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Poll: How does John Williams's "The Adventures of Tintin" fare compared to his recent blockbuster scores? (60 member(s) have cast votes)

Which SCORE do you prefer?

  1. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (14 votes [23.33%])

    Percentage of vote: 23.33%

  2. The Adventures of Tintin (46 votes [76.67%])

    Percentage of vote: 76.67%

Which SCORE do you prefer?

  1. War of the Worlds (9 votes [15.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 15.00%

  2. The Adventures of Tintin (51 votes [85.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 85.00%

Which SCORE do you prefer?

  1. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (33 votes [55.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 55.00%

  2. The Adventures of Tintin (27 votes [45.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 45.00%

Which SCORE do you prefer?

  1. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (45 votes [75.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 75.00%

  2. The Adventures of Tintin (15 votes [25.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 25.00%

Which SCORE do you prefer?

  1. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (20 votes [33.33%])

    Percentage of vote: 33.33%

  2. The Adventures of Tintin (40 votes [66.67%])

    Percentage of vote: 66.67%

Which SCORE do you prefer?

  1. Minority Report (12 votes [20.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 20.00%

  2. The Adventures of Tintin (48 votes [80.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 80.00%

Which SCORE do you prefer?

  1. Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (22 votes [36.67%])

    Percentage of vote: 36.67%

  2. The Adventures of Tintin (38 votes [63.33%])

    Percentage of vote: 63.33%

Which SCORE do you prefer?

  1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (46 votes [76.67%])

    Percentage of vote: 76.67%

  2. The Adventures of Tintin (14 votes [23.33%])

    Percentage of vote: 23.33%

Which SCORE do you prefer?

  1. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (33 votes [55.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 55.00%

  2. The Adventures of Tintin (27 votes [45.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 45.00%

Which SCORE do you prefer?

  1. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (45 votes [75.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 75.00%

  2. The Adventures of Tintin (15 votes [25.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 25.00%

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#1 Josh500

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Posted 01 November 2011 - 06:41 PM

10 questions, 10 votes. Let's see how many out of these 10 John Williams's "The Adventures of Tintin" wins!

Oh, and think very carefully before you cast your votes, if necessary remind yourself of the musical highlights of each of these scores: for example, "Fawkes the Phoenix," "Monica's Theme," "Harry's Wondrous World," "Across the Stars," "The Jungle Chase," "Mischief Managed!" and "Duel of the Fates." And then think of "Sir Francis and the Unicorn," "Snowy's Theme," "The Flight to Bagghar," "The Pursuit of the Falcon," and "The Adventure Continues"!

If you think carefully, these shouldn't be easy decisions.

Have fun voting! :)

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Posted 01 November 2011 - 06:52 PM

I honestly enjoy the Tintin score more than any of his scores from the 2000s other than the Harry Potters
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Posted 01 November 2011 - 06:54 PM

I prefer the first and third potter.

COS is shite!

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Posted 01 November 2011 - 06:55 PM

I honestly enjoy the Tintin score more than any of his scores from the 2000s other than the Harry Potters


Well, so far Tintin is doing better than any of these scores... with the exception of Philosopher's Stone and PoA.

WOW. :blink:

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Posted 01 November 2011 - 06:58 PM

Its just so fun and listenable.

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Posted 01 November 2011 - 06:58 PM

Ask these same poll questions 2 years from now and you'll get different answers
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Posted 01 November 2011 - 06:58 PM

Ask these same poll questions 2 years from now and you'll get different answers


Hell, in 2 months!

Its just so fun and listenable.


Agreed!

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Posted 01 November 2011 - 07:01 PM

Better than War of the Worlds, Minority Report and CoS

About tied with KotCS (severely underestimated here) and AotC.

Less good than A.I., TPM , RotS and HP1 and 3.

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Posted 01 November 2011 - 07:02 PM

I was surprised to see myself voting for it over TPM and AOTC. I LOVE both those scores. I didn't think I loved Tintin's score but... I guess I do!

I've never connected to ROTS, WOTW, MR, or AI much. So that just leaves IJ4, and I DEFINITELY prefer Tintin over that. Though I love (parts of) that score quite a bit!
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Posted 01 November 2011 - 07:05 PM

I voted for Tintin every time, except when I voted for TPM, Philosopher's Stone, and PoA.

