Awesome. And I will stand on Superman being the greatest John Williams theme. (Get outta here with that Star Wars thing.) - ThreadSky

radiofreetom.bsky.social • 162 days ago

Awesome. And I will stand on Superman being the greatest John Williams theme. (Get outta here with that Star Wars thing.)

Reposted from James Raab 🏳️‍🌈

Since you liked it, here’s the official trailer theme from the composer on YouTube: music.youtube.com/watch?v=ShOL...

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sonsofliberty.vote•162 days ago

...and then he goes too far.

kaycee229.bsky.social•162 days ago

Too difficult to pick a John Williams favorite! I like them all!

ej.finneran.xyz•162 days ago

If you want a really great *deep* dive into the Williams Superman score, the Soundtrack Show podcast did a great series on it. https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-the-soundtrack-show-29021108/episode/superman-the-music-part-i-60902950/?position=90&cmp=web_share&embed=true

calandfinndad.bsky.social•162 days ago

The entire soundtrack is worth a listen

twleblanc.bsky.social•161 days ago

For the newbies Dr. Nichols’ music hot takes are bait. His doctorate is not in musicology.

fdrobovelt.bsky.social•162 days ago

Every. John. Williams. Theme. Is. The. Best. John. Williams. Theme.

mitojorge.bsky.social•162 days ago

Honorable mention -

Duel Fates
Olympic theme
E.T. Flying theme
The Raiders March
Jaws theme
Jurrasic theme
Hymn to the fallen (SPRyan)
Hedwigs Theme.

The soundtrack to our youth.

socialcosplay.bsky.social•161 days ago

My God does Duel of the Fates go hard!

debandkhola.bsky.social•161 days ago

Nope. It's the Jurassic Park theme that is just a hit in the feels.

bear75.bsky.social•162 days ago

Amen. His Planet Krypton theme, thought short, is also fantastic. Gives me goosebumps.

radiofreetom.bsky.social•162 days ago

And the pastoral music in Kansas

gonenonlinear.bsky.social•162 days ago

Listen to "The Appian Way" movement of Respighi's "The Pines of Rome."

I'm pretty sure Williams drew from this. It has similar themes where Krypton = Ancient Rome.

rushstreetblues.bsky.social•162 days ago

Hopefully DC is making a comeback. I'm tired of all that Marvel crap. 😁

baggajoe.bsky.social•162 days ago

Hate to rain on your parade, but pretty much every John Williams movie theme is just a variation of all the others

seabeegator46.bsky.social•162 days ago

wjmnewsroom.bsky.social•162 days ago

Goosebumps listening to this!! 😊😊😊

gdubba.bsky.social•162 days ago

1) Star Wars
2) Raiders of the Lost Ark
3) Superman

pghynzr.bsky.social•162 days ago

Exactly

amusedtodeath25.bsky.social•162 days ago

Superman is my favorite as well. But also, this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NqaupGcCpw

amusedtodeath25.bsky.social•162 days ago

The Superman theme is absolute ...

bumomjkr.bsky.social•161 days ago

Having had the good fortune of being present for one of the John Williams' celebration events at the Boston Pops, I don't know how anyone can pick just one score as the GOAT. I mean, c'mon, from Superman/Indiana/ET/Schindlers List/Harry Potter/'84 Olympics Fanfare. All are equally spectacular.

radiofreetom.bsky.social•161 days ago

I've seen him twice, and I'll stand by Superman as a smidge more amazing than all his amazing stuff

bumomjkr.bsky.social•161 days ago

Given that I acknowledge how extremely personal & subjective music is & how even simple chord progressions move us all differently, I respect that. That’s what is so completely amazing about the arts, we’re all able to take what inspires us/soothes us & none of it is wrong.

urdoomed.bsky.social•162 days ago

I think it's his best main title by a mile. Superman allowed him to put in the main title themes that might have been hidden for story purposes in other films.

mjteacher.bsky.social•162 days ago

Visions of Christopher Reeve with that adorable smile😀

cljskis.bsky.social•162 days ago

Nope. “Jaws” clearly the best, followed by close encounters and Harry Potter.

