robthehand 3 Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 Which is your favourite of Williams' end credits suites? For me it'a a tie between Empire and Attack of the Clones.BTW - this is any end credits suites, not just Star Wars ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orson 1 Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 The Empire Strikes Back for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg1138 3 Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 Temple of Doom, all the way........closely followed by ESB.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmanand 0 Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 I quite enjoyed ROTS... until The Throne Room-o-ramaESB for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Barnsbury 8 Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 Far and Away.Ray Barnsbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 Jurassic Park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaderbait1 1 Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 I'm going to say ESB or ROTJ had the best End Credits suite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 Empire Strikes Back.The 19977-1985 period is better for classic End Credits suites because Williams didn't do "re-hash" End Credits.K.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 The Empire Strikes BackProbably Temple of Doom too, if only there was a proper release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 The Empire Strikes Back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg1138 3 Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 Probably Temple of Doom too, if only there was a proper release. Good point - but the fact that there isn't really a proper release of it does not diminish it's excellence, in my humble and honest opinion.....Would be nice though if the powers that be sorted us out a decent release though.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashinyobject 0 Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 ESB ans ROTJ and ROTS(and i dont know why) and JP(because of the last chord) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 Empire Strikes Back.The 19977-1985 period is better for classic End Credits suites because Williams didn't do "re-hash" End Credits.K.M.Return if The Jedi has rehashed End Credits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendal_Ozzel 36 Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 Indy and the Last Crusade, if you include the finale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 SW, ESB and ROTJ. POA would easily be up there if it wouldn't just stop after a minute.Marian - Ben-Hur (Carl Davis) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 Probably Temple of Doom too, if only there was a proper release. Good point - but the fact that there isn't really a proper release of it does not diminish it's excellence, in my humble and honest opinion.....Of course, but it's just that I hardly ever hear it, apart from at the end of watching the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg1138 3 Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 Watch the film more often! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 It just moved up my to-watch list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benefactor 3 Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 End Credits from Always. Best music from the score in one piece but not on album! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 ESB End Credits for me definitely. I also love ROTS's end credits...MINUS the Throne Room suite, which can be easily edited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SturgisPodmore 0 Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 Far and Away.Uh-huh. ~Sturgis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trumpeteer 302 Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 "Empire," no doubt. "Star Wars" just repeats the main theme too many times. That's when a good rendition of the Rebel Fanfare would have worked more than Luke's theme, because the film was more about the rebels than Luke.But I also like "Temple of Doom." Mixing Short Round's and Indy's theme was a great discovery for me abot two years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 Empire Strikes Back.The 19977-1985 period is better for classic End Credits suites because Williams didn't do "re-hash" End Credits.K.M.Return if The Jedi has rehashed End Credits.It has? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 Not to go with what seems popular, but I can't help but say "Empire Strikes Back". It's just the way it is.I also agree with Marian about PoA. The end credit suit with the new music, starting with the Nimbus theme, and going into the variations of the Double Trouble theme is some of the best music Williams has done in the last decade. It's a shame it was ruined by edited bits of other pieces afte the first 2 minutes. There's also a bit in the credits that was cut out of the CD version that I like.Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Composer_Fan 2 Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 Are the credits from E.T. considered a suite? If so, that's my favorite! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 Well, a suite is a collection of themes, so I wouldn't think so.Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 ESB, like everybody else said.No, really, I'm an interesting person. Seriously! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 What about Hook? It also has a great end credits suite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 It wasn't included on the CD right? The last track is "Farewell Neverland" and that isn't it, at least I don't think it is. I can't remember what the end credit sequence sounds like and I refused to rent or hunt down the film to find out.But since the Hook score is in my top 5 Williams scores, I'll have to take your word for it.Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 It starded with the Neverland theme, then Tinkerbell's theme, followed by the Lost Boys Chase and finishing with the family theme. I think that was it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 End Credits from Always. Best music from the score in one piece but not on album!It's not?What is it,a different take on the themes?K.M.Who didn't know this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixie_twinkle 48 Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 Empire. The version on the original vinyl, and also on the 1997 special edition. The editing and transitions are so much smoother. The version on the anthology had the nasty cuts between thematic segments. Followed by Temple of Doom. When will we ever get that original finale on CD? The OST is missing a couple of moments of Short-Round's theme playfully bouncing along behind the main theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benefactor 3 Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 End Credits from Always. Best music from the score in one piece but not on album!It's not?What is it,a different take on the themes?K.M.Who didn't know thisWell, this is a compilation of three (or may be four) cues from the movie. But they are not edited, they were played together and in a very nice way! All those cues could be found on the disc, but in different tracks and you can't edit them from CD smoothly. Also the performance of those cues on the “End Credits” is little different. It is sad that those “End Credits” not found their way to soundtrack album! