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Rommel Non-Standard Userer	Jurassic Park and Hook Much of his recent composing derive from these two.
posted 03-29-2005 02:34 PM PT (US)

fiat0299 Non-Standard Userer	The Empire Strikes Back,easily the greatest of all his Star Wars scores (so far anyway) and E.T.
posted 03-29-2005 03:00 PM PT (US)

wilbur gray Non-Standard Userer	Star Wars:A New Hope & Jaws(1 & 2).Sorry,that's three.
posted 03-29-2005 03:17 PM PT (US)

Lancelot Standard Userer	By what is "greatest" defined?
posted 03-29-2005 06:21 PM PT (US)

Timmer Standard Userer	His greatest? ...JAWS My FAVOURITES... JANE EYRE SUPERMAN
posted 03-29-2005 06:28 PM PT (US)

Lancelot Standard Userer	Oh one of those threads...
posted 03-29-2005 07:28 PM PT (US)

Indysolo Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by Rommel: Jurassic Park and Hook Much of his recent composing derive from these two. If Jurassic Park is one of his greatest scores, does that mean Patrick Doyle is better than Williams, since some of JP is clearly influenced by Doyle's Henry V? Neil
posted 03-29-2005 11:10 PM PT (US)

Howard L Standard Userer	One thing I hate about topics like this is that I post a reply and then end up saying, "Oh yeah!" and wanting to change my mind. But here goes: Close Encounters Of The Third Kind Superman
posted 03-30-2005 12:46 AM PT (US)

Hector J. Guzman Standard Userer	While I never want to try to say two particular scores from my favorite composer, I'll mention the three at the top of my list: 1. E.T. 2. Close Encounters 3. Raiders what the hell, the rest from my top ten: 4. Superman 5. Jaws 6. Star Wars 7. Jurassic Park 8. Hook 9. Schindler's List 10.A.I.
posted 03-30-2005 01:33 AM PT (US)

Timmer Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by Howard L: One thing I hate about topics like this is that I post a reply and then end up saying, "Oh yeah!" and wanting to change my mind. But here goes: [b]Close Encounters Of The Third Kind Superman[/B] Know whatcha mean H'er, "I've changed my mind" (though not in an Andrew Robinson - Scorpio - Dirty Harry sort of way ) My choices TODAY are... CLOSE ENCOUNTER OF THE 3rd KIND THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK
posted 03-30-2005 06:16 AM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by Indysolo: *If Jurassic Park* is one of his greatest scores, does that mean Patrick Doyle is better than Williams, since some of JP is clearly influenced by Doyle's Henry V?** Hm. Now that's something I've never heard of before. His greatest and most underrated score: The Fury. Nice to see CE3K and Jane Eyre listed here, though.
posted 03-30-2005 08:57 AM PT (US)

JoeinAr Standard Userer	E.T. and Jaws Superman, Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, after that its harder Jurassic Park Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone The Towering Inferno Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. 1 through 6 are pretty much in order, the last 4 can change on a whim, when Lost World might replace JP, or HPPOA replaces HPSS. Empire Strikes Back is always close to the top 10
posted 03-30-2005 10:01 AM PT (US)

El Cid Standard Userer	Star Wars and Superman Of course there are many other great ones. ET, Raiders, Empire, etc.
posted 03-30-2005 06:59 PM PT (US)

joan hue Standard Userer	SUPERMAN and JANE EYRE. (Get back to your first choice, Timmer. Mom orders it. )
posted 03-30-2005 09:24 PM PT (US)

mgh Standard Userer	THE COWBOYS THE REIVERS
posted 03-30-2005 09:32 PM PT (US)

benefactor Non-Standard Userer	I thought about for a long time and still is: STAR WARS THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Believe it or not!
posted 03-31-2005 05:32 PM PT (US)

Timmer Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by joan hue: SUPERMAN and JANE EYRE. (Get back to your first choice, Timmer. Mom orders it. ) Sure thing Mom.... SUPERMAN JANE EYRE
posted 04-01-2005 06:16 PM PT (US)

joan hue Standard Userer	Heh, heh, I'm supermom and powerful!!
posted 04-01-2005 10:13 PM PT (US)

Swashbuckler Standard Userer	Images and Superman.
posted 04-08-2005 05:17 PM PT (US)

Alexborn007 Standard Userer	Well...I'll list my two personal favs The Empire Strikes Back and Jurassic Park But at the same time, I'm forced to write The Fury and Superman Then again... JFK and Raiders of the Lost Ark Or... Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind Or...you get the idea NP - E.T. (This is good too!) [Message edited by Alexborn007 on 04-08-2005]
posted 04-08-2005 09:18 PM PT (US)

MWRuger Standard Userer	All of THEM! (At least to somebody)
posted 04-09-2005 03:22 PM PT (US)

John C Winfrey Standard Userer	Well, here are some of my favorites by him: no particular order Dracula, Fury, 7 Years in Tibet, Patriot, Temple of Doom(2d sequel in Jones series), Cowboys, Superman, Black Sunday, some of the Olympic stuff, Midway, and many others. J.
posted 04-09-2005 08:24 PM PT (US)

JJH Standard Userer	Raiders of the Lost Ark and the original Star Wars score are his two greatest, at least in terms of their long lasting impact and readily identifiable themes (the Raider's march, the Star Wars main title music, etc). People know what the music is for when they hear it, much like the opening of Beethoven's 5th. This is not an easy thing to accomplish in music. Other Williams' greats: Schindler's List Jaws CE3K ET Superman
posted 04-12-2005 12:15 PM PT (US)

scoreaholic Standard Userer	Superman and Empire Strikes Back are his two best!! None should dissagree (just kidding)!!
posted 04-12-2005 09:52 PM PT (US)

Mark Olivarez Standard Userer	Star Wars and CE3K for me, but I love all of Williams' works so it really doesn't matter.
posted 04-13-2005 07:21 AM PT (US)

Lou Goldberg Standard Userer	For me the top two are Jaws and Jane Eyre. There are other great scores by him as well obviously all of which have been mentioned here by others. I can't say I love everything by Williams and I can't say I even rank him as highly as I do other composers (which is especially considered a blasphemy by those who worship him like a god). I'm glad he's in the biz though since he gave symphonic scoring a good name at a time when it looked like a dinosaur and as the last Harry Potter score told us, he still sounds a lot better than most of the guys out there working around him. Also, he is one of the few composers I actually have met in person and in person he was one of the nicest guys I ever met.
posted 05-01-2005 08:05 AM PT (US)

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