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

[JoeinAR 1,949]

Stefan and I have never yet but he ans I are very close. Rarely a day passes that we dont talk.

 

We were just talking about ESB not being on his or my list. Yet we both agree it is beyond magnificent.

[Edmilson 7,466]

Just edited my own top 10 with a few alterations. The most important part is that The Patriot left the top 10, but it may return when we have the Matessino expansion.

[Mr. Hooper 1,793]

1 hour ago, Edmilson said:

Just edited my own top 10 with a few alterations. The most important part is that The Patriot left the top 10, but it may return when we have the Matessino expansion.

There's no going back once JoeinAR compiles the results! They'll be set in stone and stored in the JWFAN archives forever!!

[Edmilson 7,466]

8 minutes ago, Mr. Hooper said:

There's no going back once JoeinAR compiles the results! They'll be set in stone and stored in the JWFAN archives forever!!

And when will he compile the results? As a Millenial, I'm very indecisive about stuff, which means I'll be editing my original post until the last minute! 

[A. A. Ron 1,742]

In order of release:

1. Jaws
2. Star Wars
3. Empire
4. Last Crusade
5. Hook
6. Far and Away
7. The Lost World
8. Catch Me If You Can
9. Prisoner of Azkaban
10. The Force Awakens

On 16/8/2023 at 8:55 PM, Bellosh said:

If anything this thread makes me want to make a top 10 without Indy and Star Wars, would be a very different list.

 

Without Indy and Star Wars:

1. Jaws
2. Superman
3. Home Alone
4. Hook
5. Far and Away
6. Schindler’s List
7. The Lost World
8. A.I.
9. Catch Me If You Can
10. Prisoner of Azkaban

[JoeinAR 1,949]

2 hours ago, Edmilson said:

And when will he compile the results? As a Millenial, I'm very indecisive about stuff, which means I'll be editing my original post until the last minute! 

I would ask that you go back and edit your original post but if you make a new one I can adapt. I decided to give it a few more days because I think the numbers are actually kind of poor right now. But I fully intend to provide the top 10 list and it will be extended to the top 20 based on the number of votes. Let's give it to the end of the month

 

By the way being an indecisive millennial is no different than being an indecisive boomer or genexer

[Naïve Old Fart 9,542]

"IMAGES, IMAGES, I-MA-GES!!!" 

[JoeinAR 1,949]

23 hours ago, A. A. Ron said:

In order of release:

1. Jaws
2. Star Wars
3. Empire
4. Last Crusade
5. Hook
6. Far and Away
7. The Lost World
8. Catch Me If You Can
9. Prisoner of Azkaban
10. The Force Awakens

 

Without Indy and Star Wars:

1. Jaws
2. Superman
3. Home Alone
4. Hook
5. Far and Away
6. Schindler’s List
7. The Lost World
8. A.I.
9. Catch Me If You Can
10. Prisoner of Azkaban

By posting in order of release you made Jaws #1 and Superman #2. Was that your intention.

 

Oddly by taking out SW and Indy Prisoner of Azkaban dropped?

[RuBen_Kenobi 19]

1 The Empire Strikes Back

2 ET

3 Star Wars

4 Raiders of the Lost Ark

5 Superman

6 Revenge of the Sith

7 The Force Awakens

8 Jurassic Park

9 Home Alone

10 IJ and the Temple of Doom 

 

[Mr. Breathmask 555]

Is this still open?

 

Good Lord, this was hard.

 

1. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

2. The Lost World: Jurassic Park

3. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

4. Hook

5. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

6. Jaws

7. Empire of the Sun

8. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

9. Star Wars

10. Close Encounters of the Third Kind

 

Feels boring to list just the classics, but there ya go.

 

I mean, even my next ten picks are a resumé any composer would be jealous of:

 

11. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

12. Schindler's List

13. Raiders of the Lost Ark

14. Jurassic Park

15. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

16. Far and Away

17. Memoirs of a Geisha

18. A.I.: Artificial Intelligence

19. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

20. Superman

 

I'll probably feel all different about this tomorrow, though.

[Edmilson 7,466]

When will we get the official JWFan top 10 JW scores?

[emiwan2 25]

With the new Hook ultimate edition in mind : 

 

1. Hook

2. The empire strikes back

3. E.T.

4. Jurassic Park

5. Superman

6. Return of the Jedi

7. A new hope

8. Schindler's list

9. Raiders of the Lost Ark

10. Indiana Jones and the Last crusade 

 

Couldn't resist to go to the next 10s.

