Well ******* it all to hell.

Halloween, Lion King, and Man of Steel in one group? How am I supposed to decide...

Well, I went with Halloween and JP.

My reasoning (not that anyone cares):

As fantastic as Lion King's score is, the most memorable part of that movie are Elton John's songs more so than Zimmer's score.

Man of Steel, which again is fantastic, is not quite as epic and memorable and Williams' original Superman score, nor quite as good as his scores for the TDK trilogy.

Halloween's score is instantly recognizable, memorable, iconic, and the best horror score of all time, even beating out Psycho. (Imho)

And Jurassic Park is, well, it's Jurassic Park. So it beats out The Dark Knight Rises, which is such a fantastic score in its own right. I love the Deshi Basara chant, it really makes that whole score for me.

You made the correct choice.

Halloween was an easy pick. If singing was in the discussion, that'd be a really tough decision.

Outside of the big 2 soundtrack franchises - lotr and sw - man of steel is my favorite soundtrack of the 2000s.

Over Pirates? Gladiator? I mean I love it too, but that's some tough competition.

I only like the first POTC soundtrack. I would put gladiator 2nd and dark knight third of the non sw and lotr. The music and visuals of the opening krypton scenes of mos are off the charts for me.

Agreed. And the first flight always gives me chills.

Some heavy hitters coming up this afternoon, don't sleep on the tournament because it's a Sunday!

Groups I and J!
This isn't a plug for a vote, but even if you don't like Harry Potter, I would dutifully suggest you take 4 minutes to listen to "A Window to the Past" from the Prisoner of Azkaban soundtrack in Group J - one of my favorite pieces from a movie ever.

VOTE NOW

Group I


Diamonds are Forever




Raiders of the Lost Ark





Mission Impossible: Fallout





Return of the King





Group J

The Force Awakens




Oblivion




Pearl Harbor




Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban

100% agree on HP.

Me scrolling down Group I:

Diamonds are Forever: Okay, a Bond movie but not the best. Next.

Raiders: Pack it up, boys.

MI Fallout: Damn, this one is actually pretty good. Tough draw for MI.

ROTK: Pack it up, boys.

Group H: Really wanted to vote for Pearl Harbor. Really like that score, and Star Wars is already well represented.

But...Rey's Theme and The Jedi Steps are too good. The strength of those two tracks alone is enough to put it over the edge for me.

Just hoping Pearl Harbor gets enough love to move on.

ROTK =

Raiders:


ROTK:

This guy:



is also this guy:



and this guy:



Mega-nerd royalty

It's cool, but only about 1/10 as crazy as Andy Serkis' nerd cred.

Monday morning bump! The poll closes in 6-8 hours.

Brian Earl Spilner said:

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Me scrolling down Group I:

Diamonds are Forever: Okay, a Bond movie but not the best. Next.

Raiders: Pack it up, boys.

MI Fallout: Damn, this one is actually pretty good. Tough draw for MI.

ROTK: Pack it up, boys.

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Although it isn't one of the better Bond movies, DAF is one of the best Bond scores. I nominated it on that basis. It won't win its group, of course. But it's worth the listen.

Currently it's in a neck and neck race for third.

Another day, two more automatic qualifiers into the Field of 64

Group I: Raiders of the Lost Ark
Group J (by a single vote): Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban


Your new top 4 seeds if the tourney started today - or as John Williams calls it - a decent day's work -

1. Jurassic Park
2. The Empire Strikes Back
3. Star Wars
4. Raiders of the Lost Ark

Groups K & L - and more musical anger - coming soon.

MuckRaker96 said:

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Group J (by a single vote): Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

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MuckRaker96 said:

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Your new top 4 seeds if the tourney started today - or as John Williams calls it - a decent day's work -

1. Jurassic Park
2. The Empire Strikes Back
3. Star Wars
4. Raiders of the Lost Ark

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What's the over/under for how many of the top 20 vote-getters will come from Williams? I'd be surprised if it were less than 10.

Yoda said:

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MuckRaker96 said:

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Your new top 4 seeds if the tourney started today - or as John Williams calls it - a decent day's work -

1. Jurassic Park
2. The Empire Strikes Back
3. Star Wars
4. Raiders of the Lost Ark

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What's the over/under for how many of the top 20 vote-getters will come from Williams? I'd be surprised if it were less than 10.

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He is arguably the modern equivalent to the most popular classical composers from previous eras. How will he be regarded 200, even 100 years from now?

Groups K and L now open. Sorry, Christopher Nolan, assuming you're reading this thread. Also i apologize for the fact that I'm just going to read the Wikipedia entry on Tenet and then watch it on HBO next summer instead of going to the theater.

VOTE NOW!

Group K

Man on Fire




Inception




Rambo: First Blood Part II




The Dark Knight





Group L

E.T.




Arrival




Out of Africa




The Last Jedi

Yoda said:

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MuckRaker96 said:

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Your new top 4 seeds if the tourney started today - or as John Williams calls it - a decent day's work -

1. Jurassic Park
2. The Empire Strikes Back
3. Star Wars
4. Raiders of the Lost Ark

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What's the over/under for how many of the top 20 vote-getters will come from Williams? I'd be surprised if it were less than 10.

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He presently has 7 of the top 11 vote getters with the group phase about 40% done.

Did Enemy at the Gates make the list or was that one we forgot about.