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  1. There a lot of people here who truly worship John Williams.Among us some say his concert works are his more profound compositions and some say his film music is his true voice.Some like his dramatic 90's style,some like his classic 70's and 80's sound the best.Some say ESB and some say Star Wars.But we all agree John Williams is one of the greatest composers who ever lived.

    Then there are those who are here because of a passing interest in the SW prequels and Harry Potter,but think Lord of the Rings or Pirates of the Carribean are the greatest things ever composed and boldly proclaim they "clobber" scores written by Williams in the peak of his career.This insults me as a JWFAN

    Howard Shore has limited ability to write themes.Composers like John Williams,Jerry Goldsmith,Alan Ailvestri, James Horner and John Barry are all light years above his talent.Shore is about on par with composers like Patrick Doyle or George Fenton.To me his 25 or so themes for LotR define mediocrity, and they are only compensated with over the top orchestrations and a gigantic orchestra.The White Tree sounds good because it is performed by 200 brass and strings instruments playing at the same time and so loud in the film you can't help but feel something.I have been listening to film music for 30 years and have heard a lot of stuff...if I can't make it past the 30 minute mark in the FotR complete recording without passing out of boredom there is something wrong .

    K.M.

    While I think Howard Shore deserves much more praise than you give him, and I feel that his score for LOTR is one of my favorite, and a fabulous piece of music, I agree that JW surpasses him in many of his scores. I agree with you, but not nearly as extremely as you do.

  2. It's a tie between ANH and ESB for me.

    ESB is better than Star Wars by a longshot.

    wrong

    ANH has some great music (The Throne Room, Cantina Band, Main Title), but no really FANTASTIC material. ESB has Han Solo and the Princess, The Asteroid Field, Yoda's Theme, Imperial March, Clash of Lightsabers, The Carbon Freeze, Cloud City's Theme, and Rebel Fleet. I'm sorry, but when compared, it's clear who the winner is.

  3. what sucks and I'm sure everyone here would agree is that there would have been no better chance to release the music than now...

    I don't agree.

    This is the 30th anniversary of a film called Star Wars, not of a film called The Empire Strikes Back, Return Of he Jedi, The Phantom Menace, Attack Of The Clones or Revenge of the Sith.

    And yet they are releasing the soundtracks to Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Why not the prequels?

  4. Yeah, but they were cooler...some how.

    Acording to the wikipedia, Nicolas Hooper will score Half-Blood Prince. In that case, it doesn't seem that Warners wants to get rid of him.
    That's probably more to do with the fact that Yates is back for the sixth film, rather than an executive decision.

    According to this link, Yates confirms in person Hooper will be scoring.http://www.harrypotterfanzone.com/fusion/f...ews.php?id=2112

    If JW and Hooper couldn't score Hallows, I think I'd pick Silvestri or Howard

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