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Posted 01 November 2011 - 07:05 PM

War of the world and Minority Report are the 2 biggest dust collectors

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Posted 01 November 2011 - 07:06 PM

...Minority Report are the 2 biggest dust collectors


That's what I thought at first... but then, 3 or 4 years after I bought the album, I started "getting" it.

Now Minority Report is one of my all-time favorite "dark" scores by JW... (although it's not quite better than Tintin).

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Posted 01 November 2011 - 07:10 PM

Minority Report is way better than War of the Worlds, but neither are among my favorites. I prefer The Terminal over both of them
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Posted 01 November 2011 - 07:11 PM

Come to think of it, I don't consider any of JW's scores from the 90s and 00s a dust collector. I love em all, and they all get regular listens.

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Posted 01 November 2011 - 07:11 PM

I never even heard The Terminal.

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Posted 01 November 2011 - 07:11 PM

your kidding right?

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Posted 01 November 2011 - 07:12 PM

Come to think of it, I don't consider any of JW's scores from the 90s and 00s a dust collector. I love em all, and they all get regular listens.


I don't think I've played the WOTW or Geisha OSTs more than once each
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Posted 01 November 2011 - 07:12 PM

Minority Report is way better than War of the Worlds, but neither are among my favorites. I prefer The Terminal over both of them


:lol:

The Terminal is actually one of my least favorite scores (although it's still not a dust collector for me). Apart from the first track, I just can't get into it.

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Posted 01 November 2011 - 07:12 PM

I never even heard The Terminal.


Why not?
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Posted 01 November 2011 - 07:12 PM


Come to think of it, I don't consider any of JW's scores from the 90s and 00s a dust collector. I love em all, and they all get regular listens.


I don't think I've played the WOTW or Geisha OSTs more than once each


:blink: Now you're kidding, right? You've listened to the OS album of Memoirs only once?

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Posted 01 November 2011 - 07:13 PM


I never even heard The Terminal.


Why not?



it's pretty strange for anyone here waiting day in and day out for the next Williams c.d.'s. I thought every regular member at least listened to every new score Williams is composing

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Posted 01 November 2011 - 07:15 PM


I never even heard The Terminal.


Why not?

Yeah, it's a strong score.

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From a storytelling point of view, from a directing point of view, there is one thing I associate with what he does, which is calm. There is such an inherent calm and inherent trust of the one powerful image, that he makes me embarrassed with my own work, in terms of how many different shots, how many different sound effects, how many different things we’ll throw at an audience to make an impression. But with Kubrick, there is such a great trust of the one correct image to calmly explain something to audience. There can be some slowness to the editing. There’s nothing frenetic about it. It’s very simple. There’s a trust in simple storytelling and simple image making that actually takes massive confidence to try and emulate. - Christopher Nolan

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Posted 01 November 2011 - 07:15 PM

"The Tale of Viktor Navorski" is actually pretty good. Catchy.

Somehow reminiscent of Tintin, come to think of it. :P

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Posted 01 November 2011 - 07:16 PM

Has a certain Europpean feel to it too, yes.

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From a storytelling point of view, from a directing point of view, there is one thing I associate with what he does, which is calm. There is such an inherent calm and inherent trust of the one powerful image, that he makes me embarrassed with my own work, in terms of how many different shots, how many different sound effects, how many different things we’ll throw at an audience to make an impression. But with Kubrick, there is such a great trust of the one correct image to calmly explain something to audience. There can be some slowness to the editing. There’s nothing frenetic about it. It’s very simple. There’s a trust in simple storytelling and simple image making that actually takes massive confidence to try and emulate. - Christopher Nolan

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Posted 01 November 2011 - 07:16 PM

Has a certain Europpean feel to it too, yes.


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Posted 01 November 2011 - 07:18 PM

The Terminal is an absolutely wonderful score with some of JW's best themes of the last decade.

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Posted 01 November 2011 - 07:18 PM


I never even heard The Terminal.


Why not?


The samples did nothing for me, so i never bought it. I had the bootleg for a while but lost it when my PC crashed.

Meh....

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Posted 01 November 2011 - 07:18 PM

Okay, who hasn't voted yet? Why have only 5 members cast their votes so far?

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Posted 01 November 2011 - 07:18 PM

The Terminal is an absolutely wonderful score with some of JW's best themes of the last decade.

Which theme? There are a couple of them. I like both the love theme and Viktor's theme.

