mxsch 115 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 His 80's style, 90-00 style or sequels approach? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellosh 3,418 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 the 80's. Mostly because of the Indy trilogy, Empire and ROTJ. Some of the best action music he's ever written. I usually love all of his action music, but it's hard to top those scores. Raiders of the SoundtrArk and karelm 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datameister 2,042 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Late 70s/early 80s. Basically Jaws through Temple of Doom. I like his action music from other eras too, but this stuff tends to just be so focused, memorable, varied, and energetic. That being said, the action music in his two JP scores, Hook, and the prequel trilogy is pretty damn exemplary. Some of the Potter stuff too. For me, things started to get a little denser, duller, and more monotonous after the prequels, though I still enjoy the stuff. karelm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433 Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Hard to say. The action music from the Star Wars and Indiana Jones have always been in my opinion absolutely perfect and both cover a long time of its carrear. I would generally said the end of 70's and 80's for the many action score he has written but I would be forgetting the JP, Tintin, HP and War Horse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,368 Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Overall I embrace the evolvement of Williams' action writing. On the one hand I would say, it improved continuously, in the other hand to me the Battle of Hoth from Empire an the Desert Chase from Raiders are still the best action cues he has ever written. But this also has to do with the degree how they lift up the respective scenes. In newer movies there is less to lift up, but still it is marvelous what is going on there musically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,504 Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 The 90s style, without a question. But I don't generally gravitate towards any kind of Williams action material these days. I'm all about the calm stuff. The calmer, the better. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tranders65 65 Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 14 hours ago, Datameister said: Late 70s/early 80s. Basically Jaws through Temple of Doom. I like his action music from other eras too, but this stuff tends to just be so focused, memorable, varied, and energetic. That being said, the action music in his two JP scores, Hook, and the prequel trilogy is pretty damn exemplary. Some of the Potter stuff too. For me, things started to get a little denser, duller, and more monotonous after the prequels, though I still enjoy the stuff. This times a million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,448 Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 I really like his action music from 97 to 2005. Most of my favorite Williams action cues are from that era: Visitor in San Diego, the space battle from TPM, Tavington's Trap, the quidditch cues from HP 1, 2 and 3, Anderton's Great Escape, etc. bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 I’d say 90-00s as well. The Asteroid chase is probably the best action music he ever composed but I just prefer that mid period stuff from TLW, TPM and Private Ryan etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bespin 8,481 Posted February 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 14, 2021 For my part, I'd say 60-20s. GerateWohl, Martinland, Raiders of the SoundtrArk and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 2 minutes ago, Bespin said: For my part, I'd say 60-20s. Fanboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,481 Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 When I love, I MEAN LOVE, an artist, I embrace all his work. ALL. This is LOVE. Happy Valentine's day! Raiders of the SoundtrArk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Fanboy. Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,913 Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 I loved the action writing in HP (well all the writing) but my preference is the golden age (1975-85) it was just so inventive and virtuosic with those great action set pieces (Asteroid field, Hoth, Desert Chase, E.T. ending, Shark Cage Fugue and ending, ToD, etc) but there were so many returns to form like some of Hook, race in Far & Away, etc., but to me those were return to form of the golden age so still golden age wins out. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433 Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Bespin said: For my part, I'd say 60-20s. I agree even if I would personally extend this area to 1930-2100! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bored 309 Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 I've always found the Prequel / HP action material to be the most exhilarating by far, but I do love the action music in Empire and Return about as much. Docteur Qui and bruce marshall 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,075 Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 I prefer his 2020s scores. So concise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,913 Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Do you think it's a fair question to ask which era of JW's output sounds the best or is that too dependent on remixing...so who remixed it is more important than when it was recorded? Jurassic Shark and bruce marshall 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 1970s and 80s aescalle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aescalle 122 Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 70s and 80s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 All of it is great, but post-2000-ish is my favorite-- The "Ludlow motif" identified by Frank Lehman is one of the most thrilling action figures ever: As for specific cues, we have gems like this: Etc. Bellosh and Chewy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,363 Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 The Presses Roll is "action music"? Will and Chewy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,075 Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 It's press action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 I love his 80's style and I'm glad he tried something else in 90's and prequels. But thank God he went back to the basics in sequel trilogy, purest JW magic. Love the man. Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,363 Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 This is a very tough question for me. I kinda feel like he's written equally great action music his entire career! Different eras have had a different feel to it for sure, but I like them all so much I don't know which one I'd say I prefer over another! Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy 4,127 Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 I don't think I'll ever outgrow his 70's and 80's stuff. Gripping, hummable, memorable, rhythmically accessible. But his newer more complex style has an adrenaline to it. Interesting that as he aged, he wrote more frenetic music. Maybe less hummable, but exciting in its own way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,363 Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Just when you think the man has said everything that could be said about action music, he comes out with Falcon Flight at age 87 and you realize he'll be continuing to innovate his whole damn life Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 4,658 Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 I know I am obsessed with Galaxy's Edge. While not a pure action piece per se, it is energetic and actiony/adventury. One of the things I like about it is that it has elements of OT, PT, and ST (and thus all the big eras) scoring but blended seamlessly. To answer the question, 70s/80s, but I love them all. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bounty95 558 Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Jay said: Just when you think the man has said everything that could be said about action music, he comes out with Falcon Flight at age 87 and you realize he'll be continuing to innovate his whole damn life It blows my mind that a cue like Falcon Flight is basically unknown to those who don't know what a FYC is (which is the vast majority of humanity ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,363 Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 @mstrox refuses to listen to it even though its legal to do so! Bounty95 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Correct! Legality doesn’t have anything to do with it for me in this case. I had a very meh reaction to Hook, the Indiana Jones scores when I heard them expanded because I had already been listening to most of the new music for ages. Just a personal preference thing - if I die without hearing all the music in TROS, that’s fine because I’ll be dead. When an eventual expansion comes, it’ll be more worth my money to me if the new music is actually new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bounty95 558 Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 There's so much unheard music in TROS that an expansion will still be worth your money even if you listened to Falcon Flight or the whole FYC! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 shrug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 10 hours ago, Jay said: The Presses Roll is "action music"? Well, about as close as you'll get in The Post! Certainly borderline. Anyway it's an awesome piece regardless of what it's classified as. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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