The Best of 2005 -- THE RESULTS ARE IN!

[Justin 2]

Best of 2002

Best of 2004

I've decided to keep this an open ballot. In other words just post your nominations here in this thread. I think one of the appealing factors about this is that we can see everybodies choices, which to me is half the fun. This will be open for two weeks so it will close on Monday, March 20th. The first day of spring. Member deimos will be handling the Non-JW JWFan Awards this year. (Assuming he still among the living.)

And the categories for your consideration are:

Best Original Score of 2005:

Best Album Release of 2005:

(Best cover design, track order, package design, how much music from the film is released etc…)

Best Cue of 2005:

(The best single track of John Williams music of the year..)

Best Action Cue of 2005:

(Must be of an Action oriented nature.)

Best Dramatic Cue of 2005:

(Must be of a dark or dramatic nature.)

Best Theme of 2005:

(Does not have to be a track title. I.E. The Munich Theme, Grievous’s Theme, Avner’s Theme etc…)

Best Performance Of Above Theme of 2005:

(Must be a track title with the above theme performed in the track.)

Easy Access Version:

Best Original Score of 2005:

Best Album Release of 2005:

Best Cue of 2005:

Best Unreleased Cue of 2005:

Best Action Cue of 2005:

Best Dramatic Cue of 2005:

Best Theme of 2005:

Best Performance Of Above Theme of 2005:

And of course...My Picks:

Best Original Score of 2005

Nominations: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of The Sith, War of The Worlds, Memoirs of A Geisha, Munich

Best Album Release of 2005

Nominations: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of The Sith, War of The Worlds, Memoirs of A Geisha, Munich

Best Cue of 2005

Nominations: Anakin’s Betrayal, Anakin’s Dark Deeds, Becoming A Geisha, Remembering Munich

Best Action Cue of 2005

Nominations: Battle of The Heroes, General Grievous, Anakin Vs. Obi-Wan, The Intersection Scene

Best Dramatic Cue of 2005

Nominations: Anakin’s Betrayal, The Immolation Scene, Epilogue, Remembering Munich

Best Theme of 2005

Nominations: Battle of The Heroes, Sayuri’s Theme, The Munich Theme, Avner’s Theme

Best Performance Of Above Theme of 2005

Good luck to each score and happy voting!

Justin - Not submiting an unreleased cue because he hasn't heard any outside the films.

(EDIT: THE RESULTS)

Best Theme of 2005:

Avner’s Theme (Munich) - 7

Sayuri's theme - 8

the Munich theme - 3

Battle of the Heroes - 4

"The Chairman's Waltz"

Best Performance Of Above Theme of 2005:

Becoming a Geisha - 2

Confluence - 3

Sayuri's Theme / End Credits - 2

"The Journey to the Hanamachi"

Best Dramatic Cue of 2005:

Anakin’s Betrayal - 8

A Prayer for Peace - 3

The Immolation Scene - 2

Anakin's Dark Deeds - 3

Confluence - 2

Padme's Funeral and A New Hope

Remembering Munich - 3

Munich, 1972

Best Action Cue of 2005:

Battle of The Heroes - 4

Anakin Vs. Obi Wan - 6

Star Wars and the Revenge of the Sith - 4

Escape from the City

The Ferry Scene - 3

General Grievous - 3

The Intersection Scene

Best Unreleased Cue of 2005:

The Boys Continue - 4

Goodbye Old Friend - 3

The Heart Dies a Slow Death

Padme's Visit

Padme's Destiny and the Death Star

Plan for the Twins/A Home for the Twins complete

Best Cue of 2005:

Remembering Munich

A Prayer for Peace - 3

The Chairmen's Waltz

End Credits from Memoirs of a Geisha - 2

Battle of the Heroes - 2

Confluence - 2

Anakin's Betrayal - 7

Star Wars Main Title and the Battle Above Coruscant

Anakin's Dark Deeds

Becoming a Geisha - 2

Best Album Release of 2005:

ROTS - 2

WOTW - 1

Memoirs - 15

Munich - 5

And the winner of Best Original Score (2005) is..........

