Josh500 1,615 Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Amazingly, John Williams wrote 14 scores already, since 2000: 2008 - Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 2005 - Munich2005 - Memoirs of a Geisha2005 - War of the Worlds2005 - Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 2004 - The Terminal2004 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2002 - Catch Me If You Can 2002 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets2002 - Minority Report2002 - Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones2001 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 2001 - A.I. Artificial Intelligence 2000 - The Patriot Which are your top 3 picks? Is KotCS among them?It's a difficult choice (I thought about it for some minutes!!!), but--for me--YES it is!!! If you can't decide, think of it this way. You have to move to a lonely island for the next year and a half. You're only allowed to take three JW albums and a CD player (no ipods or MP3 players allowed on this island!), but only out of the above list. Which would you take along?My Top 3: 1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone2. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 3. A.I. Artificial Intelligence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrScratch 294 Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Harry Potter I & III and Geisha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scissorhands 16 Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Minority Report, War of the Words and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Right now Indy 4 would be at the bottom of the "first tier" for me, behind Eps. II and III, HPs 1 and 3, and AI. There's a decent gap between those and the "second tier", which would start with Geisha and CoS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,624 Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 HPPSRotSHPPoAAIKotSC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neimoidian 14 Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 1) Memoirs of a Geisha2) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 3) A.I. Artificial Intelligence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,068 Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 1. PoA2. Sorcerer's Stone3. Memoirs of a Geisha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissPadmé 17 Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 1. Harry Potter III2.War of the Worlds3. Memoirs of a GeishaHP ICathch Me If you CanIndy 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 1) Prisoner of Azkaban 2) Artificial Intelligence3) Memoirs of a Geisha I don't know where to rate KOTCS yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 A.I.POAMemoirs Of A Geisha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,975 Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 The scores as a whole?Harry Potter and the Memoirs of a Prisoner of the Crystal Skull.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted June 1, 2008 Author Share Posted June 1, 2008 The scores as a whole?Harry Potter and the Memoirs of a Prisoner of the Crystal Skull. KarolHey, I saw that movie! It's pretty good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 The scores as a whole?Harry Potter and the Memoirs of a Prisoner of the Crystal Skull.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,975 Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Which I could call as well Oxley - The Movie. Without HP bit, that is.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSM 126 Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Difficult one. I give my top 5:1) Sorcerer's Stone2) Chamber of Secrets3) Patriot4) A.I.5) Memoirs of a Geisha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted June 1, 2008 Author Share Posted June 1, 2008 Difficult one. I give my top 5:1) Sorcerer's Stone2) Chamber of Secrets3) Patriot4) A.I.5) Memoirs of a GeishaI appreciate different opinions, but you place Patriot over KotCS and PoA? Seriously??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone2. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban3. Catch Me If You Can4. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith5. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull4 and 5 are interchangable, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSM 126 Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Difficult one. I give my top 5:1) Sorcerer's Stone2) Chamber of Secrets3) Patriot4) A.I.5) Memoirs of a GeishaI appreciate different opinions, but you place Patriot over KotCS and PoA? Seriously???Yes. I love Patriot main theme with violin introduction and lots of snare drums in the middle section . The rest is also nicely loud and bombastic Williams stuff. I think it's more original writing than KotcS which mostly we have heard better in the Indy prequels. Irina Spalko is the only big theme in the league of Williams great themes.PoA I have never liked very much, although I love the renditions of the City of Prague Philharmonic.But is has been a difficult choice, I admit. KotCS would be no. 6 for sure My top 10 would be:1) Sorcerer's Stone2) Chamber of Secrets3) Patriot4) A.I.5) Memoirs of a Geisha6) KotCS7) Prisoner of Azkaban8) The Terminal9) War of the Worlds10)Revenge of the Sith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Barnsbury 8 Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 Well, after the first and third Potters, the list becomes less clear-cut for me. So KotCS could vie for third place, I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 I think [The Patriot] is more original writing...BAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,975 Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 I agree. More direct? Sure. More easily enjoyable? Sure. More original? No way.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neimoidian 14 Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 Anyway, I think Patriot is terribly underrated here. It deserves more recognition that it gets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 I agree. It's no masterpiece, but it's a solid score that's much better than it's treated here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted June 3, 2008 Author Share Posted June 3, 2008 Anyway, I think Patriot is terribly underrated here. It deserves more recognition that it gets.The Patriot used to be well regarded here. But then something happened and many people decided to trash it. I wonder why?Same thing with AotC. I remember people praising Across the Stars when the album came out, but no word of it today! P.S. I think The Patriot is a solid score and I liked it very much (especially the Main Title), but it's not quite a JW masterpiece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,975 Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 I like ATS and I'm surprised some people here discard it so easily. It's the love scenes you should hate, not the music! It almost makes these scenes worthwhile. Most tracks on the album are strong. But there are many weak points on it as well. Separatist theme from AOTC may be the weakest of all JW's villain library and the most lackluster theme of his as well. And the sound quality does it's thing as well. But, in the end, it's probably the strongest album of the three, sequence-wise.Karol - listening only to the suite from The Patriot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted June 3, 2008 Author Share Posted June 3, 2008 But, in the end, it's probably the strongest album of the three, sequence-wise.KarolYeah, that's probably because AotC is the SW prequel movie for which JW wrote the least music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,975 Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 Not really. As far as I remember there was something like 125 minutes written.