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HOME ALONE (1990) – Original Album Review
TRACK LISTING & SOUND CLIPS Review by Jeff Commings There isn’t much Christmas music I feel would be appropriate to listen to in, say, June, but John Williams’ score for Home Alone may be the one exception (and to a…
HEARTBEEPS (1981) – Album Review
Review by Amer Zahid One of the great scores to come from composer John Williams from his golden writing marathon is from the late 1970’s to mid 1980s’ during which he rendered such classics as The Star Wars films, Close Encounters, Superman, Raiders and E.T. In between he…
JFK (1991) – Album Reviews
TRACK LISTING Review by Jeff Commings Anyone who has seen Oliver Stone’s requiem to President Kennedy knows that this film is not one that would require a normal composer to just write a simple theme for strings and develop it…
E.T. – THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982) – Album Reviews (2002 Expanded Edition)
TRACK LISTING & SOUND CLIPS Review by Jeff Commings It is surprising how little time and effort John Williams seems to waste in composing a film score. If you think about his most popular scores, you imagine him slaving away…
AMISTAD (1997) – Album Review
TRACK LISTING Review by Jeff Commings I would love to be a fly on the wall when John Williams and Steven Spielberg get together and discuss scoring options for their films. I have wondered how they came up with the…
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980) – Album Review (1997 Expanded Edition)
TRACK LISTING & SOUND CLIPS Review by Jeff Commings I think 20th Century Fox was glad George Lucas decided to rerelease the Star Wars trilogy because it gave them a reason to finally release the entire score for every film. Music fans…
SPACECAMP (1986) – Album Review
TRACK LISTING & SOUND CLIPS Review by Jeff Commings I’m sure after John Williams saw SpaceCamp, he knew it wasn’t going to be like his former space scores, which made him a household name. Instead, SpaceCamp appears to be geared for…
SCHINDLER’S LIST (1993) – Album Review
TRACK LISTING & SOUND CLIPS Review by Jeff Commings Anyone who says that Schindler’s List is not John Williams’ most touching composition to date has not really felt the full scope of this score. It deserved an Oscar not only for its…
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998) – Album Reviews
TRACK LISTING & SOUND CLIPS Review by Jeff Commings You don’t have to read the liner notes in the Saving Private Ryan CD to realize that this project marks a change in thinking for both Steven Spielberg and John Williams. Though it…