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| | War of the Worlds | | | Music Artist : | | John Williams | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Decca | | Release Date : | | 2005-06-28 | | Store Price : | | $18.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $18.98 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Prologue (Narration: Morgan Freeman)
2. The Ferry Scene
3. Reaching The Country
4. The Intersection Scene
5. Ray And Rachel
6. Escape From The City
7. Probing The Basement
8. Refugee Status
9. The Attack On The Car
10. The Separation Of The Family
11. The Confrontation With Ogilvy
12. The Return To Boston
13. Escape From The Basket
14. The Reunion (Narration: Morgan Freeman)
15. Epilogue
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Williams needs to revisit earlier successes!
Submitted on: 2006-03-17 |
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John Williams, like his contemporary, the late Jerry Goldsmith, is responsible for some of filmdom's more memorable scores ("Jaws," "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," "Star Wars," "Superman-The Movie," the first three "Harry Potter" films, and so many others). Just the mention of the composer's name brings smiles to the movie fans worldwide and his album sales and critical acclaim attest to his popularity.
Williams's three-decade association with Steven Spielberg has produced some of the aforementioned as well as other scores that have been the best collaborations between director and composer since the days of Hitchcock and legendary Bernard Herrmann.
While John Williams has made beautiful and awe-inspiring music for Spielberg productions in the past, he's had a couple of subpar (for Williams) compositions; and, sadly, "War of the Worlds" falls into this category.
The measure of a movie score lies in its ability to stand alone apart from the film for which it was composed. This particular work needs the movie's images and action to support its lack of listenability. Like the earlier "Minority Report," the music to Spielberg's adaptation of the Wells' classic does not feature any distinct melodies, little drama, or even thrills that are necessary to tell a story about malevolent aliens attempting to wipe out mankind.
It's as if the composer took the term "incidental music" to heart and just provided little more than something in the background.
Maybe he was attempting to be subtle, but the story deserved something a bit more dynamic and frightening.
We, his fans, all know that he is more than capable to come up to the plate.
Perhaps, on his next pairing with Steven... |
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 Williams Displays Versatility
Submitted on: 2006-03-15 |
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| This score is like nothing else I have heard from Williams and that is an awesome thing! I am always impressed with the work that Williams does but this score really surprised me. The score uses many modern and avant garde classical methods to truly convey an expression of fear. Rather than focusing on charactar based themes, as Williams generally does, he instead uses musical textures to convey the emotion of the film. This textural technique of composing reminded me of the works of Gyorgy Ligeti. Though this is a great listen, this score may seem "unpleasent" to listen to if you aren't used to heavy/modern classical music, which is a contrast to the usual scores that Williams composes. Though I must say, the unpleasant feeling score was exactly what a film like War of the Worlds needed. Bravo John Williams! |
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Great album with tense feelings
Submitted on: 2005-11-28 |
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| For this soundtrack, it is real awesome. It is so good to listen to it. All the sound effects in this album are so good and fill with a lot of tense moments. The composer of this album is John Williams. He is always the best for the movie music. He makes a lot of good music in his past movies. This one is no exception at all. When I listen, I feel the tense moments. So, this album is good overall and you should get it. |
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A Brilliant Work
Submitted on: 2005-10-20 |
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I will begin by telling you that this score is either for people with interesting taste, or a film score fanatic. I fit in both categories.
This soundtrack is extremely dark, atmospheric, and at times tragically beautiful.
Tracks 5 and 3 are sure to bring a tear to your eye. The others will have your heart racing, pumping your blood quickly as you EXPERIENCE the suspense of the film in a way only John Towner Williams can simulate.
A must have. |
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 Williams' War Of The Worlds
Submitted on: 2005-10-12 |
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After listening to John Williams' mysterious 'Prologue', accompanied by Morgan Freeman's chilling narration, the score to "War Of The Worlds" explodes superbly with the action cue 'The Ferry Scene'.
Even though this composition bears no noticeable theme, Williams manages to keep the listener at the edge of the seat thanks to relentless action tracks such as 'The Intersection Scene', 'Escape From The City', and 'The Attack On The Car'. He also gives us thrilling and awkward music, as heard in 'Reaching The Country', 'Probing The Basement', and 'The Confrontation With Ogilvy'.
Even though he doesn't give us a memorable theme, with the exception of a couple of leitmotives, John Williams is still felt at the top of the game as far as film music is concerned with his score to Steven Spielberg's "War Of The Worlds." |
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