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May 15, 2010 - 6:49 PM
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danbeck
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Here are mine:
1. John Williams - SUPERMAN
As much as I love JAWS, INDY, ET, STAR WARS and a vast etc. this is one of the scores that sums it all: goosebumping awe & wonder, some attonal stuff, some suspense stuff, some funny parts and some excellent action music all combined into one of my alltime favourites.
2. Jerry Goldsmith - POLTERGEIST
Star Trek: TMP is fantastic, but does not represent Goldsmith's mastery in action mode. This one sums it all: goosebumping awe & wonder, rithmic action more ferocious than ever, some suspense stuff.
3. Elmer Bernstein - TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Goosebumping is the mode for this one.
4. Bernard Herrmann - VERTIGO
Can't get better than this one. Hipnotic, classy, fatastic.
5. Christopher Young - HELLRAISER
I love Young in horror mode. Beautiful.
6. James Horner - WILLOW
Includes the best of the whismical and action styles of Horner.
7. Hans Zimmer - HANNIBAL
Zimmer in his "Wagner" mode at its peak.
8. Henry Mancini - LIFEFORCE
Not representative of the majority of his ouvre, but it is one of my favorite scores.
9. Basil Poledouris - CONAN THE BARBARIAN
Basil never topped this one, one of my fav. scores of all times.
10. Ennio Morricone - RED SONJA
Love all his westerns, but as I have to chose one score I'll go with this
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Williams - Star Wars IV: A New Hope
Goldsmith - Planet of the Apes
Goldenthal - Alien 3
Corigliano - Altered States
Elfman - The Nightmare Before Christmas
Morricone - U-Turn
Beltrami - Mimic
Herrmann - The Trouble with Harry
Silvestri - The Mummy Returns
Prokofiev - Alexander Nevsky
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May 15, 2010 - 7:50 PM
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TominAtl
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1. John Williams: Star Wars: A New Hope - the score that started it all for me and is the End All of scores for me as well. I neve tire of it.
2. Jerry Goldsmith: Star Trek: The Motion Picture - his masterpiece in my opinion, with the Klingon Battle music his most inspired, most creative, and COOLEST pieces of music ever.
3. James Horner: Star Trek II - this one still rocks my world and is still my favorite of his.
4. John Barry: Dances with Wolves - so many gorgeous themes, the score added so much to Kostner's film that I cannot imagine the movie composed by anyone else.
5. James Newton Howard: Snow Falling on Cedars - just beautiful, ethereal bliss. His most unique score still to date.
6. Howard Shore: Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings - prior to hearing it, I wouldnt have believed it was him composing it. Great, grand and majestic, my favorite of the trilogy.
7. Hans Zimmer: Gladiator - say what you will of MV, and I have, this to me is his best ever. I can listen to it all the way through as if it told a store itself. Awesome score.
8. Bruce Broughton: Silverado - fast and fun and exciting, Broughtons best in my opinion, and fitted the movie perfectly.
9. Miklos Rosza: Ben Hur - one of the greatest scores ever written and one of the biggest. Not one misstep here.
10. Maurice Jarre: Lawrence of Arabia - both music and film are masterpieces. To think of the movie without the main theme would really be like walking the Sahara without water. A triumph of film scoring.
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Harold Faltermeyer - Tango & Cash
Good one, why didn`t I think of this awesome score.
Interesting that you would go for that, FB, instead of the TOP GUNs and BEVERLY HILLS COPs and FLETCHes of the world!
You asked about score albums. None of the other ones have score albums. And, my list was just from the top of my head, not neccesarily my 10 favorites.
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May 16, 2010 - 2:46 PM
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Adam S
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John Williams – Empire Strikes Back, a great blend of themes and compelling underscore
Johnny Williams – Fitzwilly, ok just kidding
Jerry Goldsmith – Under Fire, love the ethnic flavor combined with Goldsmith’s unique flourishes
Patrick Doyle – Hamlet, I love his melodic gift and this soundtrack has some nice ones and a couple of his most dramatic cues
Randy Newman – Avalon, some very pretty, mournful music
Christopher Young – Murder in the First, strong material with a ghostly, sad elegy used sparingly but effectively
James Newton Howard – Lady in the Water, surprised by how good this was considering how uninspired the movie is
Thomas Newman – American Beauty, shows off unique approach better than anything I’m familiar with
Danny Elfman – Edward Scissorhands, mostly on the strength of the finale which is a favorite
James Horner – Willow, a lot of really strong material, well orchestrated and evocative
John Barry – Somewhere in Time, a wonderful melody which has endured without much help from the film, no easy feat
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J. Goldsmith -- Star Trek: TMP
G. Delerue -- La Revolution Francaise
R. Goodwin -- Where Eagles Dare
E. Morricone -- For a Few Dollars More
E. Bernstein -- The Great Escape
M. Jarre -- Lawrence of Arabia
B. Herrmann -- Vertigo
M. Rozsa -- El Cid
B. Poledouris -- Farewell to the King
A. North -- The Agony and the Ecstasy
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Poledouris : Conan the Barbarian - need I say more?
Arnold : Stargate - my first score bought-the "stargate overture" still impress me with the mysterious first seconds of the opening (some "noises" like a sarcophagus opens)
Williams : Raiders of the lost ark - each track is a treasure on this one especially the awesome Ark theme heard in full glory in "Map Room/Dawn"
Zimmer : The Peacemaker - one of his absolute best of action scores
Powell : The Bourne Supremacy
Kilar : Dracula
Popol Vuh : Aguirre
Goldsmith : the 13th Warrior
Barry : Dance with Wolves
Elfman : Batman
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I might pick different things for different listeners. See, for my Barry choice, I might pick a Bond film for one person and a romantic for another. And I might choose a different composer set.
But, without anyone specific to aim this at, I'll aim it at "someone like me".
John Barry - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Jerry Goldsmith - The Blue Max
John Williams - The Empire Strikes Back
Ennio Morricone - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Barry Gray - Space:1999
Lalo Schifrin - Dirty Harry
Basil Poledouris - Conan The Barbarian
Bill Conti - Rocky
Georges Delerue - An Almost Perfect Affair
David Shire - Zodiac
Cheers
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Many, many favorites left out, but here goes:
1. Bernard Herrmann: The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
This always transports me into bliss.
2. Franz Waxman: Peyton Place
Sweeping and empathic – so gorgeous.
3. Miklos Rozsa: The Thief of Bagdad
Joyful, glorious, filled with wonder.
4. Leonard Rosenman: Rebel Without a Cause
Always gives me goosebumps.
Edit Update: Rebel is disqualified -- a compilation -- so instead...
Leonard Rosenman: Cross Creek
Also always gives me goosebumps.
5. John Williams: The Fury
Intense, gleaming, sheening nightmare music.
6. Elmer Bernstein: The Comancheros
Gloriously outsized music – a feast fit for a King...or a Duke.
7. Erich Wolfgang Korngold: King’s Row
Psychologically probing, grandly conceived, heart on the sleeve – wondrous.
8. Michael Giacchino: Speed Racer
Music to swing into action by – rollicking fun, with a soulful center.
9. Alex North: Cleopatra
I could get lost for days in the seductive, glistening folds of this score.
10. David Raksin: Forever Amber
Total joyous immersion in another time and place.
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