 

11. Indiana Jones and the Temple of doom

12. Star Wars episode I - The phantom Menace

13. Star Wars episode III - Revenge of the Sith

14. Empire of the Sun

15. Home Alone

16. Close encounters of the third kind

17. Born on the fourth of July

18. AI

19. Jurrasic Park - The Lost world

20. Seven years in Tibet

 

 

[Jay 37,369]

Ah yes that reminds me, Hook is my #1 back on page one due to this release as well.  I think before I got the audio I would have put Temple of Doom at #1

[Arnaud2 10]

If not too late, here’s today’s list. Tomorrow’s would be different. Impossible exercise but interesting!

 

Monsignor

Conrack

Jane Eyre

1941

The Empire Strikes Back

Raiders of the lost Ark

E.T.

Temple of Doom

The River

Time Tunnel*
 

*In case Time Tunnel is not eligible then Jaws 2.

[Coco314 16]

Fitting the last slots were much more difficult (let's say impossible on a more than a day basis) than anticipated. I thought I would make things easier by adding myself a "one franchise score only" rule but that didn't help. So many to choose from!

This minute's list is :

 

1 -     Superman – The Movie
2 -     The Empire Strikes Back
3 -     Raiders of the Lost Ark
4 -     E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
5 -     Schindler’s List
6 -     Hook
7 -     Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
8 -     Memoirs of a Geisha
9 -     Far and Away
10 -     The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn

Wait, can I change... never mind
That said, this was a great experience as I re-listened to tons of masterpieces I hadn't heard in a while ("The Fury" is truly amazing, "Born On The Fourth of July" was so impactfull and emotionnal, I wish I could put in underrepresented gems like "The Terminal" etc. etc.)

[Naïve Old Fart 9,542]

Come on, @JoeinAR, this has gone on for four months, dude.

Pull you finger out.

[JoeinAR 1,949]

I am processing the numbers. I plan to post it on Christmas day. Fyi i had a huge audit wich I finished  Friday. I can concentrate on this count

Please forgive me for being slow

[Naïve Old Fart 9,542]

No problémo.

[BrotherSound 2,242]

1. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
2. Star Wars
3. Hook
4. Jurassic Park
5. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
6. Superman
7. War Horse
8. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
9. Dracula
10. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

 

[scoreman36 68]

1. Empire Strikes Back

2. E.T.

3. Superman

4. A.I.

5. Catch Me If You Can

6. Jurassic Park

7. Raiders

8. Close Encounters

9. Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban

10. Far and Away

[c-moll 1]

  1. Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones

  2. Memoirs of a Geisha

  3. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

  4. Dracula

  5. Jurassic Park

  6. Seven Years in Tibet

  7. Raiders of the Lost Ark

  8. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

  9. Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

10. The Lost World: Jurassic Park

 

[Taikomochi 1,136]

What an interesting list! And 5 overlaps with mine 😊 

[Jay 37,369]

On 12/12/2023 at 12:58 PM, JoeinAR said:

I am processing the numbers. I plan to post it on Christmas day.

 

[Obi 404]

It's really hard !! But :

 

1 - The Empire Strickes Back

2 - Raiders of the Lost Ark

3 - E.T.

5 - Dracula

6 - Revenge of the Sith

7 - Superman

8 - The Force Awakens

9 - Catch Me of you can

10 - Jurassic Park : The Lost World

 

[Fabulin 3,514]

On 26/12/2023 at 4:45 PM, Jay said:

 

Who said he meant the 2023 Christmas day? 

[Mr. Hooper 1,793]

So now that it's 2024, do we all have to revise our lists?

[Jay 37,369]

Where's Joe?

 

[Edmilson 7,466]

29 minutes ago, Mr. Hooper said:

So now that it's 2024, do we all have to revise our lists?

I know I'll revise mine, and keep revising it until the very last moment. Kinda like a John Williams score for a SW sequel.

[Jurassic Shark 12,079]

Just now, Edmilson said:

I know I'll revise mine, and keep revising it until the very last moment. Kinda like a John Williams score for a SW sequel.

 

And in the end it will be drowned in sound effects (the moaning from JWFanners).

[Arnaud2 10]

On 2/1/2024 at 9:09 PM, Jay said:

Where's Joe?

