Rank the Williams Scores You Own

[BLUMENKOHL 1,070]

We're not really talking album per se, so don't go ranking the 30 different releases of Star Wars. Rank Star Wars with your opinion of its best release, and only put it in once. But the catch still is that the score has to be in your collection in a non-compilation form.

So here I go:

1. Prisoner of Azkaban

2. Star Wars

3. Empire Strikes Back

4. Return of the Jedi

5. ET

6. Raiders of the Lost Ark

7. Far and Away

8. The Phantom Menace

9. The Last Crusade

10. Jane Eyre

11. The Lost World

12. The Fury

13. Jurassic Park

14. Superman

15. Schindler's List

16. Seven Years in Tibet

17. Jaws

18. Close Encounters of the Third Kind

19. Presumed Innocent

20. The Sorcerer's Stone

21. The Witches of Eastwick

22. The Temple of Doom

23. The Towering Inferno

24. Monsignor

25. Born on the 4th of July

26. Nixon

27. Revenge of the Sith

28. The Cowboys

29. Heartbeeps

30. Angela's Ashes

31. Amistad

32. Chamber of Secrets

33. The Poseidon Adventure

34. Hook

35. The Terminal

36. Memoirs of a Geisha

37. JFK

[bIG GAP]

38. AI

39. Attack of the Clones

40. Empire of the Sun

41. Home Alone

42. Munich

43. War of the Worlds

44. Minority Report

45. Home Alone 2

46. Saving Private Ryan

47. The Patriot

48. Sleepers

49. Catch me if You Can

50. Stepmom

51. Dracula

[Henry B 50]

1. Star Wars

2. Home Alone

3. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

4. The Fury

5. Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace

6. The Empire Strikes Back

7. Superman

8. Return of the Jedi

9. Monsignor

10. Jaws

11. E.T.

12. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

13. The Terminal

14. The Missouri Breaks

15. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

16. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

17. Empire of the Sun

18. Memoirs of a Geisha

19. Schindler's List

20. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

21. Hook

22. War of the Worlds

23. Munich

24. Born on the Fourth of July

25. Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones

26. Seven Years in Tibet

---seldom listen to these anymore---

27. The Patriot

28. Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith

29. Jurassic Park

30. Saving Private Ryan

31. Home Alone 2

[Trent B 337]

I don't have too many Williams CD's right now. I'll be adding quite a few of his scores to my collection eventually.

1. The Empire Strikes Back

2. Superman

3. Star Wars

4. The Phantom Menace

5. Lost World The Jurassic Park

6. Revenge Of The Sith

7. Home Alone 2

8. Return Of The Jedi

9. Home Alone

10. Attack Of The Clones

[JoeinAR 1,949]

ET, Jaws, Superman, everything else.

[Elmo Lewis 6]

ET, Jaws, Superman, everything else.

Genius. Couldn't have put it any better.

[Neimoidian 14]

I could "Empire Strikes Back", "ET", "Schindler's List", everything else...

[King Mark 3,631]

I'll edit this post gradually:

1)The Top of the Top (the ones I'd take on a desert island):

The Empire Strikes Back

Return of the Jedi

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azcaban

E.T.

Amazing Stories:The Mission

Superman,the Movie

Hook

2)The HIGH END(Still amazing):

A.I.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Jaws

Revenge of the Sith

The Phantom Menace

Jurassic Park

Star Wars

Spacecamp

Close Encounters

Lost in Space

The Witches of Eastwick

3)The UPPER MIDDLE(Still very enjoyable overall,but some lagging parts)

Attack of the Clones

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Empire of the Sun

Heartbeeps

The Patriot

The Fury

Dracula

Jane Eyre

Jaws 2

1941

Home Alone 1

Home Alone 2

The Lost World

The Terminal

Monsignor

Far and Away

Stanley and Iris

Family Plot

4)The LOWER MIDDLE( more boring/less interesting to listen to,lots of cues skippable:mostly populated by late 80's and 90's dramatic scores)

