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Zimmer's score on Pirates is pretty much better than everything Williams ever did in terms of greatness. It just gets stuck in your head.

It is not better than these pieces:

http://youtu.be/D8zlUUrFK-M

http://youtu.be/qzVBqBosf5w

They are hundreds of more pieces of score I could link to of Williams work, but those are my top 2. He is the greatest of all-time.

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4815162342 Global Phenomenon

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Zimmer's score on Pirates is pretty much better than everything Williams ever did in terms of greatness. It just gets stuck in your head.

 

Zimmer's done a bunch of stuff I like a lot, but come on. He's influenced the direction of 21st century blockbuster music without a doubt, but that influence isn't that good a thing, since for example it's led to the MCU's policy for generic Zimmer knockoffs for most of its films.

 

There's probably a dozen Williams scores at least I would put before the first Zimmer one.

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This is derailing the derailing, but one of the things that I think is genius about the Williams/Lucas/Spielberg collaborations is they manage to have sustained action sequences that also work comedically (not merely comedically, but in subtle ways that are integrated into the action more than, say, Johnny Depp mugging and mincing and then running off)... and the music carries these sequences. Listen to the Venice boat chase in LAST CRUSADE, or the motorcycle scherzo (same movie).

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This is derailing the derailing, but one of the things that I think is genius about the Williams/Lucas/Spielberg collaborations is they manage to have sustained action sequences that also work comedically (not merely comedically, but in subtle ways that are integrated into the action more than, say, Johnny Depp mugging and mincing and then running off)... and the music carries these sequences. Listen to the Venice boat chase in LAST CRUSADE, or the motorcycle scherzo (same movie).

 

Or the desert convoy in Raiders. There's definitely several comedic gags worked in here and there (from one-liners to facial reactions to physical sprawling) and the music syncing up with the action is superb.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVdRfnLPypE

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This is derailing the derailing, but one of the things that I think is genius about the Williams/Lucas/Spielberg collaborations is they manage to have sustained action sequences that also work comedically (not merely comedically, but in subtle ways that are integrated into the action more than, say, Johnny Depp mugging and mincing and then running off)... and the music carries these sequences. Listen to the Venice boat chase in LAST CRUSADE, or the motorcycle scherzo (same movie).

Nothing is funnier than that. :lol:

 

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Zimmer's score on Pirates is pretty much better than everything Williams ever did in terms of greatness. It just gets stuck in your head.

 

I have a theory. All this time he's been on the forums, James has been trolling us all along.

 

:qotd:

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James Summer Tentpole

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It is not better than these pieces:

http://youtu.be/D8zlUUrFK-M

http://youtu.be/qzVBqBosf5w

They are hundreds of more pieces of score I could link to of Williams work, but those are my top 2. He is the greatest of all-time.

The SW one is a bit more memorable, the JP one is completly forgetable. No climax whatsoever. 

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIwOKfixRkg&list=PL9PNdK4GvlqtbR2ZClTVzW7rDx770E1Md&index=3

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All of Williams work only works in the movie he wrote the scores for.

I don't disagree with that, what I'm disagreeing with is the whole "TDK trilogy is up there with the most generic action scores of the past 20 years" statement. that is personal bias 101, it's like saying that POTC is better than all Williams works. It's just wrong.

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Avatree Global Phenomenon

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I am. He composed all scores for the 4 Pirates movies. 

Apologies, I thought it was all 4 that were done by Klaus Badelt, didn't realise he only did the first one and Zimmer did 2, 3 and 4.

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Empire Global Phenomenon

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The SW one is a bit more memorable, the JP one is completly forgetable. No climax whatsoever. 

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIwOKfixRkg&list=PL9PNdK4GvlqtbR2ZClTVzW7rDx770E1Md&index=3

I disagree so much about the JP track.

Here are two more great Williams pieces:

http://youtu.be/GzLZJaAm2hw

http://youtu.be/O15x-B8PgeE

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