Music from the Motion
Picture War of The Worlds
The
soundtrack to one of this summer's most anticipated
motion pictures, War of the Worlds, featuring
original music by John Williams (Star Wars, Jaws,
E.T., Harry Potter, Schindler's List), will be
released by Decca on June 28th. War of the Worlds,
which is directed by Steven Spielberg and stars
Tom Cruise, marks Williams's 21st collaboration
with Spielberg and will be released worldwide
on June 29th.
On June 29th, 2005, Earth goes to war. From Paramount
Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures comes the motion
picture event: War of the Worlds, directed by
Steven Spielberg and starring international superstar
Tom Cruise. A contemporary retelling of H.G. Wells's
seminal classic, the sci-fi adventure thriller
reveals the extraordinary battle or the future
of humankind through the eyes of one American
family fighting to survive it.
Williams has created some of the most powerful
and enduring film music of our time. Lending his
musical talents to War of the Worlds, Williams
brings forth a feeling of raw emotion that puts
the finishing touch on Spielberg's intense storytelling.
In keeping with the tradition of Jaws, this dark
and sweeping score will have the audiences on
the edge of their seats with anticipation. The
profound music evokes a sense of desperation while
still capturing a ray of hope, making for a beautiful
and memorable listening experience. Long after
the credits have rolled, the moviegoer will be
able to recall the intense emotion felt by each
character just by listening to the chilling soundtrack.
With a career spanning over four decades, Williams
has received 43 Oscar® nominations (more than
any living person), and has won 5 Oscars®,
18 Grammy® Awards, 4 Golden Globes, 4 Emmy®
Awards and 6 BAFTA Awards from the British Academy
of Film and Television Arts. His first Oscar®
was for 1971's Fiddler on the Roof. He reached
a turning point in his career when Steven Spielberg
approached him to score his early movies. In quick
succession, this led to Williams' second Oscar®,
for Jaws, and his introduction to George Lucas,
who then hired him to score the Star Wars saga,
bringing him his third Oscar®. He later went
on to compose music for a host of blockbusters,
including Close Encounters of the Third Kind,
Superman, E.T. (winning Oscar® number 4),
and the Indiana Jones movies. After his 5th Oscar®
win (for Schindler's List), John maintained an
extraordinary creative pace composing with scores
for nine films in just four years including Saving
Private Ryan and The Patriot. On June 23, 2000,
he became the first inductee into the Hollywood
Bowl Hall of Fame. Williams also served as musical
director for the 74th annual Academy Awards®
in March of 2002, where he received his 40th and
41st nominations for his scores for the films
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and A.I.
Artificial Intelligence. Williams received the
prestigious Kennedy Center Honor in December of
2004, and earlier this year he completed the long-awaited
score for Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the
Sith.
Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures present
an Amblin Entertainment/Cruise|Wagner Production,
a Steven Spielberg film, War of the Worlds. Directed
by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by Josh
Friedman and David Koepp, based on the novel by
H. G. Wells, the film is produced by Kathleen
Kennedy and Colin Wilson. The executive producer
is Paula Wagner. The film
also stars Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto, Justin
Chatwin and Tim Robbins. This film has been rated
PG-13 for Frightening Sequences of Sci-Fi Violence
and Disturbing Images.
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War
of the Worlds Soundtrack Track Listing
1. Prologue (Narration: Morgan
Freeman)
2. The Ferry Scene
3. Reaching The Country
4. The Intersection Scene
5. Ray And Rachel
6. Escape From The City
7. Probing The Basement
8. Refugee Status
9. The Attack On The Car
10. The Separation Of The Family
11. The Confrontation With Ogilvy
12. The Return To Boston
13. Escape From The Basket
14. The Reunion (Narration: Morgan Freeman)
15. Epilogue
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