Best Original Score of 2005:

ROTS - 11

WOTW - 2

Memoirs - 10

Munich - 0

As you can see several categories including the big one were seperated by a single vote. Let this be an encouragement for everyone to vote next time.

Justin 2

[futuremartymcfly 0]

Best Original Score of 2005: Memoirs of a Geisha

nominations: Star Wars III, WOTW, MOAG, and Munich

Best Album Release of 2005: Memoirs of a Geisha

ditoo

Best Cue of 2005: "seeing the bodies" (don't know the exact title) from WOTW

"seeing the bodies", Anikan's entrance, Prayer for Peace, and Sayuri's theme and end credits

Best Unreleased Cue of 2005:

Best Action Cue of 2005: Anikan Vs. Obi Wan

nominations: Anikan vs. Obi Wan, Letter Bombs, Confrontation with Ogilvy, and Anikan's dark deeds

Best Dramatic Cue of 2005: A Prayer for Peace

nominations: A prayer for Peace, Avner and Daphna, Confluence, and Refugee status

Best Theme of 2005: Sayuri's theme

nominations: Sayuri's theme, Avner's theme, General Grievous' and Battle of the Heroes

Best Performance Of Above Theme of 2005: Becoming a Geisha

[deimos 0]

Member deimos will be handling the Non-JW JWFan Awards this year. (Assuming he still among the living.)  

Fortunately i'm still am

These are my votes. I prefered the secret way but you're the boss here. So:

Best Original Score of 2005

Nominations: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of The Sith, War of The Worlds, Memoirs of A Geisha, Munich

Best Album Release of 2005

Nominations: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of The Sith, War of The Worlds, Memoirs of A Geisha, Munich

Best Cue of 2005

Nominations: Becoming a Geisha, Anakin’s Dark Deeds, The Chairman's Waltz, A Prayer for Peace

Best Action Cue of 2005

Nominations: Styar Wars and the Revenge of the Sith, General Grievous, The Ferry Scene, The Intersection Scene

Best Dramatic Cue of 2005

Nominations: A Prayer for Peace , The Immolation Scene, Anakin's Betrayal, Remembering Munich

Best Theme of 2005

Nominations: The Chairman's Waltz, Sayuri’s Theme, The Munich Theme, Avner’s Theme

Best Performance Of Above Theme of 2005

[JMan 0]

Best Original Score: War of the Worlds

Nominations:Duh

Best Album Release: Memoirs of A Geisha

Nominations: Duh

Best Cue of 2005: The Chairmen's Waltz, Memoirs of A Geisha

Nominations: Chairmen's Waltz, Sayuri's Theme, Avner's Theme, Remembering Munich

Best Action Cue: Escape from the City, War of the Worlds

Nominations: Anakin vs. Obi Wan, General Grievous, Escape from the City, Brush On Silk, Attack on the Car

Best Dramatic Cue: Prayer for Peace, Munich

Nominations: Anakin's Betrayal, Chairmen's Waltz, Remembering Munich, Prayer for Peace

Best Theme of 2005:Avner's Theme

Nominations: Battle of the Heroes, Chairmen's Waltz, Avner's Theme, Epilogue

Best Performance of Above Theme: End Credits, Munich

[fommes 153]

Best Original Score of 2005: Memoirs of a Geisha

Best Album Release of 2005: Munich

Best Cue of 2005: End Credits from Memoirs of a Geisha

Best Unreleased Cue of 2005: The Boys Continue

Best Action Cue of 2005: The Ferry Scene

(Star Wars and the Revenge of the Sith, The Intersection Scene)

Best Dramatic Cue of 2005: The Immolation Scene

Best Theme of 2005: Avner's Theme

Best Performance Of Above Theme of 2005: A Prayer for Peace

[King Mark 3,631]

Best Original Score: Revenge of the Sith

Best Album Release:Memoirs of a Geisha

Best Cue of 2005:Battle of the Heroes

Best Action Cue:The Boys Continue(RotS,unreleased)

Best Dramatic Cue:Anakin's Bertrayal

Best Theme of 2005:the Munich theme

Best Performance of Above Theme:Avner and Daphina

K.M.