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CYPHER 1 Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 I very much like The Empire Strikes Back (it really is all about that last minute) but some other strong contenders include Close Encounters of the Third Kind (if my memory serves me correctly) and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. There are many other end credit suites which I love e.g. Stepmom, The Patriot, Minority Report etc, but to whatever extent they are pure concert pieces rather than specific end credit music, I will refrain from championing them for now. CYPHER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trumpeteer 302 Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 There's also a bit in the credits that was cut out of the CD version that I like.TimDo you mean Peter Pettigrew's theme? I'm very upset at its non-appearance on the CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewdog1 50 Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 ESB for me. I guess I'm a follower, but you can't turn away genious.I want to like Superman's end credits, but after the first few minutes it gets so tiring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 There's also a bit in the credits that was cut out of the CD version that I like.TimDo you mean Peter Pettigrew's theme? I'm very upset at its non-appearance on the CD.And the strange this is this theme is actually heard dozens of times in the movie. It's not like a small theme that makes one or two apperances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adoy 1 Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 ESB for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 Jurassic Park.'End credits' or 'welcome to Jurassic park'?It must be ESB's i suppose, but as merkel mentioned, Hook's is excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 WElcome to Jurassic Park. Those are the full End Credits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thx99 1,740 Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 RE: the ALWAYS end creditsWell, this is a compilation of three (or may be four) cues from the movie. But they are not edited, they were played together and in a very nice way! All those cues could be found on the disc, but in different tracks and you can't edit them from CD smoothly. Also the performance of those cues on the “End Credits” is little different. It is sad that those “End Credits” not found their way to soundtrack album!I believe that they were edited together from various cues of the score, some of which don't even appear on the OST CD!! I don't think that they were recorded as a single cue.I created a version of the "End Credits" and in order to do so, I had to pull from two tracks of the OST, one track from the Spielberg/Williams Collaboration CD (which doesn't appear on the OST), and even a short segment from the DVD (which I couldn't locate on the OST). All in all, it's a nice listen, despite the additional hiss during the DVD segment.As others have pointed out, a number of Williams's "End Credit" Suites are edited together from various cues (i.e., THE LOST WORLD, HEIDI, THE TERMINAL, MINORITY REPORT, etc.) or are edits of a single cue (i.e., JURASSIC PARK), while others feaure music not heard in the film proper (i.e., HOOK, JAWS 2 - I believe).And one film features no music at all during the end credits: CONRACK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 when you use edit it seems a lucassy. Some of your examples are more orchestrations... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin 2 Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 Close Encounters of The Third KindThe Visitors/Bye/End Title: The Special EditionJustin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 It's gorgeous, but aren't we going for the actual End Credits, not the finale? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benefactor 3 Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 RE: the ALWAYS end credits benefactor wrote: Well, this is a compilation of three (or may be four) cues from the movie. But they are not edited, they were played together and in a very nice way! All those cues could be found on the disc, but in different tracks and you can't edit them from CD smoothly. Also the performance of those cues on the “End Credits” is little different. It is sad that those “End Credits” not found their way to soundtrack album! I believe that they were edited together from various cues of the score, some of which don't even appear on the OST CD!! I don't think that they were recorded as a single cue. I created a version of the "End Credits" and in order to do so, I had to pull from two tracks of the OST, one track from the Spielberg/Williams Collaboration CD (which doesn't appear on the OST), and even a short segment from the DVD (which I couldn't locate on the OST). All in all, it's a nice listen, despite the additional hiss during the DVD segment. I disagree! After short analyzing it seems to me that the cues in End Credits sounds a bit different from their music counterparts within the rest of the score. Even if “Credits” are edited that was made in a very musical and natural way. They are in no way seems as forced combination of different material. Perhaps Williams had his vision of End Credits and recorded special takes of those fragments so they became easy for editing. p.s. thx99 - Thanks again for your edit version of the Always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 My favorites (in order of preference):1. Empire Strikes Back2. Jurassic Park3.Born on the Fourth of July4.Far and Away5.PatriotAll above mentioned are good examples of thoroughly composed and not just copy/pasted End Credits suites(which have unfortunately become a norm these days). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean1700 4 Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 Close Encounters of The Third KindThe Visitors/Bye/End Title: The Special EditionJustinGood choice but I definitely love AOTC finale and end credits. Pure magic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurgaFlippinMan 7 Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 hmm, in no particular order Temple of Doom, ESB, Far and Away, JP, Last Crusade, the patriot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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