John Williams
' score for
Seven Years in Tibet
appropriates some Tibetan flourishes, but for the most part is a sweeping symphonic score that fits right into his canon. That's not necessarily a bad thing, since it does deliver the grandeur that
Williams
fans love, but when compared to
Philip Glass
' imaginative, unpredictable score for
Martin Scorsese
's
Kundun
, it doesn't really soar. ~ Robert Lovering