Your all time favorite John Williams score?

A stone appears very big when you keep very close to your eyes, but when keep it away a same stone looks a very small. Do you get it?

Why not, my friend? In fact, i have more favorite scores of his. But i could recollect only some of them. So, tell me, What's your all time favorite John Williams Score?

Just one. OK! i change my question, "What is your favorite John Williams scores?"
Please tell me, what do you mean by OP?

Why?

Exactly... especially since we already have a John Williams thread where something similar was posted.



-Erik-

Hmmm. Personally I have so many favourites but if I had to pick just one it would have to be Close Encounters of The 3rd Kind, this incredible celestial score never ceases to amaze and thrill me with it's complexities and moments of heavenly beauty, a score that easily makes my all time top 10.
Oh hang on. Thats exactly what Tim said! And I totally agree!

Oh I totally agree. The original trilogy remains the epitome of film music for me. It features all the elements that made me fall in love with the genre.

But if I would have to give a top 3: The Empire Strikes Back, Close Encounters and Superman are the ones that do it for me each time.

HOOK easily

Because it has everything, simply everything

I usually respond Minority Report to this question, which I believe to be the best score of the century so far. It has a highly ambitous take on musical structure that is unprecedented in film, as is the originality of the orchestrations. It is music that sounds fresh and unique, but at the very same time it retains Williams' brilliantly refined and accurate craftmanship. The thematic material is as radiant as ever, and Williams seems to have worked harder at developing these themes than he did in the entire Star Wars saga put together. As a composer scrutinizing the works of other composers, I can't believe how he managed to display such bravery on the creative side without clouding the dramatic relationship between the music and its accompanying images. It is beyond any doubt one of the composer's most distinguished musical achievements, yet sadly it lacks acknowledgement.

I guess some people really don't like material being re-used!? I very rarely have a problem with it, and in fact sometime I relish the use of re-used material. If it's done in a particularly clever way and used well, like Williams always does if he ever revisits a certain technique/style/motif/theme, then I find it interesting to see it put to use in a different film. Whatever Williams may have re-used in Minority Report, all I can say is it was put to excellent use.

If I had to pick one score it would have to be Star Wars.

This one does have a special place in my collection as it's the one I consider that set me on my way to an appreciation of film/TV music. But even with this affection removed it's a score that is definitely able to stand on it's own as the crowning achievement in Williams' career.

There's so many great aspects to this score: emotional highs and lows, great themes, brilliant action scoring (that are great stand-alone pieces) & poignant passages, some great source cues as well! What more could you ask of a score? And I really like how this score seems to be "clean", with orchestrations that do the job without cluttering the soundscape with excess.

Each scores based on different genre. I like that variations. In fact, John is a versatile composer. He can compose for action, adventure, sci-fi, comedy, war, drama etc. That's the reason why those scores are my favorites. To be honest, even there are lot more. But unfortunately, i couldn't recollect all those.

Cheers!

Schindler's List.

75% post-millennium scores? Blimey.

IMO John Williams has only done a handful of misfires, it would be far easier to list all the scores of his I don't care for and that would be mostly his 1960's comedy fluff.

I prefer late 70's - 90's Williams but looking at everyone elses choices there isn't a bad one amongst them.