What is your true allegiance?

[King Mark 3,631]

Well?

K.M. Who might have done a similar poll in the past but wants a current reflection of the MB population

[Charlie Brigden 7]

I hit the SW option, despite the fact that I despise theforce.net and haven't visited there in years. I came here looking for proper versions of the prequels and never looked back.

[crocodile 8,055]

I would vote for "I am a film music/film fan in general with very special place for JW in there". So I choose "other".

Karol

[King Mark 3,631]

I hit the SW option, despite the fact that I despise theforce.net and haven't visited there in years. I came here looking for proper versions of the prequels and never looked back.

Yeah,your right. I correct the poll a bit

I would vote for "I am a film music/film fan in general with very special place for JW in there". So I choose "other".

Karol

I added a better option for you if you can change your vote. Other is for people who are here for totally unrelated reasons

[crocodile 8,055]

Alright then. But I wouldn't say I like JW only "slightly" better. He's much better. But there is still plenty to discover from others.

Karol

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

First option!

[King Mark 3,631]

Alright then. But I wouldn't say I like JW only "slightly" better. He's much better. But there is still plenty to discover from others.

Karol

Yeah but it's to clearly distinguish from option 1

[A24 4,366]

Where's the option "I used to be fan of every JW soundtrack ... until Jurassic Park came out"?

[King Mark 3,631]

good point...choice added

That option is also for the ones who slam Williams last 10 years output

[Quintus 5,399]

The first option comes closest to the reason why I joined this board. The main difference being that it wasn't franchise specific, but rather Williams pre-noughties music in general. I love pretty much everything up to and including The Phantom Menace.

The usage of the word 'allegiance' in KM's title is rather telling of his real motivations here though - we all know how hurt and defensive he gets when he thinks JW isn't getting the love here he thinks he deserves, indeed - his snide LotR option further confirms it.

[King Mark 3,631]

Yes,I had to add a few cynical options in there .But I bet some will vote for them. But regardless of my motivations it will give a good cross section of the MB

[Quintus 5,399]

Did you not expect myself to go for one of them?

[King Mark 3,631]

I had others in mind. But again not people I don't agree with on other topics

[Quintus 5,399]

Fair enough.

[Datameister 2,093]

I'm not sure how to vote here. I'm definitely not equally interested in all Williams scores, but there isn't a single franchise or film that I can definitively say is my reason for being here. (Star Wars is what started the whole thing for me, but I couldn't have become a real fan of John Williams if he hadn't written so many other good scores.) Although I certainly enjoy and discuss some other composers' work, I can't really vote for them, either...Williams is and always will be #1 for me.

Where's the "I'm a John Williams fan" option?

[King Mark 3,631]

Option 1 is the one to vote for then

[Datameister 2,093]

I'm definitely not equally interested in all Williams scores...

[King Mark 3,631]

You being too technical! I made a little correction for you

[Datameister 2,093]

I feel much better now!

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

The usage of the word 'allegiance' in KM's title is rather telling of his real motivations here though - w

Like KM, everyday we must all swear loyalty to bust of John Williams, held in a special altar in our homes!

[Quintus 5,399]

I just hold onto the gold locket around my neck for a moment and whisper a few words of tribute to the man - for inside the locket there is a small round picture of him.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Sounds queer!

[Quintus 5,399]

Do you not agree that John Williams is a very attractive man?

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

He is!

[Quintus 5,399]

Phoar. That must have been taken back during his session pianist days. He had more hair then.

[Melange 446]

What is your true allegiance?

Mercenary. Will side with any composer and just as swiftly betray a previous one, depending on the money offfered.

No, not really.

I can't really remember 'why' I came here originally, apart from a general place to discuss JW.

[Luke Skywalker 1,807]

Well... what should I vote:

I joined the forums looking for Jurassic Park III and AI promos.

At that time i was a fervent Star Wars Fan. (all Williams cds i had were the SW: OT SE, JP trilogy , last crusade, AI and one 'film works' cd)

And definately now, i am an avid Williams completist collector, while my star wars 'zealotsy' has receded alot (F**k you Lucas for butchering the prequel scores!).

