John Williams vs. Trevor Jones

Listen carefully to the two songs which greatly resemble each other - or perhaps one resembles the other. Composer Trevor Jones' track "The Balloon Chase" for the 2004 movie "Around the World in 80 Days" sounds almost exactly the same as composer John Williams' "The Ultimate War" for "Hook" - a movie that was premiered 13 years earlier (1991). For those who are interested in film music.

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[Arman88]

... but not the whole album ofcourse, only this track.

[Arman88]

Yes.

[CaliforniaCaledonian]

This is an example of what is called "temp tracking". Filmmakers nearly always mix temporary music (which is usually music from other film scores) into a film to give their composer an idea of the type of music they think appropriate.

Often -- too often really -- filmmakers get carried away, and tell the composer "We want something just like this!" Obviously this is the case here.

[Darko96054]

John Williams is far far on the top!!! To compare hans zimmer with him is not only ridiculous, it is blasphemy!!! hans zimmer has much more to learn, especially how to organise his orchestra and what parts at what time it should play! oh, of course, he doesnt have orchestra!!! hahaha, his making music on computer! :))) John Williams in his music includes every single section of the orchestra!!! He is, for those who don't know, successor of the great Richard Wagner! he improved leitmotifs!!!

[GunnytheBunny1]

@freddiehangoler I'm with animefan189, I think both composers are good, but just because Zimmer composes in a different musical style doesn't mean he is a terrible composer.

Before you call someone a "stupid man", maybe you should capitalize and punctuate your sentences correctly.

[animefan189]

I think it's a bit harsh to say that Hans Zimmer should "die" because of the way he writes music. Synthesized or not, he still has many gorgeous soundtracks. Williams is a great classic movie composer, while Zimmer is more modern. A lot boils down to the times these composers live in. During Williams' time, computers existed, but we didn't rely on them like we do today. Zimmer uses them as a modern twist on classic stuff. They're both awesome, just products of different times.

[freddiehangoler]

@GunnytheBunny1

Zimmer is horrible. he writes with cubase.

he should die and you obviously don't know shit about composing or orchestration

stupid man

[freddiehangoler]

@Darko96054

do agree! Hans Zimmer should die with his gay cubase orchestration

and Williams is more of a successor to Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, and Stravinsky then Wagner

cheers

[ComposerWilliams]

LOL what a difference hahaha! John Williams wins from him with 1 note!

[TerenceJonesMusic]

@Rkmajora @Rkmajora A very talented film composer, who has written some very classy music for well known films in his own right:. Try looking up his background on wikipedia for example.

[Rkmajora]

Who the hell is Trevor Jones?

[GunnytheBunny1]

@Darko96054 I agree, some people think that Hans Zimmer is way better than John Williams, just because he can, in the view of most people do better action/epic soundtracks, but the truth is, John can beat Hans by a long shot when it comes to everything else - hapiness, grief, mystery, comedy, and wonder. What I would like to see is Hans and John work together on a score. That way the score would have the best of all types of music.

[Nastya94]

does somebody know where can I hear only The Baloon Chase? couldn't find it on youtube..

thanks! :)

[DylanBStringer91]

I Love Both John Williams And Trevor Jones Greatly, But You Know What's Better Than "John Williams Vs. Trevor Jones??? "John Williams And Trevor Jones"!!! If They Teamed Up And Wrote Music Together, It Would Be Epic!!!