What is John's best 1990 through 2000 score?

[AC1 3,565]

Well, some (not many but search long enough) think that the 60s were his best. I suppose that could be true for the 90s as well.

[Rogue_Leader 2]

Hard to believe Schindler's List is winning. Its a great score but I dont think the type of music is really the kind most people really can ejoy listening to on a regular basis.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251]

Yeah, but it IS a monumental achievement.

[AC1 3,565]

Yeah, but it IS a monumental achievement.

Everything about it is! The movie as well as the music.

[jamesie 1]

I am... Fooweybunkered!!! I expected Hook to win by a lot... Maybe tie with SW and SL. Hook is my favorite. Idk, is Hook considered a great score by a lot of people besides me?? I KNOW it's only losing by one vote... But I think it's so amazing that... Well, I think it out-does most of the other ones up there by quite a bit... I am sure my ignorance of the other great scores up there is obvious, but uhmm... ya.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251]

Hook is generally considered a GREAT score here.

Not by JoeinAr, off course.

[Morlock 9]

Hook is indeed well loved here. I'm surprised TPM is doing so well, I find it often is shortchanged here.

[Jay 27,216]

The only thing I don't get is why is this poll covering 11 years instead of 10? Wouldn't it have made more sense to do either '90-'99 or '91-'00?

Regardless, I voted for Hook, which is easily my favorite film score by any composer, outside of The Empire Strikes Back.

Here's how I'd rank the 8 scores on this poll that I've actually heard:

1 Hook

2 Jurassic Park

3 Star Wars: The Phantom Menace

4 The Lost World: Jurassic Park

5 Home Alone

6 Home Alone 2

7 Schindler's List

8 Saving Private Ryan

[SeekUYoda 0]

I'm surprised about TPM, too, given all the prequel-bashing that goes on around here. For me it was a close choice between the two (well, all of them really....)

[Snowster 4]

I voted for Hook, mostly because that is the soundtrack I would give to a friend who has never heard about John Williams. I think it is the best John Williams sound (-track) from this given time period. Personally the most important one for me is JP, because that was my first JW soundtrack.

-Snowster

[Trumpeteer 243]

I'm sad that I'm the only who voted for "Home Alone."

Jeff -- humming "Star of Bethlehem"

[Ray Barnsbury 8]

It's my second favorite!

Ray Barnsbury

[JoeinAR 1,759]

I love Home Alone

[AC1 3,565]

Got tired of Home Alone pretty fast.

[JoeinAR 1,759]

not surprised.

[AC1 3,565]

And I don't get bored with John easily.

[Rogue_Leader 2]

John had tons of awesome scores in the 80's.

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Temple of Doom

Last Crusage

ESB

ROTJ

E.T.

and so on ..........

Williams had a good number of great scores in the 90's too but most are from the first half.

[Morlock 9]

He had a strong opening and a strong closing to the 90's.

Got tired of Home Alone pretty fast.

IMO it's one of JW's most charming scores.

[AC1 3,565]

Home Alone is like a "John Williams Light". I can barely taste it.

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Alex Cremers

[Ray Barnsbury 8]

There's nothing light about "Somewhere in My Memory" and "Star of Bethlehem." They're beautiful and haunting pieces that capture the essence of Christmas, and their development throughout the score is really wonderful.

Ray Barnsbury

[AC1 3,565]

Oh yeah, they are really strong tobacco .

[JoeinAR 1,759]

There's nothing light about "Somewhere in My Memory" and "Star of Bethlehem."  They're beautiful and haunting pieces that capture the essence of Christmas, and their development throughout the score is really wonderful.

Ray Barnsbury

Ray,

John has created a mixture of music, that has become traditional

Christmas music. It has become mainstream, without even trying.

People recognize these songs, without knowing where they come from, and they get the warm Christmas feeling in their hearts.

That is the power of this score.

[Morlock 9]

Home Alone is like a "John Williams Light". I can barely taste it.  

I don't think there anything light about it.

[SeekUYoda 0]

It may be light-hearted, but it's not "Diet John." The depth with which he explored "Star of Bethlehem" and "Somewhere in my Memory" is remarkable - another example of his command of theme and variation!

[Morlock 9]

And the energy in 'Setting the Traps'.

[SeekUYoda 0]

Yes, definitely.

[jamesie 1]

I think that if JW really wanted to, he could have made a huge suite out of the x-mas theme used in the first and second HP movies. It was probably more of a small, strung out motif sort of dealy than a fully-fledged theme but I think it could have been developed into something cool, but it was really happy and light, very Home Alone-esque. Then there was the song that the ghosts sung (possibly Winter's Spell) would be cool as an orchestra piece (without the voices; just a huge orchestra playing the song).

[jamesie 1]

Sorry if I upset anyone by talking about a score that isn't included in this thread. I just wanted to comment on that.

[Ray Barnsbury 8]

Yeah, you really pissed me off, Jamesie.

John has created a mixture of music, that has become traditional  

Christmas music. It has become mainstream, without even trying.  

People recognize these songs, without knowing where they come from, and they get the warm Christmas feeling in their hearts.  

That is the power of this score.

For sure. I've been really surprised to find that so many people my age recognize "Somewhere in My Memory." It's right up there with JW's most recognizable pieces to the public, and it doesn't often get mixed up with others (like Indy and SW, etc).

Ray Barnsbury

[jamesie 1]

Many other kids my age, who are usually engaged in rotting their minds with their crap-rap banging into their ears, know their Christmas music. They know Home Alone on my burned CD's consisting of various songs when one comes up. On many field-trips, they'll say,"Jamesiepoo, whatcha listenin too???" I say, "Something you probably wouldn't like." Well they usually exclaim, "OOHHH that's from that Home Alone movie thing!!!" Then they hog my JW cd's for the rest of the trip and leave me musicless. But that's ok. Spreading the plague of perdy music to "Generation Crap-Rap Children".

[Ray Barnsbury 8]

Spreading the plague of perdy music to "Generation Crap-Rap Children".

An admirable ambition!

Ray Barnsbury