Popular Post customdesignguy 4 Posted March 12, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted March 12, 2017 What are your favorite John William scores? Which track (piece) is your favorite on the score? I absolutely love "Rey's Theme (The Scavenger)" from The Force Awakens! Great soundtrack - can't wait for episode 8! curlytoot, Jay and Will 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Please don't call film music cues "songs". My favorite score is either Temple of Doom, Hook, or Empire Strikes Back depending on the day, with my favorite cue within each I guess being Indy Takes Charge, Finale, and The End of Hook, something like that. What about you? Ricard and customdesignguy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customdesignguy 4 Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 I understand completely. I love when themes come up out of nowhere and give you goosebumps... Chills created by JW's scores is what I live for. But the definition of a "song" is poetry and JW's music are poetry for the ears of what is being seen by the eyes. So, yeah. lol I have to say right now I'm really into "Rey's Theme" for The Force Awakens. It all depends on my mood. I'm studying and writing a paper now so "Rey's Theme" has got me in the working mood. :-) curlytoot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,510 Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 My favourite JW score is Temple of Doom by some margin, because it's the only JW soundtrack which I find consistently enjoyable, from beginning to end, minute to minute! My second favourite is A.I.. There's a certain dreamy quality to it which I find refreshing, like breathing in clean mountain air. It's hard to describe...but I feel it's unique among Williams' output. My favourite track is Journey through the Ice (Part 1), which gives me chills every time (no pun intended). My third favourite is 1941; the original album release. It's just so fun! My favourite track is The March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilal 569 Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 4 minutes ago, LampPost said: My third favourite is 1941; the original album release. It's just so fun! My favourite track is The March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,510 Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 1 minute ago, Bartokus Novus said: ...problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 20 minutes ago, LampPost said: My second favourite is A.I.. There's a certain dreamy quality to it which I find refreshing, like breathing in clean mountain air. It's hard to describe...but I feel it's unique among Williams' output. I can completely comprehend what you mean. Nevertheless my favorite scores are 1. "The Lost World" 2. "The Prizoner of Azkaban" and 3. "The Temple of Doom". My favorite cues of them are "Rescuing Sarah", maybe "Confusing Confrontation" and "The Deadly Potion/Molarum's Speech". Moreover "Rescuing Sarah" is my all time favorite piece of music (taking every genre into consideration)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 The Lost World: Jurassic Park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilal 569 Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 33 minutes ago, LampPost said: ...problem? How can you listen to a heavily truncated soundtrack album without feeling depressed because you're missing out on so many great cues? I already feel depressed writing this post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,510 Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 1 minute ago, Bartokus Novus said: How can you listen to a heavily truncated soundtrack album without feeling depressed because you're missing out on so many great cues? I already feel depressed writing this post. Eh...I admit, I listened to the full score first and to the best of my memory all my favourite bits ended up being in the original album release. I may have just been in a bad mood, though. I'll revisit the full score soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artguy360 1,843 Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 I like the song that opens Temple of Doom. I think JW did a new arrangement for that opening credit sequence. The song from AI sucks though. JW's song with Pavarotti is kind of hilarious too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 @customdesignguy, we don't use the word "song" to refer to film music! Just use "cues" or "tracks" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 10 hours ago, artguy360 said: The song from AI sucks though. One of many reasons why the original album of A.I. sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,468 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Favourite scores with favourite tracks within: 1. JURASSIC PARK - "Journey to the Island" 2. RETURN OF THE JEDI - "Final Duel/Into the Death Star" 3. JANE EYRE - "Jane Eyre Theme" (but "Restoration" a close runner-up) 4. INDIANA JONES & THE LAST CRUSADE - "Only the Penitant Will Pass" 5. HOOK - "Face of Pan" 6. ANGELA'S ASHES - "Angela's Prayer" 7. A.I. - ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - difficult....maybe "Stored Memories and Monica's Theme" 8. E.T. - THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL - "Adventures on Earth" 9. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS - "Resolution & End Title" 10. EMPIRE OF THE SUN - "Exultate Justi" (or "Cadillac of the Skies") Something like that. Some of the titles on the latter half are constantly in and out of the top list, making way for others. Also, lists like these are difficult for me, because I separate so strongly between music-as-heard-in-film and soundtrack albums. In fact, the two lists would look considerably different. I kinda tried to merge them in this list, but it doesn't really work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 The Mecha World from AI is like one of my favorite film score tracks of all time, have you heard that one @customdesignguy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Rialto Ripples Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,498 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Wha'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Disc 4, track 1 of the LLL Jurassic Park Collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,498 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Thanks, Jay. Still don't have the LLL set, so I'm none the wiser, unfortunately. What scene does it score? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 The gang's camp at night being approached by the T-Rex, and then them having to run into cover under the waterfall, etc. In the final film though, most of what Williams wrote got dropped and replaced by the same section looped on a repeat instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,498 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Ah! Thanks, Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 8 hours ago, Jay said: The gang's camp at night being approached by the T-Rex, and then them having to run into cover under the waterfall, etc. In the final film though, most of what Williams wrote got dropped and replaced by the same section looped on a repeat instead This is not true. The cue seems intact. Watch the movie again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DominicCobb 194 Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Star Wars - "The Throne Room and End Title" Also worth mentioning (not my favorite score though close), is E.T. - "Escape/Chase/Saying Goodbye" (or "Adventure on Earth"), which might possibly be his best track/cue ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 18 hours ago, Rose Dawson said: Rialto Ripples That's my number 2 from The Lost World. How can one leave it off the OST?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Well there is that minute and a half of it on the OST. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cumulonimbus 22 Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 All time favorite will be E.T. and then of course Adventures on Earth: in my opinion the best cue JW ever wrote, feels like a last movement of a brilliant symphony. Personal favorite: Far and Away, the Land Race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 5 hours ago, Incanus said: Well there is that minute and a half of it on the OST. I never understood why they did that tension destroying edit called "Ludlow's Demise". That track has always been very confusing - till now. There were portions of that track in 3 different chapters of the movie and you didn't know if it was because of the film edits or because of the album edits - most confusing track ever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 It makes sense musically, it only seems weird if you analyze the original intention for the music in the film Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,468 Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 1 hour ago, Jay said: It makes sense musically, it only seems weird if you analyze the original intention for the music in the film Exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy 2,377 Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Very very hard choice but here's what I love the most: 1. STAR WARS III (favorite song: Battle Over Coruscant) 2. WAR HORSE (favorite song: Plowing) 3. THE LOST WORLD (favorite song: Visitor in San Diego) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,468 Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Those are such jaunty "songs". Chewy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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