The string motifs he chooses for Wendy and Peter are steeped in the bittersweet confusion of sexual awakening, and the eternally youthful Lost Boys are treated with a light hand, hinting at their enviable immortality. For Peter Pan, Howard builds the dreamy world of 'Neverland' with harps, choirs, and the occasional keyboard flourish, fleshing out the characters with fairy tale precision, and creating a believable realm in the same fashion that John Williams handled the magical world of Harry Potter. Night Shyamalan's Sixth Sense and Signs showcased his ability to blend suspense and whimsy, and skillfully paint a scene from a child actor's point of view. The former Elton John keyboardist's work on M. Barrie's famous children's book Peter Pan. Notably, reigning Dockers club best and fairest winner Kiara Bowers was influential in her return game with 18 touches, seven tackles and three marks playing in the midfield.The producers were wise in their choosing of James Newton Howard to compose the score for P.J. The stunning defensive effort led the Dockers to scoring the only goal of the second quarter which gave the Dockers a 26-point advantage at halftime thanks to Hayley Miller.Īnother goal to Miller late in the third term lifted the Dockers back out to a handy 27-point advantage after the Saints had scored earlier in the term through Tyanna Smith. Then in the second term Roxanne Roux kept the momentum going for her side with a goal-saving tackle on a sprinting Nicola Stevens to restrict the Saints from scoring their second major. It was the Saints’ second loss to a bottom six team in 2023 which has Nick Dal Santo’s players now at risk of continuing their streak of finishing in the bottom six since joining the competition in 2020.Įarlier in the encounter, Dockers midfielder Gabby O’Sullivan produced a goal of the year contender with a stunning banana 25m out on the boundary to extend the Dockers lead to 17 points in the first term. Meanwhile it was a disappointing result for the Saints who entered the contest on a four-game win streak but were thrashed 258 to 172 in possessions and 44-18 in inside 50’s.

It was the club’s third win at Fremantle Oval this season and lifts them to join a group of five teams between eighth and 13 on 16 points on AFLW ladder. Fremantle has kept their chances of a fifth finals appearance in six seasons alive after bouncing back from two-straight losses to down St Kilda by 24 points at home.įollowing 24 and 45-point losses to Geelong and North Melbourne respectively, the Dockers produced their biggest first half of the season to improve their record to 4-4 on Sunday afternoon.Īfter Saints forward J’Noemi Anderson scored her first AFLW goal to cut the margin to 21 points early in the fourth term, the visitors continued to threaten led by long kicks forward from Jesse Wardlaw.īut strong defensive efforts from Lisa Webb’s players including Emma O’Driscoll’s picking up a goal-bound dribbling ball with under 10 minutes left powered the Dockers to a crucial 6.9 (45) to 3.3 (21) win.

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