The Accidental Tourist

Munich

Memoirs of a Geisha

War of the Worlds

Catch Me if You Can

Seven Years in Tibet

Rosewood

Stepmom

Sleepers

Schindler's List

Sabrina

Born on the Fourth of July

Nixon

The River

JFK

Angela's Ashes

Stepmon

Heidi

Midway

The Towering Inferno

The Poseidon Adventure

The Missouri Breaks

All the Concertos for Solo instrument +Orchestra

4)The Bottom(dust collectors)

Minority Report

Saving Private Ryan

Presumed Innocent

Goodbye Mr.Chips

Fiddler on the Roof

Cinderella Liberty

The Long Goodbye

The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing

The Paper Chase

The Ghostbreaker

Earthquake

The Eiger Sanction

And all the 60's comedy scores...

K.M.

[Miguel Andrade 1,281]

I'm tired of this lists, yet, I also join the bandwagon... sort of.

E.T.; Concerto for Violoncello; Accidental Tourist; Angela's Ashes; Memoirs of a Geisha; Concerto for Bassoon; Catch Me if you Can; The Empire Strikes Back; Superman; Schindler's List; Jaws... and everything else

[ChuckM 1]

This thread sounds like way too much work to fully participate in, so I'll just list my favorites (although not in any particular order).

Star Wars prequels

Harry Potter movies

Indiana Jones movies

[Joni Wiljami 1,206]

The magnificent ones:

1. Close Encounters of the Third Kind

2. Empire Strikes Back

3. Return of the Jedi

4. E.T.

5. Star Wars

6. Superman

7. Prisoner of Azkaban

8. Hook

9. Episode I - the Phantom Menace

10 Jurassic Park

11 .The Revenge of the Sith

12. Raiders of the Lost Ark

13. Temple of the Doom

14. Jaws

15. A.I

16. Attack of the Clones

17. Schindler's List

18. Saving privat Ryan

19. Memoirs of a Geisha

20. Far and Away

last minute edit:

- Empire of the sun

- The Fury

The Great ones:

21. Home Alone

22. Nixon

23. Born on the fourth of July

24. JFK

25. Seven Years in Tibet

26. The Lost Worl

27. Minority Report

28. Potter and the sorcerer's Stone

29. The Witches of Eastwick

30. Always

31. The Patriot

32. Stepmom

33. Sabrina

34. Amistad

35. Munich

36. The Eiger Sanction

37 Towering Inferno

38. Catch Me if You Can

39. Las Crusade

40. The accidental Tourist

The Good ones:

41. The Terminal

42. War of the Worlds

43. Angela's Ashes

44. HA 2

The ones I never listen:

c. 20 of them like Stanley & Iris , Dracula , CoS etc.(+ and the early stuff)

BONUS LIST:

Top 10 Score/Movie Marriages

1. Raiders of the Lost Ark

2. Close Encounters of the third Kind

3. Jaws

4. E.T.

5. Azkaban

6. Schindler's List

7. A.I.

8. The Fury

9. Memoirs of a Geisha

10. Hook

[nicholas 1]

In descending order of 'most often listened to' I set out my choices below:

Angela's Ashes (the only score I regularly listen to from beginning to end)

Hook

Schindler's List

Munich

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

The Fury

Superman

Star Wars (as in all of them but mostly A New Hope and Sith)

Prisoner of Azkaban

ET

Stepmom

Empire of the Sun

War of the Worlds

The scores I own but very rarely listen to (in no particular order):

Nixon

Sleepers

Lost World

Stanley and Iris

Saving Private Ryan (apart from the Hymn)

The score I never ever listen to, ever:

Midway

These are all subject to constant revision. Except for Midway.

