Popular Post 80sFan 108 Posted August 24, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 24, 2022 Not a bad list! Bellosh, DangerMotif and Tom 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Hey I like all those scores ConorPower 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy 4,087 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 The circle is now complete. We’ve reached an era where putting Star Wars at #1 is a bold and daring choice. TolkienSS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 4,639 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 A very thoughtful list. I would throw in an Oliver Stone movie in there somewhere, but good. It is amazing to think that it is truly difficult to do a list like this for Williams--so many deserving scores (early career too). A very nice problem to have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Nice indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post filmmusic 1,823 Posted August 25, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 25, 2022 Hmm... I would substitute Saving Private Ryan with Hook, which is one of the richest thematically and orchestration wise scores I've ever heard. Manakin Skywalker, oierem and rough cut 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toillion 213 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 It’s always fun to see people’s lists outside of the usual top five. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 It's an "updated" list, they are few, so it's welcome! Playing excertps from "Far and Away" in concert since so many years and having recorded a new arragement (with Mutter) had finally paid off! GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,339 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 It is funny somehow like Saving Private Ryan holds the position in that list of essential scores as an example for a score where Williams is able to contribute very few music to a film. Apart from that aspect I also would have rather seen Born on the 4th of July, A.I. or Lincoln as drama scores or The Lost World as some kind of turing point in Williams action scoring. Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 8 hours ago, filmmusic said: Hmm... I would substitute Saving Private Ryan with Hook, which is one of the richest thematically and orchestration wise scores I've ever heard. I'd keep SPR and sub out Far and Away with Hook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WampaRat 1,105 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Wonder what their criteria was in how they ranked them? Man, it makes me smile knowing Williams has a boatload more than just 15 terrific scores to his name! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 2 hours ago, Disco Stu said: I'd keep SPR and sub out Far and Away with Hook I'd keep SPR and sub out Hook with Far and Away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Andy 4,087 Posted August 25, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 25, 2022 I’d keep Far and Away and sub out SPR with Temple of Doom. Since there are three Star Wars films on the list, there should be two Indy’s.. and Temple of Doom is an achievement by any measure. Holko, Not Mr. Big, oierem and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tydirium 1,166 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Nice list, but strange that Hook is missing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,339 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Hook was never really a landmark score for Williams. It was just another Spielberg score at it's time. It probably would have been regarded more special if it would have turned out as the musical as which it was originally planned. It's just some kind of fan favourite, I would say. Edmilson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 3 minutes ago, GerateWohl said: Hook was never really a landmark score for Williams. It was just another Spielberg score. It probably would have been regarded more special if it would have turned out as the musical as which it was originally planned. It's just some kind of fan favourite, I would say. I mean he's consistently programmed the concert piece for the last 30 years. To do that for music from a film that was a critical flop means it's obviously a score that JW himself considers important in his oeuvre. Tydirium 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 I like that word. Oeuvre. It pleases me. QuartalHarmony and Not Mr. Big 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,339 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 49 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: I mean he's consistently programmed the concert piece for the last 30 years. To do that for a financial and critical flop means it's obviously a score that JW himself considers important in his oeuvre. I am not sure, If Williams' personal opinion really was a criterion for that list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Andy 4,087 Posted August 25, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 25, 2022 The more I think about it, A.I. Artificial Intelligence really needs to be on the list. Holko, Bellosh, Loert and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rough cut 1,714 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 There are a number of scores that could be on that list and rub shoulders with the best of ‘em. How To Steal A Million Born On The Fourth Of July JFK Seven Years In Tibet Amistad The Patriot A.I. The Terminal Munich Tintin Lincoln Each movie iconic. There’s just too many of ‘em! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy 4,087 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 It’s hard to make a list that you’d recommend for others rather than a personal favorite list. But if I were writing the article as an all-time great list, I’d try to shake things up a little too. For example I would choose The Lost World instead of Jurassic Park, and Home Alone 2 over the original. Perhaps Azkaban over the original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellosh 3,389 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 This list makes me feel like a true JWfan member made it. My only change would be to remove Phantom Menace (ESB and ANH is all you need) and add A.I. Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy 4,087 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 I could replace War Horse with Jane Eyre, which while a more obscure film, represents to me a more significant landmark in scoring style in his career. Both are cracking good scores though. There’s really no wrong choices. Pretty much anything is defendable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bellosh 3,389 Posted August 25, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 25, 2022 Might head on over to the pet peeves thread after seeing this list as well..... I'll never not cringe when seeing "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark" 🤢 Andy, Edmilson, Naïve Old Fart and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,393 Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 1 hour ago, Bellosh said: Might head on over to the pet peeves thread after seeing this list as well..... I'll never not cringe when seeing "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark" 🤢 Yeah, to me that movie will always be Raiders of the Lost Ark, without the words "Indiana" or "Jones". Bellosh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,499 Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 On 24/08/2022 at 8:51 PM, 80sFan said: Not a bad list! No CINDERELLA LIBERTY? No THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST? No 1941? No IMAGES? Bollocks! Do it, again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlastoEls 556 Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 15 hours ago, Edmilson said: Yeah, to me that movie will always be Raiders of the Lost Ark, without the words "Indiana" or "Jones". ‘Star Wars’. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 FIXED! 15. Star Wars 14. Star Wars 13. Star Wars 12. Star Wars 11. Star Wars 10. Star Wars 9. Star Wars 8. Star Wars 7. Star Wars 6. Star Wars 5. Star Wars 4. Star Wars 3. Star Wars 2. Star Wars 1. Star Wars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlastoEls 556 Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 5 hours ago, Bespin said: FIXED! 15. Star Wars 14. Star Wars 13. Star Wars 12. Star Wars 11. Star Wars 10. Star Wars 9. Star Wars 8. Star Wars 7. Star Wars 6. Star Wars 5. Star Wars 4. Star Wars 3. Star Wars 2. Star Wars 1. Star Wars He’s doing ANOTHER two trilogies?! 🤣 Bespin and ThePenitentMan1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GerateWohl 4,339 Posted August 27, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 27, 2022 14 hours ago, Bespin said: FIXED! 15. Star Wars 14. Star Wars 13. Star Wars 12. Star Wars 11. Star Wars 10. Star Wars 9. Star Wars 8. Star Wars 7. Star Wars 6. Star Wars 5. Star Wars 4. Star Wars 3. Star Wars 2. Star Wars 1. Star Wars I am not sure, if I agree with number 11. Naïve Old Fart, ThePenitentMan1, Martinland and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,499 Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 I have no idea what kind of an entertainment this Entertainment Weekly is (I'm assuming it's some periodical, or other), but it reads like Classic FM's top whatever, which, if Classic FM is to believed, the greatest score ever written, is PIRATES OF THE FUCKING CARRIBBEAN! Much better to have chosen three scores from each decade of his career (60s; 70s; 80s; 90s; this century) as a way to illustrate how his work has not influenced, and developed, over time. This "lowest common denominator" crap is unworthy of JWfan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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