John Williams - The Witches of Eastwick (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1987)

The Academy Award-nominated The Witches of Eastwick captures composer John Williams at his most rapturous and playful, brilliantly communicating the sinister seductiveness of the Devil (played by Jack Nicholson) as he wreaks romantic havoc on the desperate housewives of a picturesque New England hamlet. Williams' score is romantic yet dark, its swelling strings underlined by a vague but palpable sense of menace. At the same time, however, The Witches of Eastwick is an archly comedic effort, embracing everything from wry satire to pure camp. (At one point in the film, Nicholson's Daryl Van Horne even whistles his own Williams-penned theme song.) Taken as a whole, it represents Williams' most complete and imaginative comedic score, with none of the heavy-handed whimsy of better-known works like Home Alone.

Tracklist:
1. John Williams: Witches Of Eastwick O.S.T. - The Township of Eastwick
2. John Williams: Witches Of Eastwick O.S.T. - The Dance of the Witches
3. John Williams: Witches Of Eastwick O.S.T. - Maleficio
4. John Williams: Witches Of Eastwick O.S.T. - The Seduction of Alex
5. John Williams: Witches Of Eastwick O.S.T. - Daryl's Secrets
6. John Williams: Witches Of Eastwick O.S.T. - The Seduction of Suki and the Ballroom Scene
7. John Williams: Witches Of Eastwick O.S.T. - Daryl Arrives
8. John Williams: Witches Of Eastwick O.S.T. - The Tennis Game
9. John Williams: Witches Of Eastwick O.S.T. - Have Another Cherry!
10. John Williams: Witches Of Eastwick O.S.T. - Daryl Rejected
11. John Williams: Witches Of Eastwick O.S.T. - The Ride Home
12. John Williams: Witches Of Eastwick O.S.T. - The Destruction of Daryl
13. John Williams: Witches Of Eastwick O.S.T. - The Children's Carousel
14. John Williams: Witches Of Eastwick O.S.T. - End Credits (The Dance of the Witches Reprise)