Catch Me If You Can: John Williams: Amazon.ca: Music

1. Catch Me If You Can

2. The Float

3. Come Fly With Me - Frank Sinatra

4. Recollections (The Father's Theme)

5. The Airport Scene

6. The Girl From Ipanema -Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto feat. Antonio Carlos Jobim

7. Learning The Ropes

8. Father And Son

9. Embraceable You - Judy Garland

10. The Flash Comics Clue

11. Deadheading

12. The Christmas Song - Nat King Cole

13. A Broken Home

14. Doctor, Lawyer, Lutheran

15. The Look Of Love - Dusty Springfield

16. Catch Me If You Can (Reprise and End Credits)

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Steven Spielberg veered from the futuristic sci-fi flirtations of A.I. and Minority Report with this brisk, stylish period take on the career of teen con-man extraordinaire Frank Abagnale (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his dogged G-man pursuer/de facto extended family member Carl Hanratty (Tom Hanks). As always, the director's musical collaborator is John Williams, and the scoring legend uses the occasion of their 20th collaboration as a rewarding musical journey back to the days when he was known as Johnny Williams, ambitious young pianist for Henry Mancini on such early jazz scores as Peter Gunn. Informed by a half-century of subsequent achievement, Williams's return to the jazz idiom of his youth yields a smart, nervous score that evokes more than mere nostalgia. But with Dan Higgins's moody sax often leading the way, the veteran composer's work here seems more evocative reinvention than revisitation, yet another tribute to his uncanny ability to make any idiom his own. A handful of pop standards (including Sinatra's "Come Fly with Me," Getz and Gilberto's "Girl from Ipanema," "The Christmas Song" by Nat "King" Cole) deftly color both period and plot, but, as always, it's Williams who provides Spielberg's masterful imagery with its musical life's blood. --Jerry McCulley

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5.0 out of 5 stars As great as it takes., Feb 19 2004

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welek (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Catch Me If You Can (Audio CD)

The legendary John Williams' (STAR WARS, JURASSIC PARK, HARRY POTTER, BORN ON THE 4TH OF JULY) 20th musical composition for Steven Spielberg's 20th motion picture, results as great as the show had offered that no wonder the film giant himself felt as if this was their 20th anniversary.

With a full 40-minutes score of jazz idiom for each scene as the intelligent Frank Abagnale Jr. (Leonardo DiCaprio) ventured from one identity to another, Williams not only conducted an illustrative tell-tale sound but also added a mixture of agony and ecstasy keys reflecting the sentiment underneath inscrutable surface of the teenage imposter, together with a few blends of classic pop tunes. It's all begun by THE "FLOAT", flowing from high and low notes within the centre score into Frank Sinatra's swing standard COME FLY WITH ME. An ambitious THE AIRPORT SCENE for Abagnale's about-to-roar jet-setting high life moving to Getz & Gilberto's rhythm for a good life THE GIRL FROM IPANEMA. A haunting FATHER AND SON section inspired by Abagnale's grief over dad (Christopher Walken), whilst A BROKEN HOME further echoes Abagnale's reminiscence over his family after Nat King Cole's nostalgic THE CHRISTMAS SONG. A Dusty Springfield anthem, THE LOOK OF LOVE, heartfeltly warms up the theme of the sountrack's ending.

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN is a true masterpiece of John William's sentimental approach.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Catch this score if you can, May 29 2003

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Brandon Cutro (Tyler, Texas United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Catch Me If You Can (Audio CD)

Anytime Steven Spielberg and John Williams team up, the result is a guaranteed success. The music that Williams comes up with for this film is much different than his previous scores. John Williams is most known for writing memorable themes, but the theme for this film is not as memorable as some of his previous works, but still is satisfying nonetheless. For Catch Me If You Can, Williams gives the music a jazz treatment. The main theme, found in "Catch Me If You Can", reminds me a lot of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, with a solo for sax by Dan Higgins, a bass line, and finger snaps. "The Float" contains a 3 note rhythm that jumps all over the place. "Recollections" is more somber in nature, while "The Airport Scene" and "Learning the Ropes" are more upbeat and more typical of Williams' usual style. The last cue contains a suite of the themes from the film in a concert like fashion, which Williams usually does on his scores. The songs on the album are actually quite good and fit in with the score nicely. In the end, a solid album with solid music that will satisfy any Williams fan or fan of classic tunes.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Down Memory Lane, May 24 2003

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hille2000 "hille2000" (USA) - See all my reviews

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My dad told me that John Williams started out by writing these kinds of scores in the 1960s. He was right up there with Henry Mancini but Johnny Williams never became a household name until his score for JAWS. I like this score very much because John Williams really has captured the sound and feel of those times. Lately there seems to be a renaissance going on for this type of music, and the look of those times, at least where I go to school. The main title "Catch Me If You Can" is very good capturing the zigzagging and elusive main character. Frank Sinatra singing "Come Fly With Me" is a classic.

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