2023 John Williams Official top 10 film scores. Your individual lists.

[bruce marshall 1,315]

1. E.T. THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL

2. SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE

3. JFK

 

-SCHINDLERS LIST

-STAR WARS

-THE FABELMANS

-WAR HORSE

-INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE

- WITCHES OF EASTWICK

- THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE

[D_nev 89]

1. E.T.

2. Phantom Menace

3. Last Crusade

4. Saving Private Ryan

5. Philosophers Stone

6. BFG

7. Angela's Ashes

8. War Horse

9. Hook

10. The Terminal

 

I feel like any of these could be put in any spot depending on the day for me, but this is a good list I think. I guess I am more of a fan of his scores from the late 90's onwards! Definitely super hard to narrow it down to 10 

[Schilkeman 964]

5 hours ago, D_nev said:

6. BFG

This is getting out of hand. Now there are two of us.

[Tom 4,669]

While BFG did not make my list, I consider the concert suite a top 20 piece.  

[Jurassic Shark 12,082]

The suite is definitely top 20 BFG.

[D_nev 89]

23 hours ago, Schilkeman said:

This is getting out of hand. Now there are two of us.

Haha yeah I was looking through everyone else’s after I posted mine and was shocked to only see one other! 

[Schilkeman 964]

5 minutes ago, D_nev said:

Haha yeah I was looking through everyone else’s after I posted mine and was shocked to only see one other! 

I was also somewhat surprised by the indifference that score seems to engender when I started posting around here. It’s delightful.

 

Im rereading LotR currently, and it is similar for me in that minutes of utter brilliance go by like a gentle breeze, and only periodically do I realize something special has happened.

[Nathan95 66]

1. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back 

2. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 

3. E.T The Extra-terrestrial 

4. Star Wars

5. Superman

6. Home Alone

7. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

8. Close Encounters of the Third Kind 

9. Jurassic Park

10. Schindler's List 

[The Dark Trilogy 39]

01. The Empire Strikes Back
02. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
03. Star Wars A New Hope
04. Raiders of the Lost Ark
05. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
06. The Fury
07. The Rise of Skywalker
08. The Last Jedi
09. The Force Awakens
10. The Adventures of Tintin

[Taikomochi 1,136]

01. The Force Awakens
02. Memoirs of a Geisha

03. E.T.

04. A.I.

05. Temple of Doom

06. Empire Strikes Back

07. The Lost World

08. Hook

09. The Adventures of Tintin

10. Attack of the Clones

 

[JNHFan2000 2,966]

1. Schindler's List
2. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
3. Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom
4. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
5. Lincoln
6. Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade
7. Star Wars: A New Hope
8. Raiders Of The Lost Ark
9. The Adventures Of Tintin
10. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban

[Schilkeman 964]

Lots of TinTin love, here. I like it. It's not a top 10er for me, but I enjoy it very much.

[GerateWohl 4,371]

I see Superman unreasonably overrepresented.

Same as Heartbeeps.

 

Unfortunately not enough love for Rosewood, Sleepers to at least make it into any top 10.  

[Naïve Old Fart 9,551]

6 hours ago, Schilkeman said:

Lots of TinTin love, here. I like it. It's not a top 10er for me, but I enjoy it very much.

 

2 hours ago, GerateWohl said:

I see Superman unreasonably overrepresented.

 

A curse on both your houses.

[Schilkeman 964]

1 minute ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

A curse on both your houses.

I'm sorry for whatever happened to you that poisoned your soul.

 

Both the film and score for TinTin are delightful.

[Jurassic Shark 12,082]

That's what Scotland does to a man.

[Schilkeman 964]

1 hour ago, Jurassic Shark said:

That's what Scotland does to a man.

I’m sure, lol

I would still move there in a heartbeat if given the opportunity.

[Jurassic Shark 12,082]

22 minutes ago, Schilkeman said:

I’m sure, lol

I would still move there in a heartbeep if given the opportunity.

 

Fixed.

