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LOG IN Forgot Login? Register General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board Search Terms:  Search Within:  topics posts since 2019 2018 posts 2017 posts 2016 posts 2015 posts 2014 posts 2013 posts 2012 posts 2011 posts 2010 posts 2009 posts 2008 posts 2007 posts 2006 posts 2005 posts 2004 posts 2003 posts 2002 posts 2001 posts 2000 posts users  search tips  You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2 3 4 5      General Discussion: The Five Greatest Film Composers Of All Time     1 2 3    NEXT   LAST   Last Post   Posted:   Dec 2, 2006 - 6:11 PM     By:   rozsafan   (Member) Here's My List- What About Yours? 1. Miklos Rozsa 2. John Williams 2. Bernard Herrmann 4. Alfred Newman 5. Bronislau Kaper    Posted:   Dec 2, 2006 - 6:30 PM     By:   Erik Woods   (Member) No Particular order Erich Wolfgang Korngold Franz Waxman Bernard Herrmann Jerry Goldsmith John Williams -Erik-    Posted:   Dec 2, 2006 - 6:37 PM     By:   Alex Klein   (Member) No order: John Barry Jerry Goldsmith Bernard Herrmann John Williams Ennio Morricone Alex    Posted:   Dec 2, 2006 - 6:54 PM     By:   scorechaser   (Member) Jerry Goldsmith Bernard Herrmann John Williams Max Steiner Miklos Rosza Philipp np: "sunset boulevard" (franz waxman)    Posted:   Dec 2, 2006 - 7:12 PM     By:   random guy   (Member) Goldsmith Rozsa Hermann Copland Williams    Posted:   Dec 2, 2006 - 7:16 PM     By:   tobid   (Member) 1.) Bernard Herrmann 2.) John Williams 3.) Alex North 4.) Miklos Rozsa Can't really decide about no. 5 at the moment.    Posted:   Dec 2, 2006 - 7:27 PM     By:   Tall Guy   (Member) Can't really decide about no. 5 at the moment. Number 5 might not have been born yet! How you do define "the greatest" film composer? The temptation is to pick your favourites as far as credibility allows; thus you'd struggle to choose Joe Loduca, no matter how much you like Army of Darkness (I'm looking at YOU, Mr Oblicno) or Michael Giacchino (and now I'm looking at me). Is it measurable by awards? Possibly - but don't limit it to the US ones, make it significant worldwide ones. Is it by influence over their own and subsequent generations? Again, possibly, but not as easy to score as the awards criterion. By sales of the soundtrack? By box office? By body mass index? I'll have to give this some thought before I simply pick my favourites TG    Posted:   Dec 2, 2006 - 7:54 PM     By:   'Lenny Bruce' Marshall   (Member) No order: John Barry Jerry Goldsmith Bernard Herrmann John Williams Ennio Morricone Alex Alex, along with Timmer, you have the highest level of appreciation!    Posted:   Dec 2, 2006 - 8:16 PM     By:   drivingmissdaisy   (Member) At least John Williams, thats one we ALL agree on. Jerry Goldsmith I think as well. Bernard Herrmann and the other 3 who knows. All those old classical composers are about the same in my book, they all did some great scores and some bad ones.    Posted:   Dec 2, 2006 - 8:18 PM     By:   Eric Paddon   (Member) Miklos Rozsa John Williams Jerry Goldsmith John Barry Tie for fifth slot between Alfred Newman and Elmer Bernstein    Posted:   Dec 2, 2006 - 8:48 PM     By:   Moonie   (Member) Jerry Goldsmith, hands down the Best! John Williams Elmer Bernstein Bernard Herrmann I have several for the number 5 spot, Miklos Rozsa, Basil Poledouris, Alfred Newman. This really hard to pick because there are so many. But as a overall span of years from Golden to Silver Age these are my top picks. sd I will add tho there are lots of "newer" composers that just blow me away right now so I feel the industry is in well hands.    Posted:   Dec 2, 2006 - 11:28 PM     By:   piano632   (Member) In a worldwide popularity contest, Ennio Morricone would win this easily.    Posted:   Dec 3, 2006 - 12:00 AM     By:   Zooba   (Member) In no particular order: Miklos Rozsa John Williams Elmer Bernstein Jerry Goldsmith Alfred Newman Worthy alternates: Bernard Herrmann Georges Delerue John Barry James Horner Ennio Morricone Alex North    Posted:   Dec 3, 2006 - 12:27 AM     By:   Paul MacLean   (Member) I can't limited it to five...although John Williams is my favorite.    Posted:   Dec 3, 2006 - 12:28 AM     By:   Howard L   (Member) Herrmann is the greatest, followed by several greats. Hard to believe Max Steiner has hardly reached this thread.    Posted:   Dec 3, 2006 - 12:34 AM     By:   Ron Pulliam   (Member) There aren't JUST five. And there isn't ONE. All things being subjective, I'd say there are about 10 who really rise to the top of any list of composers since the advent of the film score.    Posted:   Dec 3, 2006 - 12:38 AM     By:   Michael Arlidge   (Member) 1) Alfred Newman 2) John Williams 3) Jerry Goldsmith 4) Max Steiner 5) Elmer Bernstein    Posted:   Dec 3, 2006 - 5:58 AM     By:   RM Eastman   (Member) This was done not to long ago, anyways: 1. Jerry Goldsmith 2. Alex North 3. Bernard Herrmann 4. Elmer Bernstein 5. Miklos Rozsa, Franz Waxman, Korngold, Steiner, Alfred Newman, John Barry, William Walton, M. Arnold, A. Copland, D. Shostakovich, S. Prokoviev.    Posted:   Dec 3, 2006 - 7:36 AM     By:   Spymaster   (Member) For composers that absolutely define, control and OWN the films that they scored, I find my list is exactly the same as Alex: Alphabetically: 1. John Barry 2. Jerry Goldsmith 3. Bernard Herrmann 4. Ennio Morricone 5. John Williams I would put Miklos Rozsa in a very close 6th place, then Elmer Bernstein, and then Alex North. John    Posted:   Dec 3, 2006 - 7:47 AM     By:   Sehnsuchtshafen   (Member) There aren't JUST five. And there isn't ONE. All things being subjective, I'd say there are about 10 who really rise to the top of any list of composers since the advent of the film score. I'd be hard pressed to condense it to just five names. These are my all time greatest film composers: 1) John Barry 2) Jerry Goldsmith 3) Ennio Morricone 4) Nino Rota 5) William Walton These artists almost made it to the top of the top: Ralph Vaughn Williams, John Williams, Arthur Honegger, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakowich, Miklós Rózsa, Georges Delerue, Michel Legrand, Angelo Francesco Lavagnino, Piero Piccioni, Max Steiner, Erich Wolfgang Korngold...     General Discussion: The Five Greatest Film Composers Of All Time    < 1 2 3  > >>  Go to page:  1 2 3 4 5   First Post    General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2 3 4 5

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