TRACK LISTING & SOUND CLIPS Review by Jeff Commings Amidst the flurry and mayhem of Oliver Stone’s Born on the Fourth of July is the extremely subtle work of John Williams. Ever ready to take on a project that presents a musical…
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JAWS (1975) – Album Review (Complete Score – Original Recording)
TRACK LISTING & SOUND CLIPS Review by Maurizio Caschetto This is the original recording Williams made for the movie. The original Jaws CD was a re-recording, suite-oriented album with some great arrangements made for a separate, coherent listening experience. Considering…
FAR AND AWAY (1992) – Album Review
TRACK LISTING & SOUND CLIPS Review by Frank Lehman How do I begin? The score to Far and Away never ceases to amaze me. Everytime I listen to it I feel like I’ve been transported to another world. John Williams seamlessly blends…
EMPIRE OF THE SUN (1987) – Album Review
TRACK LISTING & SOUND CLIPS Review by Frank Lehman Marking the ninth movie that Steven Spielberg and John Williams collaborated on, Empire of the Sun is the second “not action” movie directed by Spielberg. His first serious movie was E.T., where he branched…
Washington DC, January 23, 2003
The Washington Post has a report on last night’s performance at the Kennedy Center, where Williams conducted the NSO in a program that included his concert works For Seiji and The Five Sacred Trees, as well as selections from Raiders, Jaws, E.T. and Star Wars Here’s an excerpt…
FAR AND AWAY (1992) – Album in Chronological Order
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977) – Album Reviews (Expanded Edition)
TRACK LISTING & SOUND CLIPS Review by Jeff Commings Fans of John Williams know very well that 1977 was a banner year for the composer, as he wrote two very extraordinary scores to two “space films.” The more popular one…
THE PATRIOT (2000) – Album Review & Score Analysis
TRACK LISTING & SOUND CLIPS Album Review & Score Analysis by Frank Lehman ALBUM REVIEW I haven’t had such a good first reaction to a score for a long time. This is true, unabated, glorious, gorgeous Williams. The family theme…
SLEEPERS (1996) – Album Review
TRACK LISTING & SOUND CLIPS Review by ‘Mahler 3’ Sleepers is a fantastic score on many different levels. Williams captures the organic feel of Brooklyn using the electronic bass and percussion with piano exceptionally well. The computerised voice effects are…
HOOK (1991) – Original Album Review
TRACK LISTING & SOUND CLIPS Review by Frank Lehman I got my first dosage of this score when I bought the Williams on Williams Spielberg Collaboration #2. And I was perfectly satisfied with the five awesome Concert Versions of some…
JAWS (1975) – Album Review (Re-recording)
TRACK LISTING & SOUND CLIPS Review by Nicolai P. Zwar Yesterday I came home with a couple of new CDs, among them Joel McNeely’s recording of John Williams score for Jaws. After one listening I have to say I am very…
NIXON (1995) – Album Reviews
TRACK LISTING Review by Frank Lehman Ah, Richard Millhouse Nixon, we hardly knew ye. That is, until we listen to the movie soundtrack bearing your name. If anything, the score to is an elaborate character portrait, in fact, the biggest…