[Jay 37,372]

The name of Hergé's character is Tintin, not TinTin.

[Schilkeman 964]

Fair enough. It’s still a good movie and score.

[Jurassic Shark 12,082]

It's still a weird name. 

[D_nev 89]

On 6/9/2023 at 6:14 PM, Schilkeman said:

I was also somewhat surprised by the indifference that score seems to engender when I started posting around here. It’s delightful.

 

Im rereading LotR currently, and it is similar for me in that minutes of utter brilliance go by like a gentle breeze, and only periodically do I realize something special has happened.

I feel like it will be one of those scores that gets "discovered" after he is gone. So many absolutely gorgeous and magical moments in that score. 

[Tom 4,669]

Tintin is well-regarded by many on the board (as this thread proves), but its detractors are vehemently opposed when it (and BFG) receives high rankings.  

[Courtney Sees Ghosts 269]

2 minutes ago, Tom said:

Tintin is well-regarded by many on the board (as this thread proves), but its detractors are vehemently opposed when it (and BFG) receives high rankings.  

I don't get why. Those scores kick ass.

[Steve 593]

Current favourites in no order (subject to change)

 

The Fury

Jurassic Park 

ET

Indiana Jones and the last crusade

Harry Potter 1

Harry Potter 3

A New Hope

Jaws

Jane Eyre 

War Horse

 

Honorable mentions:

The Eiger Sanction

Superman

 

For Star Wars it is really tough to choose just one, but since it all began with A New Hope that's my choice.

[Juanki 23]

No order:

 

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Images

Jaws

Star Wars

Far and Away

Jurassic Park

The BFG

The Terminal

The Adventures of Tintin

Lincoln

[Nathan95 66]

On 09/09/2023 at 10:35 PM, Nathan95 said:

1. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back 

2. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 

3. E.T The Extra-terrestrial 

4. Star Wars

5. Superman

6. Home Alone

7. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

8. Close Encounters of the Third Kind 

9. Jurassic Park

10. Schindler's List 

Didn't think to do this earlier, but I may as well plug my complete ranking on Letterboxd. May be of interest to some of you 

John Williams - Complete Ranking https://boxd.it/1NhY6

 

[JoeinAR 1,949]

We're one month in plus a few days. If you haven't posted a list please do I'm going to Wait another month thank you everyone who participated up to now

[Naïve Old Fart 9,551]

53 minutes ago, JoeinAR said:

We're one month in plus a few days. If you haven't posted a list please do I'm going to Wait another month thank you everyone who participated up to now

 

Are you planning to collate?

[JoeinAR 1,949]

23 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

 

Are you planning to collate?

I will use math. Math is our friend. I love math

[Naïve Old Fart 9,551]

3 hours ago, JoeinAR said:

I will use math. Math is our friend. I love math

 

I hope that you and Math will be very happy 

[Tom 4,669]

He's a math addict.  

[Garrett 153]

1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

2. Superman

3. Star Wars

4. Revenge of the Sith

5. Raiders of the Lost Ark

6. Home Alone

7. Jurassic Park

8. ET

9. Hook

10. The Patriot

[Mr. Hooper 1,794]

On 18/9/2023 at 11:03 AM, JoeinAR said:

We're one month in plus a few days. If you haven't posted a list please do I'm going to Wait another month thank you everyone who participated up to now

Let us know too which score got edged out and landed in the 11th spot.

[petek66 27]

1.  Star Wars
2.  The Empire Strikes Back
3.  E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
4.  Superman
5.  1941
6.  Close Encounters of the Third Kind
7.  Jaws
8.  Raiders of the Lost Ark
9.  Home Alone
10. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

 

[danbeck 123]

1.  Jaws
2. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind

4. The Empire Strikes Back
5. Superman: The Movie

6. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
7.  Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Askaban

8. The Fury

9. Images

10. The Terminal

[mrbellamy 6,288]

1. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 
2. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
3. Star Wars
4. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
5. Jaws
6. Home Alone
7. Hook
8. JFK
9. Catch Me If You Can 
10. Jane Eyre

[Edmilson 7,468]

1. Raiders of the Lost Ark;
2. E.T.: The Extraterrestrial
3. The Lost World;
4. Temple of Doom;
5. Empire Strikes Back;
6. The Last Crusade;
7. Return of the Jedi;
8. Prisoner of Azkaban;
9. Empire of the Sun;
10. Chamber of Secrets;

 

Honorable mentions: The Patriot (may enter top 10 once the expansion is released), every Prequel score, Superman, The Last Jedi, gosh... There are so many classics, making a top 10 is so hard!