[Salacius 7]

Incredible:

ET, The Empire Strikes Back, Dracula

Awesome:

All of the rest other than:

War of the Worlds, MOAG which I thought they were just OK

Munich, Earthquake and Missouri Breaks which I didn't like at all

[scissorhands 16]

The untouchables (in this order):

Empire of the Sun

Saving Private Ryan

War of the Worlds

Jaws

Amistad

Minority Report

Sleepers

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

The Lost World

Always

Seven Years in Tibet

Schindler's List

Five Sacred Trees

Cello Concerto

Angela's Ashes

.

.

.

and everything else

[Incanus 5,736]

Angela's Ashes

... and the rest

[BLUMENKOHL 1,070]

Lazy bums. Button pushers I tell you! You can do a poll, but not something that requires mental power!

[Salacius 7]

Angela's Ashes

... and the rest

Interesting,

It's a great score!

[Richard Penna 3,782]

I don't have a favourite.

[Red 75]

Why go through all your scores when you can just do a top five?

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,267]

Rank the Williams Scores You Own

Pretty darn good!

[Diesel 0]

Superman

A.I.

Jaws

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

JFK

[Richard Penna 3,782]

Rank the Williams Scores You Own

Pretty darn good!

...umm, that's meant to be the sunglasses smiley.

[Ray Barnsbury 8]

Here's mine. A lot of the lower scores are pretty interchangeable when it comes to rating them against one another.

1.) E.T.

2.) Home Alone

3.) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

4.) Far and Away

5.) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

6.) Amazing Stories: The Mission

7.) Jaws

8.) Jane Eyre

9.) Raiders of the Lost Ark

10.) Hook

11.) Star Wars

12.) Sabrina

13.) The Empire Strikes Back

14.) Space Camp

15.) Amistad

16.) Close Encounters

17.) Angela’s Ashes

18.) Amazing Stories: Ghost Train

19.) The Cowboys

20.) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

21.) The Witches of Eastwick

22.) Superman

23.) Home Alone 2

24.) The Terminal

25.) Nixon

26.) Jaws 2

27.) The Reivers

28.) The Patriot

29.) Born on the Fourth of July

30.) Return of the Jedi

31.) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

32.) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

33.) Jurassic Park

34.) Monsignor

35.) Dracula

36.) Schindler’s List

37.) Heartbeeps

38.) Catch Me if You Can

39.) The Phantom Menace

40.) The Lost World

41.) Stanley and Iris

42.) Saving Private Ryan

43.) JFK

44.) Memoirs of a Geisha

45.) 1941

46.) The Fury

47.) Munich

48.) A.I.

49.) Empire of the Sun

50.) Minority Report

51.) War of the Worlds

52.) Revenge of the Sith

53.) Attack of the Clones

54.) Stepmom

55.) Seven Years in Tibet

56.) Always

And these I have, but don't yet know well enough to rate:

Midway

Sleepers

Presumed Innocent

The River

Rosewood

Accidental Tourist

Family Plot

Ray Barnsbury

[indy4 155]

I need more time to think...

[John Crichton 4]

1-6. The Star Wars Saga (Yes, yes, I know, I'm crazy for still viewing this all as one giant score and being unable to rank within the series. Deal with it, I have. )

7. Superman

8. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

9. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

10. Raiders of the Lost Ark

11. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

12. Hook

13. ET

14. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

15. Jaws

16. Jurassic Park

17. Schindler's List

18. AI

19. The Patriot

20. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

21. Dracula

22. Far and Away

23. Memoirs of a Geisha

24. Jaws 2

25. The Fury

26. The Witches of Eastwick

27. Empire of the Sun

28. Spacecamp

29. Munich

30. War of the Worlds

31. Seven Years in Tibet

32. Home Alone 2

33. Nixon

EDIT- I had a hard time finding the right place for CoS. So much I forgot to include it! Fixed. Maybe it's because it might not really be a Williams score...

[BLUMENKOHL 1,070]

I'm actually quite surprised/intrigued about a few trends:

More people have Sorcerer's Stone above Azkaban...which contradicts the recent poll.

Nixon seems to much more respected than I once thought. I thought I was the only one who found it good.

