Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 And here we... go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post crlbrg 381 Posted June 9, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 9, 2020 The variety of musical styles in PoA still amazes me to this day...no idea how he could mix them all together and it somehow still works! Cerebral Cortex, crumbs and MaxTheHouseelf 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jurassic Shark 11,956 Posted June 9, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 9, 2020 25 minutes ago, carlborg said: The variety of musical styles in PoA still amazes me to this day...no idea how he could mix them all together and it somehow still works! Yeah, that Bill Ross is truly a wizard! crlbrg, Remco, bollemanneke and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post crlbrg 381 Posted June 9, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 9, 2020 23 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: Yeah, that Bill Ross is truly a wizard! Could almost imagine Ron saying "I got about 6 of him" to Harry's "Hey, I got Ross!" The Illustrious Jerry, Pieter Boelen, Smeltington and 8 others 5 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy 2,355 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 POA definitely, better score, better movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,268 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 Both great scores. but ROTJ is my favorite action adventure score Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 11,956 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 It's the most consistent in quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,308 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 POA obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,397 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 Williams doing something he's done many times but doing it damn well... or Williams going a bit out there to explore and succeeding immensely. I love both but I'd say POA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,384 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 RETURN OF THE JEDI is my second favourite score of all time, so that wins, hands down. But AZKABAN is a damn fine score -- really the last time we heard 'old-school' Williams. It's probably somewhere in my top 20 Williamses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,612 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 At the moment, PoA. At the moment, PoA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 11,956 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 1 minute ago, mstrox said: At the moment, PoA. At the moment, PoA. What about now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 I vote for whichever option displeases Dr. Ax. Drax is displeased.... what to do? I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSMefford 1,509 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 No contest. POA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 9, 2020 Author Share Posted June 9, 2020 The results here baffle me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 POA is the best HP score, but Return of the Jedi will always be so special to me... so I don't really have an objective POV here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,268 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 The ROTJ has the highest number of highlights in any JW score, in my view Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 9, 2020 Author Share Posted June 9, 2020 Ratio of more than 2:1? Fake poll! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 There is no objective POV with art. It is inherently subjective. Every attempt I've ever read to apply a rational, systematized approach to evaluating music is at heart an emotional response that the writer then disguises with the language of philosophy/science. oierem 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,235 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 I find that people who insist their views on art have been reasoned through objectively tend to get pretty emotional about it... Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 9, 2020 Author Share Posted June 9, 2020 23 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: There is no objective POV with art. Is there an objective POA? Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,259 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 I love ROTJ as much as any other person, but Prisoner of Azkaban is an intelligent, thoughtful and extremely creative score filled with highlights. Currently, I'd say PoA is my favorite Williams score as of right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 11,956 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 41 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: There is no objective POV with art. It is inherently subjective. Every attempt I've ever read to apply a rational, systematized approach to evaluating music is at heart an emotional response that the writer then disguises with the language of philosophy/science. The only solution is to create music that in no way can be mistaken for art. Balfe made it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellosh 3,317 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 Return of the Jedi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,042 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 7 hours ago, Thor said: AZKABAN is a damn fine score -- really the last time we heard 'old-school' Williams. How on earth are War Horse and Lincoln not considered old school Williams in your mind? Remco and Joni Wiljami 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 11,956 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 They're the pastorale JW of old age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,384 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 15 minutes ago, Jay said: How on earth are War Horse and Lincoln not considered old school Williams in your mind? LINCOLN is the type of Americana he can write in his sleep. WAR HORSE does have hints of the ol' pastoral sound, but not consistently enough. AZKABAN was really the last time he 'went nuts' with the hummable, adventurous themes and setpieces that seemed to come straight out of the 90s (or 80s even), without just becoming a whimsical flurry. And loads of entertaining (rather than lazy) pastiche. Hardly a low moment on the whole soundtrack. But as I said -- still not on ROTJ's level, obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,042 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 OK, you have a different definition of "old school" than the rest of use then. Remco and Joni Wiljami 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 5 hours ago, PuhgreÞiviÞm said: The results here baffle me... The majority of JWFan these days seems to be HP geeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,384 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 Just now, Gruesome Son of a Bitch said: The majority of JWFan these days seems to be HP geeks. And STAR WARS, obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Edmilson 7,259 Posted June 9, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 9, 2020 PoA works in many levels: as a horror score, an adventure score, a dramatic score... It tries to do many things, and it's successful on almost all of them, ranging from energic action music to creepy music. Also, Williams has written music for characters in their infancy many times: E.T., The BFG, Short Round's theme from Temple, the first two Potters... But with PoA he finally explores the adolescence of the movie's characters, all the cringe and the mess and conflicts that come with this age. I consider the comedic use of Reinassance music and instruments as a way he found to describe the fun and laughter that comes with this age. A brilliant score that is filled with criativity. crlbrg, MaxTheHouseelf and oierem 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montre 79 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 POA for me. But I prefer any of the three JW Potters above all of the OT Star Wars scores. And that’s even on a purely musical enjoyment level, factoring out my nostalgia for the movies themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,612 Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 The highs of ROTJ are better than the highs of POA, but POA (or at least the OST of POA) is more consistent, doesn’t have a dead spot in the middle of it (although my problem with ROTJ is likely more to do with the film’s lumpy pacing from Dagobah to the Brother and Sister scene). But I could see myself falling on the other side of this some other day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biodome 714 Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 RotJ is so beautiful that it literally makes me cry. The Luke vs. Vader climax is one of my favourite musical moments of all time. PoA is not that mind-blowing, but it's still one of JW's best scores. So on a purely emotional impact scale, RotJ wins hands down. Jurassic Shark and Fabulin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 11,956 Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 9 hours ago, Jay said: OK, you have a different definition of "old school" than me then. Fixed! Bofur01 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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