Edmilson 7,441 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 It finally has come to this. Three memorable, well discussed and beloved trilogies of scores that made film score fans happy throughout the woeful decade for film music that was the 2010s. But which one was the best? What trilogy do you like more, Shore's Hobbits, Williams' Sequels or Powell's Dragons? And why? Let the final battle begin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jay 37,359 Posted February 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 27, 2020 It's very obvious what is going to win this poll here Oskar's Music, Josh500, crumbs and 1 other 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 SW>HOB>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>dragons Pieter Boelen and Oskar's Music 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellosh 3,418 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Star Wars Sequel Trilogy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,359 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 What about Silvestri's Avengers trilogy (kinda) Obi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 I'm not familiar enough when any of the options to vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,359 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 JNH also scored all 4 Hunger Games films in the 2010s Giacchino had a Star Trek trilogy but it was in the 2000s and the 2010s 1977 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,441 Posted February 27, 2020 Author Share Posted February 27, 2020 Just now, Jay said: What about Silvestri's Avengers trilogy (kinda) Thought about that, but the pesky Ultron score stopped it from at least the Avengers movies being full Silvestri, unlike the three trilogies of the poll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,359 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Heitor Pereira also scored the Despicable Me trilogy Brian Tyler scored all three Expendables films Danny Elfman had the 50 Shades of Grey trilogy Tyler Bates scored all three John Wick movies TheUlyssesian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,074 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Hands down 50 Shades. _deleted_ and Bellosh 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,348 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Wow, am I gonna be the first one to vote for Hobbit? I don't know HTTYD3 yet and TFA has something that TLJ and TROS don't, so… yeah… Hobbit, even though I'm still furious about the dismissal of the Misty Mountains theme! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,074 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Shore didn't even compose it. 1977 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted February 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 27, 2020 ST = HTTYD >>>>>> Hobbits Oskar's Music, Fargo, Pieter Boelen and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,074 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 I remember the scores to the ST. What were the other two again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 4,658 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 The ST not only has the best themes, it has the most coherent musical structure of all of the SW trilogies. Of course, it is also the score to the weakest SW trilogy story, character, and everything else wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabulin 3,511 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellosh 3,418 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 There was never much hope for the Hobbit and How to Train Your Dragon Trilogy in this poll.... Just a fool's hope. 1977 and igger6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlastoEls 563 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Tom said: The ST not only has the best themes, it has the most coherent musical structure of all of the SW trilogies. Of course, it is also the score to the weakest SW trilogy story, character, and everything else wise. Ha, that one's up for debate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom 4,658 Posted February 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 27, 2020 I am not saying the ST has the best themes of the SW trilogies, but that the themes get the most variation, development, and trans-movie coherence. Kylo's theme gets the proper development that Anakin's theme never did, the MotR gets all sorts of awesome variations, Rey's thematic permutations are top-notch (other than the force theme, it probably undergoes the most variations of all the SW themes). Ultimately, though, I am splitting hairs, all three SW trilogies are superb in analogous ways. TFA, TLJ, TROS feel like one long score to me, whereas the prequels feel standalone to each movie. The OT splits the difference--the musical contrast between ANH and ESB is quite stark (though, again, both awesome). Smeltington, Taikomochi, _deleted_ and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,348 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 5 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said: Shore didn't even compose it. Doesn't matter, it worked better than all the other ones. 1977, igger6 and Jurassic Shark 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evanus 217 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Thorin's theme though... and House of Durin! Chen G. and bollemanneke 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TheUlyssesian 2,478 Posted February 28, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2020 House of Durin is one absolutely outstanding theme. Evanus, Smeltington, The Illustrious Jerry and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,348 Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 But it doesn't trigger the same emotional repsonse for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTenma 116 Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 I mean... I think there's no contender. I love the first HTTYD score but not so much the next two: I usually get bored before the first half of the CD. Shore's Hobbit is the weakest of the bunch for me which is a pity since his LOTR is beyond greatness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tydirium 1,167 Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 Honestly a bit tough to