[Bellosh 3,419]

On 01/10/2023 at 5:24 PM, Edmilson said:

1. Raiders of the Lost Ark;
2. The Lost World;
3. Empire Strikes Back;
4. Philosopher's Stone;
5. The Last Crusade;
6. Return of the Jedi;
7. Prisoner of Azkaban;
8. Empire of the Sun;
9. Chamber of Secrets;
10. The Patriot (this one might go up once the expansion is released);

Honorable mentions: Temple of Doom, The Last Jedi.

 

Holy shit another CoS!!!! There's literally two of us!!!

[Edmilson 7,468]

1 hour ago, Bellosh said:

 

Holy shit another CoS!!!! There's literally two of us!!!

Only because I love the Chamber theme (and its use on the movie) so much. Also, screw those people whining about the AOTC quotes, "Chasing the Snitch" is awesome and might be one of the best JW action cues from this century.

 

Considering how good his original HP2 material was, I'd bet it would've landed in my John Williams top 3 had him been able to focus 100% on the movie. I'll never forgive Spielberg... 

[LB Makes Stuff 240]

1. Close Encounters

2. Last Crusade

3. Space Camp

4. Jaws

5. Temple of Doom

6. Hook

7. The Accidental Tourist

8. Sabrina

9. The Patriot

10. A.I.

Don't ask me why there’s so many “smaller” JW scores on my list.

[Mr. Hooper 1,794]

On 6/10/2023 at 8:36 PM, LB Makes Stuff said:

Don't ask me why there’s so many “smaller” JW scores on my list.

I won't. But I will ask why there's no 'Star Wars'!

[LB Makes Stuff 240]

Dunno really, these ones just resonate with me more for whatever reason.

[Brónach 1,302]

Tintin is really fun score and Superman is not overrepresented. I don't know what's wrong with you people.

[Naïve Old Fart 9,551]

On 09/10/2023 at 5:31 PM, Mr. Hooper said:

I won't. But I will ask why there's no 'Star Wars'!

 

Och, yer dolt! "Star Wars" this, "Star Wars" that.

Not everyone likes "Star Wars", and not everyone has to like "Star Wars".

If I never hear a single note of "Star Wars" ever again, I wouldn't give a rat's ass.

It a great score, but it's not for me, and I suspect that it's not for @LB Makes Stuff, either.

[Mr. Hooper 1,794]

I was just joshing, but didn't realize it would be so triggering for some. 😁

 

10 hours ago, Brónach said:

Tintin is really fun score

Tintin is excellent. Didn't see the movie, but read the stories as a kid, and Williams' theme captures the intrepid spirit of Tintin perfectly.

[Blocky 8]

Challenging, but probably would go:

 

1. Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade

2. Revenge of the Sith

3. Prisoner of Azkaban

4. Raiders of the Lost Ark

5. Empire Strikes Back

6. Sorcerer's Stone

7. Jurassic Park

8. The Lost World

9. Home Alone 2 Lost in New York

10. Hook

[JoeinAR 1,949]

From Stefan Cosman

Jaws

E.T.

Raiders

Star Wars

Schindler's List

Superman The Movie

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

The Last Crusade

Born On The 4th Of July

Temple Of Doom

[Naïve Old Fart 9,551]

Glad to know that Stef is still around... sort of.

[Jay 37,372]

He posts stuff on Facebook like every single day.  He's been rewatching Star Trek TNG and made a post about every single episode