mikelotus.bsky.social•162 days ago

entropyjimjohn.bsky.social•162 days ago

He did a pretty good job playing piano on Henry Mancini's Peter Gunn theme.

kevinr.bsky.social•162 days ago

John Williams is a witch … be careful when the names of his works cross your lips

drlaplace.bsky.social•162 days ago

mickeyhines.bsky.social•162 days ago

airmom1.bsky.social•160 days ago

John Williams is sheer genius.
Agree with you on the Superman theme.

lolacrane.bsky.social•161 days ago

Mine is Jurassic Park

edholden.bsky.social•162 days ago

I'm sometimes torn between Superman and E.T. but I generally think you're right. It's impossible to not feel pumped up and see the main titles flying through space when the Williams Superman score really gets going. I'm still baffled that Zach Snyder abandoned it.

dotcomwarvet.bsky.social•162 days ago

I had to scroll too far to find E.T. in these comments. Clear winner imho

billiecat.bsky.social•162 days ago

Sorry. His best work was Jaws. It's now shorthand for a looming threat. "Dun dun… dun dun…. dun dun dun dunnnnnnnnnnnnn DA DA DA!" Everyone knows what you're getting at.

elcorintio.bsky.social•162 days ago

Nahh, that is just dvorak 9 symphony IV movement. After you hear it, you will hear also star wars.

https://youtu.be/89jOPAGJq-M?feature=shared

massachusettsxy.bsky.social•161 days ago

Jaws is lifted from Debussy's "La Mer"

ri.oldfolkshome.org•161 days ago

It's stolen from the Giant Bugle of Death theme in the TOS episode "The Doomsday Machine".

seabeegator46.bsky.social•162 days ago

Indiana Jones all day,….especially THIS SCENE.

elcorintio.bsky.social•162 days ago

BLASPHEMY! BLASPHEMY!

mldvm.bsky.social•162 days ago

Jurassic Park

paulmarmstrong.bsky.social•162 days ago

He was such a wonderful artist. Look at the replies: no consensus on his best work because he had so many masterpieces. I would have nominated this one.

perfidiousp.bsky.social•162 days ago

No John Williams theme was able to compel anyone to destroy their lungs and pump toxin through their heart and circulatory system: https://youtu.be/8XDB7GMnbUQ?si=KUzqqtmaLYUvp9M8

javadude.bsky.social•162 days ago

The theme to Blazing Saddles was conceptually based on this.

Note: one of the functions of Blazing Saddles was to see how many people they could offend and still be funny.

matthewhm.bsky.social•161 days ago

Strong words. But Williams' theme from Raiders beats them both.

smrodman.bsky.social•161 days ago

What I came to post 👆

slickety681.bsky.social•162 days ago

It’s pretty hard to out do the Imperial March…..just saying…..

marlenelieberman.bsky.social•162 days ago

Not ET?

chrisem.bsky.social•161 days ago

The intro / credits to this movie were really cool for its day, as a kid I sat in the theater and blurted out “this is way cooler than Star Wars”. Got a couple of cold stares back.

martylenz.bsky.social•161 days ago

And “The Planet Kryton” from the soundtrack…the build up and peak are epic!

jeannegeiger.bsky.social•162 days ago

Nope. Jaws theme wins every time. 🦈

jjmbs.bsky.social•161 days ago

I agree “Superman” is his best, closely followed by “Raiders of the Lost Ark”. But my personal favorite William score is “Born on the 4th of July.”

charnold01.bsky.social•162 days ago

Imperial March but this is a firm #2. Convinced imperial March will outlast Star Wars generationally. (Talking 200-300 years from now.) Same with this and Jurassic park.

unclevername.bsky.social•162 days ago

Jurassic Park

taltondrumbo.bsky.social•161 days ago

May I humbly recommend "Can You Read My Mind" by Maureen McGovern (1979) from the first Superman movie?

dookielazer.bsky.social•162 days ago

I can accept SM being the greatest theme, but for overall soundtrack, top to bottom, Star Wars can’t be beat.

