{"id":440,"date":"2011-05-16T23:16:29","date_gmt":"2011-05-16T23:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmmakerb.com\/jwfan\/?p=440"},"modified":"2012-04-13T17:38:05","modified_gmt":"2012-04-13T17:38:05","slug":"war-horse-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jwfan.com\/?p=440","title":{"rendered":"WAR HORSE (2011)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><!--more-->Music Composed and Conducted by JOHN WILLIAMS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/img33.imageshack.us\/img33\/3226\/johnwilliamswarhorse.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"War Horse - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/warhorse.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"421\" height=\"421\" \/><\/a>(Click to enlarge)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/?p=1482\">JWFAN SOUNDTRACK REVIEW#1 : FIRST IMPRESSIONS<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/?p=1488\">JWFAN SOUNDTRACK REVIEW#2: TRACK-BY-TRACK ANALYSIS<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>JWFAN SOUND CLIPS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">TRACK 01<br \/>\n<object width=\"400\" height=\"27\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"audioUrl=http:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/samples\/WH01.mp3\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/reader\/ui\/3523697345-audio-player.swf\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"best\" \/><embed width=\"400\" height=\"27\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/reader\/ui\/3523697345-audio-player.swf\" flashvars=\"audioUrl=http:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/samples\/WH01.mp3\" quality=\"best\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">TRACK 02<br \/>\n<object width=\"400\" height=\"27\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"audioUrl=http:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/samples\/WH02.mp3\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/reader\/ui\/3523697345-audio-player.swf\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"best\" \/><embed width=\"400\" height=\"27\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/reader\/ui\/3523697345-audio-player.swf\" flashvars=\"audioUrl=http:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/samples\/WH02.mp3\" quality=\"best\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">TRACK 03<br \/>\n<object width=\"400\" height=\"27\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"audioUrl=http:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/samples\/WH03.mp3\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/reader\/ui\/3523697345-audio-player.swf\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"best\" \/><embed width=\"400\" height=\"27\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/reader\/ui\/3523697345-audio-player.swf\" flashvars=\"audioUrl=http:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/samples\/WH03.mp3\" quality=\"best\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">TRACK 04<br \/>\n<object width=\"400\" height=\"27\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"audioUrl=http:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/samples\/WH04.mp3\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/reader\/ui\/3523697345-audio-player.swf\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"best\" \/><embed width=\"400\" height=\"27\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/reader\/ui\/3523697345-audio-player.swf\" flashvars=\"audioUrl=http:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/samples\/WH04.mp3\" quality=\"best\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">TRACK 05<br \/>\n<object width=\"400\" height=\"27\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"audioUrl=http:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/samples\/WH05.mp3\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/reader\/ui\/3523697345-audio-player.swf\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"best\" \/><embed width=\"400\" height=\"27\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/reader\/ui\/3523697345-audio-player.swf\" flashvars=\"audioUrl=http:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/samples\/WH05.mp3\" quality=\"best\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">TRACK 06<br \/>\n<object width=\"400\" height=\"27\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"audioUrl=http:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/samples\/WH06.mp3\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/reader\/ui\/3523697345-audio-player.swf\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"best\" \/><embed width=\"400\" height=\"27\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/reader\/ui\/3523697345-audio-player.swf\" flashvars=\"audioUrl=http:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/samples\/WH06.mp3\" quality=\"best\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">TRACK 07<br \/>\n<object width=\"400\" height=\"27\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"audioUrl=http:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/samples\/WH07.mp3\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/reader\/ui\/3523697345-audio-player.swf\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"best\" \/><embed width=\"400\" height=\"27\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/reader\/ui\/3523697345-audio-player.swf\" flashvars=\"audioUrl=http:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/samples\/WH07.mp3\" quality=\"best\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">TRACK 