火烧摩天楼 　　Capping off the composer's longstanding partnership with producer Irwin Allen, The Towering Inferno is quintessential John Williams — for better and for worse. There's no denying Williams' uncanny sense of scale. His themes are explosive and emotional, galvanized by massive brass flourishes and soaring string arrangements. But what's missing from The Towering Inferno is any sense of subtlety or nuance. Williams seizes upon the film's larger-than-life drama and wrings every moment for maximum suspense and pathos. It's telling that he would emerge as the composer du jour for George Lucas and Steven Spielberg as they steered American film from deeply personal storytelling to mass-market entertainment. This is music devoid of intimacy and heart.