mrteamster.bsky.social•162 days ago

Among his early work is the soundtrack for Jane Eyre, not as well known but definitely worth listening to.

mattycornfed.bsky.social•161 days ago

Superman is his greatest celebration of humanity; Jurassic Pak is his greatest celebration of nature.
Done.

dreamyaj.bsky.social•161 days ago

Everything John Williams has composed is perfect.

nickhudson.bsky.social•161 days ago

I laugh at you in Raiders of the Lost Ark!

tomcatjones.bsky.social•162 days ago

Have you heard of a little thing called The Olympics?

cyberman3000.bsky.social•162 days ago

It's not even close!

playinbass.bsky.social•162 days ago

Williams has stated that if all his film compositions, the Superman March is his personal favorite. I mean, come on, the theme literally says the name “sup er man”.

linc50.bsky.social•162 days ago

The opening theme on Krypton before we get quaffed Brando prosecuting Terence Stamp and his crew is so great.

fd65.bsky.social•162 days ago

Schindler's List.

randomprattle.bsky.social•162 days ago

I’m gonna go ahead and ahh disagree with you there.

dameofdestiny.bsky.social•162 days ago

Raiders of the Lost Ark? Jaws? Close Encounters of the Third Kind? It is certainly a tight race for number one.

lorireddragon.bsky.social•162 days ago

Nope the greatest soundtrack is Jurassic Park.

sosboss.bsky.social•161 days ago

Star Wars-related music…amazing. But how can we rank the artistic work of Maestro Williams? Just sayin’ @radiofreetom.bsky.social

ozymandias23.bsky.social•161 days ago

💯

carter-hall.bsky.social•162 days ago

Yes, but…the best movie theme song was from The Magnificent Seven (the original of course).

emoltzen.bsky.social•162 days ago

Incorrect. "1941."

raybradburylives.bsky.social•162 days ago

Tom, you’re wrong on both counts. It’s Indiana Jones. An argument can be made for Jaws.

rjamesrhodes.bsky.social•162 days ago

“Sir…”

lizdrothman.bsky.social•161 days ago

Sorry to disagree. Schindler's List is the greatest theme. SM is for that genre

akomin.bsky.social•162 days ago

So what I am hearing is that Star Wars was just a warmup to Superman for Williams.

I must add most of what he has composed is great.

aldiggy06.bsky.social•162 days ago

We all make questionable choices sometimes! 😜 I will say those two and the Indiana Jones theme are in the running.

stevewaycott.bsky.social•162 days ago

Gasp! Until now, I used to value your opinion on things.

garychapple.bsky.social•162 days ago

Absolutely. It's on my car playlist, it brings me to tears.

jeffd735.bsky.social•162 days ago

Off topic but I didnt realize till a few years ago that John Williams’ son was the lead singer for the group Toto.

dookielazer.bsky.social•162 days ago

ri.oldfolkshome.org•161 days ago

His son also wrote the "Yub Nub" lyrics.

fairbanb.bsky.social•162 days ago

teholbeddict.bsky.social•162 days ago

If the E.T. end credits music didn't exist, you would be absolutely accurate. But that sweeping, impossible piano gives me goosebumps every time.

gonenonlinear.bsky.social•162 days ago

Agree about the theme, but the electric guitar just doesn't fit here.

lovttcd.bsky.social•162 days ago

Sadly ignored is the "Superman March" from the 1950s TV show.

andy001.bsky.social•162 days ago

Sorry but it’s Indiana Jones.

jafleming.bsky.social•162 days ago

For SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE, John Williams scored essentially three different films with several individual themes and a song, all with a tonal through-line.

Because of this and the quality of this work from beginning to end, it is easily his best....

x-tweeter.bsky.social•161 days ago

I can’t think of any other instrumental theme that somehow identifiably sings the name of the movie/hero like John Williams’s Superman. It’s an amazing feat. Couldn’t disagree more about Star Wars, though. It’s the bar for nailing themes of a whole cast of characters and playing them off each other.

x-tweeter.bsky.social•161 days ago

But if we’re limiting to just a main theme and not an entire score…give me Raiders any day.

pokerrph.bsky.social•162 days ago

Jaws

eric-holm.bsky.social•162 days ago

Its a "Raiders of the Lost Ark" thing for me.

mxkrmr1974.bsky.social•161 days ago

As a huge SW fan, them's fightin' words. That being said, the Superman theme hit me in the feels when I watched the trailer!

