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Post by mummifiedstalin on Jul 15, 2005 6:50:39 GMT -5
My favorite is still James Horner's work in Glory. But Horner, like Williams, has a nasty habit of copying himself on every score he does. So if you've seen Braveheart, you've heard the Glory score. I agree, Sampo! Glory is fantastic, as wonderful as the movie itself! And as for Williams, yes, you can always pick out his scores after a few bars. A few other composers are like that too...Randy Newman comes to mind as well as John Barry. Randy Newman's written more than one song?
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Post by Don Quixote on Jul 16, 2005 17:51:55 GMT -5
Actually, oddly enough...
I loved the score of 'Glory,' but my favorite would probably be the score to 'South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut' and the soundtrack to 'Hitchhikers'. Eh, maybe I'm strange, but I don't often like serious soundtracks.
Oh, and the soundtrack to 'Gettsyburg' was incredible.
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Post by donmac on Jul 16, 2005 23:09:40 GMT -5
Favorite film scores (not soundtracks)...
I think John Williams was in a zone back in the '70s and '80s and wrote some great scores back then (Jaws, Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Superman, The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark) - he really hasn't matched that quality since.
Jerry Goldsmith also wrote some fantastic scores (Star Trek: The Motion Picture (aka the 1st one), Planet of the Apes, The Omen, Alien), but like Williams, wasn't as good later on in his career. (I still wish he could've scored at least one of the superhero movies before he died, instead of Danny Elfman getting 'em all.)
Ennio Morricone has scored more films than probably anyone else, but I think his two best are from early in his career: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly and Once Upon a Time in the West.
Vangelis is someone who is hit and miss, but two of his best are Blade Runner and The Bounty (his most famous score, the one for Chariots of Fire, though, is a "miss" IMO - just too bland)
One that I like a lot that gets forgotten is Bebe & Louis Barron's score for Forbidden Planet (which was so far ahead of its time, that it's called "electronic tonalities" in the credits) And Miklós Rózsa wrote a great score for Ben Hur, his best one.
It seems, today, though that recent movies prefer atmospheric scoring over strongly themed scores. Which is too bad, because the atmospheric stuff is good and all, but you can't hum it.
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Post by silvermorgan on Jul 30, 2005 15:02:37 GMT -5
John William's Jurassic Park score is a masterpiece IMO. But Im think I like Danny Elfman best. His dark, moody music is really good. Batman Returns has some of the best music ever written IMO. I agree on both of those. When I participated in a state piano competition when I was 17 there was kid who played the Jurrasic Park theme and it was fantastic. Danny Elfman is always fun and interesting. I've always been a huge fan of the Robin Hood score (Kevin Costner film). I had the entire score on sheet music for piano. What a pain in the arse to play. I needed an extra hand to span the octaves, but it was beautiful to hear.
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Post by bonfiregal on Aug 1, 2005 0:23:32 GMT -5
Anyone ever hear of the score from "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence". Haunting, by Sakamoto. Tis is the flick with David Byrne (?) and David Bowe set in a Japanese POW camp in WWWII.
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Post by KGB on Aug 1, 2005 6:44:24 GMT -5
Stewart Copeland's work for Rumble Fish is worth going out of your way to get.
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Post by spacechief on Aug 1, 2005 8:23:27 GMT -5
Right now it's a tie between "Return of the King" and "Revenge of the Sith". The song "Into the West" in ROTK is the most beautiful piece of music I've ever heard and on ROTS when "Battle of the Heroes" starts playing and then mixes in with "Duel of the Fates" it is amazing.
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Post by Shep on Aug 1, 2005 11:04:14 GMT -5
Anyone ever hear of the score from "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence". Haunting, by Sakamoto. Tis is the flick with David Byrne (?) and David Bowe set in a Japanese POW camp in WWWII. That's a good film. Especially like the flashback with Bowie's brother who used to sing like an angel until he attended the brutal public school. "Ride, ride through the day/Ride through the moonlight." I haven't seen that film in probably 10 years, but that stuck with me.
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Post by bonfiregal on Aug 3, 2005 1:13:23 GMT -5
Anyone ever hear of the score from "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence". Haunting, by Sakamoto. Tis is the flick with David Byrne (?) and David Bowe set in a Japanese POW camp in WWWII. That's a good film. Especially like the flashback with Bowie's brother who used to sing like an angel until he attended the brutal public school. "Ride, ride through the day/Ride through the moonlight." I haven't seen that film in probably 10 years, but that stuck with me. Gee, Shep...you're the first person I know who has ever seen that movie and it's such a huge favorite of mine! Too cool...the music was written by the same guy who was the Japanese captain in charge of the camp. Yes, Bowie's inaction tormented him, didn't it. We keep our guilt close, each and every one of us. Should close on that note!
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Post by Head Cheese on Sept 14, 2005 19:13:19 GMT -5
My favorite musical score? Psycho of course!! The violins are awesome!! And in second, The lord of the rings triolgy.
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Post by Torgo on Sept 15, 2005 13:52:29 GMT -5
Without question Alan Silvestri's Back to the Future score. Like they said on the DVD, he made a big movie out of a little one.
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Post by Afgncaap5 on Sept 15, 2005 14:35:23 GMT -5
I've always been a fan of "The Day The Earth Stood Still," because I'm a big fan of The Theremin.
Aside from that....pretty much any music by Danny Elfman. Can't wait to hear what he did for Corpse Bride when that comes out.
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Post by CBG on Sept 15, 2005 14:40:35 GMT -5
I've always been a fan of "The Day The Earth Stood Still," because I'm a big fan of The Theremin. Check out Exp#210-King Dinosaur for an in-depth explainaton of said instrument.
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Post by losingmydignity on Sept 15, 2005 14:53:41 GMT -5
I've always been a fan of "The Day The Earth Stood Still," because I'm a big fan of The Theremin. Aside from that....pretty much any music by Danny Elfman. Can't wait to hear what he did for Corpse Bride when that comes out. Have you guys ever seen one played live? I did once and it's just really wild to watch someone waving their hands in the air, touching nothing, but creating cool music.
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Post by donmac on Sept 19, 2005 17:23:18 GMT -5
I've recently discovered Wendy Carlos' score to TRON. A brilliant and very underappreciated score that effortlessly mixes synthesizer with a symphony orchestra and that's much more richly classical-styled than most film scores. It's a real shame that Wendy Carlos hasn't been hired to score more films.
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