The more modern scores and mid to late 80s tend to decorate the bottom of lists.

Jaws, isn't in a lot of top 5's....which is amusing, considering the praise it gets.

And finally the biggest shock I found:

Schindler's List.

Speaks for itself if you look at the lists. I would never expect that.

[Ray Barnsbury 8]

Nixon seems to much more respected than I once thought. I thought I was the only one who found it good.

I just started listening to Nixon, and was surprised by how good it is. It's dark and brooding, but I find it pretty engaging throughout. "The 1960s: The Turbulent Years" is of course a great, powerful track, and I love "Growing up in Whittier"...very unique atmosphere in that one.

Ray Barnsbury

[indy4 155]

I'm sure some of you will hate me for ranking some of his popular scores so low, but this is just my personal preference.

Okay, here it is:

1. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

2. Jurassic Park

3. Superman: The Movie

4. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

5. 1941 (mainly for Swing, Swing, Swing)

6. Jaws 2

7. E.T. The Extra Terrestrial

8. The Empire Strikes Back

9. Catch Me If You Can

10. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

11. Home Alone

12. The Terminal

13. Raiders of the Lost Ark

14. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

15. Revenge of the Sith

16. Hook

17. The Phantom Menace

18. Star Wars

19. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

20. Attack of the Clones

21. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

22. The Lost World: Jurassic Park

23. Empire of the Sun

24. American Journey

25. A.I. Artificial Intelligence

26. The Cowboys

27. Jaws

28. Close Encounters of the Third Kind

29. Minority Report

30. The Eiger Sanction

31. War of the Worlds

Some Extras: I predict Indiana Jones 4 will be in the top 15, probably even higher. I hope!!!

Another Extra: My favorite JW compilation CD is "By Request....The Best of John Williams and the Boston Pops". Great arrangements (particularly for "Theme from Jaws", "Suite from Close Encounters of the Third Kind", and "The Cowboys Overture".

Alas, one more extra: If Family Plot was released on CD, though I would have to listen to it more, it would probably find its way to the top 15, probably taking the place of Revenge of the Sith.

[indy4 155]

Anybody know how many original JW soundtracks are availbe to buy?? (not including special editions and all that stuff...for instance, Empire Strikes Back counts as one)

And these I have, but don't yet know well enough to rate:

Midway

Sleepers

Presumed Innocent

The River

Rosewood

Accidental Tourist

Family Plot

Ray Barnsbury

Where'd you get the Family Plot boot??

[Elmo Lewis 6]

21. Attack of the Clones

22. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

23. Hook

24. American Journey

25. A.I. Artificial Intelligence

26. The Cowboys

27. Jaws

28. Close Encounters of the Third Kind

29. Minority Report

30. The Eiger Sanction

Good heavens!

[Joni Wiljami 1,206]

2.) Home Alone

31.) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Good heavens!

[Incanus 5,736]

Good Heavens!

[Red 75]

I'll only do a top five, since I don't want to go through my whole collection.

As of right now:

1) E.T.

2) Jaws

3) Hook

4) The Last Crusade

5) Return of the Jedi

Honorable Mention: Superman, Jurassic Park, Prisoner of Azkaban, Schindler's List, and Star Wars.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,267]

Jaws at 2?

you asshole!

[Red 75]

What would you prefer?

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,267]

Jaws is # 1, in any list, any time, any place, anywere!

[Mr. Breathmask 555]

What if it was a list of "most horrible movies ever"?

Aha!

- Marc, who can't be bothered to rank all his scores since they often switch places.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,267]

What if it was a list of "most horrible movies ever"?

Aha!

Jaws would not be applicable for such a list.

Jaws The Revenge however.....

[Red 75]

Or any Jaws sequel for that matter (save possibly Jaws 2).

[Joni Wiljami 1,206]

Jaws is # 1, in any list, any time, any place, anywere!

As a movie , quite near.

As a score , top ten material.