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted June 3, 2008 Author Share Posted June 3, 2008 Really? But a third of them was rejected by Lucas and never used, probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benefactor 3 Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 2004 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2002 - Catch Me If You Can 2001 - A.I. Artificial Intelligence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,975 Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 Remember that it was the longest SW movie.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted June 3, 2008 Author Share Posted June 3, 2008 2004 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2002 - Catch Me If You Can 2001 - A.I. Artificial IntelligenceAgain, I appreciate different tastes, but you put CMIYC over the Star Wars prequels and KotCS???? ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,975 Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 There are many people I know who appreciate JW for Schindler's List and think SW, Jaws and Indiana Jones are all worthless garbage. Williams' talents are very diverse. That's why people like him for so many different things.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maglorfin 196 Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone2. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith3. Catch Me If You CanFollowed by Memoirs of a Geisha, HP II, IJ & KotCS ... I haven't yet had enough time for listening to KotCS to decide whether to include it in the first three or not. <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurgaFlippinMan 7 Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Geisha and PoA are definitely top 3. I can't decide between WOTW, AI, Ep III, The Terminal, CMIYC for the last spot. After that comes my second tier of scores. Skull is somewhere there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 1. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets2. Munich3. The Patriot <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Lewis 6 Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 2004 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2002 - Catch Me If You Can 2001 - A.I. Artificial IntelligenceYup, that's my list too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,287 Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 1. Prisoner of Azkaban2. A.I.3. Revenge of the Sith_____4. Kingdom of the Crystal Skull5. Philosopher's Stone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docteur Qui 1,544 Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)2. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)3. Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)That last one was very close, I'm very much enjoying KotCS and Munich as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSM 126 Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 2004 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2002 - Catch Me If You Can 2001 - A.I. Artificial IntelligenceAgain, I appreciate different tastes, but you put CMIYC over the Star Wars prequels and KotCS???? <_<This i find peculiar too.Anyway, I think Patriot is terribly underrated here. It deserves more recognition that it gets.The Patriot used to be well regarded here. But then something happened and many people decided to trash it. I wonder why?Same thing with AotC. I remember people praising Across the Stars when the album came out, but no word of it today! P.S. I think The Patriot is a solid score and I liked it very much (especially the Main Title), but it's not quite a JW masterpiece.Good post. I don't know it comes scores are usaully praised more at first release than after a few months. Probably it by then can be better seen in the light of the whole body of the composer's work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,792 Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 GeishaA.I.ROTS or KOTCS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF1_freeze 131 Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 1) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban2) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull3) Star Wars Episode 3: The Revenge of the SithHonorable Mentions:AI Artificial Intelligence Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's StoneCatch me if you Can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpigeon 3 Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 I take it we're talking abouty complete film scores here, not albums. Tops on my list, of course, are A.I. and Azkaban, as they are t just among Williams finest of the century, but of his career. Vying for the third spot are War of the Worlds, Minority Report, and The Terminal.Ted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,664 Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 1. Harry Potter 12. A.I.3. KotCS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,153 Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 In no particular order:Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneHarry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanA third isn't so easy to pick. ROTS has some brilliant stuff, WOTW has a few standouts which rank among Williams best 2000 writings.KOTCS in my opinion seems rather overrated here. It's a solid score with fine moments, but not much of it really stands out among Williams' other scores. And while I'm not so much a fan of Williams later serious scores, they do strike me as "better written" than KOTCS.And as for Across the Stars, it's brilliant, far superiour to the similar Fawkes. The score has a few other brilliant cues, too. It just doesn't really go together as a whole that well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arathornion33 0 Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 1. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban2. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull3. Revenge of the SithOf course, that's being unfair to the others because I love them all (even WotW), but some of them had to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FattyMcButterpants 1 Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 Potter PoAWar of the WorldsIndiana Jones 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demodex 557 Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 Revenge of the SithHP: Prisoner of AzkabanAttack of the Clones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent Hoyt 13 Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Revenge of the SithKingdom of the Crystal SkullHarry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris ChrusherComix 46 Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 1 - Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith2 - Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones3 - Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull4 - The Patriot 5 - A.I. Artificial Intelligence6 - Memoirs of a Geisha7 - Minority Report8 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban9 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets10 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone11 - The Terminal12 - Munich13 - War of the Worlds14 - Catch Me If You Can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 the Patriot is not part of the new millenium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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