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For me, I'd say it's probably Star Wars: Main Theme.

The fact that for many years I had three very definitive versions of it to endlessly compare probably places it in pole position in terms of my most listened to JW cue EVER!

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One Barrel Chase, Ben's Death and Attack of the Tie Fighters

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Journey to the Island it must be. Or Flight to Neverland. Oh no, probably Theme from Schindler´s List.

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Star Wars main titles in some form or other, certainly. It was the first Williams piece I ever head on CD, and I've listened to each and every one of my SW CDs (except for the Anthology) many times.

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Hmm, probably SW theme just because it's played everywhere.

Now if you mean a cue I deliberately play to listen to it would probably be either "Scherzo for Motorcycle and Orchestra" or "Duel of the Fates."

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My top 30, according to iTunes:

1. "Swing, Swing, Swing" - 1941 (106 plays)

2. "Linus and Lucy" - A Charlie Brown Christmas (85 plays)

3. "Up Is Down" - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (81 plays)

4. "This Is Halloween" - The Nightmare Before Christmas (69 plays)

5. "Anything Goes" - Temple of Doom (67 plays)

6. "The Land Race" - Far and Away (64 plays)

7. "To Thornfield" The Music of John Williams (64 plays)

8. "Scherzo For Motorcycle And Orchestra" - The Last Crusade (60 plays)

9. "The Crimson Gump" - Forrest Gump (57 plays)

10. "What Shall We Die For" - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (55 plays)

11. "Flying" - Peter Pan (55 plays)

12. "To Cairo" - Raiders of the Lost Ark (55 plays)

13. "Soarin'" - The Music of California Adventures (54 plays)

14. "The Raiders March" - Raiders of the Lost Ark (53 plays)

15. "Farewell" - Pocahontas (52 plays)

16. "Presenting the Hook" - Hook (52 plays)

17. "Greensleeves" - A Charlie Brown Christmas (51 plays)

18. "Ice Dance" - Edward Scissorhands (50 plays)

19. "Jack Sparrow" - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (50 plays)

20. "The Hand of Fate - Part 1" - Signs (50 plays)

21. "A Little Priest" - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (50 plays)

22. "Professor Umbridge" - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (50 plays)

23. "Arrival In New York" - Home Alone 2: Lost In New York (48 plays)

24. "The Menu" - Jaws 2 (46 plays)

25. "King of Pride Rock" - The Lion King (45 plays)

26. "The Egg Travels" - Dinosaur (45 plays)

27. "Main Titles" - Signs (45)

28. "Remembering Childhood" - Hook (45 plays)

29. "Family Plot End Titles" - The Music of John Williams (44 plays)

30. "This Land" - The Lion King (43 plays)

Bear in mind that this does not mean my favorite track (while I do think every track listed is a brilliant one, I'm not sure I would say any of them are my favorites as of right now...)

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According to my "Top 25 Playlist," my most played cue is "Swing, Swing, Swing" at 106 plays.

that' s probably on my least played list

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;) You don't like "Swing, Swing, Swing???"

I wouldn't even call it a real Williams piece ,but just big band source music. It ranks up there with Lex's Luau and Jabba's Baroque Recital in my list of Williams cues I don't care about.

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According to iTunes it's "Visitor In San Diego" from The Lost World.

-Erik-

;) You don't like "Swing, Swing, Swing???"

I wouldn't even call it a real Williams piece ,but just big band source music. It ranks up there with Lex's Luau and Jabba's Baroque Recital in my list of Williams cues I don't care about.

Not true. It's an underscore piece that does actually follow the action. There are sync point in the piece.

-Erik-

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Even so, what's so "unreal" about source music? If it's good, it's good. Whether the characters can hear it or not should make no difference in quality.

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Must be something from Schindler's List, JP or SW scores. Those have had great accumulative listen over the years.

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Even so, what's so "unreal" about source music? If it's good, it's good. Whether the characters can hear it or not should make no difference in quality.

It's still Williams emulating a very specific genre ,in this case Big Band music .Like some Horner's cocoon cues,

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Even so, what's so "unreal" about source music? If it's good, it's good. Whether the characters can hear it or not should make no difference in quality.

It's still Williams emulating a very specific genre ,in this case Big Band music .Like some Horner's cocoon cues,

I think you mean Batteries Not Included.

Oh wait...

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It's still Williams emulating a very specific genre ,in this case Big Band music .Like some Horner's cocoon cues,

Instead of emulating Romantic orchestral music, like in Star Wars?

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For me, I listen a lot to the JFK theme and "Growing up in Whittier" from NIXON, one of JW's most underrated scores and one of personal favorites.

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The Final Duel/Dark Side Beckons...etc.

Though Star Wars Main Titles might be the winner and I just don't think about it since I listen to it so often.

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For me, it must be Prelude and Main Title March, The Planet Krypton and Destruction of Krypton from Superman The Movie ...

... and this is my 1000th post! :D:down:

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Gotta be Star Wars Main Titles, although Ben's Death/Tie Fighter Attack, Superman March, 1941 March, Welcome to Jurassic Park, ToD End Credits and the entire second disc of ESB all gotta come a very close second.....

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For me, I listen a lot to the JFK theme and "Growing up in Whittier" from NIXON, one of JW's most underrated scores and one of personal favorites.

I love "Growing Up in Whittier"! The gorgeous melody, the wonderful playing by Morrison...it's mighty powerful. And Nixon is indeed a fantastic score.

I used to listen to "Carbon Freeze/Darth Vader's Trap/Departure of Boba Fett" ALL the time. Then I went through a phase listening to "Reunion" from A.I. quite a lot.

My most recent JW addiction track was "Schindler's Workforce." That thing really moves.

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:D You don't like "Swing, Swing, Swing???"

I wouldn't even call it a real Williams piece ,but just big band source music. It ranks up there with Lex's Luau and Jabba's Baroque Recital in my list of Williams cues I don't care about.

you know thats about as stupid a comment as you can make KM, really stupid, ignorant, down right retarded.

so whats the difference between John writing music for to be played within the movie, versus his writing music to be overscored over the film? Its still JW music. You've got to quite having these newbie moments, otherwise Im going to start calling you Koray Mark.

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Ok, over the years which JW cue have you listened to the most?

Without a doubt.

- E.T

The masterpiece which John William's leaves for humanity :blink:

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Gotta be Rebel Fleet and End Titles. It was the first Williams score I remember listening to, and it's simply amazing, so it's got a big head start on all else.

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According to iTunes, I've listened to "The Jungle Chase" 88 times, making it my second most played track. It is higher, even, than my two favorite Indy tracks--"The Map Room" and "Scherzo for Motorcycle and Orchestra."

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Its a Tie Between "The Imperial March" and "Star Wars Main Theme".

I think its "The Imperial March", my brain tells me ive heard it thousands of times over the years.

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Gotta be Battle of the Hereos. I watched that music video all the time before and after the movie came out.

WHERE IS THE PUKE BUTTON??? :D

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I'd have to say it would be somewhere in the range of "Desert Chase," "Ben's Death/TIE Fighter Attack," and "The Throne Room/End Titles." Probably.

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