Josh500 1,615 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 This is one poll, where I have really no idea of the outcome.Hell, I don't know myself what to vote for. They're both JW masterpieces of the past several years. I'll give it a thought and vote later! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryant Burnette 654 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 I'm gonna go with A.I., since the movie is roughly ten times better than any Potter movie. Both scores are good, but A.I. has a depth to it that Azkaban does not approach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 While POA is fantastic, AI is one of JW's greates achievements, IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,287 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Azkaban is the fresher and more innovative score, but A.I. is wealthy with heart and depth in a way that Azkaban isn't. I think they are both extremely listenable and definitely masterpieces in their own right... but A.I. gets my vote. Stunningly moving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,624 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 hmmm ,A.I. it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,153 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Potter by far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,791 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 A.I. Williams last masterpiece....before Memoirs of a Geisha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrScratch 294 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 A.I. is better than all Potter scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Coscina 3 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 A.I. is better than all Potter scores.Especially the Oscar 2 disc promo. The commercial release does not encompass the wealth of compositional breadth this score has to offer. A.I. by a mile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,287 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Wowee, lots more love for A.I. than I anticipated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,249 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 HP POA for me. I have yet to really listen to the AI Promo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 A.I. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Well, they're both friggin' awesome...but I vote for PoA in the end (his most recent masterpiece). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted January 7, 2009 Author Share Posted January 7, 2009 Azkaban is the fresher and more innovative score, but A.I. is wealthy with heart and depth in a way that Azkaban isn't.Hmmm, if you're only talking about the movie, I agree. But score? I think they have both incredible depth....Anyway, I've decided to vote for A.I. also.Mainly because of "The Reunion," "The Arrival of David," "The Drive," and "Abandoned in the Woods." (Trying all the while not to think about "Double Trouble," "Aunt Marge's Waltz," "Mischief Managed!," "Buckbeak's Flight," and "A Window to the Past.") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 AI is a dull and boring score.AI is a horrible movie to boot. Spielberg's worst film ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 AI. It'd be a tougher choice if it was AI vs. Sorcerer's Stone.The movie is overlong and poorly paced until the last act, but I think it's really good and gets better every time I see it. Far from Spielberg's worst, it doesn't even belong in the same room as, say, Hook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Hook is better than AI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSM 126 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 A.I. because of the tracks Hide and Seek and The Reunion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 11 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 PoA excites me more, though both are great scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryant Burnette 654 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Hook is better than AIYawn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 I can't choose!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Brigden 7 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 AI is a fantastic and emotional score.AI is a great movie to boot. One of Spielberg's most interesting films ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted January 7, 2009 Author Share Posted January 7, 2009 AI. It'd be a tougher choice if it was AI vs. Sorcerer's Stone.Does that mean you think SS is better than PoA? Or the contrary? OK, I'm listening to A.I. right now, and this IS definitely better. Especially the cues NOT on the OS puts this over the top. A Drive and The Arrival of David are incredible.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrScratch 294 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 I hate A.I. the film, I've thought about watching it again just to see how the music works in it but I can't bring myself to do it. Terrible movie, brilliant score. When I first heard it I didn't think much of it. It also didn't help that I hated the movie. I also didn't (and still don't) like the vocal version of For Always. It's strange, I really like that theme but I find the Groban/sung version to be grating and yet I love "Where Dreams Are Born". But since its release the more I listened to it the more I got out of it - that is the mark of a great piece of music. It has become my favorite post-Schindler's List score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted January 7, 2009 Author Share Posted January 7, 2009 I hate A.I. the film, I've thought about watching it again just to see how the music works in it but I can't bring myself to do it. Terrible movie, brilliant score. When I first heard it I didn't think much of it. It also didn't help that I hated the movie. I also didn't (and still don't) like the vocal version of For Always. It's strange, I really like that theme but I find the Groban/sung version to be grating and yet I love "Where Dreams Are Born". But since its release the more I listened to it the more I got out of it - that is the mark of a great piece of music. It has become my favorite post-Schindler's List score.It seems to be that people either hate or love the movie; there seems to be no middle ground. I personally love it, although it's not my top Spielberg movie. There are many brilliant, very human moments... which is ironic, since the main characters are robots. Yeah, the score is undoubtedly one of the