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