Your favorite John Williams score of the 90's? CONCLUDED

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

I have a feeling this poll will be a less open and shut case.

[Joni Wiljami 1,206]

Not a very goog decade. Williams' last four scores are all better than these, except EPI and Hook of course.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

Sook.

[KK 3,307]

Not a very goog decade. Williams' last four scores are all better than these, except EPI and Hook of course.

Uhh no.

[crocodile 7,978]

There are many wonderful scores in that decade, some of them quite interesting. But Schindler's List wins easily, there is simply nothing else like this in his repertoire. Unlike the other drama scores (many of them wonderful), this one is just pure raw emotion - not very move-like music, almost source music in tone. Very documentary-like and detached and yet incredibly emotional and powerful. Still not an easy listen, for those very reasons. This is something else from Johnny. No competition here, I'm afraid.

In retrospect, 90's might be even more exciting for Williams than any other decade. It's the time when he tried new things. Often with interesting results.

Karol

[Incanus 5,713]

Jurassic Park, there is no comparison.

No wait actually there is. The whole decade is awesome!

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

I can't decide between Jurassic Park and TLW.

[Incanus 5,713]

I am torn between JP and Angela's Ashes but JP wins because of the nostalgia factor.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

I'm torn between the darkness and the light of John Williams. Which is what TLW and JP represent.

[crocodile 7,978]

Neither of them is dark, silly.

Karol

[Quintus 5,399]

Jurassic Park wins because Journey to the Island.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

The Force is strong with that one.

[nightscape94 965]

It's impossible to pick one clear favorite for me, but I went with Hook. JP, Schindler's, Far and Away, TPM.....all terrific, but I ultimately expect JP to win though.

[Balahkay 627]

I actually find this decade more tough to select one than the previous decades. Home Alone, Hook, JP, Schindler's List, TPM, etc. are all amazing. I went with TPM.

[mstrox 6,637]

I actually find this decade more tough to select one than the previous decades. Home Alone, Hook, JP, Schindler's List, TPM, etc. are all amazing. I went with TPM.

This was basically my list of finalists (+ Saving Private Ryan), but I ended up going with Jurassic Park, which is an OST I revisit the most.

[KK 3,307]

Potentially my favourite (or one of my favourite) decade of the composer's career. It was a phase in which he had many stylistic changes, channelling new musical territories while retaining his personal voice.

Its tough picking a favourite. In the end it's between Schindler's List and Angela's Ashes. But I think in the end I might go with the former. Simple it may be in structure, but it's so raw and personal, something that couldn't be emulated again in Williams' career, not even in concert! It's also one of my first and favourite Williams scores.

[Mr. Breathmask 555]

Jurassic Park, of course.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Oh why resist it. JP it is!

[Mr. Breathmask 555]

You know I'm right.

[Jay 37,269]

I picked Hook but there are so many 5/5 scores in this poll (Home Alone, Hook, JP, TLW, and TPM for me)

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

You picked Hook?

Wow!

[Dixon Hill 4,232]

Can't wait for the 2000's poll. That'll be a cakewalk.

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Tough call. It ultimately came down between Saving Private Ryan and Rosewood. I went with the former. Schindler's List, Hook, and Angela's Ashes aren't far behind.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Can't wait for the 2000's poll. That'll be a cakewalk.

Philosophers Stone should win that one.

[Dixon Hill 4,232]

Sigh....

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

It's the only masterpiece of that decade.

[Dixon Hill 4,232]

Sigh....

[Jay 37,269]

You picked Hook?

Wow!

To be honest, I could have just as easily picked Jurassic Park. It was basically the second score I got into after the Star Wars tril, and the one that made me realize I could pay attention to movies coming out and see who was scoring them, and get more excited about the films where I knew some previous work of the composer.

Plus, it's a freaking fantastic score from first note to last.

[Quintus 5,399]

Years ago I'd have been torn between Hook And Jurassic, but like the movie I sort of outgrown the music of Hook. It's wonderful, but sometimes all just a bit much.

