danbeck 123 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 58 minutes ago, bruce marshall said: What are the numbers in ( )? Are those are top ten mentions ? Are.the number of times the score was listed (to rank when there was a tie in points). bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnaud2 14 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 On 18/2/2024 at 12:30 PM, danbeck said: 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) Fantastic! Thank you again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUlyssesian 2,478 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Kinda sad to see The Reivers not even making Top 50. I think it might have to do with how obscure it is - both the film and score - rarely seen and rarely heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,602 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Yes I think if the elements turn up and a proper expansion is released by one of the normal labels, it would show up for sure Yavar Moradi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,690 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 On 18/02/2024 at 8:30 AM, danbeck said: 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 So according to JWFans the only two scores written after JW's golden period (1975 - 1984) that could possibly equiparate to that era are Jurassic Park and Prisoner of Azkaban? Sounds about right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smeltington 1,466 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 8 hours ago, TheUlyssesian said: Kinda sad to see The Reivers not even making Top 50. I think it might have to do with how obscure it is - both the film and score - rarely seen and rarely heard. Stuff like this could be the side effect of everyone ONLY ranking their top ten. Maybe the Reivers is everyone's 15th favorite! Which means it doesn't appear at all... Arnaud2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danbeck 123 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 7 hours ago, Smeltington said: Stuff like this could be the side effect of everyone ONLY ranking their top ten. Maybe the Reivers is everyone's 15th favorite! Which means it doesn't appear at all... Well The Reivers received one single vote at 2nd spot. I was also surprised that The Cowboys was not listed by anyone. Arnaud2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUlyssesian 2,478 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 3 hours ago, danbeck said: Well The Reivers received one single vote at 2nd spot. I was also surprised that The Cowboys was not listed by anyone. That was my vote! It didn't help it much though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,728 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 It's quite telling that even when polling a forum of hardcore Williams fans, the list inevitably turns out with only the classic evergreens on top. Tough times for us fans of the lesser-talked-about (of course, even my own list is a mix of the classics and the underrated). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,319 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 4 hours ago, Thor said: It's quite telling that even when polling a forum of hardcore Williams fans, the list inevitably turns out with only the classic evergreens on top. Tough times for us fans of the lesser-talked-about (of course, even my own list is a mix of the classics and the underrated). It's to be expected that science fiction, fantasy and adventure would dominate. I put several dramas in my list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,602 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Is @JoeinAR ever going to return to us? Arnaud2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smeltington 1,466 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Is he mad that more people didn't vote for The Reivers? Edmilson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,319 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Reivers or RIVER?😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tranders65 65 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Hey, how did I never do this? So many of these look similar as has already been noted, but I'd never actually thought through what my top 10 might look like - here's what I came up with: 1. Star Wars 2. Superman 3. Temple of Doom 4. Empire Strikes Back 5. Raiders of the Lost Ark 6. Jaws 7. E.T. 8. 1941 9. The Cowboys 10. Witches of Eastwick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,368 Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 On 20/02/2024 at 11:12 AM, Thor said: It's quite telling that even when polling a forum of hardcore Williams fans, the list inevitably turns out with only the classic evergreens on top. Tough times for us fans of the lesser-talked-about (of course, even my own list is a mix of the classics and the underrated). It's really only telling of the fact that we are talking about a Top 10 list for a guy who wrote like 15-20 (?) "classic evergreens" fighting to get in there as it is. Seven Years in Tibet making the top 20 is probably the biggest surprise to me over the likes of Home Alone and The Phantom Menace. You should be happy with that 31-40 block over two Star Wars and a Harry Potter. AI and The Lost World probably show up higher on our list than they would in a general poll. I feel like JWFan kinda underrates Schindler's List, Memoirs of a Geisha, and Catch Me If You Can relative to the praise I see elsewhere else, even though they're obviously well-appreciated here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,526 Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 Hey, today Bespin is turning 50. Here's the playlist corresponding to my 'Top 10'. BB-8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnaud2 14 Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 10 hours ago, Bespin said: Hey, today Bespin is turning 50. Here's the playlist corresponding to my 'Top 10'. Happy Birthday, young man! Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabulin 3,524 Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 On 01/03/2024 at 6:22 PM, mrbellamy said: It's really only telling of the fact that we are talking about a Top 10 list for a guy who wrote like 15-20 (?) "classic evergreens" fighting to get in there as it is. Seven Years in Tibet making the top 20 is probably the biggest surprise to me over the likes of Home Alone and The Phantom Menace. You should be happy with that 31-40 block over two Star Wars and a Harry Potter. AI and The Lost World probably show up higher on our list than they would in a general poll. I feel like JWFan kinda underrates Schindler's List, Memoirs of a Geisha, and Catch Me If You Can relative to the praise I see elsewhere else, even though they're obviously well-appreciated here. I am also surprised that ROTJ and TPM (normally not THAT far behind SW and ESB in Star Wars related polls on the site) are relatively "low". I am not sure about JWFan 'underrating' Schindler's List. That score is a prime case where extra-musical context colours the perception of the music for most of the public (I'd argue to an extent at least no smaller than in the case of the popcorn blockbuster scores). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 4,708 Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 Top 10 and Top 5 threads going on simultaneously. I reached out to Williams and asked which approach he preferred. Here is his response: JTN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTN 2,301 Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 It’s funny because I reached out to Williams as well and asked him if he was OK with members listing their top 5 JW scores in a thread and his reaction was this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taikomochi 1,145 Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 So who’s gonna start the 2024 top 10 John Williams scores thread to complete the trifecta??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTN 2,301 Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 12 hours ago, Taikomochi said: So who’s gonna start the 2024 top 10 John Williams scores thread to complete the trifecta??? Calling @GerateWohl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post #SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,278 Posted May 18 Popular Post Share Posted May 18 On 15/08/2023 at 6:07 PM, JoeinAR said: My. Top ten. 1. E.T. the Extraterrestrial 2. Jaws 3. Superman 4. Star Wars 5. Raiders of the Lost Ark. 6 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 7. Jurassic Park 8. Home Alone 9. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 10. Close Encounters of the Third Kind. My playlist for this weekend. Stefan Cosman Mr. Hooper, Ricard and enderdrag64 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,273 Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 He's back, at the turn of the tide... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,278 Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 But only as a Herald of woe. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,728 Posted Tuesday at 06:08 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 06:08 PM Could we make a tribute to the late JoeinAr by assembling the results for this long-standing poll? Don't look at me, I sadly don't have the time, but perhaps some industrious soul on here? Ricard and Taikomochi 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jay 37,602 Posted Tuesday at 06:11 PM Popular Post Share Posted Tuesday at 06:11 PM Yes I was thinking I could do it if nobody objects Ricard, Taikomochi, Thor and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,273 Posted Tuesday at 06:19 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 06:19 PM It's already been done. On 04/02/2024 at 6:44 PM, danbeck said: 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,602 Posted Tuesday at 06:23 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 06:23 PM I know, but more people have voted since then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,278 Posted Tuesday at 07:06 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 07:06 PM He asked me to submit a list, and i never did. Here it is: 1. E.T. the Extraterrestrial 2. Jaws 3. The Empire Strikes Back 4. Star Wars 5. Raiders of the Lost Ark. 6 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 7. The Lost World: Jurassic Park 8. Superman The Movie 9. Close Encounters of the Third Kind 10. Jurassic Park Stefan Cosman Fabulin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,602 Posted Tuesday at 07:12 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 07:12 PM Now that's a damn good list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,278 Posted Tuesday at 09:31 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 09:31 PM I think its the first time i ever put E.T. at one? It shall remain there. Stefan Cosman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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