 

I guess he underestimated how much work that would be. Hang in there Joe!

[Mr. Hooper 1,793]

On 2/1/2024 at 3:19 PM, Jurassic Shark said:

 

And in the end it will be drowned in sound effects (the moaning from JWFanners).

"Turn down those sound effects!!"

 

 

 

[Jay 37,369]

Maybe Joe forgot what email address he uses for his account here.  Maybe a bunch of people who haven't posted in a while are affected by this.  Send a message to JWFan on Facebook if that's the case!

[GerateWohl 4,370]

On 05/01/2024 at 11:42 PM, Jay said:

Maybe Joe forgot what email address he uses for his account here.  Maybe a bunch of people who haven't posted in a while are affected by this.  Send a message to JWFan on Facebook if that's the case!

I remember what email I used. But once I tried to use the reset password function but didn't receive any mail. I get email notifications. But that reset password function seemingly doesn't work.

[Bespin 8,483]

Wrong thread.

[Jay 37,369]

3 hours ago, GerateWohl said:

I remember what email I used. But once I tried to use the reset password function but didn't receive any mail. I get email notifications. But that reset password function seemingly doesn't work.

 

It works now!  @ZackR figured out what was wrong and got it fixed with help from @Andreas!

[SF1_freeze 131]

This gives me time for my list :)

 

1. The Empire Strikes Back

2. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

3. Jurassic Park

4. Star Wars

5. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

6. Raiders of the Lost Ark

7. Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace

8. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

9. Home Alone

10. War Horse

[RuBen_Kenobi 19]

On 21/10/2023 at 3:32 AM, RuBen_Kenobi said:

1 The Empire Strikes Back

2 ET

3 Star Wars

4 Raiders of the Lost Ark

5 Superman

6 Revenge of the Sith

7 The Force Awakens

8 Jurassic Park

9 Home Alone

10 IJ and the Temple of Doom 

 

Well, after listening the new Ultimate Edition of Hook, is now in the top 10... Maybe at 8 or 9 place, so bye bye to IJaToD

[Amer 2,110]

I may have posted before but I dont have the patience of looking for it ..maybe later but I have been rethinking my list so here goes...

 

 

1) SUPERMAN

2) RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK

3) THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK

4) CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND

5) EMPIRE OF THE SUN

6) A.I. ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE

7) MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA

8)  E.T.

9)  HOOK

10) FAR AND AWAY

 

And..

 

11) JAWS

12) RETURN OF THE JEDI

13) INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM

14) WAR OF THE WORLDS

15) JANE EYRE

 

 

 

[danbeck 123]

While we wait the official JoeinAR results, here what I got when computing all votes adopting a criteria that the 1st choice gets 10 points and the last 1 and when the list does not rank the scores all get the average 5.5 points.

 

69 voters and 71 scores received at least one vote.

 

The top ten resulting list is:

 

1) ET - The Extraterrestrial - 379 

2) The Empire Strikes Back - 373

3) Star Wars: A New Hope - 269

4) Raiders of the Lost Ark - 205

5) Superman: The Movie - 180

6) Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind - 179

7) Jurassic Park - 173.5

8) Jaws - 170

9) IJ and the Temple of Doom - 157.5

10) HP and the Prisoneer of Askaban - 137 

 

followed by:

11) Hook -130.5

12) HP and the Sorcerer's Stone - 98.5

13) IJ and the Last Crusade - 93.5

14) Schindler's List - 93

15) A.I. Artificial Intelligence - 87

 

[Arnaud2 10]

Thank you. I’d love to see the ranks of the whole 69 titles, if possible. It might be more surprising than the more or less obvious top 10. A.I. at 15 is unexpected (in a good way).

[Jay 37,369]

Unsurprising results, except for the fact that Hook is so low.  Probably would be different if this was initiated after everyone had gotten their copies of the new expansion.

[Smeltington 1,440]

Thanks for going to the trouble, @danbeck!

 

Last time, weren't there some theories about other ways to calculate the results? I don't feel like my 1st place deserves double the points of my 6th place for example, or 10 times the points of my 10th place.

[danbeck 123]

On 05/02/2024 at 1:52 PM, Smeltington said:

Thanks for going to the trouble, @danbeck!

 

Last time, weren't there some theories about other ways to calculate the results? I don't feel like my 1st place deserves double the points of my 6th place for example, or 10 times the points of my 10th place.

