Today marks John William's 90th birthday. He has produced some of the finest scores and musical moments over his prolific career. To celebrate, I'm sharing one of my all-time favorite cues. This is one of those sublime cues that soars and crescendos with all the beauty and emotion a composer can pack into a short cue. The first half builds and lets the choir carry the power until the horns come in and really kick off the goosebumps. The second half of the cue is gentler, but when the string section takes over the melody, it's still stirring and full of emotion. I never tire of hearing John William's genius at work in the composition of this cue.
This is "You are the Pan" from John William's 1991 score to Hook.
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