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Originally Posted by Gruson
The first post is odd to me because i don’t feel any of those movies have a memorable score...something you walk out whistling you know it so well. Examples of old classic ones
Superman
Batman 89
Raiders
Star Wars
Lord of the Rings
Conan
ET
Terminator
JP
Back Future
Etc
Scores just lack the big main themes these days...Jurassic World is a recent one that had its own theme. Captain America 1 too and phase 1 Marvel movies now that i think about it.
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I think that you and I get different things from movies scores, and that's completely fine.
To me, the soundtracks/scores you mentioned are fantastic, but they're so ingrained into my memory as pop-culture they don't carry the same resonance anymore.
Let me explain my reasoning. When I listen to a soundtrack, I am looking for something that will enhance, or stir something inside of me, especially when I'm working. If I put on John Williams' Indiana Jones theme, I can't work. All I can think about is Indiana Jones. The piece is so evocative, underpinned with the character of Indy that I can't sit there and listen to the music on it's own merit anymore.
That's my 'problem' (not a problem at all really because I love those scores), with those pieces, they're great, but in the same way as that dog-earred book I've read 100 times, it doesn't move me in the same way it used to.
I get a similar feeling when I think about the Beatles or the Stones, they're so ingrained in my psyche as being 'great' that I would never now count them amongst my favourites. They're just there.
I'm not sure I've made my point eloquently enough, but anyway, I think the whole point of the music is to evoke something in us, and if you get the same feeling from listening to William's Superman theme that I get from listening to Inception's
Time, then your choice is equally as valid. I don't think there are any wrong answers here.
