During the chase it falls down a flight of stairs leading to a subway, this, of course, starts a chain of events that make up the film's story. I want to point out the subway relation because the soundtrack makes use of emulating the sound of a passing subway train, a returning motif as the score continues as recognition of what started it all. The soundtrack exhibits many inside things like that, and because of it the score works on its own as a hotbed of cinematic ideas transferred to music. It's almost as if the music surpasses the movie itself. If there's one aspect of being a film composer that really appeals to me, it would be the broad range of musical styles and colors that you have to know and use on the spot.
Sleepers is the story of four boys and their battle with revenge.
Growing up as four street-smart lads of Hell's Kitchen, New York, the boys pull a prank one afternoon that changes their lives forever. Sentenced for a year at the Wilkinson Home for Boys, the lads are subjected to mental, physical, and sexual abuse from a ruthless gang of guards. While not exactly a dream of a scoring assignment, Williams puts in one of his most solid efforts to date. He proves that he can give us an Oscar-worthy score for just about any film they throw at him. Sleepers is different from normal Williams fare, though.