Ranking John Williams’ children scores

[Davide Leo 0]

Here’s my ranking of John Williams’ children scores. What’s yours?

 

1. Hook

2. E.T. The Extraterrestrial
3. Harry Potter and the Philosopher Stone

4. Home Alone

5. Empire of the Sun

6. The Adventures of Tintin

7. A.I. Artificial Intelligence

8. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

9. Home Alone 2

10. Angela’s Ashes

11. The BFG

12. The Book Thief 

[Edmilson 7,384]

You mean movies starred by children or movies made for children? Because A New Hope was made for kids but doesn't feature a single kid in it; meanwhile Empire of the Sun has a kid as the protagonist but it's an adult movie.

[Davide Leo 0]

Films in which the theme of childhood plays a significant role.

But I’d like to see what other lists can be created with other definitions. 

[Deacon Blues 65]

When I read the title at first, I thought you meant ranking scores made by Williams' children. It would be a very short list.

[bruce marshall 1,314]

I'm not familiar with the work of his offspring, except for bits of A.I.

Does he have more than one composer among his children.

 

 

 

 

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There is not a child in the world who didn't fall asleep during the first thirty minutes of BFG.

So, that one must be excluded.

😅

[Oomoog the Ecstatic 314]

I don't find E.T. to be a childhood film as much as HP or Home Alone, because with the latter there's such a powerful connection from the entire film and its music, to Harry and Kevin, even when they aren't in the scenes. With E.T I feel the narrative and music connect a lot more with E.T. rather than focus much on Elliott.

 

So the highest-quality scores in this category for me are.

1. Home Alone

2. Harry Potter 1-3

[GerateWohl 4,326]

I still don't get it. What is the theme of childhood in "The Adventures of Tinitin"???

[Holko 9,499]

Looking at the list elements, the assumption seems to be "features a kid==for kids".

[A24 4,326]

1. Empire Of The Sun

[GerateWohl 4,326]

But Tintin doesn't feature a kid.

Or is it because Snowy is still a puppy dog?

[Holko 9,499]

Hmm.

 

"features a kid || is animated == for kids" then?

[Jurassic Shark 12,024]

6 hours ago, Harry Irene said:

When I read the title at first, I thought you meant ranking scores made by Williams' children. It would be a very short list.

 

Joseph Williams has 42 composer entries on IMDB.

 

https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0930990/filmotype/composer?ref_=m_nmfm_1

[bruce marshall 1,314]

I'm more interested in scores composed by Shark's' children.

 

[Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,429]

44 minutes ago, bruce marshall said:

I'm more interested in scores composed by Shark's' children.

 

here you go

[Thor 7,463]

8 hours ago, Harry Irene said:

When I read the title at first, I thought you meant ranking scores made by Williams' children. It would be a very short list.

 

Yes, that was my interpretation too. Mark and Jennifer haven't done much in terms of film music, but Joseph has done quite a bit, as JS mentions earlier. In terms of his own compositions, the ROSWELL series is probably his greatest claim to fame, but I like his moody music for the TV series SLEEPWALKERS: