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John 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.
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Based Upon the 1898 sci-fi novel by H.G. Wells. Previous adaptations include the famous Mercury Theater radio play directed by Orson Welles, a 1953 feature film directed by George Pal, a late 1980's TV series, and a series of 1970's Marvel comic book adventures featuring a post-War of the Worlds character called Killraven (also in film development).
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In a contemporary retelling of the 1898 sci-fi novel by H.G. Wells, War of the Worlds tells the story of an invasion of Earth by aliens from another world, whose powerful tripod attack vehicles are equipped with disintegration rays unstoppable by the best technology humanity has to offer. The story focuses on a dock worker (Cruise) who struggles to get his family (including Dakota Fanning as his daughter) to safety.
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John 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.
"I am a fan of scary scores. From the old B-movie sci-fi films of the 1950s and ‘60s, to the haunting melodies created in 1935’s Bride of Frankenstein by Franz Waxman. Selfishly, I feel the scariest music written for film was Jaws by John Williams. That was music that when you heard it, you knew it was time to be scared. For War of the Worlds, John reached for something not of this earth and composed a score that you feel on your skin, even before you become aware that you are actually hearing it. He has laid down a musical foundation of atmospherics and textural events, achieving a rhythmic propulsion that is so utterly primal it crawls up inside of you and makes you wonder how one composer could make such a radical departure in style from such masterworks of melodic phrasing as the flying theme from E.T., to the enduring themes of the Star Wars series and come up with a new sound that gives War of the Worlds much of its ultra-realism. But that is the genuine genius of John Williams and the many characters he has played throughout a musical career that will never be equaled."
Steven Spielberg
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.
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Based Upon the 1898 sci-fi novel by H.G. Wells. Previous adaptations include the famous Mercury Theater radio play directed by Orson Welles, a 1953 feature film directed by George Pal, a late 1980's TV series, and a series of 1970's Marvel comic book adventures featuring a post-War of the Worlds character called Killraven (also in film development).
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.
Spielberg’s core filmmaking team, which has collaborated with the director on numerous projects, is led by director of photography Janusz Kaminski, ASC, production designer Rick Carter, editor Michael Kahn, A.C.E., and costume designer Joanna Johnston. Visual effects and animation is by Industrial Light & Magic, led by senior visual effects supervisor Dennis Muren and visual effects supervisor Pablo Helman.
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In a contemporary retelling of the 1898 sci-fi novel by H.G. Wells, War of the Worlds tells the story of an invasion of Earth by aliens from another world, whose powerful tripod attack vehicles are equipped with disintegration rays unstoppable by the best technology humanity has to offer. The story focuses on a dock worker (Cruise) who struggles to get his family (including Dakota Fanning as his daughter) to safety.
Cruise stars as Ray Ferrier, a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife (Miranda Otto) and her new husband drop off his teenage son Robbie (Justin Chatwin) and young daughter Rachel (Dakota Fanning) for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.
Moments later, at an intersection near his house, Ray witnesses an extraordinary event that will change all their lives forever. A towering three-legged war machine emerges from deep beneath the earth and, before anyone can react, incinerates everything in sight. An ordinary day has suddenly become the most extraordinary event of their lifetimes – the first strike in a catastrophic alien attack on Earth.
Ray scrambles to get his children away from this merciless new enemy, embarking on a journey that will take them across the ravaged countryside, where they become caught in the desperate tide of refugees fleeing from an extraterrestrial army of Tripods.
But no matter where they run, there is no safety, no refuge … only Ray’s unconquerable will to protect the ones he loves.
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1. Prologue
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
15. Epilogue
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Ray Ferrier Tom Cruise
Rachel Ferrier Dakota Fanning
Mary Ann Ferrier Miranda Otto
Ogilvy Tim Robbins
Music:John Williams
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Screenplay: by Josh Friedman and David Koepp, based on the novel by H. G. Wells
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