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People seem to be bored of some of the discussion here lately,so I thought I'd share my "Music Muse Awards", which is little more than a bunch of lists My opinions aren't going to be very popular I'm afraid, but I'll share them anyways. http://music-muse.com/2013/02/12/music-muse-awards-2012/ What were your favourites or impressions of 2012?

It's okay to have a man crush on John Williams.

Yeah. I gotta admit it . . . you're probably right. It's fun to hope, dammit, but we all need to face a little reality here: JW's only been in the business for what, half a century? That's hardly enough time to build up a reputation. Word is the man's barely hanging on by his fingernails. After all, he came within a hair of having his score for Indy 4 rejected (I hear Desplat had the inside track to replace him). His representatives are out there as we speak trying to land him a decent job, but he just can't seem to get his foot in the door. There's just no getting around it: you've gotta be a shark if you want to keep working in the business after fifty years, even if you are the most popular, best-selling, and widely-sought-after composer in that business. John's just not the type. You're right about the other part, too. We all know there can be multiple producers on a film, and there can even be multiple directors (especially if they're brothers!). But when it comes to composers, it's like Highlander: there can be only one! Unless, of course, you count Cloud Atlas, or The Changeling, or half the scores with Hans Zimmer's name on them, or many of the animated musicals produced by Disney—say, isn't Disney the one doing the new Star Wars movies. . . ? Forget it. Everyone would be better off saving themselves the disappointment by just accepting the realities of the industry. Hell, if I know those Disney bastards, they've probably already offered the scoring job to one of the light grips. . . . - Uni

Me too.

I love sharing in these deep exchanges.

Nick66, you sound like I did in my first few years at this place. Take it from me - it's a lot more fun when you don't take what anyone says too seriously.

Nick66, take no notice of Koray. He's famously one of the board's most deluded members. You should see some of his old posts! But what's so bad about his signature? I'm using mobile view so didn't see anything but changing to desktop view I still see nothing??? As for Blume; he isn't even top ten material, although for some reason he's convinced himself that he is, as you can see. I was going to add "imo" at the end of that statement, but I happen to know for a fact I'm not the only who is turned off by his endlessly grandiloquent style. He actually quit for a while last year and nobody really noticed tbh. Let me tell you Nick, you're off to a fairly good start here. You'll come out of the other end (of the JWFan baptism of fire) just fine if you stick around long enough. One tip though: it's probably best not to insult older posters here, as a newbie, when they have their bros waiting to jump to their defence.

E.T. Star Wars Jaws Superman Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1984 Olympics But most of all, "The City Sleeps" from Earthquake. This is JW at his very worst. Oh, that's right.

None of the above?

Oh, I wholeheartedly agree that Williams should pursue whatever tickles his imagination! But if -for perhaps nostalgic reasons- that be another score for (yet) another chapter of the SW franchise, then so be it (personally, I hope he devotes his time to concert music, and especially more chamber music).

Obviously, John Williams should score this, if he so desires. Musically speaking, I feel overwhelmingly unexcited at the thought of another composer being offeref the gig, unless it be someone skilled and gifted enough to pay homage to the style of these scores, yet blessed with enough artistic authority to put his/her stamp on it. Unfortunately, I don't see that happening with any of the "usual suspects" in Hollywood... (There are of course some who could tread elsewhere entirely, and that might be a preferable route to take in this case)

I'm a huge John Williams fan, and because of that I vote no. Unless he can deliver a fantastic and exquisite score of the caliber of the Original Trilogy and Phantom Menace, each failure will be knife in my fan heart. If he's going to score another KotCS or RotS or AotC then I want someone else.

I think the shortcomings of the prequel scores, particularly II and III, have more to do with the movies themselves, Burt's role, and Lucas's insane editing/reshoot issues. If Williams were given the opportunity for episode VII, I think we would get a score closer in spirit to VI versus I-III due to the nature of the movie and production team.

Leia. Not even a contest.

Kevin Bacon once cited THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST as his favourite score.