John williams pocket score6/3/2023 ![]() ![]() There aren’t any surprises in The Book Thief – which itself is not surprising (he’s 81!) – instead, the score album plays almost like a comforting letter from an old friend, a highly-welcome one at that. Any new score from John Williams these days feels like a special event one for a non-Spielberg film perhaps even more so. He may be the pre-eminent film composer of his (perhaps any) generation, but Williams – now 81 – seemed to have been in semi-retirement (in terms of writing film scores) for some time now, making exceptions only for his friends Steven Spielberg and George Lucas indeed, the last time he scored a film which didn’t involve either of those men was his last Harry Potter score, in 2004. It’s probably fair to say that the film wasn’t on the radar of many film music fans until the surprising announcement – which didn’t happen until the eve of the recording sessions – that the great John Williams was to provide its score. ![]() It’s generating a lot of buzz and its release in the traditional “awards slot” is a decent sign that it’s expected to do well. The film stars Sophie Nélisse as the main character, Liesel, and Geoffrey Rush and Emily Watson as her foster parents it’s directed by Downton Abbey‘s Brian Percival. A child’s eye view of Nazi Germany, The Book Thief (based on Australian author Markus Zusak’s acclaimed novel) tells the story of a girl who lives through the harrowing times with the help of a love of books, a Jew hiding in her family house and her foster parents.
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