I'll have to disagree with you on your opinion that JW 
> can't "do" eerie.  Did you actually listen to the PoA soundtrack?  
> Eerie, magical, in fact, hauntingly beautiful, were written all over 
> it.
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> JW has been composing music for movies for eons, and I don't agree 
> in the least with your theory of his confidence growing with each 
> movie.  He's composed for Jaws, Star Wars, Superman, Jurassic Park 
> and many other well-known films.  I think he's had plenty of 
> opportunities to get some self-esteem about himself before the HP 
> series ever exisited!  Where did you get the idea that he barely won 
> the contract for the HP films?  I've never heard that, and given the 
> man's reputation, I would think that the producers would've surely 
> considered him a top contender, if not the only contender.  Who else 
> is more well-known than JW?
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> I loathed the Hippogriff music, and though I myself am not in high 
> school currently, I can profess that I am not too far off yet.  Not 
> that High School aged children are generally regarded for their 
> expert taste in music.  The SCENE, on the other hand, I will say was 
> nice at showing that magical children are not unlike muggle children 
> in many ways.
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> Good riddance?  Well, he'll be back for OoTP, so we're not rid of JW 
> at all!  Welcome back, I say!
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Sandy here:
Thank you Lauren! As I said in an earlier post, I have the SS sountrack and 
listen to it often, and I can't think of anyone who could have done better 
composing for HP than John Williams. His compositions for HP are everything you 
said, and I think they are beautiful. I did not buy the other two soundtracks 
because they were repetitive of the first with only a couple of new scores for 
the other two. One of my favorite pieces of music from PoA is Harry riding 
Buckbeak -- love that piece. I sorely missed JW in GoF, and like you, I loathed Do 
The Hippogriff. Since I am only a couple of years away from my retirement I 
chalked it off to my age -- glad to know a young person feels likewise. I 
hadn't heard that JW would be back for Phoenix, glad to know it. 





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