That's the criteria that seemed balanced to me, but for sure several other could`ve been used (just number of mentions irrespective of ranking, among others) that's why I still wait for the "official" JoeinAR results with the metrics he will adopt. 

 

But here is alternate ranking just taking into account the number of times a score was listed (the same scores remain as the top 10 & 15, with minor changes in position):

 

1) ET - 53

2) Empire Strikes Back - 48

3) Star Wars - 36

4) Close Encounters - 35

5) Raiders - 34

6) Jurassic Park - 33

7) Jaws - 28

8) HP: PoA - 28

9) Superman - 27

10) IJ: Temple of Doom - 27

 

11) Hook - 24

12) HP: Sorcerer's - 18

13) IJ: Last Crusade - 18

14) Schindler's - 17

15) A.I. - 17

 

 

 

[Jeff 10]

 

I'm not expecting my results to be tallied since it's so late, but here's my contribution:

1. The Empire Strikes Back
2. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
3. Return of the Jedi
4. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
5. Hook
6. Jurassic Park
7. Sabrina
8. Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
9. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
10. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

I suspect Rise of Skywalker is the most controversial pick of the bunch. I really love the two themes in the title track--one of my all-time favorites.

[Brundlefly 2,385]

1. The Lost World
2. The Prisoner of Azkaban
3. The Temple of Doom
4. Jurassic Park
5. Rosewood
6. Raiders of the Lost Ark
7. The Last Crusade
8. JFK
9. Amistad
10. A.I. - Artificial Intelligence

[bruce marshall 1,315]

SCHINDLER is the only drama to make the top fifteen list.

Impressive.

[TheUlyssesian 2,478]

The correct score is no. 1!

[Tom 4,664]

While not on my top 10, I listened to Lincoln yesterday.  What a fantastic score from start to finish.  Every track has something new to offer and the penultimate track is mind-blowingly good.  I would say it is his best "Americana" score--that would be a good poll on its own.  

[danbeck 123]

On 05/02/2024 at 11:35 AM, Arnaud2 said:

Thank you. I’d love to see the ranks of the whole 69 titles, if possible. It might be more surprising than the more or less obvious top 10. A.I. at 15 is unexpected (in a good way).

Here are the "top 50" - below that a lot of scores with one or two mentions only:

 

Top 10 (Average year 1983): 

1) ET - The Extraterrestrial - 379 

2) The Empire Strikes Back - 373

3) Star Wars: A New Hope - 269

4) Raiders of the Lost Ark - 205

5) Superman: The Movie - 180

6) Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind - 179

7) Jurassic Park - 173.5

8) Jaws - 170

9) IJ and the Temple of Doom - 157.5

10) HP and the Prisoneer of Askaban - 137 

 

11) Hook -130.5

12) HP and the Sorcerer's Stone - 98.5

13) IJ and the Last Crusade - 93.5

14) Schindler's List - 93

15) A.I. Artificial Intelligence - 87

16) The Lost World - 73.5

17) SW: The Force Awakens - 70

18) SW: The Return of the Jedi - 58

19) SW: Revenge of the Sith- 50 (8)

20) Seven Years in Tibet - 50 (7)

 

21) Home Alone - 39

22) Jane Eyre - 38.5

23) War Horse 35.5 (11)

24) SW: Phantom Menace 35.5 (9)

25) JFK - 33

26) Memoirs of Gheisa - 32

27) Empire of the Sun - 31

28) Adventures of Tintin - 30.5

29) The River - 30

30) Angela's Ashes - 28

 

31) The Fury - 27.5

32) SpaceCamp - 27

33) Dracula - 24

34) Catch Me If You Can - 20.5

35) 1941 - 20

36) Far & Away - 18

37) Lincoln - 17.5

38) The Poseidon Adventure -17 (4)

39) The Towering Inferno - 17 (3)

40) Images - 15.5

 

41) SW: Attack of the Clones - 15 (4)

41) The Terminal - 15 (4)

43) SW: The Last Jedi - 14 (3)

43) The Witches of Eastwick - 14 (3)

45) War of the Worlds - 13

46) The BFG - 12.5

47) Heartbeeps - 10 (3)

47) HP: Chamber of Secrets - 10 (3)

47) Accidental Tourist - 10 (3)

50) Monsignor - 10 (1)

 

[bruce marshall 1,315]

What are the numbers in ( )?

Are those are top ten mentions ?