Uni 306 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 We actually did it twice, ten years apart. Joey ran the proceedings both times. I think the last one was at least two or three years ago now. The Empire Strikes Back won in both cases, and though I think there might've been a little movement on the list, most of the same scores were on each one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 There's no point in doing a Williams poll. It's always ESB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uni 306 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Of course there's not. Like I said, we've already got one for him, and we'll shortly (like, tomorrow) have one for Horner as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 I think we should do another one. Tastes change, and it's a new crowd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 It has always been TESB, and it always will! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Right, a new crowd that considers A.I. Williams' masterpiece and Superman mediocre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,369 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 When was the Williams one? Don't remember doing that.The thread where we voted: http://www.jwfan.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=22224The thread where the results were posted: http://www.jwfan.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=22871 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Ummm...I did one last year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 I slightly disagree with myself in the one Jason posted, so maybe we do need to have another one.I basically don't even listen to the Home Alone scores anymore. Amazing Stories: The Mission is obviously a top 10 John Williams score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Ummm...I did one last year!You're right, I remember that. I'll have to see if I agree with my choices.Oh you did a strange format though, by decade. We need top 10 lists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indianagirl 298 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Rating John Williams's scores would be like singling out your favorite child. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 That's easy! Indianagirl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uni 306 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Thanks for posting those, Jay. I was going to go looking for them (to draw some ideas about the added metrics he used), and now you've saved me the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 If you want to use the children analogy, scores like John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! or A.I. would obviously be screw-ups and could easily be disregarded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indianagirl 298 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 If you want to use the children analogy, scores like John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! or A.I. would obviously be screw-ups and could easily be disregarded.What? A.I. is one of my all time favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 If you want to use the children analogy, scores like John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! or A.I. would obviously be screw-ups and could easily be disregarded. What? A.I. is one of my all time favorites. I knew I liked you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Oh god. The AI alliance expands... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 With a girl on our team, we can't fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indianagirl 298 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 How can you not like A.I.? It's hauntingly beautiful in a futuristic science fiction kind of way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Because it's too new and lacks big fanfaric themes and the nostalgia factor that so many are ruled by, so it's a popular choice for hipster JWFans who want a villain for their percieved victimization of scores like Superman and Hook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 I don't dislike it, but all it needs is a 40 minute album. There's a lot of meandering fluff on that first disc in the LLL. Most of the juicy stuff is on the second disc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamTheater 131 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 I only need my 70 minute A.I. Now that's a perfect album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 I don't dislike it, but all it needs is a 40 minute album. There's a lot of meandering fluff on that first disc in the LLL. Most of the juicy stuff is on the second disc.Rubbish. Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 389 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Because it's too new and lacks big fanfaric themes and the nostalgia factor that so many are ruled by, so it's a popular choice for hipster JWFans who want a villain for their percieved victimization of scores like Superman and Hook."Hipster"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Probably not gonna make any Top Ten but i still want to point in the criminally overlooked section of 'light and breezy Jerry': the swinging 60's pop/baroque score for this british movie is just...gorgeous: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 I don't dislike it, but all it needs is a 40 minute album. There's a lot of meandering fluff on that first disc in the LLL. Most of the juicy stuff is on the second disc. Rubbish. It's not an AI alliance, it's an AI cult! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 A.I. is good, A.I. is great, we surrender our will, as of this date! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indianagirl 298 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 We have a secret handshake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Ya creepy weirdos who think David is some messiah and his old girl is like the Virgin Mary and Teddy is the Holy Spirit. And you show up at AI church on Sundays and sing your Blue Fairy hymns and For Always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 I don't dislike it, but all it needs is a 40 minute album. There's a lot of meandering fluff on that first disc in the LLL. Most of the juicy stuff is on the second disc.I prefer the hypnotic flow of the understated first half to the more highlight filled second half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indianagirl 298 Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Ya creepy weirdos who think David is some messiah and his old girl is like the Virgin Mary and Teddy is the Holy Spirit. And you show up at AI church on Sundays and sing your Blue Fairy hymns and For Always.Please! We attend the church of the immaculate heart. Dixon Hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A. A. Ron 1,742 Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 How has Patton not been mentioned yet? What is wrong with