Intrada Soundtrack Forum

July 2, 2002

Minority Report
Composed and Conducted by John Williams
Dreamworks 0044-50385-2
Tracks: 16
Total Time = 73:55

Everybody runs.

Most composers from John Williams’s generation are running. Out of gas, that is.

It happens.

Not to John Williams, though. He’s running, yes. He’s running so far ahead of the pack, new scores by him become events. You look forward to them. You look forward to the movies they’re in.

If you haven’t seen MINORITY REPORT don’t worry. I’m not gonna spoil it. You’ll get more from Spielberg’s liner notes inside the album. And he doesn’t spoil it either.

2054. Far enough ahead to dazzle, not so far ahead it looks silly. We’re watching the Department of Pre-crime, a police force in the District of Columbia that can predict murder. Where, when, whom. John Anderton is one of DC’s finest. Tom Cruise is John Anderton.

Whenever Steven Spielberg makes a movie people run to see it. Critics and opponents complain, try to find things wrong, frustrate themselves that the man makes so much money and gets so many butts into the seats but is squandering something, squandering everything. Fans have a great time.

Spielberg’s got a lot of fans. The same is true for John Williams. Critics complain, fans have a great time.

I’m a fan.

The score for MINORITY REPORT has John Williams running at top speed. It’s edgy and it’s exciting. Keep up with it and you’ll find music with great architecture, with heart.

It’s also dark in there. You’ll need to look where you’re going. John Williams has a destination, you’ll want to follow him, but he’s warning you from the start. He’s running and you’ll have to keep up.

The opening track, the title of which reveals nothing and can be safely mentioned here is “Minority Reportâ€