Night Mists - James Horner

"Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours."

THE POWER OF THREE: Track Eight

Song: Night Mists
Composer: James Horner
Album: Field of Dreams OST
Quote: James Horner

The three greatest movie score composers of our age team up in THE POWER OF THREE! John Williams, James Horner and Jerry Goldsmith at their very best in fifteen different movies spanning back to 1982. Buckle Up.

Let's slow things down a bit, shall we? The second half of THE POWER OF THREE is decidedly darker in tone, not depressing or anything like that, it's just...well, you'll see. The last time we checked in with James he was working the orchestra so hard it's a wonder he didn't blow the roof right off the concert hall. Here we have a James Horner stripped of almost the entire orchestra save for some percussion, piano, and some other instrument which I can't quite place. And yet within this one song we get three of the main themes from FIELD OF DREAMS, just paired way down to the basic melodies. There's the "Dad Theme" first, followed by a short moment of the "Corn Theme" and it all ends with the "Field Theme" before fading away into mesmerizing chimes at the end. It's a very introspective song, full of sadness and mystery. Without his score, FIELD OF DREAMS would have been a boring baseball movie. With it, the movie becomes a soul-stirring Legend where Dreams really do come true.