> Obviously, you have not listened to many scores by Horner; otherwise, you would have realised, as well as me, that Horner's use of synths has no real depth. Indeed, any child would do the same with a Korg or Moog in his/her arms. I am not criticizing Horner's music. Horner has composed some of the MOST WONDERFUL, PRECIOUS, BEAUTIFUL, and AMAZING scores for fantastic films, such as "Willow", "Krull", etc. However, the composer who has succeeded in incorporating synths and electronics in film music is nobody but Hans Zimmer. You just listen to "Beyond Rangoon", "The Lion King", or "The Prince of Egypt". You say that you haven't found anything outstanding in his music?. Well, mr. Pintado, WHAT HAVE YOU LISTENED OF ZIMMER?. If you had listened to half the works I have, you would not have said that. There is NOTHING more powerful than Zimmer's music for THE PEACEMAKER, for instance. Neither Williams, nor Horner, nor Barry, has produced such an excellent action music.
you say that most of Zimmer's music sounds the same?. No, Mr. Pintado, it is SUPERMAN, STAR WARS, INDIANA JONES, etc, etc, etc... that DO SOUND THE SAME. Williams is indeed a maestro in utilizing the same melody, with slight variations, to create thousands of similar, commercial scores. I'm not saying that his music is mediocre. He has created masterpieces like "SCHLINDLER'S LIST", "HOOK"... also, his "Hymn of the fallen", for "SAVING PRIVATE RYAN", is gorgeous. However, I'm really fed up with critics, who do always praise William's scores, even when those scores are crap (as in the case of "JURASSIC PARK", "ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE", "HARRY POTTER"), just because it is Williams that has composed that music, whereas Zimmer's music is always criticized. Williams' style is old-fashioned, and if Zimmer always sounds the same, do does Williams. Zimmer, however, has provided film music with new horizons and new sounds. MORE THAN ANY COMPOSER. You say that The Rock, Backdraft and Gladiator sound similar. Well, neither The Rock nor Bacdraft stand as Zimmer's best scores. However, Gladiator is a masterpiece from its beginning up to its end, and you should recognize it, if you are being objetive. Listen to the main theme of "Superman", "Star wars" and "Indiana Jones". These do indeed sound similar. Also, Williams is good at composing commercial melodies without any real depth.I'm not attacking Williams because I don't like him, or because I think he's stupid. No, what I want you all to see is that Williams is no god, so PLEASE, STOP WORSHIPPING HIM AS IF HE WERE THE ONLY FILM MUSIC COMPOSER, THE GOD OF GODS!!!!!. Oh, my lord... You say that Williams has created far more memorable scores? Which are they? "E.T."? "SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET"? "HOME ALONE"?. Please, listen to "THE PRINCE OF EGYPT", "THE THIN RED LINE", and "BEYOND RANGOON", and just COMPARE. "SAVING PRIVATE RYAN" sounds weak, helpless, when compared to "THIN RED LINE".THAT IS COMPLEX MUSIC.
Yes, I agree that Williams has created many milestones (I will not make any comment about the quality of those "many milestones"), but so has Zimmer.
I'm not trying to say "FORGET WILLIAMS. ALL HIS MUSIC IS CRAP". No one who is sensitive or who likes music would say that. Rather, what I want to say is "WILLIAMS IS NOT THE BEST FILM MUSIC COMPOSER. THERE ARE MANY OTHER COMPOSERS WHO ARE AS GOOD, OR EVEN MUCH BETTER THAN WILLIAMS. AND ONE OF THEM IS ZIMMER". Of course, I do also like Barry, Trevor Jones, Danny Elfman, Howard Shore (by the way, his music for "The Lord of the Rings" is gorgeous!), James Newton Howard, Basil Poledouris, etc, etc, etc...so, to sum up, I know that "there are many composers out there" because I have listened to thousands of scores. And there are many other composers that I do like. So please, don't talk to me as if I had never listened to any other composer apart from Zimmer.

P.D.
By the way, Bernard Herrmann is good, but not outstanding.