Sunday, November 7, 2021

John Williams - Overture to the film "Hook"

John Williams needs no introduction, being probably the biggest name in film music in the 1980s and 1990s.  Only Walt Disney himself has more Academy Award nominations than Williams whose 54 nominations were limited to music.  His 25 Grammy Awards surprisingly is not a record - that goes to Sir Georg Solti.  But Williams is a treasure, and his 1991 score to Hook is a delight.  It wasn't nominated for the Oscar that year but that's probably not a big loss as the winner was Beauty And The Beast and nothing was going to beat that.

The film itself is a mixed bag.  The "Peter Pan grew up" concept comes across as obvious and Robin Williams didn't really pull it off.  But Dustin Hoffman was brilliant in the title role - I guess you can't really steal the show when you're the lead actor but it's one of my favorite performances by him.

4 comments:

Aesop said...

1980s and 90s?

Another "overnight success" from Hollywood.

If you get bored sometime, check out the music credits for the theme and episodic music for the B&W Lost In Space TV series from the 1965-68.

Glen Filthie said...

Anything with Robin Williams in it was a write-off for me. Same with Goldie Hawn. I dunno if it was them, or the screenplays... or maybe both...

drjim said...

John Williams is a National Treasure. I've seen him direct the L.A. Symphony half-a-dozen times at the Hollywood Bowl, and every performance was fabulous.

Flugelman said...

We share the same name. My nephew was beyond excited when he found out that JW had done the music to Star Wars.