[nightscape94 965]

Best Original Score of 2005: Memoirs of a Geisha

Best Album Release of 2005: Memoirs of a Geisha

Best Cue of 2005: Confluence

Best Unreleased Cue of 2005: Goodbye Old Friend I (RotS)

Best Action Cue of 2005: The Ferry Scene

Best Dramatic Cue of 2005: Anakin's Dark Deeds

Best Theme of 2005: Sayuri's Theme

Best Performance Of Above Theme of 2005: Confluence

Tim

[Jacck 23]

Best Original Score of 2005: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Best Album Release of 2005: Memoirs of a Geisha

Best Cue of 2005: A Prayer for Peace

Best Unreleased Cue of 2005: The Boys Continue

Best Action Cue of 2005: General Grievous

Best Dramatic Cue of 2005: Anakin's Betrayal

Best Theme of 2005: Sayuri's Theme

Best Performance Of Above Theme of 2005: Sayuri's Theme / End Credits

By the way, I do LOVE War of the Worlds, I just couldn't seem to find a place for it here

[Romão 2,274]

Best Original Score of 2005: Memoirs of a Geisha

Best Album Release of 2005: Munich

Best Cue of 2005: A Prayer for Peace

Best Unreleased Cue of 2005: The Heart Dies a Slow Death (MOG)

Best Action Cue of 2005: General Grievous

Best Dramatic Cue of 2005: Confluence and As The Water

Best Theme of 2005: Sayuri's theme

Best Performance Of Above Theme of 2005: Confluence

[robthehand 3]

Best Original Score of 2005: Memoirs of a Geisha

Best Album Release of 2005: Memoirs of a Geisha

Best Cue of 2005: Anakin's Betrayal (Lament)

Best Unreleased Cue of 2005: Padme's Visit

Best Action Cue of 2005: Anakin vs. Obi-Wan

Best Dramatic Cue of 2005: Anakin's Betrayal

Best Theme of 2005: Sayuri's Theme

Best Performance Of Above Theme of 2005: Sayuri's Theme and End Credits

[Luke Skywalker 1,795]

And the Winner is JOHN WILLIAMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Best Original Score of 2005: Revenge of the Sith

Nominations: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of The Sith, War of The Worlds, Memoirs of A Geisha, Munich

Best Album Release of 2005: Memoirs of a Geisha

Nominations: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of The Sith, War of The Worlds, Memoirs of A Geisha, Munich

Best Cue of 2005: Star Wars Main Title and the Battle Above Coruscant (this is a mix of cues though...)

Nominations: Star Wars Main Title and the Battle Above Coruscant, Sayuri's theme reprise and end credits, The Chairman's Waltz, Remembering Munich, Anakin's Betrayal,

Best Action Cue of 2005: Star Wars Main Title and the Battle Above Coruscant

Nominations: Star Wars Main Title and the Battle Above Coruscant, Heroes Collide, The Ferry Scene, Attack on the Car

Best Dramatic Cue of 2005: Padme's Funeral and A New Hope

Nominations: Anakin's Betrayal, Padme's Funeral and A New Hope, Remembering Munich, The Garden Meeting

Best Theme of 2005: Battle of the Heroes

Nominations: The Chairman's Waltz, Avner’s Theme, Battle of the Heroes

Best Performance Of Above Theme of 2005: The Chairman's Waltz

[Joni Wiljami 1,206]

Best Original Score: Revenge of the Sith

Best Album Release:Memoirs of a Geisha

Best Cue of 2005:Battle of the Heroes

Best Action Cue:The Boys Continue(RotS,unreleased)

Best Dramatic Cue:Anakin's Bertrayal

Best Theme of 2005:the Munich theme

Best Performance of Above Theme:Avner and Daphina

K.M.

