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  1. 1. Take your pick

    • John Williams' Tintin
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    • Howard Shore's The Hobbit
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Well one thing's gotta be certain: Howard Shore will be more eager and hungry to do The Hobbit than Williams will be to score a Tintin movie. And you know what that normally means, especially where JW is concerned.

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Since I kinda know what Shore's music may sound like, after 12 hours of LOTR music, I'm gonna go with Williams on this one.

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I am certainly interested in The Hobbit, but I have very little regard for Howard Shore's music so I'm going to have to go with Tintin on this one. I'm actually quite excited to hear Johnny having fun with an animated feature.

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As it's something he hasn't really done before I think he'll have a blast with it (not counting Mr DNA from JP or the opening titles from Catch Me if You Can). Quite honestly I'd be surprised if he doesn't approach this as a challenge, and a fun one.

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I'm half and half, but I'll go for John. I'm eager to see what Shore does to match Del Toro's visions, but like Mark says, you kind of know what to expect. And I'm dying to see if John can pull off something magical again after the relative disappointment of KOTCS.

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Based on Williams recent attempts, I'll have to go with The Hobbit.

Although I'm looking forward to Giacchino's Star Trek, and Powell's Dawn of the Dinosaurs WAY more than either option.

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Wow, great topic!

I honestly can't decide!

I love the LOTR scores, but feel they are at their best when they are more optimistic and adventure-y, and less omnipresent and dour. Since The Hobbit is a far, far lighter story than LOTR is, I really expect the Hobbit's score to be a lot more fun than LOTR's, while still being in the same style.

ON the other hand, this is John freaking Williams scoring a full-on, fun adventure, ANIMATED movie.... I agree that he will take it as a challenge, and wouldn't be surprised if he totally knocks it way out of the park. I am thinking like Harry Potter but even more fun and magical.

Yup, can't decide. I want them both <_<

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Hmm, now I somehow hadn't caught before that Tintin was going to be animated. This will be interesting to see how Williams does.

Is it CG or tradition animation?

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Although I'm looking forward to Giacchino's Star Trek WAY more than either option.

Yes but that comes out in 2009, we are talking about two 2011 movies in this thread.

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Depends really on what type of approach Williams takes... pastiche, modern, or a KotCS type attempt to be both.

I'm going for The Hobbit. I can't pin down the reasons, but if I had both scores sitting in front of me, I would go for Shore's first.

Plus I think we all know which album would be better constructed...

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well since the 3 Lord of the Rings collectively had only one score, I'd say we've heard it.

So John wins easily.

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John Williams, of course! I'm not as brazenly optimistic as I was in the months leading up to Crystal Skull, but I'd dare say it will have at the very least a few stellar moments...and hopefully at best be a knockout score.

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Why ask?

Because about half of the voters so far are indeed looking forward to The Hobbit more.

Unbelievable :(

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2011? There are a lot more pressing things to worry about before then. I'd just like to make it that long.

The Mayan calendar doesn't end until 2012. We're good.

Right now I say The Hobbit by a nose, but that could easily change as we get closer. I just hope we get a new Williams score before then.

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Why ask?

Because about half of the voters so far are indeed looking forward to The Hobbit more.

Unbelievable :(

No, your incredulity is what's unbelievable. It's a John Williams fan site, not a John Williams fanaticism, John Williams idol worship, or John Williams brainwashing site. For the record, I also have no interest at all in this Tintin movie, either.

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Based on Williams recent attempts, I'll have to go with The Hobbit.

Although I'm looking forward to Giacchino's Star Trek, and Powell's Dawn of the Dinosaurs WAY more than either option.

Recent attempts? We've had KOTCS which was a fine score, Munich which was decent with a few excellent tracks, Memoirs of a Geisha which was a masterpiece, War of the Worlds which was another excellent score and of course, Revenge of the Sith which was also pretty damned good.

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Based on Williams recent attempts, I'll have to go with The Hobbit.

Although I'm looking forward to Giacchino's Star Trek, and Powell's Dawn of the Dinosaurs WAY more than either option.

Recent attempts? We've had KOTCS which was a fine score, Munich which was decent with a few excellent tracks, Memoirs of a Geisha which was a masterpiece, War of the Worlds which was another excellent score and of course, Revenge of the Sith which was also pretty damned good.

Munich = Boring

MoaG = Boring

WotW = Boring

KotCS = 1/3 fun + 1/3 rehash + 1/3 meh

Where have all his grand sweeping orchestral scores gone? I haven't heard any of that from him since the SW prequels and HP (a little of it in KotCS).

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Is there some official confirmation somewhere that John Williams WILL score Tintin?

I haven't got a CLUE what that movie is going to look like or what the score's going to sound like, so it's going to be a tremendous surprise.

On the other hand with The Hobbit we know pretty much what we're going to get.

Though perhaps Howard Shore will surprise us to.

No idea what to vote for. I'll probably like Tintin better if it's to be a good fun score.

I never cared too much about all the Lord of the Rings music, though it IS indeed very good.

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Where have all his grand sweeping orchestral scores gone? I haven't heard any of that from him since the SW prequels and HP (a little of it in KotCS).

You just answered your own question.

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