Very Early Praise for John Williams' 'Tintin' Score

As you probably know, composer John Williams goes back a long time with Steven Spielberg. He has written some of the most memorable scores of all time - Jaws, Raider of the Lost Ark, Superman, and Star Wars leap to mind - and some of his most successful pieces are for Spielberg films. They're working together again on Tintin, and Williams' orchestrator, Conrad Pope, recently talked to the John Williams Fan Network about the film's score. He leaves very little doubt about his feelings toward the new project, either. "It will become a classic, I think," admitted Pope. "To give more information would be to reveal things that I don't think JW would want to say." There is more information, though, related to the tone of the film's musical accompaniment, which, not surprisingly, consistents of more than just a couple of instruments thrown together.

"I'm currently orchestrating a large piece with a number of ideas. The main theme is highly energetic, filled with great tonal twists and turns, reflecting, I suspect, Tintin's heroic energy."

Turns out this Williams guy is no slouch. He's won five Oscars in all, and even eliminating his handful of Best Song nominations (where he contributed the music to someone else's lyrics or vice versa), Williams has over 30 nominations, many times two in the same year. Will Tintin's music become one of those classic film scores? I'm not betting against the master here...

Comments

[Lengthy Johnson]

It should be mentioned that John William very often rips of dead classical composers for his scores, such as Wagner, Orff and Holst.

Williams' music is often like Cinderella's Castle at Disney World to Versailles Palace in Paris, i.e. a glossy pastiche.

[Proman]

What a shamefully idiotic thing to say. Not only is Williams an uncommonly great and imaginative composer, he is probably one who borrows the least. Even the old classical composers quoted from each other.

I absolutely love his work and cannot wait to hear and see Tintin.

[David]

I hope it will be amazing, Spielberg, Williams and Jackson togheter is something very promising. And that main theme probably is going to be one of the best Williams themes if this goes well.

[John Williams is the Man!]

"A Large piece with lots of ideas" *drools*

This is probably a big concert suite of Tintin themes, as John Williams always has a "hit single" in his big scores.

I'm so excited. But i can't understand why he's recording it in February 2009 when it's not releasing until December 2011???