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So now, in addition to the 60s scores, I have the Towering Inferno, Earthquake, Jaws, and Close Encounters. The latter exceeded my expectations - side 1 has a Daphnis et Chloe vibe and is completely free of that annoying riff; but even side 2 is nice, and when the riff plays at the finale, it has almost a grandiose Firebird quality about it.
So anyway, thus has been my journey with John Williams. I still plan to avoid his 80s scores, as I would virtually any 80s music, but I'm at least more open to him now than I once was. So there you have it.
Onya, I'm a classic 70's Williams fanboy who thinks the last great Williams score was E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial.
If you'd like to hear the late 70's Williams soundtrack that puts his whole package together on both the concert hall and cinema/adventure sides, you'll have to shell out around eighty dollars secondhand for Varese's out-of-print Jaws 2.
That score haunted my dreams in 1979-80. Great Williams scherzos interspersed with some sublime Daphnis et Chloe moments.
Get it and you won't regret it. How deep does your newfound commitment go?
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Well I LOVE Daphnis et Chloe but I'll have to find that album (Jaws 2) for much less than $80 for me to buy it, more like $8.
Good luck on that $8 Varese Jaws 2 soundtrack.
Maybe you should try for the out-of-print Varese Dracula, which is just as good, but with more Gyorgy Ligeti (also influenced Close Encounters) and Romantic influences.
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Onya, go get Dracula. Trust me -- get it now, before someone else grabs it. You will LOVE it.
I also recommend Jane Eyre (1970), my #1 favorite John Williams score, if you don't have it already.
Yavar
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Look, this thread is about Onya *opening up* to Williams! Let's celebrate that rather than getting negative about what he doesn't like. Star Wars isn't for everyone, and I know that for my present tastes I'd rather listen to Jane Eyre, Dracula, and Family Plot than many of his more famous scores. I think I've got a handle on Onya's taste, and who knows, after he gets enthusiastic about some of these scores maybe he'll move on and give some of Williams's later work another chance too.
Yavar
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I should add here also that, despite my overall distaste for Spielberg, I quite like "Catch Me If You Can," both the film and the score. So I'm not completely closed-minded.
If you like that you should give TinTin (film and score) a shot. It's an awful lot of fun unless you're completely opposed to anything "kiddy".
Yavar
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