Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Crystal Skull kinda puts me to sleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 There's a half hour of music before The Jungle Chase that is low long, boring noise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted August 13, 2012 Author Share Posted August 13, 2012 You're absolutely correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 There are so many, I don't know which one to pick. Gruesome Son of a Bitch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 A good deal of ALWAYS and SAVING PRIVATE RYAN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Hook,Least CrusadeMunichTerminal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 There's a half hour of music before The Jungle Chase that is low long, boring noise.It doesn't improve much when the chase finally kicks in, either. Battle of the Heroes, off the top of my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 There's a half hour of music before The Jungle Chase that is low long, boring noise.It doesn't improve much when the chase finally kicks in, either.Battle of the Heroes, off the top of my head.How could I forget remember? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Lots of the Poseidon Adventure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantus Venti 13 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Hook,Hook was incredibly amazing and boring at the same time. A wonderful set of melodies, many poor and lacking developments. I think the movie could have really used the music and the music be more thematic and refined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 I love the Hook score. It's smaltzy to me nowadays, but damn is it unabashedly adventurous and magical. And that's without mentioning the sumptuous orchestration. I cringe a lot throughout it it, but quite happily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,686 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 One of the dullest cues I've ever heard from Williams has to be The Greenhouse Effect. Absolutely nothing happens in that cue that I find remotely stimulating.And I've got 1408 playing right now. I'd love to hear Yared's take on that score.But in terms of sheer scale, nearly everything between the nuclear cloud and the Jungle Chase in KotCS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 KOTCS haters,BAD FORM!Seriously guys, seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 If you love it so much why don't you marry it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Just such a boring score after 3 great ones, Luke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 It'sbig action cue setpiece is the best of the series in my very humble screwed opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Better then TOD??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 tod was never the best one in my book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Mine neither. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Some of the unreleased "mood music" from Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,686 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 I've always been very 'meh' about Clones, but I know some people feel very different.Although now you mention it, Yoda and the Younglings is far from the most engaging music JW's ever written. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 A good deal of ALWAYS and SAVING PRIVATE RYAN.Yes and NO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,645 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Pretty much the entire first half of Attack of the Clones. And a good portion of the other half as well.Crystal Skull doesn't touch that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taikomochi 1,136 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 It'sbig action cue setpiece is the best of the series in my very humble screwed opinion.I'm glad somebody agrees! Even the more moody parts of KOTCS I find engaging, though never among Williams better work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilal 569 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Everything before The Reivers, and then the period after that, until The Cowboys.And Heartbeeps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 I think KotCS' action music is better than ToD's action music. Overall though ToD is the better score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted August 13, 2012 Author Share Posted August 13, 2012 One of the dullest cues I've ever heard from Williams has to be The Greenhouse Effect. Absolutely nothing happens in that cue that I find remotely stimulating.I disagree, this is awesomely eerie JW music. It's exactly the type of thing he ripped off from himself and totally botched when composing KOTCS, you know? There's that neat kinda pressing ostinato, right? With appearance by harp and that menacing sort of vocal effect he also used in the library scene in Harry Potter, plus the other synth. Come to think of it, this is some of JW's best underscoring of the 2000s. You are very wrong!Nothing in KOTCS is on the level of any of the original Indy scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Always is always dull and Sleepers puts me to sleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 I think KotCS' action music is better than ToD's action music. Overall though ToD is the better score.Blasphemy!The action music of TOD and Jedi will never be topped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,352 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 The action music of TOD and Jedi will never be topped.