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Aug 16, 2022 - 8:22 AM
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Night
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I thought that I would share this list of the top 25 best film scores of the 1990s that I just came across from Indiewire: https://www.indiewire.com/2022/08/best-movie-scores-90s-soundtrack-1234751766/
My thoughts on their top 25 list of the 1990s:
A best of the 1990s film score list without Elliot Goldenthal, how is this even possible? Alien 3, Cobb, Michael Collins, Heat and so on... all genius scores... unbelievable. For me, Goldenthal was the single most dominating force in 90s film music in terms of writing quality score after quality score, even more so than Thomas Newman. This omission is yet another proof of how undervalued and overlooked Goldenthal's work is in general. I just don't get it.
Also, no Jerry Goldsmith? I'm not even a big Goldsmith fan, but he did write a few of his better scores in the 1990s. Total Recall, Basic Instinct etc for example.
There are some fine choices on the list: I like the inclusion of the two Thomas Newman scores for example (as a massive Newman fan, I would have included plenty more of his scores in my top 25 of that decade), but there are also a lot of overrated scores as well as some questionable "indie" picks that I almost never see mentioned in the film score community or among most serious film music fans.
Also too much John Williams, did Star Wars: The Phantom Menace really have to be included for example? That's a pretty cheesy score that I certainly don't rank above more "serious" scores such as say for example Hans Zimmer's The Thin Red Line or Williams's own Nixon score, two scores that didn't even make their top 25 list.
What are your thoughts on Indiewire's top 25 of the 90s list?
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No Zimmer???
But nice to see Kitaro, Air and Tom Tykwer there.
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Aug 16, 2022 - 10:47 AM
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rdj252
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I thought that I would share this list of the top 25 best film scores of the 1990s that I just came across from Indiewire: https://www.indiewire.com/2022/08/best-movie-scores-90s-soundtrack-1234751766/
My thoughts on their top 25 list of the 1990s:
A best of the 1990s film score list without Elliot Goldenthal, how is this even possible? Alien 3, Cobb, Michael Collins, Heat and so on... all genius scores... unbelievable. For me, Goldenthal was the single most dominating force in 90s film music in terms of writing quality score after quality score, even more so than Thomas Newman. This omission is yet another proof of how undervalued and overlooked Goldenthal's work is in general. I just don't get it.
Also, no Jerry Goldsmith? I'm not even a big Goldsmith fan, but he did write a few of his better scores in the 1990s. Total Recall, Basic Instinct etc for example.
There are some fine choices on the list: I like the inclusion of the two Thomas Newman scores for example (as a massive Newman fan, I would have included plenty more of his scores in my top 25 of that decade), but there are also a lot of overrated scores as well as some questionable "indie" picks that I almost never see mentioned in the film score community or among most serious film music fans.
Also too much John Williams, did Star Wars: The Phantom Menace really have to be included for example? That's a pretty cheesy score that I certainly don't rank above more "serious" scores such as say for example Hans Zimmer's The Thin Red Line or Williams's own Nixon score, two scores that didn't even make their top 25 list.
What are your thoughts on Indiewire's top 25 of the 90s list?
Yeah this list is not good. It is good to see other people's opinions etc., but seeing stuff like this, especially in big media, I always have the feeling that these writers include some little known or indie movies just to prove how "enlightened" or "elite" they are. To me it always comes across as pretentious. Even folks who aren't bid fans of Zimmer, Goldsmith, Horner or JW and have any real knowledge of film music would have to include at least one of their scores from this decade is you're discussing the actual best from the 90s. Leaving out James Newton Howard too when he gave us such beautiful, exciting and fun scores like The Fugitive and Waterworld is a head scratcher too.
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Some good choices but I would include:
Dances With Wolves (Barry)
Bram Stoker's Dracula (Kilar]
Last of the Mohicans (Edelman/Jones)
Interview With the Vampire (Goldenthal)
Flesh and Bone (Newman)
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Let's remember the purpose of these lists, and the sites that host them, is not to be informative, it's to be clickbait in a pay per click economy.
It works, as you can see.
Cheers
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please forget about these lists!!! amen!!!
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What are your thoughts on Indiewire's top 25 of the 90s list?
Some odd choices but also some great ones, so IndieWire being IndieWire basically.
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Let's remember the purpose of these lists, and the sites that host them, is not to be informative, it's to be clickbait in a pay per click economy.
It works, as you can see.
Cheers
I hear ya, but there's only like 3000 of us. Why would they bother with such an article? Better off writing The Best Lady Gaga movies. That would surely get more views.
Believe it or not but most people who listen to film music probably don't frequent this board. And can't say I don't blame them...
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Anyone who isn't including AIR FORCE ONE or US MARSHALS on their list of the best 90's scores clearly wasn't awake throughout the 90's.
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_/¯ 
