A24 4,345 Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Lots of stuff. Star Wars, Jaws, Indiana Jones...For Williams, it was all downhill after Cinderella Liberty, with the occasional return to form, namely Nixon and Munich.Actually, Koray Solemn would agree with the latter (Munich).I love Star Wars (1977) but only on vinyl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 ok, when people start putting TESB ,Star Wars, E.T..on the list this thread loses credibility Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 A dust collector list has credibility? I haven't listened to anything Star Wars for nearly a decade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,694 Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 I have the OSTs for TPM and RotS, and I don't remember the last time I listened to either. I bought ESB cheap in HMV in 2004, and it made no impression on me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Why not?I don't enjoy them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share Posted January 25, 2015 Star Wars music sucks. Too melodic and not droney enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Well it's embarrassing to admit you like listening to the music of movies that suck. Who really enjoys scores like Cutthroat Island, Star Trek V, and Titanic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 I do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 I'm not convinced you understand sarcasm yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 389 Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 People actually listen to film music for enjoyment? I thought it was more of a status symbol thing. As in, I have so much disposable income that I line my shelves with plastic discs comprising background instrumental music no normal person actually pays any attention to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share Posted January 25, 2015 Yeah why are we so weird? Why are we different? Do the composers think we're nutters for obsessing over music they simply ripped off classical composers? Gnome in Plaid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 ok, when people start putting TESB ,Star Wars, E.T..on the list this thread loses credibilityKoray... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Lots of stuff. Star Wars, Jaws, Indiana Jones... For Williams, it was all downhill after Cinderella Liberty, with the occasional return to form, namely Nixon and Munich. Actually, Koray Solemn would agree with the latter (Munich).I love Star Wars (1977) but only on vinyl. I have it on vinyl too (hand-me-down), as well as Superman: The Movie. I prefer the CDs, personally.I had Raiders as well but lent it out and never got it back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtw42 61 Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Okay, my dust-collectors are Stepmom, Sabrina, Sleepers, Catch Me If You Can...I only have The River on vinyl, think I'd probably listen to it more often if I copied it to CD or MP3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uni 306 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Williams has the great advantage that he at least writes one or two keepers per score...the concert stuff. Minus these, scores like STEPMOM, CMIYC, AMISTAD and several others wouldn't make the cut. Definitely. That was a trademark of Jerry's, too—he could put a score on autopilot better than anyone, and yet there was nearly always at least one or two tracks that rose above the rest, demonstrating that he had a solid grasp of the movie's central dramatic purpose.What I meant was, that he only gave Presumed Innocent 5 stars because it was so far removed from Williams' usual comfort zone. Other than that, the score isn't really anything special. Whatever, dude.ok, when people start putting TESB ,Star Wars, E.T..on the list this thread loses credibilityWhy? I think there needs to be a distinction made here. Calling a score one of your "dust collectors" doesn't mean you don't think it's a worthy effort, or even one of Williams' greater works. It just means you don't make a conscious effort to listen to it as often as you used to (if you ever really paid much attention to it at all). It shouldn't be taken as a denigration toward the score. The River is a great example: it's a beautiful score. Do I listen to it on a regular basis? No. It collects its fair share of dust, aside from occasional appearances on the shuffle setting. Doesn't mean I think any less of the music, though.I'm also one who doesn't listen to the SW OT scores much these days. I love them, I know every measure by heart, TESB's still on my top-ten list . . . but they just don't hold my attention like they once did. I would say that I might know them too well, but that would be true of Superman, E.T., Raiders, and the like as well, and I still give those regular play.This thread has great credibility, because it offers a metric for measuring an aspect of our perspectives on JW's scores we haven't much considered before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 My dust collectors are pretty much everything pre-Star Wars (except Jaws and Midway), Sabrina, Sleepers, Rosewood, Seven Years in Tibet, Stepmom, Lincoln, and The Book Thief - I still listen to these, but they all definitely see significantly less play than the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Man what a great cue.Very good score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 The only thing holding back The River for me is its short length. Other than that, it's a hidden gem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 The only thing holding back The River for me is its short length.That's what all the women tell me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 6, 2015 Author Share Posted February 6, 2015 I'll bet they do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,515 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 The only thing holding back The River for me is its short length. Other than that, it's a hidden gem.Vice versa, that's one of the reasons why it's on constant rotation over here. PERFECT length! Underrated score too, although it took a while for me to warm to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 I am glad that it wasn't artificially lengthened like the album for The Terminal. Victor Navorski's theme is great but it gets old after being placed at the end of nearly every track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 JFK Nixon botfj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 BOTFOJ...i pity you... dtw42 and Sharkissimo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Pity him because it's a dust collector. I've never listened to any of those three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Aww yeah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 BOTFOJ...i pity you...no need. You hear greatness where none exists. I pity you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Nixon and BOTFJ are great. JFK on the other hand... Gnome in Plaid and Sharkissimo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 The 90's are probably my favorite JW decade, and mainly due to scores like Nixon, Sleepers and Seven Years in Tibet Sharkissimo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Same here. 1990-2005 is my favorite span of JW music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 I mean, even I enjoy JFK and Nixon and I prefer the AMBLIN Logo to the entire score to Schindler's List. If there's nothing wrong with me, maybe there's something wrong with the universe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 The 90's are probably my favorite JW decade, and mainly due to scores like Nixon, Sleepers and Seven Years in Tibetugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 The 90's are probably my favorite JW decade, and mainly due to scores like Nixon, Sleepers and Seven Years in Tibet This, though I'd replace SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET with JURASSIC PARK or ROSEWOOD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 BOTFOJ...i pity you...no need. You hear greatness where none exists. I pity you.The have eyes but they cannot see. BOTFOJ, love or hate the movie, does such great job of translating important landmarks in american history into music and on top you have some of Williams' more creative atonal ventures (it's THE SHOOTING OF WILSON on the MCA, i think) to describe the chaos abroad, it's beyond me how one can consider this score as less-than-stellar. (though i never would expect you, of all people, offering a measured opinion of it)1989 was a watershed for war movie scores: GLORY, BOTOF, CASUALTIES OF WAR, and all have hands-down brilliant music. Hlao-roo and Sharkissimo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uni 306 Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 BOTFOJ...i pity you...no need. You hear greatness where none exists. I pity you.The have eyes but they cannot see. BOTFOJ, love or hate the movie, does such great job of translating important landmarks in american history into music and on top you have some of Williams' more creative atonal ventures (it's THE SHOOTING OF WILSON on the MCA, i think) to describe the chaos abroad, it's beyond me how one can consider this score as less-than-stellar. Absolutely. It may be a dust-collector for some (meaning they don't listen to it that often), but it's a phenomenal historical work.1989 was a watershed for war movie scores: GLORY, BOTOF, CASUALTIES OF WAR, and all have hands-down brilliant music.Yes, yes, and yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 389 Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 "The Early Days, Massapequa, 1957" is such a glorious track. Sharkissimo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,484 Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Sabrina, altough I like this album a lot, I dont listen it very often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 I've listened to Sabrina twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,484 Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 I've listened to Sabrina twice. Do you have the dates and the places? With whom were you?Don't say it was with Colonel Mustard in the Library? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 I love Sabrina, even the party sequence. Although the songs have never existed on my hard drives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 The bridge section in the main theme is to die for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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