Ennio Morricone had been writing film scores for just three years when director Sergio Leone tapped him in 1964 to score a low-budget, European-produced Western remake of Kurosawa's Yojimbo starring an American TV actor named Clint Eastwood. The film's worldwide success would make all three men international stars. For his part, Morricone ratcheted his work (which until then had been ...
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is the second Harry Potter movie and as director Christopher Columbus notes, "You'll hear the familiar themes that all of us have grown to love and associate with Harry Potter. You'll also hear a wealth of new material... Like the Potter novels, John Williams's new score is not a sequel." There is indeed a rich diversity, with a pompous march for ...
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Part 1 tells the first half of Harry's fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in seven cassettes. Part 2 tells the second half, or you can get the complete story on 14 audio cassettes. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the long-awaited, heavily hyped fourth instalment of a phenomenally successful series that has captured ...
Such a thing as the title promises isn't possible, but even if it were, this wouldn't be The All Time Greatest Classical Album. Rather, this is a set of 29 tracks offering 2-and-a-half hours of music drawn from the Sony and Columbia archives--a wide range of famous themes from the classics, plus some from the movies and stage. While John Williams' Star Wars can be argued to be in the ...
Glory was the first of an informal trilogy scored by James Horner for director Edward Zwick, (the others being Legends of the Fall and Courage Under Fire) powerfully exploring themes of loyalty, honour and duty. The film tells the story of the 54th Massachussetts, the first black regiment in the American Civil War, and of their tragic destiny in the battle of Fort Wagner. A ...
With George Lucas' Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones impressively showcasing rich drama beyond the customary eye-popping spectacle, long-time franchise collaborator John Williams' score follows suit with a rewarding and compelling mix of tragedy-tinged romance and epic action, enveloped in a pervading air of approaching doom. Dispensing with The Phantom Menace's exuberant, ...