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Film Music Masterworks: Original Soundtracks - John Williams

J. Lovins | Missouri-USA | 08/09/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Silva America once again has outdone themselves with "Film Music Masterworks by John Williams", all the splendor of this composer on 13 Tracks...Williams creates visual moods for each film he scores...all individually wrapped-up into one neat package...just the way "film-score-buffs" like 'em...flavored with cues of action, adventure, mystery, romance, sentimental and suspense...the list could go on...Every track moves you --- Each track comes back with a memory as the preceeding track ends --- It flows naturally and perfectly from score to score... If you're looking for a piece of music to capture your heart and a deeper meaning of the film...you've found it...Silva Screen's release traces several decades of film music...featuring "The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra" --- conducted by Mr. Paul Bateman, Mr. James Fitzpatrick and Mr. Nic Raine (as always outstanding)...performing 13 selections, close to a full hour of symphonic suites with a full orchestra sound.



List are 13 Selections from the John Williams Film Score Book (in alphabetical order in which they appear)



1. BATTLE OF THE HEROES (2005) (Lucasfilm film "Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith") (4:25)

2. DUEL OF FATES (1999) (Lucasfilm film "Star Wars: The Phantom Meance") (4:09)

3. E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982) (Universal Pictures film) (4:41)

4. HEDWIG'S THEME (2001) (Warner Bros film "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone") (4:53)

5. JAWS - MAIN THEME (1975) (Universal Pictures film) (2:17)

6. PRAYER FOR PEACE (2005) (DreamWorks film "Munich") (4:20)

7. RAIDERS MARCH, THE (1981) (Warner Bros film "Raiders of the Lost Ark") (2:40)

8. SAYUIR'S THEME & END CREDITS (2005) (DreamWorks film "Memoirs Of A Geisha" (5:52)

9. SCHINDLER'S LIST MAIN THEME (1993) (Universal Pictures film) (4:04)

10.STAR WARS MAIN CREDITS (1977) (Lucasfilm film "Star Wars: A New Hope") (4:51)

11.SUPERMAN MAIN THEME (1978) (Warner Bros film "Superman: The Movie") (4:15)

12.WAR OF THE WORLDS (SUITE) (2005) (Paramount Pictures film) (7:28)

13.WHERE DREAMS ARE BORN (2001) (Warner Bros film "Artificial Intelligence: AI") (3:47)



Must ask the following to take a bow ~ James Fitzpatrick (compilation producer), always in their pitching, Reynold da Silva (executive producer), Rick Clark (mastered tracks), Paul Bateman, James Fitzpatrick and Nic Raine performing the conducting duties, a tremen!dous asset to every project they undertake...and the label which made it all possible...Silva America --- must say this collection is nicely priced.



Total Time: 58 mins on 13 Tracks ~ SILCD 2005 ~ (8/08/2006)"