1966jazzbassnyc.bsky.social•161 days ago

Oh lookie here! Tom’s got a music take🙄.

beckerpa.bsky.social•162 days ago

So, Love theme from Superman vs. Luke and Leia from Return of the Jedi

#discuss

gbuck976.bsky.social•161 days ago

How DARE you

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sammysmoot1212.bsky.social•161 days ago

Seldom right, never in doubt.

mmussari.bsky.social•162 days ago

Actually his theme for the third season of Lost in Space is terrific. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp1bEpmmGMs

vir-innominatum.bsky.social•151 days ago

Now we see where AT&T got their logo from, at 13 seconds.

radiofreetom.bsky.social•162 days ago

A great one, especially that countdown

massachusettsxy.bsky.social•161 days ago

And so much better than the S1/2 theme.

linrose94.bsky.social•161 days ago

I remember watching that! It’s a great theme!

manysoulswithin.bsky.social•162 days ago

Indiana Jones

linrose94.bsky.social•161 days ago

lassebloch.bsky.social•162 days ago

The best John Williams soundtrack is without a doubt Schindler’s List :-)

radiofreetom.bsky.social•162 days ago

Different but lovely

lassebloch.bsky.social•161 days ago

Obviously it’s hard to claim that one piece of music is better than another. But I just think Schindler’s is a very tall mountain to climb. And yet with two strokes he takes you to the ghettoes of Krakow. For me it’s tied with Michael Nymans score to The Piano as the best soundtrack ever :-)

slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social•162 days ago

Now THIS is a @radiofreetom.bsky.social musical take I agree with!

yt99.bsky.social•162 days ago

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tulliuscicero43.bsky.social•162 days ago

Superman is probably the greatest John Williams *heroic* theme. Stirring development of what is essentially a trumpet fanfare motif. Star Wars is great too, but there’s something uniquely inspiring/uplifting about the Superman theme.

deserthockey.bsky.social•162 days ago

Now wait just a minute.

miwick.bsky.social•161 days ago

They sound so similar, as a child growing up in the 70s and early 80s I would often forget which was which?

planetg.bsky.social•161 days ago

Sorry, it's a distant second to Zimmers Man of Steel theme or even First Flight

Nothing greater Tom

jamtoday.bsky.social•162 days ago

It makes me cry every time I hear it. SW is great, iconic, but Superman just gets me right between the eyes.

(Also recommend the documentary Super/Man about Christopher Reeve if you haven't seen it.)

scott-conway.bsky.social•162 days ago

And I agree with Tom Nichols on the intro music...nothing better in the movies

scott-conway.bsky.social•162 days ago

Christopher Reeve will always be my TRUE Superman. After his accident, he spent years developing neuro-recovery centers for paralysis. When transverse myelitis visited me in 2013 and one day I was a fit 45 yr old and the next day a paraplegic. It was the specialized physical therapy developed by

scott-conway.bsky.social•162 days ago

the Reeve foundation that was used to teach my body how to walk again. In his wheelchair, paralyzed for life, Reeve was a REAL LIFE Superman to many of us in the spinal cord injury community.

jamtoday.bsky.social•162 days ago

(The *entire* audience came out of the theater crying. The guy behind me was being consoled by his also-crying girlfriend.)

aordover.bsky.social•162 days ago

It's stirring and excellent, but I think, purely musically, his score for Schindler's List is better.

wildekid.bsky.social•161 days ago

Not even the GOATed Imperial March (which will probably get a lot of use in the near future, I’m sure)? Come on, that one manages to make both George Lucas and Leni Riefenstahl feel something special.

ephman86.bsky.social•162 days ago

It's almost as good as Kashmir

radiofreetom.bsky.social•162 days ago

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