+1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJosh 892 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 One of the dullest cues I've ever heard from Williams has to be The Greenhouse Effect. Absolutely nothing happens in that cue that I find remotely stimulating.I disagree, this is awesomely eerie JW music. It's exactly the type of thing he ripped off from himself and totally botched when composing KOTCS, you know? There's that neat kinda pressing ostinato, right? With appearance by harp and that menacing sort of vocal effect he also used in the library scene in Harry Potter, plus the other synth. Come to think of it, this is some of JW's best underscoring of the 2000s. You are very wrong.I too love the "pressing string ostinato " it is awesome and certainly not boring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Saving Private Ryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Wrong thread. This isn't 'the most astoundingly magical moments' thread.Or for the first time I have to disagree with KM about JW's music.It's pure magic from start to finish. But it's not 'every-day' stuff, it needs a a certain mood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 None But The Brave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,686 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Saving Private Ryan Very emotionally charged score.Also, you do realize that by posting in this thread, you hereby forfeit any future right to label Williams as the greatest composer ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Love SVP. One of only a handful of post-Schindler's Williams scores I actually enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ren 75 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Very much agreed. Yes indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 I think KotCS' action music is better than ToD's action music. Overall though ToD is the better score.you're so funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steb74 53 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 KOTCS haters,BAD FORM!Seriously guys, seriously. Yes indeed man!If you love it so much why don't you marry it! One of the dullest cues I've ever heard from Williams has to be The Greenhouse Effect. Absolutely nothing happens in that cue that I find remotely stimulating.I disagree, this is awesomely eerie JW music. It's exactly the type of thing he ripped off from himself and totally botched when composing KOTCS, you know? There's that neat kinda pressing ostinato, right? With appearance by harp and that menacing sort of vocal effect he also used in the library scene in Harry Potter, plus the other synth. Come to think of it, this is some of JW's best underscoring of the 2000s. You are very wrong!My favourite cue from MR without a doubt ........but Rich has got terrible taste in general, so that makes sense.Nothing happens? Dear, oh dear ......Nothing in KOTCS is on the level of any of the original Indy scores.Well, in your own words ....You are very wrong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,686 Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 One of the dullest cues I've ever heard from Williams has to be The Greenhouse Effect. Absolutely nothing happens in that cue that I find remotely stimulating.My favourite cue from MR without a doubt ........but Rich has got terrible taste in general, so that makes sense.Nothing happens? Dear, oh dear ......Well several other 'dull' moments I could mention would certainly provoke worse comments than that... but thank you for that compelling argument anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF1_freeze 131 Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Anything before the Reivers. He was still learning his craft back then.It's just so many levels below what came afterwards. So it doesnt appear to be that interesting to me from a listening point of view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,645 Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 KOTCS haters,BAD FORM!Seriously guys, seriously. Yes indeed man!If you love it so much why don't you marry it!One of the dullest cues I've ever heard from Williams has to be The Greenhouse Effect. Absolutely nothing happens in that cue that I find remotely stimulating.I disagree, this is awesomely eerie JW music. It's exactly the type of thing he ripped off from himself and totally botched when composing KOTCS, you know? There's that neat kinda pressing ostinato, right? With appearance by harp and that menacing sort of vocal effect he also used in the library scene in Harry Potter, plus the other synth. Come to think of it, this is some of JW's best underscoring of the 2000s. You are very wrong!My favourite cue from MR without a doubt ........but Rich has got terrible taste in general, so that makes sense.Nothing happens? Dear, oh dear ......Nothing in KOTCS is on the level of any of the original Indy scores.Well, in your own words ....You are very wrong!Well, there is the stuff he snatched from Raiders.That at least would be on par with, you know, Raiders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 I like KOTCS score wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,006 Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Josh Groban/Lara Fabian song from A.I. Can't stand this. Williams gave Horner a run for his money on this one. And, worse yet, it appears twice on the album.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,686 Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 I like the one with just Fabian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck 154 Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 I like the one with Josh Groban in his concert with JW as the guest conductor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted August 14, 2012 Author Share Posted August 14, 2012 Actually, the parts of KOTCS quoted from the other scores were lazily performed. Easiest comparison is Flight From Peru vs. old Indy escaping in the warehouse. One is one of JW's all-time greatest cues, the other is basically forgettable. The hell happened?I don't think I've ever listened to For Always all the way through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJosh 892 Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 I don't know if id go as far as saying lazily performed, but it definitely doesn't have the energy that raiders did for that music. I just always wonder why lift stuff directly when something new could have been written... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 Because John couldn't be bothered (lack of inspiration) and Spielberg gave him a break. He understood.Actually, the parts of KOTCS quoted from the other scores were lazily performed.Agreed. There is no panache and attack in the performance or recording whatsoever. It's like a John Debny comedy score recording - excitingly dull and workmanlike, ie serviceable.Come to think of it, this actually could be my "dullest" JW score EVER. I mean, I hate Spielberg's War of the Worlds with a passion, but at least you can listen to its music and tell beyond a shadow of a doubt that Williams went at it with complete conviction and a certain bravado. Indy 4 on the other hand had "phoned in" all over it, moreso even than his admittedly authentic Revenge of the Sith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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