Quintus 5,399 Posted May 5, 2014 Author Share Posted May 5, 2014 Laura is great, but so is Star Wars and its Force theme.Only one of them is iconic, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 When You Wish Upon a Star from Pinocchio. Everything since has been crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 The absolute best post-2000 tune is Monica's Theme from A.I. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,360 Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Laura is great, but so is Star Wars and its Force theme.Only one of them is iconic, however.The force? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted May 5, 2014 Author Share Posted May 5, 2014 Sorry, I was perhaps wrongly referring to both scores overall. I see what you mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 389 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 The absolute best post-2000 tune is Monica's Theme from A.I.One of my favorites (especially as vocalise), though usually at this point someone chimes in and says it's too saccharine and that the real gem of the score is the Blue Fairy theme.Star Wars and its Force theme.I often include Princess Leia's theme in its company, at least as heard in its ravishing concert form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 I considered the Blue Fairy theme as well, but Monica's is such a fantastic line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 389 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 What's your opinion on the love theme from The Paper Chase? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 It's not terribly high on my list, for a few reasons. But it's a Williams theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,360 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Bigg's Theme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 389 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Bigg's Theme. as composed by TheGreyPilgrim Who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,360 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Our very own Doctor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 389 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 It's not terribly high on my list, for a few reasons. But it's a Williams theme.Just curious. It's somehow insinuated itself into my list of top 10 most frequently whistled JW themes even though I haven't listened to the score in years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,843 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Last great theme?2009....A Single Man(starting at 1.49'') Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 It's not terribly high on my list, for a few reasons. But it's a Williams theme.Just curious. It's somehow insinuated itself into my list of top 10 most frequently whistled JW themes even though I haven't listened to the score in years.Hmm, yeah I could see it being one of those that gets stuck in your head for weeks at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alejandro 26 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 This is such a great and recognizable theme that I play it in my classes to get students to clear their desks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,716 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 The last great theme was Richard Wagner's Fafnir's theme from Ring des Nibelungens! After that film music lost it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Glóin the Dark 1,223 Posted May 6, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted May 6, 2014 The last great theme was by Hildegarde of Bingen, after which film music began rapidly to deteriorate in substance. In particular, I have no truck with this flashy modern "technique" of playing two (or more!) notes simultaneously. Hlao-roo, Dixon Hill and Incanus 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Polyphony is for heathens. Joe Brausam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,293 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhhDMF0rgmE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 While great is debatable, i enjoyed numerous ones in the last years, among them WAR HORSE, SNOW WHITE, SPIDER-MAN (Horner), LA BELLE ET LA BETE (Adenot), NOW YOU SEE ME, ADORE etc.And that's after 2007. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Good thread, will give me material for my playlistsI agree about Horn of Plenty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Just from JW I'd say war horse bonding theme, deaths theme from book thief (if you can overlook the Mozart rip), mutts theme from kotcs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 GREAT themes, Indy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Mutt's Theme (apart from being a Copland Hoe-Down) is one of those Williams' themes that totally ignores the character its supposedly portraying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Same for Irina's theme from the same film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 That at least halfway gets there. The Dobby theme is another concoction without much relevance to the movie, though all are nice concert pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Williams recent soundtracks all have a few GREAT cuesNotably People's House from Lincoln and Visitor on Himmel Street from Book Thief, Plowing and a few others from War HorseTintin is somwhat harder to say, Sometimes a cue starts great but ends up a bit disjointed. There's no great track throughout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted May 6, 2014 Author Share Posted May 6, 2014 Mutt's Theme (apart from being a Copland Hoe-Down) is one of those Williams' themes that totally ignores the character its supposedly portraying.I actively despise that theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,293 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 I like it, even though it doesn't have much to do with the series, much less the character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,020 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Mutt's Theme (apart from being a Copland Hoe-Down) is one of those Williams' themes that totally ignores the character its supposedly portraying.I actively despise that theme.It's not really a theme, though, is it? It relates to one short slapstick sequence within a larger sequence.Mutt has another theme, derived from Raider's march. You can hear both father/son themes in the end credits coda.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 That one is also rubbish!KOCS as a score is such a let down!Why Johnny...why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted May 6, 2014 Author Share Posted May 6, 2014 He saw the rushes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Mutt's Theme (apart from being a Copland Hoe-Down) is one of those Williams' themes that totally ignores the character its supposedly portraying.I actively despise that theme.It's not really a theme, though, is it? It relates to one short slapstick sequence within a larger sequence.Mutt has another theme, derived from Raider's march. You can hear both father/son themes in the end credits coda.Karol"The Adventures of Mutt" is essentially a derivation of the Mutt's Theme that you're talking about. That's why I like it, JW develops it in some really cool ways. I don't really care how it functions in the film (although it worked well I thought) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,020 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 He saw the rushes.That one is also rubbish!KOCS as a score is such a let down!Why Johnny...why?Losers! Whiny turds!Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Can we stop talking about KOTCS in a thread about great themes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,360 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 You started it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 389 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShowUStheHOOK 8 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Across The Stars is basically just the Star Wars main theme in epic strings mode.But Hedwig's is great.a note on that. i said that to my piano teacher once..... comparing Across the stars to star wars main theme. and he disagreed with me. He said it was more closely related to May THe Force be with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Melodically, it's similiar to a portion of that one theme from Hook. In terms of tone, it fits in nicely with the rest of the saga. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 Plenty of great ones over the years, but if we want to narrow down to absolute favorites, two that immediately jump to mind are...Jesse's theme from The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert FordThe Island's theme from LOST Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 What's The Island's theme? The little "doo doo doo doo doooo" figure that repeats? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herosix 1 Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 I'd say the beginning of Healing Katniss of JNHoward (with the english horn).But it's subjectiv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 What's The Island's theme? The little "doo doo doo doo doooo" figure that repeats?I can't decipher your doos, but I'm more specifically referring to its arrangement in "Aloha" where Giacchino turns it into this grand heroic statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 Ahh that one! I always thought that was more of a general theme for Jack and the core characters, or like a "story" theme. There are a couple smaller motives that I more associated with The Island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 True, I suppose it's more of the show's main theme versus something for the island. There's a nice little motif for the shining light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruckhorn 105 Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Bear McCreary's Theme from "Human Target". As for how much of a man I am: 6'5", 300lbs. I block a lot of view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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