Two hearts in one. So it is with Angela's Ashes . Williams uses a large string section, colors it with a very personalized array of oboe, harp, cello and piano. When each has something to say the feeling seems emotional, resonating. There just aren't that many movie scores offering this.
Piano starts off, left hand alone.
Then the primary theme in right hand. John Williams is handing us another incredibly rich melody. It uses lots of minor chords. But Williams keeps sneaking major chords into the fabric, plus a motif using that strong interval known as the tritone. The results are striking.