MY list too.

Except : The Boys Continue ?? (don't know)

Edit : Best action cue : Anakin vs. Obivan

[Romão 2,274]

The best performance of Battle of the Heroes was in The Chairman's Waltz?

[Henry B 50]

Best Original Score of 2005: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith

Best Album Release of 2005: Memoirs of a Geisha

Best Cue of 2005: "Lament"/"Anakin's Betrayal"

Best Action Cue of 2005: "Battle of the Heroes"

Best Dramatic Cue of 2005: "The Immolation Scene"

Best Theme of 2005: Sayuri's Theme

Best Performance Of Above Theme of 2005: "The Journey to the Hanamachi"

Yeah, this makes me look like a total Star Wars nerd. In reality, I didn't find 2005 to be a great year for Williams. All four of the scores certainly have things to offer, though.

[nightscape94 965]

The best performance of Battle of the Heroes was in The Chairman's Waltz?

It was a subtle quotation.

Tim

[Luke Skywalker 1,795]

The best performance of Battle of the Heroes was in The Chairman's Waltz?

LOL

I misunderstood the thing. I choose Chairman waltz as the best performance of that theme, but also thinking on the best performance of any of the other themes. I was thinking of Perlman there.

I suppose it had to be heroes collide or boys continue...

BTW can we include the piano an Cello versions of MOG, they are so good

[Jarbas 1]

Best Original Score of 2005: Memoirs of a Geisha

Best Album Release of 2005: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Best Cue of 2005: Anakin´s Betrayal

Best Unreleased Cue of 2005: The Boys Continue from ROTS

Best Action Cue of 2005: General Grievous

Best Dramatic Cue of 2005: Confluence

Best Theme of 2005: Sayuri´s Theme

Best Performance Of Above Theme of 2005: Becoming a Geisha

[ashinyobject 0]

Best Original Score of 2005: War of the Worlds

Best Album Release of 2005: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Best Cue of 2005: Anakin´s Betrayal

Best Action Cue of 2005: The Intersection Scene

Best Dramatic Cue of 2005: Remember Munich

Best Theme of 2005: Battle of the Heroes

Best Performance Of Above Theme of 2005: The Boys Continue

[Elmo Lewis 6]

Best Original Score of 2005

Best Album Release of 2005

Best Cue of 2005: "Confluence"

Best Unreleased Cue of 2005: "Goodbye Old Friend"

Best Action Cue of 2005: "Revenge of the Sith"1

Best Dramatic Cue of 2005: "Anakin's Betrayal"

Best Theme of 2005: "The Chairman's Waltz"

Best Performance Of Above Theme of 2005: "The Garden Meeting"

[Morlock 11]

Best Original Score of 2005: Memoirs of a Geisha

Best Album Release of 2005: Memoirs of a Geisha

Best Cue of 2005: 'Sayuri's theme and End Credits' followed closely by 'Battle of the Heroes'

Best Unreleased Cue of 2005: Not familiar enough with the unreleased music

Best Action Cue of 2005: 'Anakin Vs. Obi-Wan'

Best Dramatic Cue of 2005: 'Anakin's Dark Deeds'

Best Theme of 2005: Avner's Theme

Best Performance Of Above Theme of 2005: So hard to choose....I guess in 'Avner's Theme'. But it could just as easily been the End Credits

Morlock 1- who likes the way the above is devided more or elss equally

Morlock 2- who thinks Morlock 1 is a big fat hypocrite, as he never even for a second concidered anything from War of the Worlds

[Luke Skywalker 1,795]

Why dont we make more awards? Something like this (for both threads):

Best Original Score

Best Adapted Score

Best Foreign Score

Best Score for an Animated Feature

Best Composer

Best Conductor

Best Performance by a Soloist

Best Performance by a Solist

Best Performance by an Orchestra

Best Song composed for a Motion Picture

Best Main Theme

Best Supporting Theme

Best Motif

Best Supporting Motif

Best Sound

Best Sound Mixing

Best Editing

Best Synthesizer

It's streching the thing too far but it could be fun...