The 2000s poll will not be a Potter score for me.

[Koray Savas 2,251]

00s is another tought one. A.I., Prisoner Of Azkaban, and Munich are all top 10 Johnny.

[Hlao-roo 389]

Jurassic Park won pretty handily last time.

Can't wait for the 2000's poll. That'll be a cakewalk.

http://www.jwfan.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9461

[JoeinAR 1,949]

Home Alone for me. Love it love it love it.

[Jay 37,269]

Yea, it's really great.

Do you like the Expanded La-La Land version, Joey?

[Sharkissimo 1,973]

JURASSIC PARK.

SCHINDLER'S LIST is a poor man's Kilar. It all feels very impersonal to me, too self-consciously worthy. The film deserved better.

[JoeinAR 1,949]

Yea, it's really great.

Do you like the Expanded La-La Land version, Joey?

I don't have it. But it's still my favorite score among many good to great.

It's the only masterpiece of that decade.

It is a 5 star score. I will brush up on it over the next 2 weeks.

[Not Mr. Big 4,639]

The Phantom Menace followed very closely by Schindler's List.

[KK 3,307]

It's the only masterpiece of that decade.

Uhh no.

[Jay 37,269]

Yea, it's really great.

Do you like the Expanded La-La Land version, Joey?

I don't have it. But it's still my favorite score among many good to great.

Why didn't you buy it when it came out?

http://lalalandrecords.com/Site/HomeAlone.html

http://www.jwfan.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=19534

[Marian Schedenig 8,159]

Hard choice. I went with Jurassic Park, but I could just as well have picked Hook, Lost World or TPM. The two HAs are close, too, and honourable mentions go to Rosewood and Amistad.

I actually still haven't heard Stanley and Iris.

[Hlao-roo 389]

 

Classic JW comfort food.

[Sharkissimo 1,973]

Alan how did you get it to embed with that grey skin?

[Andy 4,071]

TPM for me. Hook and Home Alone are the other medallists.

Jurassic Park is a 4/5 star score that hit many board members here at the right age, so I think it has the nostalgia advantage inflating it's ranking. The action music sometimes falls apart, with piccolos and brass competing for attention. The album arrangement is atrocious. I remember a lot of times stopping the CD after Journey to the Island, feeling like I'd heard the best of what the score had to offer.

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

Jurassic Park action music is just chaotic. Gone were the days of TIE Fighter Attack, Battle in the Snow, Desert Chase, Bicycle Chase, etc. You can trace the evolution of his modern action music to this time period.

[Andy 4,071]

I agree.

Despite my choosing TPM as the best of the 90s, it also has similar action music textures, especially in the underwater sea creature scene.

[mrbellamy 6,270]

SCHINDLER'S LIST is a poor man's Kilar. It all feels very impersonal to me, too self-consciously worthy. The film deserved better.

Yeah, but the only composers who could do it were all dead!

[Romão 2,274]

This is my favorite JW decade. So many scores I absolutely adore. My vote goes to Sleepers, but scores like JFK, Schindler's List, Nixon, Seven Years in Tibet or Angela's Ashes would've also been more than worthy

[JoeinAR 1,949]

Yea, it's really great.

Do you like the Expanded La-La Land version, Joey?

I don't have it. But it's still my favorite score among many good to great.

Why didn't you buy it when it came out?

http://lalalandrecords.com/Site/HomeAlone.html

http://www.jwfan.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=19534

Because I rarely buy scores anymore. I spend all my fun money on other stuff.

[Dixon Hill 4,232]

I far prefer JP's action stuff to anything from the 70s/80s.

[Andy 4,071]

My theory is it has to do with your age. The 70s/80s stuff had a structure, a form, and (I'll be honest) is less challenging, more accessible.

[King Mark 3,624]

1)Hook

2)Phantom Menace. It's still a great SW score