You've got a standard orchestral score for a movie, what enhancements or embellishments do you like most that are added to it for additional effect?
For example:
-- Wailing woman (erm... Middle Eastern vocals? Lol) -- Native American chanting -- Tribal sounds -- Some other specific cultural sound or instrument -- Choral passages -- Subtle drumming, war drums, bongos... -- Percussive rhythms (if that's considered different from drums above) -- Keyboard flourishes -- Nature sounds -- Anything else you can think of...
I realise opinions will vary depending on the score, but maybe there is something that brings a smile to you when you hear it again in a new score.
I really like ethereal/ambient electronics layered under orchestral. Synthetic voices. Horner was great at this with apocalyptio, titanic, and the new world. I wish Steve roach or Erik wollo would do a film score. Or at least provide additional music.
Serpent and echoplex in "Alien" Screaming and thundering percussion in "Navajo Joe" Hose-soon in "Predator 2" Theremin in "The Day the Earth Stood Still" and "Mars Attacks!" Air raid siren in "Evil Dead" Japanese choir and taiko drums in "Ghost in the Shell" Electric guitar in "Pacific Rim"
