Movie Scores

[ellyssian]

You know, I'm a big fan of movie scores, particularly symphonic ones. Morricone and Elfman come quickly to mind, the former slightly more limited to a handful (The Mission in particular), and the latter - well, for nearly everything of his. John Williams stuff, though, is in a separate category, above and beyond all others.

I'm listening to Gustav Holst's The Planets, as performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus and conducted by James Levine, and I've come to a realization. It's the best John Williams composition he never wrote!

And no, I'm not just referring to Mars, the Bringer of War, which Williams pretty much looted lock, stock, and barrel to create the Imperial Stormtooper theme for Star Wars - the other planets seem to have imprinted themselves throughout all of Williams' stuff.

Which, by the way, is not a Bad Thing.