I took my father to see this film on Father's Day, 1989. It was a few weeks after one of the most vicious arguments we ever had. I said something so awful to him that day that I still haven't forgiven myself for. But we made peace after seeing this film, and agreed never to argue that way again. I lost him a little less than three years later and have been grieving him in my way ever since.
John Williams has made many a classic scores that you can whistle or hum to, but James Horner makes you *feel* the movie and fully engages your emotions into it.
“In Greek nostalgia literally means “the pain from an old wound.” It’s a twinge in your heart far more powerful than memory alone. It takes us to a place where we ache to go again…back home again, to a place where we know are loved.” -Don Draper
Listen to this song every day on the anniversary of my Dad's passing. The last thing we did together just him and me was to go see a Detroit Tigers game. It was a Perfect Day, just six months before he went on to The Place Where Dreams Come True...
I'm a Brit that has very little interest in baseball, but I love this movie. It's themes of love, hope, redemption, forgiveness, and believing in your dreams, are beautiful. If only a modern film could capture just a sliver of what this film represents. It also helps that it's got three of my favourite actors in it - Kevin Costner, Burt Lancaster, and James Earl Jones.
Well as an American, in a weird way, I feel this film is supposed to emanate the best of what we’re meant to be. Redemption, forgiveness, family, freedom, second chances, unfortunately we haven’t always lived up to these ideals
The score really took the spirituality and mystery of this film to the next level. It invoked the right emotions at the right times. Just perfect. I can't imagine this film having had any other score.
I agree. There is a very nice featurette floating around of Phil Alden Robinson and James Horner discussing the various themes while James plays pieces of them on a piano - highly recommend.
I lost my father this year. He was 93 years old. I didn't see him for 10 years. Then two months before he died I finally visited him. I couldn't stop listening to this wonderful score for several days.
Lost mine 9-11-08, we hadn't spoke for years for what, I still don't know. We finally reconnected and his health was declining, I was his companion/caretaker the last six years of his life. Later we learned he had cancer and two weeks to live, he passed two weeks later down to the minute. We didn't get much sleep in those two weeks, we did a lot of talking and I learned more about dad in two weeks than in all the previous years of my life, I miss him terribly
@@timmclaughlin5033 Be proud you got to spend his last few years together. My father just got over Skin cancer, Prostate Cancer, a Subdural hematoma, a Triple bypass. And a stint in his leg. While providing for his wife and daughter, my older sister. My father is one of the best people I know, not just because he's my father, but the things he's gone through for others, and not made a single complaint. The only thing he ever asked for was grandchildren. Which I hope I can give him soon, but I want it too also be for the right reasons, and not just so he has a grandchild.
I am currently listening to this with tears streaming down my face. It will always take me to a place that no other piece of music ever will. In my humble opinion, it is perfect!!!
I always looked at the composers to see if i would be interested in a film. Williams, Zimmer, Silvestri, Elfman to name a few. But James Horner's "Field of Dreams" was the first to make me cry at a theater. You will be missed Mr. Horner but your music will last forever.
Lost my dad August 15th. My boys and I did a last around the horn and tossed the ball into his casket. Somehow, it gave me closure. It felt right and got me through the pain. He introduced me to baseball and I’ll always be grateful for that and so much more. He’s on the Field now👊
Everything about this movie is perfect. From the actors, to the setting and the score. James Earl Jones is the ONLY actor who could have given that speech towards the end. IMO, it's the greatest baseball movie ever, one of the, if not the greatest sports movie ever, and should easily be in the top 10 overall greatest movie ever. No other movie will cause grown men to shed a tear every time they watch it.
The line that is most potent to me, which is rarely mentioned is "I'd only seen him years later, when he was worn down by life." Ray sees his Father and in that moment realises than there was so much more to him that a tired old man who had been laid low by the disappointments of life. I only truly understand that now, as a middle aged man. My Mum cried when she heard that line and she's not given over to exuberant displays of emotion. I cried too, but then I can't even think about the film without crying.
Thank you for sharing. I've been to the...Field of Dreams twice & it truly is a special place & I've lost count of the # of times I've seen the movie ...🌾🌾🌾
64 year Vietnam vet and hands down 100% my favorite movie, seen many some good and some bad but field of dreams is just that a field of dreams love it always will.
Yes, thank you for your dreams. My brother-in-law is about 73 years young, served in the swift boats in Nam. Says he can still remember it like it was yesterday. Has reunions with his crew like a band of brothers. My brother-in-law is still living, and doing quite well. He earned the Navy Silver Star for his heroism during an ambush as helmsman of his boat to put it in best advantage for his gunman to do what needed to be done and staying cool under fire. And yes, he knows John Kerry.
