Tim Burton and Danny Elfman vs. Senor Spielbergo and John Williams

[powersauce]

I'd pick Elfman especially since I love his work with Oingo Boingo.

[ilovemovies]

Gotta go with Williams/Spielberg.

[KyleG]

easily Spielberg/Williams, just considering that Williams has been nominated for an academy award on 14 Spielberg films and won on 3, says a lot

[Lazy Boy]

Elfman/Burton compliment each other nicely, I think.

[Cronos]

Williams/Spielberg

[JackassFan]

Williams and Spielberg. Not to say the other two don't work well together, because they do.

[EVILxxx]

Bum! Bu bu bu Bum Bump!

Batman's theme nuff said.

[Hatfield]

Burton & Elfman

for Batman & Beetlejuice

[gyro_44]

Great poll, I had to vote for Spielberg/Williams because their early collaborations (Jaws, E.T., Raiders, etc) are so utterly classic (not that more recent ones haven't been very solid too). The score in E.T. is operatic, the movie plays like a symphonic magnum opus. It's one of the most perfect mergings of images and sound in film history. Both E.T. and Jaws are probably in my Top 10 film scores. Come to think of it, the films are up there too.

Having said all this I love Burton and Elfman's work together. Batman and Beetlejuice are awesome. Pretty much everything they've done together is terrific.

[Raimo69]

Elfman and Burton cause of batman and all of there movies it goes great together.

[athf1980]

boths groups are great in terms of great colbartions and great scores.

I pick Speilberg/Williams because they have bit more iconic scores then Burton/Elfmen. Plus I will always biased towards Mr. Williams

[Powerslave]

Spielberg/Williams. Those are some of the classics right there. Burton and Elfman have done some awesome stuff though.

[therealjohng]

Is it April Fool's already?




Come on, seriously?


Spielberg and Williams.



Like there was any contest.

[bigred760]

Spielberg/Williams - Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T., Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Jurassic Park and for crying out loud, f*ckin' Jaws.

Landslide.

[blankpage]

Jaws
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Raiders of the Lost Ark (and the rest of the trilogy)
E.T.
Schidler's List
Jurrasic Park
Saving Private Ryan

...to name a few. Case closed.

[Le_Big_Mac]

I've got to go with Spielbergo and Williams. Nothing really gets better than the themes for Jaws, Jurassic Park, and Raiders.

But I do very much admire Danny Elfman. He's one of the more unnatural, out-of-left-field composers still working in the business today. I do love his score, his singing, and his songs for The Nightmare Before Christmas, although technically that's not a Burton film.

[robk]

Burton and Elfman are a great team, but I must go with Spielberg and Williams because the great music for great films like Jaws and Raiders of the Lost Ark(to name just two) are what inspired me to be a film scholar in the first place.

[RandalGraves]

like both, but I gave elfman/burton my vote

[Hominid]

It's liek comparing Abbot And Costello to Vince Vaugn and Owen Wilson...

[dman476]

Originally posted by Lazy Boy
Elfman/Burton compliment each other nicely, I think.

[Tagia_Romero]

Harsh match. Spielberg and Williams.

[YouGotRedOnYou]

Both teams are great, but I give my vote to Burton/ Elfman because everyone else is voting the Speilberg/ Williams. Both teams rule, though.

[Monotreme]

This is like choosing if I prefer mom or dad. I picked Burton/Elfman simply because Burton's work really brings the very, VERY best out of Elfman's talent. Williams is also talented outside of Spielberg's body of work. Both are two of the very best composers working today though, clearly.

[cocksmokinclerk]

elfman/burton are good but i mean c'mon the theme for jaws ripps the ass out of everything elfman has ever done AND everything else williams as done

[damien22]

Although I do love Williams' scores for Spielberg movies, I love Elfman's for Burton movies even more. They're all perfect.

[jeo4]

John Williams owns Danny Elfman.