08<br \/>\n<object width=\"400\" height=\"27\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"audioUrl=http:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/samples\/WH08.mp3\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/reader\/ui\/3523697345-audio-player.swf\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"best\" \/><embed width=\"400\" height=\"27\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/reader\/ui\/3523697345-audio-player.swf\" flashvars=\"audioUrl=http:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/samples\/WH08.mp3\" quality=\"best\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">TRACK 09<br \/>\n<object width=\"400\" height=\"27\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"audioUrl=http:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/samples\/WH09.mp3\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/reader\/ui\/3523697345-audio-player.swf\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"best\" \/><embed width=\"400\" height=\"27\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/reader\/ui\/3523697345-audio-player.swf\" flashvars=\"audioUrl=http:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/samples\/WH09.mp3\" quality=\"best\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">TRACK 10<br \/>\n<object width=\"400\" height=\"27\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"audioUrl=http:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/samples\/WH10.mp3\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/reader\/ui\/3523697345-audio-player.swf\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"best\" \/><embed width=\"400\" height=\"27\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/reader\/ui\/3523697345-audio-player.swf\" flashvars=\"audioUrl=http:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/samples\/WH10.mp3\" quality=\"best\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">TRACK 11<br \/>\n<object width=\"400\" height=\"27\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"audioUrl=http:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/samples\/WH11.mp3\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/reader\/ui\/3523697345-audio-player.swf\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"best\" \/><embed width=\"400\" height=\"27\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/reader\/ui\/3523697345-audio-player.swf\" flashvars=\"audioUrl=http:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/samples\/WH11.mp3\" quality=\"best\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">TRACK 12<br \/>\n<object width=\"400\" height=\"27\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"audioUrl=http:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/samples\/WH12.mp3\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/reader\/ui\/3523697345-audio-player.swf\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"best\" \/><embed width=\"400\" height=\"27\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/reader\/ui\/3523697345-audio-player.swf\" flashvars=\"audioUrl=http:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/samples\/WH12.mp3\" quality=\"best\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">TRACK 13<br \/>\n<object width=\"400\" height=\"27\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"audioUrl=http:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/samples\/WH13.mp3\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/reader\/ui\/3523697345-audio-player.swf\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"best\" \/><embed width=\"400\" height=\"27\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/reader\/ui\/3523697345-audio-player.swf\" flashvars=\"audioUrl=http:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/samples\/WH13.mp3\" quality=\"best\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">TRACK 14<br \/>\n<object width=\"400\" height=\"27\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"audioUrl=http:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/samples\/WH14.mp3\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/reader\/ui\/3523697345-audio-player.swf\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"best\" \/><embed width=\"400\" height=\"27\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/reader\/ui\/3523697345-audio-player.swf\" flashvars=\"audioUrl=http:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/samples\/WH14.mp3\" quality=\"best\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">TRACK 15<br \/>\n<object width=\"400\" height=\"27\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"audioUrl=http:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/samples\/WH15.mp3\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/reader\/ui\/3523697345-audio-player.swf\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"best\" \/><embed width=\"400\" height=\"27\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/reader\/ui\/3523697345-audio-player.swf\" flashvars=\"audioUrl=http:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/samples\/WH15.mp3\" quality=\"best\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">TRACK 16<br \/>\n<object width=\"400\" height=\"27\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"audioUrl=http:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/samples\/WH16.mp3\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/reader\/ui\/3523697345-audio-player.swf\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"best\" \/><embed