Arpy 4,145 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 The BFG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 I can’t believe no one has created a companion thread of “What do you consider to be Williams’ ‘lightest’ score?” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,265 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 3 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: What do you consider to be Williams’ ‘lightest’ score? The answer to that question is probably The Terminal, Tintin, Stepmom or Sabrina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Save it for the thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deacon Blues 65 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Nixon, Revenge of the sith, War of the worlds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,280 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 8 hours ago, WampaRat said: Always thought that cue sounded like Thomas Newman’s “Floor Washing” cue from Oscar and Lucinda. Perhaps a little temp track bled through? (Cant seem to find that track on YouTube otherwise I’d post it. But it’s pretty similar- JWs is just a bit slower…) For me Stepmom is anyway Williams' most Thomas Newman like score. Tom Guernsey and WampaRat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,939 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Darkest scores fror me would be... War of the Worlds, Images, Rosewood, Minority Report, Nixon. Karol Raiders of the SoundtrArk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,382 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Presumed Innocent and War of the Worlds - the difference between is the scale, but they're equally dark. crocodile 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,939 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Oh yeah, forgot about that one. Sleepers, too. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 11,956 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Indy 4 gives me the creeps. WampaRat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,280 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Images is for sure on the dark side of the scores. But it is rather disturbing than dark. Anyway, there are basically two ways to look at the question of the darkest score. The score with the darkest sound colours and harmonies. The score than manages best to put you in a dark mood or induce dark images in the listener. For me these two are basically two different questions addressing different qualities of a score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,382 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 7 minutes ago, GerateWohl said: For me these two are basically two different questions addressing different qualities of a score. The different ideas of what "dark" actually means referring to music makes this thread so challenging, doesn't it. 9 minutes ago, GerateWohl said: The score with the darkest sound colours and harmonies. The score than manages best to put you in a dark mood or induce dark images in the listener. That's very accurate. I'd say the first point is why I said War of the Worlds and the second point is why I said Presumed Innocent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryant Burnette 654 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Schindler's List for me -- it speaks to a sadness that can never really be recovered from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 11,956 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 I listened to it yesterday and feel fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,280 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 40 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: Indy 4. It gives me the creeps. No score containing the Raiders March can qualify for any darkest score top list. Even if you listen to it in complete darkness. Damda-damdah! Dam-dadah! See? No darkness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,888 Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 I think WotW. The only thing I wish it had was a Barry's Abduction sort of cue because it sort of reminds me of the first half of CEOTTK without the second half but never delving as dark and demented as Barry's Abduction. Which comes back to why CE is his greatest single score range wise. Seriously, what other score has the expressive and stylistic range in a single score by ANY composer? It is like a 14 hour Wagner opera in 70 minutes. Though other scores might have greater or more memorable melodies or particular emotions (sense of joy), where else do you get this range from mystery, fear, darkness, dreaminess, different type of mystery, awe and wonder in a single score from anyone ever? Jay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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