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From a storytelling point of view, from a directing point of view, there is one thing I associate with what he does, which is calm. There is such an inherent calm and inherent trust of the one powerful image, that he makes me embarrassed with my own work, in terms of how many different shots, how many different sound effects, how many different things we’ll throw at an audience to make an impression. But with Kubrick, there is such a great trust of the one correct image to calmly explain something to audience. There can be some slowness to the editing. There’s nothing frenetic about it. It’s very simple. There’s a trust in simple storytelling and simple image making that actually takes massive confidence to try and emulate. - Christopher Nolan

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Posted 01 November 2011 - 07:19 PM

The Terminal is an absolutely wonderful score with some of JW's best themes of the last decade.


One theme (the main theme) is great. The others... huh. Dunno about them!

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Posted 01 November 2011 - 07:21 PM

The film looks dreadfull too.

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Posted 01 November 2011 - 07:21 PM

All Tintin except POA and TPM.

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Posted 01 November 2011 - 07:21 PM

The film looks dreadfull too.

It is dreadful.

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From a storytelling point of view, from a directing point of view, there is one thing I associate with what he does, which is calm. There is such an inherent calm and inherent trust of the one powerful image, that he makes me embarrassed with my own work, in terms of how many different shots, how many different sound effects, how many different things we’ll throw at an audience to make an impression. But with Kubrick, there is such a great trust of the one correct image to calmly explain something to audience. There can be some slowness to the editing. There’s nothing frenetic about it. It’s very simple. There’s a trust in simple storytelling and simple image making that actually takes massive confidence to try and emulate. - Christopher Nolan

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Posted 01 November 2011 - 07:22 PM

The film looks dreadfull too.


I wouldn't call it dreadful, but one of Spielberg's weakest films, yes.
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It's a neck to neck race between Tintin and Chambers!

Who would have thunk it? :)

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Posted 01 November 2011 - 07:22 PM

I answered in all Tintin, except for Harry potter 1 and A.I.
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Posted 01 November 2011 - 07:24 PM



Come to think of it, I don't consider any of JW's scores from the 90s and 00s a dust collector. I love em all, and they all get regular listens.


I don't think I've played the WOTW or Geisha OSTs more than once each


:blink: Now you're kidding, right? You've listened to the OS album of Memoirs only once?


Yes, perhaps twice actually. I've never seen the movie, so I made no real connection to the music. I plan on watching it soon, and think I will enjoy the CD quite a bit once I do.
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Posted 01 November 2011 - 07:26 PM

I answered in all Tintin, except for Harry potter 1 and A.I.


A.I. vs. Tintin was a hard choice for me.

I voted for Tintin in the end, because in A.I. I only really love 2 or 3 tracks (or themes): Abandoned and Monica's Theme whereas in Tintin I love most tracks (or themes).

Yes, perhaps twice actually. I've never seen the movie, so I made no real connection to the music. I plan on watching it soon, and think I will enjoy the CD quite a bit once I do.


Definitely watch the movie.

Confluence, The Chairman's Waltz, Becoming a Geisha, As the Water, and Going to School are some of the very best of JW's entire career!

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Posted 01 November 2011 - 07:26 PM




Come to think of it, I don't consider any of JW's scores from the 90s and 00s a dust collector. I love em all, and they all get regular listens.


I don't think I've played the WOTW or Geisha OSTs more than once each


:blink: Now you're kidding, right? You've listened to the OS album of Memoirs only once?


Yes, perhaps twice actually. I've never seen the movie, so I made no real connection to the music. I plan on watching it soon, and think I will enjoy the CD quite a bit once I do.

You will. This film is its score's bitch.

Unlike other music of Williams' from that time.

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From a storytelling point of view, from a directing point of view, there is one thing I associate with what he does, which is calm. There is such an inherent calm and inherent trust of the one powerful image, that he makes me embarrassed with my own work, in terms of how many different shots, how many different sound effects, how many different things we’ll throw at an audience to make an impression. But with Kubrick, there is such a great trust of the one correct image to calmly explain something to audience. There can be some slowness to the editing. There’s nothing frenetic about it. It’s very simple. There’s a trust in simple storytelling and simple image making that actually takes massive confidence to try and emulate. - Christopher Nolan

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Posted 01 November 2011 - 07:27 PM

I'll convince the ball and chain we need to watch it sometime soon :) I have the blu ray already
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Posted 01 November 2011 - 07:27 PM

Somebody voted KotCS over Tintin! :lol:

Well, if that wasn't a mistake... to each his own! ;)




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