Having grown up in the sixties, when life was simpler and less complicated. The remembrance of those Sunday afternoon catches with my father is brought back to life in this movie. Kevin Costner was the right (and only) choice for this role, and to my mind, he has always been overlooked for his subtle, but striking performances. The cameo role of Burt Lancaster as Dr. Archibakd "Moonlight" Graham also brought memories of my first doctor, who actually did make house calls, which people these days can't conceive of. Not to be overlooked, James Earl Jones and Ray Liotta were also superlative in their respective roles. Making this movie even more memorable is the melodic and haunting music of James Horner for which he won an Oscar, and deservingly so. As a child of the sixties, this movie will always be one of my favorites.
I'm not the biggest baseball fan, however this movie/score had a huge impact on me as a young teenager. At the time, I was still grieving my father's young death and this movie helped me in so many ways to come to terms with that natural course of life. Thank you Mr Horner and say 'hi' to my dad and tell him I cannot wait to have a catch.
You loved the movie because it was NOT about baseball, but about relationships with boys and their dads. Playing catch is the most primitive relationship activity between a dad and his son. You loved your dad.
I played the instrumental from 6:15 to 9 mins in at the end of our wedding - kissed, walked down the aisle together, and then people were to listen to it while they left the church. No one left until the music stopped because it was so beautiful. Still makes me "swoony" 26 years later!
Thank you Heidi...I proposed to my pride from ...The Field... by telephone about a year after your marriage & lucky me she said yes ! She 💫💫💫 about 2 years & the movie & the music helps me daily...to get through it...🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾
Absolutely. It elevates the movie - and in particular that scene - from very good to great. Wish the studios would let him write the kind of music he likes to write, rather than trying to constrain him to the bland 'Zimmer' sound that you hear in just about every film now.
Crystasorrow True - he's done some very good stuff. Just a convenient term I use from time to time :). His Lion King score is fantastic and very underrated. Elephant Graveyard (if I remember correctly) is insanely skilfull. Regardless, there's a worrying trend in the industry towards blandness now I think. I hope I'm just imagining it.
I lost my father when I was eleven years old, just old enough to know what a great man he was but not old enough to tell him. 'Ease his pain.' Well, this film eased mine. Thank you, everyone involved in making the magic that is A Field Of Dreams.
I thought the movie was an american masterpiece, and the music is simply somewhere above that. What he did composing this music was lift a game and the athleticism used playing that game to a higher level. I think, as one who played all the sports when younger, and college football, that when we played, our spirits were singing music like Horner's for the pure and simple pleasure of games and competition. Maybe I am making too much about it, but I feel that way pretty deeply.
The end of the movie when he was with his father them talking with this score truly touching literally makes you want to cry but tears of how much of a masterpiece this was
Beautiful song from a Beautiful movie. James Horner knew how to perfectly blend a melody so that you feel it in your heart and soul. His music can take you to a place of peace or memories like few other songs can.
I just came back from visiting the field with my son. We played catch. I looked around not believing where I was the entire time and since then I’ve been listening to this. As Ray says…. Its perfect.
This song always makes me appreciate the relationship with my father, and what the pain that I will once experience in seeing him pass. Appreciate those family members
This was a movie that I never thought about the score, because it was so ingrained in the DNA of the film it bridged the senses and sound and sight became one.
I'll never hear this and not think of my dad. One of our favorite movies. He lost his dad when he was 16. I lost mine at 20. This music is special. It reminds us of things and people we've lost. And reminds us that they are not lost forever
Welp, come to find out, I don't actually have to WATCH the ending scene of the movie to get teary eyed. Apparently the song itself is enough. "Hey dad... Wanna have a catch?" Works one-hundred percent of the time, every time.
royalsfanen, I cry every time at this point in the movie, except for the other night. I started crying when Ray first saw his dad. Hadn't seen the movie in a while, so... I went to the Field Of Dreams a few years back. Listened to the soundtrack until reaching the Field. I sat under the pine near the house while watching kids hit the baseball and run the bases. Simply magical on a perfectly comfortable early summer's afternoon.
When I hear this it makes me miss my mom. I know this movie is about fathers and sons. I believe it’s about having that one last moment with the ones you love the ones you love
So sad and emotional. Makes me teary eyed just listening to it. It makes me wonder if this is heaven and your surrounded by all ur loved ones. I miss my family daily.
Really going to miss James Horner!!! Every time I just hear the score it.brings tears to my eyes not.only because of his death but because of the emotion and the extreme energy that he put into it. Hollywood and the world will never be the same without him. May you rest in peace James Horner. We all will miss you very much. Thank you for.your musical genius and the incredible music that you gave us to some of our favorite films. Thank you.
