corycouger

Do you think Star Wars is just another Sci-Fi movie without John Williams music?



I don't think I could watch it over and over again if somebody else composed the music.

jaeufraser

No doubt William's music was an important part of Star Wars success, but there's many other great things in there too. Kind of hard to really single out one thing.

Jackskeleton

Yeah, I wouldn't say that without the score it wouldn't be the same. It's just we have come to connect Star Wars with a John Williams score.

Saxofonix

I can not stand overbearing symphonic soundtracks. It is one of the weak elements of the Star Wars movies. It's also a weak point Steven Spielberg's movies in general, like Indiana Jones, and even Minority Report. Spielberg is guilty as well of using the blaring soundtrack to punctuate emotional moments in his movie, underlinging the obvious for the audience. Anyway, back to Star Wars, I think it would improve the movies if the soundtrack were to be more subtle and electronic.

Cameron

that is an interesting idea....not saying its a good idea...still i would like to see it.......seems like it would be cheese

Fok

Hard to say what would happen.....as this would never happen

Kal-El

It's one of the many elements that make Star Wars great.

Green Jello

I THINK YOU'VE DONE IT!

I've been reading posts in this board for years now and you've just come up with something I disagree with so much, I actually can't even think of a response to it.

Triple S

...and there's the one phrase you can never say in a Star Wars thread!

Terrell

Ugh! No offense but that's the dumbest idea I've ever heard of. That would be *****in' awful.

jaeufraser

While I won't argue that the soundtrack is the sole element that makes Star Wars great, the idea of putting in some underscore electronic rumbling is, as you say, a horribly awful idea. Star Wars isn't Blade Runner...it's high fantasy and heroics. The music fit those movies like a freakin glove and is some of the best damn film scoring ever.

mikehunt

John Williams is a great composer, although I will admit a lot of his stuff borrows from other pieces he's written.
Personally I wish more movies would use orchestra music instead of off the shelf popular music. I also wish it was easier to find the score soundtracks for movies that have both. The pop music ones are easy to find and cheap while the score ones are pricier
take punisher for example. the pop music sound track is $10 while the score is $15

jaeufraser

Well the simple problem is that pop music soundtracks sell MUCH better.

But one thing about score soundtracks, as someone who's purchased and collected a lot, is that they retain value. I had quite a few CDs (Temple of Doom, Ghost Darkness, The Saint, Conan the Barbarian) that I was able to sell recently for nearly twice the value I paid for them, if not more. So, while they do cost more, they also often times become collector's items and really retain their value, which is a good offset for the higher price and harder to find status.