Arpy 4,145 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Alright guys, In response to @Josh500 polls, here's another: I love both scores, yet I prefer War Horse as a film and score over Lincoln. What will you choose? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 War Horse on both counts, hands down. To be completely honest, I've never warmed to Lincoln all that much. A few tracks on the OST album are great, but that's it. Arpy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 19 hours ago, Disco Stu said: I have to admit I don't like the movie War Horse very much, despite my usually being more on board for late Spielberg than most. On paper it is ticking many of my boxes: an emotional period piece epic borne of Spielberg's love of Wyler, Ford, and others. But it just didn't work for me. The characters never really came alive I think. The scores for both War Horse and Lincoln are jaw-dropping, and I would pick Lincoln for entirely personal sentimental reasons. Arpy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smeltington 1,440 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Very tough choice, since they're neck and neck, pretty similar types of scores. A few of the themes could even be swapped and still be effective in the opposite films. Both give me feels but Lincoln (score) gives me MORE feels. The movies are both good but both lacking something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Rick 1,157 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 War Horse for me on both AINEC! I'm sorry but Lincoln bored me to death (movie-wise). The score is OK, but definitely in my bottom 10 JW scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 I'm not at all criticizing anyone's opinion, I find it genuinely interesting how individual experiences of films/music can be so incredibly different. Lincoln is in my top 5 Spielberg films! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted October 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 11, 2019 Lincoln is Williams' sleeper masterpiece Smeltington, Edmilson and MikeH 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 11, 2019 6 minutes ago, Not Mr. Big said: Lincoln is Williams' sleeper masterpiece Certainly the album he created out of the score. I really respect Spielberg for how sparsely spotted the film is, a brave choice in the modern era of all films being way over-scored. Then I'm so happy that Williams went really above and beyond to craft a wholly self-contained album experience, that's almost more inspired by the film than a representation of the music as heard actually in the film. It's pretty unique! Smeltington, SteveMc and Not Mr. Big 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 WAR HORSE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 50 minutes ago, mstrox said: WAR HORSE Find you a woman who looks at you the way Tom Hiddleston looked at that horse Not Mr. Big and mstrox 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Scorewise I do love WAR HORSE. Haven't seen the Lincoln movie, but I had to vote for something to register my score vote so I also voted WAR HORSE. The movie itself is pretty okay, but with an amazing centerpiece in No Man's Land. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 4 minutes ago, mstrox said: Scorewise I do love WAR HORSE. Haven't seen the Lincoln movie, but I had to vote for something to register my score vote so I also voted WAR HORSE. The movie itself is pretty okay, but with an amazing centerpiece in No Man's Land. Phwoar Horse mstrox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,355 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 For scores, I choose War Horse. I love both scores. And maybe, maybe Lincoln has the stronger themes. But War Horse ALSO has amazing themes, and also one of the best OST albums JW ever put together. War Horse's score is just structured more in a way I like my scores structured, I guess, with themes that represent things established, then expanded upon, and all getting a "grand finale" payoff moment before the end. Lincoln's themes are individually amazing, but never really interact with each other, and just kind of have their own hero moments throughout the album without any big narrative throughline bridging them all together. To be clear, I love both albums and scores, but that's just the reasons I personally prefer War Horse if I'm force to pick a favorite between the two. For the films, well, I've only seen one film each time, in theaters, and haven't been compelled yet to watch them again. So neither are favorites of mine by any stretch, but I'd say I probably enjoyed Lincoln a pretty big bit more than War Horse for sure. Arpy and Smeltington 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 1 hour ago, Jay said: Lincoln's themes are individually amazing, but never really interact with each other, I disagree. Lincoln's themes are pretty expertly interwoven. Many of the themes reference each other and they all share the same musical DNA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Can't vote, they are both wonderful as all of JW's 2010's scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,499 Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 For score, it's easy-peasy: WAR HORSE all the way. Still his best after 2005. For film, it's trickier. Both have their strenghts and weaknesses and are pretty even, quality-wise. But ultimately, I'd pick LINCOLN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 War Horse by far But The People's House is a classic Williams track Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellosh 3,418 Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 I get so pumped up when I listen to JW's version of 'Call to Muster and Battle Cry of Freedom' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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