[Thor Joachim Haga]

This pointing out of similarities is in no way any kind of criticism from my end.

I didn’t take it as such, and it’s a perfectly natural thing to do. I do the same. For a second, I thought I was the first person to notice the AMISTAD reference, but then taking a brief look over on JWFAN put me firmly in place. I’m sure I’m going to review this down the line (as Alan says, any reviews posted in the next two weeks will probably just be gobbled up by all the chatter; difficult to stand out), and when I do, it’s absolutely crucial to contextualize it with previous scores it alludes to, how it fits in with his development over the last couple of decades and so on, before one touches on its idiosyncratic properties.

My guess? It will be a bit like A.I., WAR OF THE WORLDS, MINORITY REPORT…largely textural or rhythmical, or based around cells, but then with a gorgeous, HUMAN theme at its core (like those scores had “Monica’s Theme”, “Ray and Rachel” and “Sean’s Theme”). “Listen” will probably be this score’s “heart theme”.