width=\"400\" height=\"27\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/reader\/ui\/3523697345-audio-player.swf\" flashvars=\"audioUrl=http:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/samples\/WH16.mp3\" quality=\"best\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>MORE SOUND CLIPS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wqxr.org\/#\/programs\/movies\/2011\/oct\/22\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tracks 5, 13 &amp; 16 (WQXR&#8217;s &#8216;Movies on the Radio&#8217;)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/forums\/index.php?showtopic=20822\">Cinema Musica<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iyS6GRwkILg\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"400\" height=\"35\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">LISTEN TO JOHN WILLIAMS&#8217; MUSIC FROM THE FIRST TRAILER<br \/>\n(ripped by Alexander Willems)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/geDMu5tsowg\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"400\" height=\"35\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">LISTEN TO JOHN WILLIAMS&#8217; MUSIC FROM THE SECOND TRAILER<br \/>\n(ripped by &#8216;FishfilmInc&#8217;)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/39Gt0sH19Hc\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"400\" height=\"35\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>TRACK LIST<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Dartmoor, 1912 (3:35)<\/li>\n<li>The Auction (3:43)<\/li>\n<li>Bringing Joey Home, and Bonding (4:48)<\/li>\n<li>Learning the Call (3:42)<\/li>\n<li>Seeding, and Horse vs. Car (3:32)<\/li>\n<li>Plowing (5:57)<\/li>\n<li>Ruined Crop, and Going to War (3:33)<\/li>\n<li>The Charge and Capture (3:21)<\/li>\n<li>The Desertion (2:34)<\/li>\n<li>Joey&#8217;s New Friends (3:28)<\/li>\n<li>Pulling the Cannon (4:58)<\/li>\n<li>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/forums\/index.php?showtopic=20695&amp;view=findpost&amp;p=756300\">SPOILER<\/a>] (2:47)<\/li>\n<li>No Man&#8217;s Land (4:32)<\/li>\n<li>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/forums\/index.php?showtopic=20695&amp;view=findpost&amp;p=756176\">SPOILER<\/a>] (3:52)<\/li>\n<li>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/forums\/index.php?showtopic=20695&amp;view=findpost&amp;p=756176\">SPOILER<\/a>], and Finale (5:05)<\/li>\n<li>The Homecoming (8:03)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Total Time:\u00a067:32<\/p>\n<p>FILM RELEASE<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>December 25, 2011 (USA) &#8211; See\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1568911\/releaseinfo\" target=\"_blank\">IMDb<\/a>\u00a0for more dates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ALBUM RELEASE<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B005LK8NSK\/jwfancom-20\" target=\"_blank\">November 22, 2011 (USA)<\/a>\u00a0(TRACK LIST CONTAINS SPOILERS)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p>LABEL<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sony Music<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>TRAILERS<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/trailers.apple.com\/trailers\/dreamworks\/warhorse\/\">iTunes Movie Trailers (Quicktime)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=d6Ru9Y9Xwjg\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube\u00a0(Teaser Trailer)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/JPNyNr2Kp4w\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube (Trailer 2)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>LINER NOTES<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The dramatic countryside of Dartmoor has\u00a0inspired John Williams to compose a score of such\u00a0beauty and quiet majesty that one might think\u00a0the earth was speaking through him, much as the\u00a0heavens have done for nearly five decades. When I\u00a0first heard John\u2019s sketches of the four central\u00a0themes for War Horse, I didn\u2019t need my memories\u00a0of the film to underscore the feelings I was having.<\/p>\n<p>The music was a stand-alone experience and it\u00a0affected me deeply, as have so many of John\u2019s\u00a0scores during our nearly 40-year collaboration.\u00a0I feel that John has made a special gift to me of this\u00a0music, which was inspired not only by my film\u00a0but also by many of the picturesque settings of\u00a0the poet William Wordsworth, whose vivid\u00a0descriptions of the British landscape inspired much\u00a0of what you are going to hear. I\u2019m not sure what\u00a0I can give John in return, other than a promise\u00a0of more films to come \u2026 for as many more years as\u00a0we both can imagine!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Steven Spielberg<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>SCORE DETAILS (OFFICIAL SOURCES)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Recording sessions for Steven Spielberg&#8217;s\u00a0<em>War Horse<\/em>\u00a0took place between late March and early April, 2011 in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Tuba player Jim Self (who was the &#8220;voice of the mothership&#8221; in<em>Close Encounters of the Third Kind<\/em>\u00a0and has worked in many other Williams scores) commented regarding the Maestro&#8217;s latest score:\u00a0<em>&#8220;For John Williams I recently finished recording for the film War Horse. It&#8217;s a war movie so the score has\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sousacentral.blogspot.com\/2011\/05\/interview-jim-self.