Best Williams Release of 2010!

[indy4 152]

2010 was a great year for Williams releases. Here are my picks:

1. Family Plot

2. Black Sunday

3. SpaceCamp

4. Home Alone

5. The Music of America (I only downloaded the MoaG tracks)

6. The Poseidon Adventure

I haven't heard the Horn Concerto yet (waiting for a physical release) or TV Omnibus (waiting for more funds).

[Koray Savas 2,095]

I voted for Black Sunday, but Family Plot and Home Alone are close runner-ups.

[Demondm810 349]

I gotta go Black Sunday. Home Alone next.

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,476]

Obviously, Family Plot and Black Sunday.

[Romão 1,931]

Great year for JW releases, but my vote had to go the Horn Concerto

[Ollie 859]

Black Sunday.

[Charlie Brigden 5]

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

[Quintus 5,391]

Well I only bought two of them, Spacecamp and Black Sunday, so I'd choose the former.

[crocodile 6,294]

Black Sunday. Followed by the two latest. Family Plot is great!

Karol

[Naïve Old Fart 6,637]

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

It was a toss-up between "Poseidon", and "Plot", but having the former in geniune stereo swung it.

[indy4 152]

Poseidon Adventure didn't do much for me. I don't revisit it often, except for a couple cues. The release was superb, though, with the exception of the misleading claim that the entire score was in stereo (and of course, the one track that isn't in stereo is hands down my favorite of the score).

[Matt C 423]

Spacecamp, definitely. Everything else... not so much.

[ZackR 71]

Home Alone for both musical and personal reasons.

It is a Top Ten personal favorite score for me. Nothing evokes family memories and happy feelings like that music.

[Richard Penna 2,082]

I only bought Home Alone so it wins by default.

Although had it been legit, the Potter sessions would win easily.

[John Crichton 4]

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Officially:

Family Plot

Black Sunday

Spacecamp

[Maglorfin 195]

Home Alone for me.

[Andy 1,492]

Gonna have to go with Home Alone, although I haven't listened to my Family Plot yet. Home Alone had the advantage of arriving at just the right time, and I found the the arrangement of the score with the unreleased material just satisfied on every level. It truly nourished my soul with warm fuzzies for the Christmas season.

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,476]

Home Alone is my favorite of the scores released, but I think Family Plot and Black Sunday were kinda better because they were more important? We had plenty of Home Alone already, you know?

[indy4 152]

Yup, I agree. The expansion was a nice surprise, but not needed.

[King Mark 2,924]

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Officially:

Family Plot

Black Sunday

Spacecamp

yes, and I can predict that when WB eventually releases an expanded HPSS it's going to suck in comparison (like no children's suite)

[Sharkissimo 1,971]

The Poseidon Adventure.

[Trent B 317]

Home Alone got my vote.

[Datameister 1,394]

Of the releases I've heard, Home Alone is my favorite score as a whole, but Black Sunday probably brings the best new material to the table. SpaceCamp is pleasant but a little...weak sauce, and Family Plot seems to require a particular mood in order for me to really enjoy it. Even though there's nothing too earth-shattering about the new Home Alone release, the score itself is easily the best of those four, in my opinion, and not just at Christmas time. It's a delightful little score that I can get into at any time of year.

[John Crichton 4]

If I was just voting my favorite score out of these, Spacecamp would be the clear winner. But the world premire nature of Family Plot and Black Sunday make them the clear winners of the best release question.

[Mr. Breathmask 480]

Black Sunday. A blind purchase that turned out to be very enjoyable.

[crocodile 6,294]

It was a blind buy for me as well. And I find this 70's thriller score to be extremely cool. Who would have thought? Something Williams' wouldn't and probably even couldn't do later on.

Karol

[John Crichton 4]

The more older Williams I've gotten the more I've found the early-mid 70s a very enjoyable period for Williams. It was when he was at his most experimental: Images, Black Sunday, Family Plot, The Missouri Breaks. All wonderful scores and totally unlike anything he'd write after.