[Justin 2]

There was already an entire thread about suggesting categories for the awards.

Apparently you missed it.

Justin

[Henry B 50]

Oh, and, Best Unreleased Cue: "Anakin Crawling" (Revenge of the Sith)

[Luke Skywalker 1,795]

There was already an entire thread about suggesting categories for the awards.  

Apparently you missed it.

Justin

oops

[Justin 2]

Bloody prequel fans....

Justin -

[Luke Skywalker 1,795]

We have no focus...

[JWfangirl1992 18]

Best Original Score of 2005: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of The Sith

Nominations: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of The Sith, War of The Worlds, Memoirs of A Geisha, Munich

Best Album Release of 2005: Memoirs of a Geisha

Nominations: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of The Sith, War of The Worlds, Memoirs of A Geisha, Munich

Best Cue of 2005: Anakin's Betrayal

Nominations: Anakin’s Betrayal, Anakin’s Dark Deeds, Becoming A Geisha, Remembering Munich

Best Action Cue of 2005: Battle of The Heroes

Nominations: Battle of The Heroes, General Grievous, Anakin Vs. Obi-Wan, The Intersection Scene

Best Dramatic Cue of 2005: Anakin’s Betrayal

Nominations: Anakin’s Betrayal, The Immolation Scene, Epilogue, Remembering Munich

Best Theme of 2005: Battle of the Heroes

Nominations: Battle of The Heroes, Sayuri’s Theme, The Munich Theme, Avner’s Theme

Best Performance Of Above Theme of 2005: Battle of the Heroes

[Justin 2]

Best Theme of 2005: Battle of the Heroes  

Nominations: Battle of The Heroes, Sayuri’s Theme, The Munich Theme, Avner’s Theme  

Best Performance Of Above Theme of 2005: A Prayer for Peace

The Best Performance Of Above Theme MUST be from the Best Theme of 2005.

There is only one theme between the two categories.

Justin

[batmanand 0]

Best Original Score of 2005: Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

Best Album Release of 2005: Memoirs of a Geisha

Best Cue of 2005: Anakin's Dark Deeds edges it for me

Best Unreleased Cue of 2005: Goodbye Old Friend (by a whisker from Padme's Destiny/the Death Star)

Best Action Cue of 2005: Anakin v Obi Wan

Best Dramatic Cue of 2005: Either Anakin's Dark Deeds or Remembering Munich

Best Theme of 2005: The Remembering Munich Theme

Best Performance Of Above Theme of 2005: Remembering Munich

[Richard Penna 3,694]

Best Original Score of 2005: Memoirs of a Geisha

Best Album Release of 2005: Memoirs of a Geisha

Best Cue of 2005: Becoming a Geisha

Best Unreleased Cue of 2005: Padme's Destiny and the Death Star

Best Action Cue of 2005: Star Wars and the Revenge of the Sith

Best Dramatic Cue of 2005: Anakin's Dark Deeds

Best Theme of 2005: Avner's Theme

Best Performance Of Above Theme of 2005: A Prayer for Peace

[JWfangirl1992 18]

Oh whoops...I have to go back to second grade to learn to read.

[Justin 2]

Oh whoops...I have to go back to second grade to learn to read.

That's allright. Please edit your picks.

Best Dramatic Cue of 2005: Either Anakin's Dark Deeds or Remembering Munich

Only one cue per category, otherwise your choice won't be counted.

Justin - Who must make order from chaos....

[batmanand 0]

I'll go with Anakin's Dark Deeds then.

