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  1. 1. Which most deserved the award?

    • Jaws
      4
    • Star Wars
      11
    • E.T.
      11
    • Schindler's List
      3


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It was a toss up for me, between Star Wars and E.T., but I think I'll have to go with E.T. I didn't include Fiddler on the Roof, since it wasn't his music.

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are you the poll guy reincarnated, what was his name.

What? It's me, Joe. Superman The Movie sucks, Prisoner of Azkaban is a modern classic!

See?

no Elmo/Ross/****, Im referring to the threads creator, it was awhile back that someone came on board and posted like a million polls in like 2 days, but i forget who it was.

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no Elmo/Ross/****, Im referring to the threads creator, it was awhile back that someone came on board and posted like a million polls in like 2 days, but i forget who it was.

Oh. Right. This isn't awkward... right?

I thought it was funny you'd object to me praising E.T.

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Tricky one. E.T. has some stunning individual moments, but Star Wars flows a little better for me overall. I would almost go for Schindler's List, as I gave that another listen the other day and loved every note, but it just doesn't quite reach the other two.

Star Wars it is.

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If I had to put these in order it would be

1. E.T.

2. Jaws

3. Star Wars

4. Schindler's List, as good as it is, its not in those three's league.

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Hell in order of films I still go

1.ET

2.Jaws

3.Star Wars

4.Schindler's List a distant 4. it may be SS only Oscar winner for best Picture but its the 3rd strongest of his 3 films here.

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Well, while sentimentality is right for E.T. it is not for Schindler's List. The music is too sweet and emotional. Only "Auschwitz / Birkenau" clues the listener in to the horrors of the Holocaust (and it turns out to be a trick, but that has to do with the film).

It's far from a terrible score; it just misses the mark by a bit.

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E.T.

However, all 4 of those scores are all magnificent in their own way, and are among Williams' very best.

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No, a proper press release would say, John Williams, composer of such scores as Missouri Breaks, Images, Angela's Ashes, and Rosewood....

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Star Wars, and Jaws is a close second. E.T. is pretty good, and Schindler's List is... manipulative.

Yes, except I disagree with your SL comment. The film may well be manipulative, the score most certainly isn't. It's actually one of Williams' most detached scores. Beautiful, haunting, but not manipulative.

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Not really weird, aside from the Hoedown, maybe. Very nice little score.

Morlock- who thinks you can't go wrong with Williams Americana

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True, I was thinking about 70's Williams Amricana (extending up to The River). And, hey, that love theme ain't bad!

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