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>a lot of brass\u2014but it was gentle music often<\/strong><\/a>&#8220;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also been confirmed that\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk\/news\/West-End-Hollywood-John-s-songs-woo-Spielberg\/article-2734764-detail\/article.html\" target=\"_blank\">one of the songs from the stage version will be included in the film<\/a>: John Tams, composer of the songs for the stage version of\u00a0<em>War Horse<\/em>, was approached by Steven Spielberg and John Williams to include one of his songs in Spielberg&#8217;s film adaptation.\u00a0<em>&#8220;It&#8217;s very rare that a show moves from the stage to celluloid and takes all the bits and bobs with it. So it&#8217;s quite nice that one of the songs from the stage show will be included in the movie&#8221;<\/em>, said the composer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.signonsandiego.com\/news\/2011\/aug\/13\/La-Jolla-Music-Society-SummerFest-John-Williams\/\" target=\"_blank\">In an August 2011 interview for SignOnSanDiego.com<\/a>, Williams mentioned the following:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI\u2019m working on a couple films now (<em>War Horse<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn<\/em>, both directed by Spielberg) and the scores are very cluttered with notes.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>SCORE DETAILS (UNOFFICIAL SOURCE)<br \/>\nQuotes from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/forums\/index.php?showuser=17657\">FilmComposer518<\/a>\u00a0as posted in our forums.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The &#8216;Battle Cry&#8217; esque theme from the trailer that many think is just in the finale is actually LACED throughout the whole score quite a bit. In many many different variations. There was also a little Irish sounding bit that came in near the end of the trailer, and that is another MAJOR theme for the score, but is expanded a LOT more than that in most cases. That was just one bar from a probably 6-8 bar theme.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is a LOT of Celtic, or Upper English music in the score&#8230;but it&#8217;s not over-done&#8230;it mixes in nicely with the gorgeous string writing Williams has done.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The action scenes hark back to old Williams ala\u00a0<em>Raiders<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Far and Away<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Last Crusade<\/em>. I&#8217;m telling you&#8230;this score is brilliant&#8230;can&#8217;t give it enough praise.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That piano theme (from the trailer) is the VERY last music you hear in the End Credits. It is interspersed throughout the score a TINY bit, if my memory serves, but it&#8217;s not a big theme that is heard often.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You know how a lot of the emotional music from\u00a0<em>Jurassic Park<\/em>actually had very &#8216;pop-like&#8217; chords (including the main theme and journey to the island) that just perfectly worked because Williams twisted them and molded them into his own frame? A lot of\u00a0<em>War Horse<\/em>\u00a0has that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What I am saying is that the most emotional music is very chord based&#8230;but the progressions Williams uses are wonderful and surprising a lot of the time. Wonderfully done.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can promise you that if Williams were allowed to unchain himself from modern conventions in film (no, even Williams can&#8217;t do that if he wants to continue to work) we would be hearing those same classic setpiece action overtures. But before anyone gets down on the current state of film music, let me clarify that<em>War Horse<\/em>\u00a0(for the most part) does not follow that trend in writing :)&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The action pieces in\u00a0<em>War Horse<\/em>\u00a0are pretty neat, and while they don&#8217;t use the same style as say, Forest Battle, or Indy&#8217;s First Adventure in concert scoring, they certainly come close&#8230;and are DIFFERENT than his latest generic action music that has been accompanying most of his films (cue the xylophone and upper woodwinds chirping out endlessly). The few action cues in<em>\u00a0War Horse<\/em>\u00a0have great unique personality.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>War Horse<\/em>\u00a0does NOT have a ton of action material. But that is what is so cool about the ones it does have. Most of the score is so spellbinding and beautiful that when all of a sudden something millitaristic and ugly crashes through the background, it is incredibly striking. The action music in\u00a0<em>War Horse<\/em>\u00a0is less about fun adventure ala Indy, and more about nastiness of war. It&#8217;s harsh and brutal in most cases. There is definitely a rhythmic drive (done not with percussion, but more with exciting instrumental figures) but also strong melodic fragments. Again, I can&#8217;t give out tooooo much detail about individual cues, but I think that should answer your question a bit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Obviously I haven&#8217;t SEEN\u00a0<em>War Horse<\/em>, but I have heard the score, and I think Spielberg might have asked Williams to harken back to his older style with it. 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