[Ray Barnsbury 8]

Best Original Score of 2005

Nominations: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of The Sith, War of The Worlds, Memoirs of A Geisha, Munich

Best Album Release of 2005

Nominations: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of The Sith, War of The Worlds, Memoirs of A Geisha, Munich

Best Cue of 2005

Nominations: "Anakin's Betrayal," "Going to School," "Becoming a Geisha," "Remembering Munich," "A Prayer for Peace"

Best Action Cue of 2005

Nominations: "Battle of the Hereos," "Anakin's Dark Deeds," "Escape from the City," "The Ferry Scene"

Best Dramatic Cue of 2005

Nominations: "Anakin's Betrayal," "Becoming a Geisha," "Confluence," "Remembering Munich," "A Prayer for Peace"

Best Theme of 2005

Nominations: Sayuri's Theme, Avner's Theme, The Munich Theme

Best Performance Of Above Theme of 2005

Ray Barnsbury

[John Crichton 4]

Best Original Score of 2005: Star Wars Epsiode III: Revenge of the Sith

Runner-uo: Munich

Best Album Release of 2005: Munich

Runner-up: Memoirs of a Geisha

Best Cue of 2005: Lament, AKA Anakin's Betrayal

Runners-up: a good chunk of Episode III, Remembering Munich, Return to Boston, Becoming a Geisha

Best Unreleased Cue of 2005: Plan for the Twins/A Home for the Twins complete

Runners-up: The Boys Continue, Padme's Visit, Goodbye Old Friend/Arrival at Utapau, Get 'em R-2!, I Am the Senate

Best Action Cue of 2005: Battle of the Heroes

Runners-up: Anakin vs. Obi-Wan, The Boys Continue, The Battle of Coruscant complete (1M3-1M4a), The Ferry Scene

Best Dramatic Cue of 2005: Lament, AKA Anakin's Betrayal

Runners-up: Anakin's Dark Deeds/It Can't Be, The Immolation Scene, Remembering Munich

Best Theme of 2005: Battle of the Heroes

Runners-up: Lament, "It Can't Be" motif, The Munich Theme, Sayuri's Theme

Best Performance Of Above Theme of 2005: The Boys Continue, specifically the "lava explosion" statement

Runner-up: Battle of the Heroes (choral statement)

A bit too much Episode III? Maybe, but I think the score is an absolute masterpiece and deserves to be treated as such.

Oh, and hi everyone. Sorry for the prolonged abscence. I'm still alive and kickin', not lying in a ditch somewhere. Just very busy. I'll try my best to pop my head in the door more often. I just wanted to make sure I got my votes in for what was an incredible year for Williams, one of his best ever. One masterpiece, two very good scores, and...well, the less said about WotW the better.

[Mr. Breathmask 555]

Welcome back, John.

- Marc, who can't vote, since he hasn't heard WotW outside of the movie.

[alfredo 0]

Best Original Score of 2005: Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

It revisits some classic themes and adds a world of new ones to an epic series of films. It was just perfect!

Best Album Release of 2005: War of the Worlds

This album is finely crafted. If I start the first track I have to liste nto the last one. It is just one epic suite to me.

Best Cue of 2005: Anakins Betrayal

The way this cue worked in the film and on CD is stunning.

Best Unreleased Cue of 2005: "Eruption of Hatred" (Self-titled track from the final duel in SWIII where the lava erupts behind Obi-Wan and Anakin as they meet in a struggle)

Best Action Cue of 2005: Anakin vs. Obi-Wan

Best Dramatic Cue of 2005: Munich, 1972

Best Theme of 2005: Sayuri's Theme

Best Performance Of Above Theme of 2005: The John Williams/Yo-Yo Ma recording from the Tonight Show (half because he plays piano in it.)

[Justin 2]

The voting is now closed. See the original post for the results. Thanks to everyone who voted!

Justin

[Ray Barnsbury 8]

Ugh, and to think that prequel lovers feel outnumbered here...

Ray Barnsbury