very best. Just Abandoned in the Woods and Monica's Theme are two of the most powerful, memorable, and expressive themes JW's ever written, IMHO. And I don't care about the song(s) either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taikomochi 1,136 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Geisha > PoA > AI.That being said, I voted for PoA; AI is still one of JW's best scores yet, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted January 7, 2009 Author Share Posted January 7, 2009 Geisha > PoA > AI.That being said, I voted for PoA; AI is still one of JW's best scores yet, though.Hmmm... that's a tough one!I think for me it's Geisha (100%), then AI (99%), then PoA (98.5%). But it depends on my mood, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 A.I. is gorgeous, but I love Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. It's like a James Bond score for a Harry Potter film. Fantastic.I'll have to think about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted January 7, 2009 Author Share Posted January 7, 2009 It's like a James Bond score for a Harry Potter film.How so, Marc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Double Trouble is the film's main theme. It's like the title song of a Bond film, where Hedwig's theme takes the place of the James Bond theme. I love that approach about the score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted January 7, 2009 Author Share Posted January 7, 2009 Double Trouble is the film's main theme. It's like the title song of a Bond film, where Hedwig's theme takes the place of the James Bond theme. I love that approach about the score.I find it a pity somehow that DT only appears in the first half of the movie... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeshopk 8 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 I am going to judge by my initial reactions.When I first heard Azkaban, I thought "perfect. instant classic"When I first heard AI, I thought it was good, but a little too new-agey and thin.Score in the film, and away from film, I go with Azkaban. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Double Trouble is the film's main theme. It's like the title song of a Bond film, where Hedwig's theme takes the place of the James Bond theme. I love that approach about the score.I find it a pity somehow that DT only appears in the first half of the movie...There's no need for it in the second half, and besides there's a hint of it as the trio runs down the hill to Hagrid's hut during Buckbeak's sentencing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryant Burnette 654 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 A.I. because of the tracks Hide and Seek and The Reunion."Hide and Seek" is one of my favorite cues Williams has ever composed. And that scene is one of my favorite Spielberg has ever directed. It's definitely one of the movie's highpoints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 It's (narrowly) Azkaban for me, but I love both of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HPFAN_2 0 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 A.I. by far, it is a masterpiece on many levels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,662 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 A.I. is what I'd consider more of a work of true art, even if Azkaban has somewhat more enthralling moments.Unfortunately, it suffers from the usual Williams album syndrome, leaving out a ton of smaller, more beautiful moments, and why are there two versions of that damned song? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 AI. It'd be a tougher choice if it was AI vs. Sorcerer's Stone.Does that mean you think SS is better than PoA?That's what's implied, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinaismine 64 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Azkaban, easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 I've never heard or watched AI, and only did both for PoA once. I abstain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taikomochi 1,136 Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Earlier today, PoA was getting crushed, but it's tied now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Someone vote for A.I.!If only AI were still a member Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurgaFlippinMan 7 Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 oo this is a very hard one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted January 8, 2009 Author Share Posted January 8, 2009 Some A.I. musical highlights:"I mean, Henry did you see his face? He looks so real!" The Arrival of David: this is possibly (for me) the most heart-breaking cue in the entire movie... the English horn solo is indescribably sad and haunting."A Drive." Another favorite of mine.My favorite musical moment in A.I. "Abandoned in the Woods" as Monica screams, "Don't go that way, or they'll catch you! Don't ever go that way!" This cue is bone-chillingly effective.Man-hatten. Appropriately MECHANICAL music. Most original cue."The Blue Fairy." After "Abandoned in the Woods" and "Monica's Theme," my third favorite theme in A.I.Best example of "Monica's Theme": the finale. The most beautiful music written for a "death scene," maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie Lohner 0 Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 I voted for AI, just because I couldn't decide and it had fewer votes. I love that movie, by the way. A pinocchio movie by Spielberg and Kubrick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datameister 2,034 Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 I probably shouldn't have voted, since I'm far more familiar with HP:POA than with AI, but I decided to anyway. POA really just has a lot of heart and originality and variety to it. I'm sure AI does, too, but in my few viewings of the (very good) film, the score just wasn't making me go, "Ooooh!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie Lohner 0 Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 This is a very close race! I voted for AI myself, but I hope HP wins! Hahaha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted January 8, 2009 Author Share Posted January 8, 2009 OK, who hasn't voted here yet?I want A.I. to win! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 A.I. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted January 9, 2009 Author Share Posted January 9, 2009 A.I. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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