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John Barry BODY HEAT Elmer Bernstein SUMMER AND SMOKE Hugo Friedhofer BOY ON A DOLPHIN Jerry Goldsmith WIND AND THE LION Bernard Herrmann VERTIGO Alfred Newman DIARY OF ANNE FRANK Alex North THE LONG HOT SUMMER David Raksin THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL Miklos Rozsa PROVIDENCE Franz Waxman PEYTON PLACE
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Why recommend something to a "friend" if it wasn't a personal favorite? Wouldn't that be disingenuous or lacking sincerity? Were you directing that to me?...LOL. The one's I'm recommending are some of my favorites. There are just so many from other composers, but I could only choose 10 silly...
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Not sure how I would chose such a list, other than picking my favorites. My list of Main Titles doesn't necessarily match my list of overall scores. I love the Main Title to Superman, for example, but I don't count the rest of the score as anything particularly special. Not that it isn't a good score, but it would never make my top 10, or even occur to me to recommend it to anyone. But it's Main Title, yes! So, sticking strictly to 10 scores, in no particular order: 1. DRESSED TO KILL - Pino Donaggio 2. NORTH BY NORTHWEST - Bernard Herrmann 3. HAWAII - Elmer Bernstein 4. POLTERGEIST - Jerry Goldsmith 5. MISSION TO MARS- Ennio Morricone 6. THE MIRACLE WORKER - Laurence Rosenthal 7. THE CARDINAL - Jerome Moross 8. AIRPORT - Alfred Newman 9. BEN-HUR - Miklos Rozsa 10. KING KONG - John Barry
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Well it was right underneath my post and I had mentioned many favorites not making the list. Hence, I thought it was directed to me. But yeah, these are some of my favorites. There are others but just didn't make this list.
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BUT, why not the 10 MOST favorite?? Because the rules of the OP. It's just a fun little thing...lol. I think you may be making way more of this. Start a thread that lists the 10 MOST Favorite, if that's what you would prefer to see.
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May 15, 2010 - 9:38 AM
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Mark Ford
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1) Herrmann - Mysterious Island This colorful, full blooded and inventive score, along with Journey to the Center of the Earth, are the first film scores that captured my attention and imagination as a kid back in the early 60s. 2) Williams - The Empire Strikes Back My personal pick for best soundtrack listen ever. 3) Goldsmith - Planet of the Apes This groundbreaking score from my favorite composer was by far the hardest one for me to pick and the choice would probably change every day! 4) Horner - Aliens Played this suspenseful and exciting score to death when it came out back when I was a huge fan of Horner's music before his 90s transition. 5) Howard - Wyatt Earp Big, earnest Americana western sound. 6) Elfman - Edward Scissorhands Sublime, snowy stuff that makes me cry like the movie does. 7) Giacchino - The Incredibles This way too much fun, Bondesque score was my first exposure to Giacchino and what made me seek out his other work on the way to becoming a completist. 8) Broughton - Silverado Much like Wyatt Earp, big, bold percussively driven western music. 9) North - Spartacus My choice for the finest film music ever written. 10) Silvestri - Predator Atmospheric, percussive and with a sound all its own.
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This is the TOUGHEST decision. There are so many composers that are deserving of more than one pick each, but here it goes; I will try! These are in no particular order, but soundtracks that I WOULD INEED recommend to anybody without a second thought. Jerry Goldsmith - Capricorn One - The Complete Score (Intrada SC) John Debney - Cutthroat Island Georges Delerue - Something Wicked This Way Comes (Complete and remastered!!!!) John Barry - King Kong (Complete!) David Shire - The Hindenburg Mikloz Rozsa - Ben Hur Harry Manfredini - Friday the 13th (The Complete Score to the ORIGINAL 1980 film) Mike Batt - Caravans (OMG! Gorgeous!) Pino Donaggio - Dressed to Kill and/or Blow Out (Both in COMPLETE entirety) John Williams - Family Plot There ya have it, but I feel like I limited and never gave any others a chance!
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