It is indeed a great score. It enhances virtually every scene in which it is used, and the orchestration is brilliant. For example, in the opening sequence (on the moon) one can percieve the string section, producing this eerie timbre punctuated my minor glissandi that is prefectly suited to the impending arrival of the aliens. When the actual alien ships show up, there is this marvellous bombast to the main alien theme. But it's not merely bombastic - it pretty much spells "doom" in musical format. (Heavy use of brass in this section.)Disney Duster wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 9:25 pm I like Independence Day fine, but I sure LOVED your playing of that score! It was truly so beautiful! So, I guess that movie has a great score, I just never realized!
I think the Independence Day score is very much in the classical vein, the likes of which is very rare in modern Hollywood fare, if not extinct. I wish I would encounter scores of this calibre more frequently.
