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You have my vote! Best Horner score ever IMO...
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I would not hesitate to buy an expanded/complete edition...one of my top 10 fave scores of all time.
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As the other few Willow threads quickly devolved into "classical music" and "Lord of the Rings" discussions for OBVIOUS reasons, I'll start a fresh one focusing on the fact that:
I would LOVE to see this one complete & remastered(c&c) one day. Even ONE as yet unreleased, classic Horner cue/track would be worth the price of entry here. For example:
The Snow-Shield Escape & Snowball
Raziel's Island
Airk's Galadorrn Army Approaches
Brownie Attack & Welcome to My Kingdom
Sorsha's Tent
The new Krull has been tops!!
NP: Intrada's Remo Williams (well in my mind, anyway  )
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This thread inspired me to revisit the score. I remember seeing the film when it came out and thinking it was rather lame, but I immediately recognized James Horner's style from his two Star Trek films even before his credit appeared in the film. I haven't seen it in some time, so I don't know how well it has aged or if the chemistry between Val Kilmer and Joanne Whalley is still fresh.
Oddly enough, I never really warmed up to the soundtrack album. I say "oddly" because I have just listened to it all the way through and found it completely engaging from front to back. I don't just like the themes, but how they fit together and lead into one another. I would grab a complete version of this score in an instant, as I think this type of writing tends to lend itself to that sort of presentation (then again, I'm addicted to the complete Krull, so take that into account).
In the meantime, if somebody could post the chronological order for the soundtrack selections, I would be most grateful, as I feel that there were certain decisions made for programmatic reasons (such as the placement of "Escape from the Tavern" to introduce the heroic theme earlier in the album) that jar somewhat against the narrative style the score employs.
I understand that the track order was different on the vinyl ("Willow's Journey Begins" headed off side two?). From the listing I saw, side one would to add up to about 33 minutes, side two about 35½ minutes. How did they manage squeeze all that onto a single platter without it starting to sound terrible (or did it)?
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The arguments of the borrows and lifts are inevitable, but even if Horner is a little more blatant with it than others, in the end there are few composers that can't be said of anyway. It just goes 'round and 'round and 'round. Besides, I'll take a James Horner score that's derivative but stamped with his own definite musical personality over a dull, background "paint-by-numbers" score any day.
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