I Don't Care What Anthony Lane Says

"The fear of loss is a path to the Dark Side."
—Yoda
That is some deep stuff.

Now that I've finally gotten around to seeing Episode III, I understand what Anthony Tommasini was getting at in his love letter to composer John Williams. Yes, it is a better score than the ones he turned in before. But why oh why is the man unable to keep from, to put it charitably, "borrowing" from the greatest hits of the 20th century (in this case, from Carmina Burana and Barber's Adagio for Strings)?