you people?!?!? I still have to put my list together, but come on people - Patton!!!Nothing's wrong with me. Beyond the use of an echoplex, the score just doesn't grab me.It's a good effective score, but due to its restrained nature it doesn't push my all-time classic button. I appreciated it a lot more after watching the film however.I'll have to check out the film then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Ya creepy weirdos who think David is some messiah and his old girl is like the Virgin Mary and Teddy is the Holy Spirit. And you show up at AI church on Sundays and sing your Blue Fairy hymns and For Always.Please! We attend the church of the immaculate heart. We go in, look around our feet, sing songs, and when we come out, it's usually robotic prostitutes that we find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indianagirl 298 Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Ya creepy weirdos who think David is some messiah and his old girl is like the Virgin Mary and Teddy is the Holy Spirit. And you show up at AI church on Sundays and sing your Blue Fairy hymns and For Always.Please! We attend the church of the immaculate heart. We go in, look around our feet, sing songs, and when we come out, it's usually robotic prostitutes that we find.Or Gigolo's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Wadda ya know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 There's nothing he doesn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Mr DNA > Doctor Know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indianagirl 298 Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 I'm still awaiting the whole march that is to be written for Mr. DNA. Until then I have to go with Doctor Know Dixon Hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Is this Gigolo Joe, uh... auto... erotica? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Those people are the real miracle workers of Rouge City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uni 306 Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 . . . And already, things are off to an interesting start. This list is (so far) only slightly more predictable than Horner's list was as it evolved....purely in alphabetical order.Okay.SCORE-IN-MOVIES:1. Alien2. Planet of the Apes3. Star Trek: TMP4. Basic Instinct5. First BloodSOUNDTRACK ALBUMS (the original releases in all cases, of course):1. The Mummy2. The Last Run3. Mulan4. The Final Conflict5. Under Fire...or something like that. Except for the no. 1 spots in each list, these change continually.Not necessarily in order, but here are my favorites.1. Patton 2. Chinatown3. Planet of the ApesAnd in no order:For those of you who are listing things "in no particular order," splitting lists, etc., I can only score them in the order you list them. If you want to make changes based on this understanding, feel free to; otherwise, they get tabulated as listed.Star Trek: VoyagerSoarin' Over CaliforniaHe didn't really score Voyager, and Soarin' isn't technically a film work . . . but I added them nonetheless. (Not like they're much of a threat to the top 10, which would require a regulations committee to make some kind of ruling.)8. Star Trek9. RamboWithout further clarification, I can only assume your #8 is The Motion Picture (given that he scored five films in all), and your #9 is the sequel to First Blood.After a quick imdb of his resume there are still a LOT of his scores I've never heard. But I will say of those I have heard these are my favorite. 1. Poltergeist2. Gremlins3. Legend4. Mulan5. Secret of Nimh6. LA Confidential7. Congo8. First Knight9. Medicine Man10. The BurbsRemember when I told you you're unique? You just proved it, by being the only person who hasn't put in a vote for ST:TMP. Congrats!I forgot to include Alien in my list. I knew I forgot something.Feel free to amend your list (especially to add this score!). Diego 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnome in Plaid 219 Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 *edited*1. Patton2. City of Fear3. Freud4. City Hall5. Hoosiers6. Chinatown7. Air Force One8. Islands in the Stream9. Alien10. LA ConfidentialHonorable Mentions: Total Recall, Star Trek, The Spiral Road, and The Other. Sharkissimo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted July 21, 2015 Author Share Posted July 21, 2015 I forgot to include Alien in my list. I knew I forgot something. Feel free to amend your list (especially to add this score!).Done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,017 Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Not sure about exact order but these 10 would be my most cherished ones.1. Star Trek: The Motion Picture2. QB VII3. Basic Instinct4. City Hall5. Twilight Zone - The Movie6. Legend7. Patton8. The Omen9. Capricorn One10. The Ghost and the Darkness (The Edge used would be on this spot up until recently)Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uni 306 Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 This was a heckuva lot easier than the Horner list. I don't know if that's because Jerry's scores are more distinguishable from one another (I don't think many folks would deny that), of if his best just stands out more than JH's do. Whatever the case, I only really had a slight issue with the ordering of the last few. The first six or so were set in stone from the word "go":1. Star Trek: The Motion Picture2. Poltergeist3. Alien4. The Mummy5. Rudy6. Total Recall7. Explorers8. Star Trek: First Contact9. First Knight10. Star Trek V: The Final FrontierI'm a little ambivalent about ST scores taking up three spaces in my top 10, so I may actually change out that last one with one of the runners up before the polls close:- Innerspace- Air Force One- Hoosiers- Powder- Twilight Zone: The Movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTennisBallKid 17 Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 1. The Artist Who Did Not Want To Paint2. The Wind and the Lion3. Night Crossing4. Star Trek: The Motion Picture5. Planet of the Apes6. Capricorn One7. The Blue Max8. The Final Conflict9. Star Trek: The Final Frontier10. 100 Rifles Marian Schedenig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 1. The Artist Who Did Not Want To PaintHell yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck 154 Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 1. The Artist Who Did Not Want To PaintHell yes!Lovely concert suite too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Never heard of it. Enlighten me?1. Under Fire2. The Edge3. Chinatown4. Gremlins5. The Shadow6. The Great Train Robbery7. Congo8. The Ghost And The Darkness9. Dennis The Menace10. Air Force One Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck 154 Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Koray, Jerry talked about it here around the 3:20 and you can hear it being performed on 4:48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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