A strong year...so probably NO.The others are stronger scores...just my opinion though.. But it is a good score of course.A bit too "schmalz" for me but ok.
In retrospect, I'd probably swap LITTLE WOMEN for LEGENDS OF THE FALL, yes, given the latter's iconic status among Horner works. But LITTLE WOMEN is a damn fine score nonetheless. Not a bad apple in the bunch this year.
He definitely should have been nominated. I'm not a huge fan of Thomas Newman or Goldenthal, so only Zimmer's The Lion King and Silvestri's Forrest Gump are the competition.
Legends is a wonderful score, though its a bit monotonous. Looking over films released in 1994 I see quite a few that should've been nominated and won over what was nominated and won.
Here's an alternative potential Oscars nomination list:
Black Beauty - Elfman Ed Wood - Shore The Hudsucker Proxy - Burwell (had it been a nominee, it probably would have won for the Khachaturian - ha!) Mary Shelley's Frankenstein - Doyle Maverick - R. Newman The Pagemaster - Horner The Shadow - Goldsmith Three Colors trilogy - Preisner
Here's an alternative potential Oscars nomination list:
Black Beauty - Elfman Ed Wood - Shore The Hudsucker Proxy - Burwell (had it been a nominee, it probably would have won for the Khachaturian - ha!) Mary Shelley's Frankenstein - Doyle Maverick - R. Newman The Pagemaster - Horner The Shadow - Goldsmith Three Colors trilogy - Preisner
Did John Williams not do a score that year? Seems impossible.
Amazing but true. John Williams has no IMDB listings for a score in 1994.
What was he doing that year?
Was it the ONE year in his life he actually took off work and relaxed from film scoring?
Did John Williams not do a score that year? Seems impossible.
Amazing but true. John Williams has no IMDB listings for a score in 1994.
What was he doing that year?
Was it the ONE year in his life he actually took off work and relaxed from film scoring?
A little break from film scoring yes.
1994 was nonetheless the year he premiered his cello concerto at Tanglewood and worked on his Satellite Celebration (Song for World Peace), plus the usual concerts with the BPO.
Williams has had several 'film scoring breaks' in his career. He had a 3-year break between 2005 and 2008, for example, and then again from 2008 to 2011. And nothing in 2014.
Williams has had several 'film scoring breaks' in his career. He had a 3-year break between 2005 and 2008, for example, and then again from 2008 to 2011. And nothing in 2014.
But also earlier in his career, namely 1985.
Technically, he did write the theme to Amazing Stories and scores to the two episodes Spielberg directed in '85.
One could also make a case for 1971, since his work on FIDDLER ON THE ROOF was adaptation, strictly speaking. But still, it's a film he worked on, so I count that.
One could also make a case for 1971, since his work on FIDDLER ON THE ROOF was adaptation, strictly speaking. But still, it's a film he worked on, so I count that.
Williams worked on Amazing Stories in the early spring of 1985, then in the summer. Part of the answer on why he did not score a feature film that year is the dense schedule of the Boston Pops, celebrating its centenial that year. The tuba Concerto premiered also in 1985 and was a commission coming from the Pops.
Also, 1985 was the year Spielberg made The Colour Purple, which would have usually had a John Williams score, but the producers went with Georges Delerue instead.
The obvious oversights for that year were Philippe Sarde's La Fille de d'Artagnan and Howard Shore's Ed Wood.
Both of those were better scores than LEGENDS OF THE FALL and all the nominees except LITTLE WOMEN, which was bar none the Best Score of the Year. In my opinion, of course.
Also, 1985 was the year Spielberg made The Colour Purple, which would have usually had a John Williams score, but the producers went with Georges Delerue instead.
Yes, The Color Purple was certainly the best score of 1967.
