"The key element for a sucessful relationship between a film director and a composer, is trust; and that's precisely, what's goes through the mind when you mention John Williams". These are words of Chris Columbus, in relation with his collaboration with him. And also, besides "trust" for the director, the name of John Williams is magic for the fans of this genre; because the music of this composer is magical and goes over the concept of music. Like a magician, Williams combines the sounds in an extraordinary and unimaginable way, but without tricks, which is what magnifies him. Stepmom is a beatiful film by Chris Columbus which left apart his comic side of Home Alone (1990) or Nine Months (1995), to go inside the drama telling a family story with an extraordinary cast starred by Susan Sarandon, Ed Harris and Julia Roberts. If besides this is John Williams whom is in charge of musically sensibilize the scenes, then all has been said. Regrettably, and as usually happens nowadays, the score for the movie is much more extense than what's on the CD, but still there are fourteen cues full of musical intimacy, with the solos of the wonderful guitar of Christopher Parkening which performs masterfully on four themes. The song Ainīt No Mountain High Enough by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrel, is not by Williams and completes the fifteen cues of the record. It seems that Patrick Doyle was initially comissioned to write this soundtrack, and we are sure that it will be a superb score proper for this genial composer, but that will have erase this "magical piece" from our John Williams which should be ineludible part of our collection. I.P.Y.

/ SONY CLASSICAL SK61649 / 57'

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