choose between SW and HTTYD. But I'd place both substantially above THE HOBBIT scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evanus 217 Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 People don't appreciate the Hobbit scores enough and I don't like it! Chen G. and Arpy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Richard Penna 3,687 Posted February 28, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2020 12 hours ago, DrTenma said: I mean... I think there's no contender. I love the first HTTYD score but not so much the next two: I usually get bored before the first half of the CD. Shore's Hobbit is the weakest of the bunch for me which is a pity since his LOTR is beyond greatness. I find that really interesting because for me, HTTYD 3 absolutely kicks the crap out of 1 & 2 - by this point Powell's thematic catalogue is so vast. Bofur01, Oskar's Music and DrTenma 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 3 million light years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A. A. Ron 1,742 Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 I picked How to Train Your Dragon and surprised even myself. That said, am I the only one here who unabashedly loves all 9 of these scores? igger6 and Bofur01 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Evanus 217 Posted February 29, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 29, 2020 I love them. I love them all. They're great scores, every single one of them. And not just Star Wars, but The Hobbit and HTTYD, too. They're like great scores, and I love them like great scores. I love them! Chen G., _deleted_, Smeltington and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post crumbs 14,314 Posted February 29, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 29, 2020 All 3 are superb, leagues above most Hollywood scoring nowadays. You could make different arguments for each trilogy: Star Wars for the sheer technical prowess of Williams' writing and the thematic continuity/development with the previous scores The Hobbit for the sheer volume of new themes and motivic ideas, also the great diversity of orchestration and unconventional instrumentation HTTYD for the sheer fun dripping from the scores and probably the most memorable themes Oskar's Music, Evanus, The Illustrious Jerry and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 Oh great, another bias-confirming thread. I never would've expected the Star Wars sequel scores to win a majority vote on a forum called 'JWFan'... I think the Hobbit and HTTYD scores have a greater thematic integrity to them, but I love individual moments in the Star Wars scores more. Evanus and A. A. Ron 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 On 2/28/2020 at 12:50 AM, Jay said: What about Silvestri's Avengers trilogy (kinda) Yeah. Or Silvestri's BTTF trilogy? 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted February 29, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 29, 2020 13 hours ago, Arpy said: Oh great, another bias-confirming thread. I never would've expected the Star Wars sequel scores to win a majority vote on a forum called 'JWFan'... I think the Hobbit and HTTYD scores have a greater thematic integrity to them, but I love individual moments in the Star Wars scores more. The only good part of the Hobbit is Tauriel's theme. Evanus, A. A. Ron, _deleted_ and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DrTenma 116 Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 On 2/29/2020 at 12:13 AM, Richard Penna said: I find that really interesting because for me, HTTYD 3 absolutely kicks the crap out of 1 & 2 - by this point Powell's thematic catalogue is so vast. I can't really explain why I don't like it hahaha Maybe is that the new themes didn't stuck in my head. I should give the score a new opportunity... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,074 Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 It's just exhausting to listen to since the volume is cranked up to eleven most of the time. 13 hours ago, Arpy said: So you actually agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 On 2/28/2020 at 12:49 AM, Evanus said: Thorin's theme though... and House of Durin! The tragedy in that statement of Thorin’s theme as he’s ferried to the mountain in “In the Shadow of the Mountain.” It’s big and sweeping, but more than a bit foreboding. As the character is about to regain all that he’s lost, he loses himself. It never fails to put a knot in my stomach. At another time, I found it strangely uplifting. Wonderful. Evanus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 On 2/29/2020 at 1:37 AM, hornist said: 3 million light years. Yes Sir.🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️ Pieter Boelen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,359 Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 On 2/29/2020 at 2:32 AM, Josh500 said: Yeah. Or Silvestri's BTTF trilogy? 😂 What does that half to do with the 2010s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,074 Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 It's the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,504 Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 I don't really like any of them that much (except for individual tracks), but if someone put a gun to my head, I guess I'd go for the STAR WARS sequels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco314 16 Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 A tough choice but also found myself surprised to vote for HTTYD. I love Williams writing and all as anyone on this forum, but most of the best material was from TFA with the subsequent scores having less and less striking moments and themes (I frankly can't hum "Resistance is reborn"). All three Dragons scores had fantastic thematic material, and I thought the orchestral writing in general was superior in the sequels, and it never collapsed under the number of melodies. (btw, for 2 and 3, actually the second part of the albums -from track 10 and 7 on respectively- are the best ones). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 On 3/11/2020 at 12:15 AM, Jay said: What does that half to do with the 2010s? Well, if you remember, a large portion of BTTF Part II takes place in 2015... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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