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skyjedi2005
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We should sue George Lucas.
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Date created
23-Oct-2008, 9:55 PM

You know the most moving thing emotionally about Lucas and Spielberg's Films is John Williams Music.  I Don't think he gets nearly enough Credit what would Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Or Jurassic Park be without his music.

Not only does the music lend Humanity to the characters, but lends believability to them.  Under Williams you believed Superman could fly, and Elliot and ET could fly.  The Grandeur of Jurassic Park was almost completely in the score not the often mentioned cgi. Star Wars succeeds as well as it does because it is almost written as an opera without singing, space operas were never meant to be literal but Star Wars was indeed an epic space opera.

I find it in no way bizarre that almost all my favorite movies have had a Williams Score. 

Even some of my most hated movies as well, but i at least like the soundtrack for them Like Episodes 1-3.

In fact probably the biggest dissapointment to me in years was the Indiana Jones IV score as it seems like it was totally phoned in so i don't own that cd.

One of the greatest thrills of my Cinema going life was to hear a reprise of the superman theme in the Score for Superman Returns.  The movie stunk but that was quite exciting.  Though not nearly as good as Williams and the LSO version it still was cool. I will also admit to getting chills from hearing the old Indiana Jones music quoted in IV but their were no Substancially new themes.  Maybe Williams Composed more music than what ended up on the CD or in the movie.  I would not mind hearing the complete score with alternate takes and cues and the same for the first 3 films as well.

My favorite thing about episode 3 of star wars was the quoting of the force theme/lukes theme and the throne room from Star Wars 1977.  I would like to find one person who was not generally moved in the theater.  Everyone in the packed cinema house i saw it with were.

Spielberg and Lucas Worst Kept Secret everytime They went from the frying pan into the fire it was williams that saved their bacon.