John Williams
“Across The Stars”
Star Wars: Attack Of The Clones (2002)

Alan Silvestri
End Credits
Back To The Future Pt. 3 (1989)

colleenwall:

Theme from Schindler’s List - John Williams

Schindler’s List is Williams’ best work IMPO. Definitely underrated.

It has been a John Williams kind of day as I have listened to nothing else in my iTunes ALL DAY. Currently listening: Jurassic Park as John-a-Palooza continues!

John Williams
“The Search For The Blue Fairy”
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

An underwhelming film by many measures, A.I. was released in May, 2001.  In a pivotal scene, we see the island of Manhattan in the far-flung future - still with the World Trade Center towers intact. The titular “Blue Fairy” in this piece is found at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, still a part of a now-submerged Coney Island.

dreamsofelectricsheep:

Double Trouble
John Williams
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg and howlet's wing.

Double, double, toil and trouble
Fire burn and cauldron bubble
Double, double, toil and trouble
Something wicked this way comes.

Along with Alfonso Cuarón’s clever direction and Stuart Craig’s arresting production design, part of what made the third Harry Potter film not just a good Harry Potter film but a good film, period, was John Williams’ refreshingly mischievous score, a soundtrack that was quite removed from his previous efforts in the franchise. Double Trouble, a reworking of a famous spell cast by the Weird Sisters in William Shakespeare’s MacBeth, instantly became one of my favorite tracks in the entire Harry Potter film series of scores. The playful music coupled with the children’s choral singing was unexpectedly unforgettable. No wonder it ended up being the leitmotif for the soundtrack and hence one of the great composer’s most brilliant, if unfamiliar, accomplishments.