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Ahem.
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My transformative moment was watching The Omen, but it wasn't the finale but the opening.
Lights go down.
Fox logo in silence.
A simple sustained note and a simple, soft piano figure.
The hairs on the back of my next stuck up.
The voice starts.
Oh my God.
That was the moment I became a film score fan.
The shame of it is, if you watch the film on DVD or Blu-Ray now, that moment is destroyed because by the time the film starts, that same music has struck up about six times already thanks to being all over the menus.
For a genuine finale movement, Star Trek—The Motion Picture is my favourite.
Cheers
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I must concur on the closing cue of "Capricorn One".
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The human adventure is just beginning.
Sure, it's just a reprise of the finale from his earlier "The Enterprise" track, but it works, man!
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'The Sand Volcano' from The Mummy is a favourite of mine.
Sadly it's different in the film. The build up at 1:55 to 2:18 plays over the final shot, but then goes quiet before the credits begin. It would have been so much better if the credits started with the segment beginning at 2:18. Really rousing stuff!
I don't know if this was JG's original intent, or if his music was edited in the film.
Whatever the case, it's a brilliant piece of music.
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Dec 1, 2016 - 2:52 PM
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FredGarvin
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I know it's probably sacrilege to some, but my favourite is ALIEN, where -- after Goldsmith's harsh suspense music, then the toned-down main theme(?) over the Ripley voiceover and finally a bit of silence/sound design(?) finally gives way to the Howard Hanson piece. Just perfect tempo and sentiment there -- a contrast, sure, but also underlining the warm humanity at the core of the story. I fully support Ridley Scott's choice of jettisoning the original Goldsmith "End Titles".
I have to agree, I love that piece. I'm very divided on that whole Alien thing.
Innerspace is pretty great, as it ends with a bang before a pop song kicks in.
Star Trek: TMP
Total Recall
Supergirl (fantastic, especially just before she flies into the water)
Gremlins
All 3 Omen movies
Air Force One
Bad Girls
The Mummy
Under Fire (movie version, which basically combines the End Credits with "Rafael")
Star Trek: Insurrection
All great...but I have to go with "A Deal" from Extreme Prejudice. Even though it starts out subtle, I love how that track just build n builds. 1st time (other than maybe Star Wars), where I stayed for the end credits of a movie.
Chinatown - another great (albeit subtle) segue into the end...
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His finale to "Outland" is a powerhouse!
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I'm with you Zooba on Capricorn One. It was my third Goldsmith record, and every time I played the finale for years after I immediately was taken back to that great slow-mo of Gould and Brolin running towards his memorial serrvice (and Holbrook's great "uh-oh" moment).
So glad when the original tracks came out from Intrada a decade ago with the end titles restored (I loved the way the original album ended, but it works even better when it returns to what I think of as the Conspiracy Theme).
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Count me in re. Capricorn One too. It's one of my very favourite film score finales and Goldsmith is on top form here. Also love Brenda Vaccaro's wonderful reaction shots. Here's the whole movie in HD:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzHzoZ-XcZQ
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