And my love for John Williams started with Jurassic Park.

[Quintus 5,399]

Raiders probably started it for me, but it wasn't till Jurassic Park that the penny dropped.

[ChuckM 1]

Well, I come here to talk about soundtracks and movies in general, not just John Williams. However, it would not be accurate to say that "I'm not more of a fan of John Williams than other composers." Nor would it be true that "I like John Williams only slightly better than other composers." I am by far a bigger fan of John Williams than anyone else; that's just not why I come here.

[Marian Schedenig 8,241]

Franchises have nothing to do with it; in fact, I've seen most Williams franchises because I was a John Williams fan before that.

John Williams is one of my few top-favourite composers, but not my exclusive favourite. So even though I like him much better than most other composers, I had to go with "I'm not more of a fan of John Williams than other composers but I don't like the FSM board". Which I guess describes my heretic allegiance best...

[A24 4,366]

I got another great option: "It was Star Wars that pulled me in and it was Star Wars that pulled me back out again!"

Get it?

Alex

[Josh500 1,615]

Where is the option for Hans Zimmer?

Seriously, I am mostly a John Williams fan (and maybe Jerry Goldsmith fan), but I am not a film music fan in general.

I see who scored it and if it isn't John Williams (or Jerry Goldsmith) I really don't care that much, even if it is James Horner or Howard Shore or whoever.

[Hlao-roo 389]

John Williams is my favorite living composer, hence my reason for being here in the first place.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

If John Williams dies, will he still be your favorite living composer?

[Josh500 1,615]

If John Williams dies, will he still be your favorite living composer?

If?

You're talking like JW is immortal!

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Since John Williams has never died before, it can not be disproven that he is in fact immortal.

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,493]

Williams in general.

1970s-early 90s is my favorite period.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

To Glenn Close.

[Ollie 1,069]

I can't vote.

There is no option for "John Williams has always been my favorite composer and I'm a fan of film music, the movies don't matter."

[John Crichton 4]

Well if we're talking about the reasons for originally joining the board, it was all about Star Wars. Things have changed since then, I'm quickly becoming one of those heretics that enjoys other composers just as much as Williams and gets more excited about a new Giacchino score than a new Williams score.

[Hlao-roo 389]

If John Williams dies, will he still be your favorite living composer?

Tough to say.

[Ollie 1,069]

When John Williams passes, Michael Giacchino shall ascend to the top spot.

[Quintus 5,399]

If he's the best we've got to look forward to then film music of the near future is a grim prospect.

[Kendal_Ozzel 36]

"I answer only to the president!"

[crocodile 8,055]

If John Williams dies, will he still be your favorite living composer?

Tough to say.

Probably someone completely new. If no one from the living composers is up there at the moment then... they will probably stay where they are now.

Karol

[Red 75]

John Williams is my favorite composer and that's the reason I joined the forum, but I've grown to love other composers as well as music outside of film music. As far as franchises go, Star Wars was always number one but I appreciate them all (especially Indiana Jones).

[Ollie 1,069]

If he's the best we've got to look forward to then film music of the near future is a grim prospect.

On the contrary, if more where like him. Not copying his style, but actually using an orchestra and not covering it with generic choir, synths, music that could be and is used in every TV commercial and lame power anthems, film music would be in great shape.

[JoeinAR 1,949]

I've been a John Williams fan longer than most on here have been alive, so my allegiance is to John. I used to be a film score fan but with the dismal scores of most composers I've lost interest. With film score composing in the hands of zimmer and giacchino I just am losing interest. Oh I like Horner and JNH, and I do like one giacchino score, but that's hardly enough to make me feel good for the future of film music.

[Luke Skywalker 1,807]

If he's the best we've got to look forward to then film music of the near future is a grim prospect.

On the contrary, if more where like him. Not copying his style, but actually using an orchestra and not covering it with generic choir, synths, music that could be and is used in every TV commercial and lame power anthems, film music would be in great shape.

+1

[John Crichton 4]

When John Williams passes, Michael Giacchino shall ascend to the top spot.

Indeed.

...and I do like one giacchino score,

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