I saw this on a first date with my girlfriend at the time. Even though we didn't date long because she had just gotten over a bad 5-year relationship and I had just gotten divorced from my first wife, we maintained a friendship. She wanted to get back together after we stopped seeing each other, but I had met my wife by then, and we were engaged. My former girlfriend later met a decent man and got married herself. Sadly, her marriage didn't last. She died recently, and I only found out two months after. She and I still kept in touch via e-mail as our birthdays had an inside joke between us with hers being the same as my grandmother's and mine being the day we first spoke. I had e-mailed her for her birthday and received a response from her husband telling me she died. I am totally devastated by this news. She was a great lady and a great friend. She gave me my self-esteem after my divorce, something I never had. I will forever be grateful to her for that, and I will pray for her family and that she rests in peace.
bergcycles1 You are more than welcome. The anniversary of the date we saw this movie just passed, and I watched it in her honor. Yes, I cried also. This woman gave me back something I lost and probably never really had seven years earlier, my self-esteem. She made me realize I was 26 and had never been 16. I'm just grateful for running into her a few years ago and having the opportunity to tell her this.
It’s amazing how 7 words can instantly make you cry, even when you think about them. Baseball is such a beautiful sport. Nothing takes the stress out of life like a good game of baseball
So many cherishing memories associated with this movie.. And the soundtrack is pure magic.. RIP James Horner.. This music is pure reflection of you.. Mesmerizing!!!
I dont know why, but I feel the presence of GOD when I hear music like this. I don't necessarily tie it to one religion. It's more "ineffable". Words don't do it justice. It's a feeling. Anyways, such a beautiful score❤
During RAGBRAI 2010, the last day of bike ride across Iowa passed through Dyersville. On the way to the finish town in Dubuque, most of the riders stopped at F of D and we got a pickup gamer started. The Field looked exactly the same and it was awesome.
The way Horner calls on Aaron Copland in including cues from the latter's Our Town Suite and from the Saturday Night Waltz portion from Rodeo is masterful, and as American as it gets. If you like this - and why wouldn't you - then the works of Copland might be up your alley.
Wouldn't be neat to see your father before your an apple of their eyes. Just a small amount of time. I lost my father almost 10 years. This soundtrack came to me this morning at work. I guess I'm still thinking about my Dad. I think I would love to venture in back during his time in the Korean War time. Maybe during the times when he was protesting during the Civil Rights in the 60s. I miss you Dad.
I played this song for years saying that I would play it when I finally went 12-0 in MLB The Show Battle Royale. Tonight it happened, and I couldn't feel better
Incredible to think the late, great Mr Horner did this, Honey I Shrunk the Kids and Glory all in the same year. All three would have been worthy of Oscar nominations, truly one of the all-time great composers.
At the end of the day, it’s just a game. At the end of my life, it will still be just a game. But I do smile and have cried at the joy this music and the portrayal of a my favorite game and the gift it is….and what is brings to my life…that I am thankful for 🙂
i lost my girl in jan...she took her own life and there is so much i wish i had said too her.....this film was on tonight and it made me think about redemption and grief and how too combat it all ....James Horners music has truly helped me tho...listening too it where i can and burning off the pain or just invoking me too say good things too people...and trying not too lash out in anger at people with spite and malice.....tho the road will be long and tough i have mad a promise too her in the chaple of rest to live mylife in a better way and too watch out for my two daughters and make sure the dont befall her pain and tragic end...anyway not sure why iv said this but its helped...god bless and peace...One love Gemma dann in my heart always and forever.
+jamie bennett Sorry to hear about this. If you do as you say and watch out for your daughters and keep their mother's positive memory alive for them that is the greatest gift you can give them.
+Greene Light kids are well we fight the good fight...i wake up and think she is there then i now when i reach over she aint....it shit...and a tough thing i hope you aint gotta go this way L)
One of my favorite scenes is when Doc. Graham starts to walk back through the players and as he nears the corn field Shoeless Joe yells "hey rookie" Doc Graham stops and slowly turns to Shoeless Joe with that familiar Burt Lancaster presence in that character. Shoeless Joe "you were good". Doc. Graham then slowly turns away and keeps walking back to the corn field. Burt Lancaster brought so much to that film.
This is hands down the most beautiful sounding movie soundtrack - utilizing mostly acoustic instrumentation - that I have ever heard. I appreciate you, Hans Zimmer, but this shit hits different.
No wonder the soundtrek had been so good, even though the movie itself is puzzling for everyone besides Americans. The whole Baseball concept is to most Europeans absolut alien. In COCOON already the composer had transported the emotional effect in an elegant way from the movie into its tune. Mr. Horner is a very skilled artist.
