I'm torn...

[Nix]

If you had to choose between John Williams or Hans Zimmer for your film's soundtrack who would you choose?

The more I think about it, the more I think it's entirely dependant upon the film's genre.

Williams is absolutely ideal for a nostalgic action-adventure, whereas Zimmer can add intense emotion to a serious film.

 

[Grandmaster Fap!]

As much as i love Williams i'd go with Zimmer, he can pretty much turn his hand to any subject and you dont think "bloody hell, this music is crap".
He's gone from Gladiator to Kung Fu Panda, Matchstick men to Sherlock Holmes....guys quality.

 

[Ceryndrion]

if you want a big, bold orchestral score, then go with Williams, on the otherhand, if you want a score that stirrs the emotions, go for Zimmer

 

[Ziggy]

I don't think we really know what either are capable of since we only hear what they are commissioned to do. Both are geniuses.

 

[kiteloopy]

an unstoppable force meets an immovable object tbh


(personally, Zimmer, Lionking killed me)

 

[The Dread Pirate]

John Williams & the London Symphony Orchestra

 

[Cosimo]

Shall I toss a coin, John Williams by a short head.

 

[Maccy]

Hans Zimmer any day, I only like one of John Williams' scores the rest are pants.

 

[Master_X]

Without John Williams we wouldnt have had the classic and well known scores of:

Star Wars
Jaws
Indiana Jones
Superman
ET
Jurassic Park
Home Alone

 

[King85]

Zimmer, the POTC series has an amazing soundtrack through and through.

 

[bledd]

Jurassic Park
Home Alone

This is why I pick John Williams, especially for the Home Alone music

 

[The Dread Pirate]

BTW I think the person you're looking for with the title is Natalie Imbruglia!

 

[Antar Bolaeisk]

John Williams hands down. While he is getting more repetitive in his old age I find a lot of Zimmer's stuff quite boring, I hated what he did to the Pirates of the Caribbean music and felt Klaus Badelt did a much better job, though I do enjoy listening to the Gladiator soundtrack.

 

[Marky]

I'd use John Williams for Action/Adventure films
and Zimmer for Intense/Suspense films

 

[The Dread Pirate]

Either are preferable to Danny Elfman

 

[Antar Bolaeisk]

Either are preferable to Danny Elfman

What's wrong with Danny Elfman? I seem to recall he did a better Batman theme than Hans Zimmer, okay so it was a bit more comic booky than the new film would allow but it I still prefer it to the newer films music which is very bland.