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here are my top soundtracks...feel free to add anything or share your own!
kikujiro no natsu (and pretty much everything by joe hisaishi)
the matrix reloaded/revolutions
the 'ringu' series, especially the full orchestral cd (a few of them are quite trance-electronica style)
phantom of the opera (ennio morricone)
crouching tiger hidden dragon (tan dun/yo yo ma)
dokuritsu shounen gasshoudan (boys choir)
minority report
kikujiro no natsu (and pretty much everything by joe hisaishi)
the matrix reloaded/revolutions
the 'ringu' series, especially the full orchestral cd (a few of them are quite trance-electronica style)
phantom of the opera (ennio morricone)
crouching tiger hidden dragon (tan dun/yo yo ma)
dokuritsu shounen gasshoudan (boys choir)
minority report
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Re: fave scores
Fri, November 14, 2003 - 10:52 AMHmmmm --
Off the top of my head:
Rollercoaster (Lalo Schifrin)
Tron (Wendy Carlos)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (Danny Elfman)
The Last Temptation Of Christ (Peter Gabriel)
Jurassic Park (John Williams)
The Rocketeer (James Horner)
The Little Mermaid (Alan Menken)
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Re: fave scores
Fri, November 14, 2003 - 11:03 AMdoh! How could I forget:
Robocop (Basil Poledouris)
Arachnophobia (Trevor Jones)
Ragtime (Randy Newman)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Alan Silvestri)
Dances With Wolves (John Barry)
One Hour Photo (Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil)
Okay - truly done...: )
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Tue, November 18, 2003 - 10:15 PMoh yes forgot! most of horner's and elfman's stuff is great!!!! -
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Mon, November 24, 2003 - 4:15 PMJohn Barry (the James Bond scores, The Lion In Winter, Zulu)
Elmer Bernstein (The Ten Commandments, To Kill A Mockingbird, Ghostbusters, Heavy Metal, Far From Heaven, Rambling Rose)
Carter Burwell (Waterland, Barton Fink)
Patrick Doyle (Henry V, Dead Again, Donnie Brasco, Secondhand Lions, Indochine)
Danny Elfman (Batman, Midnight Run, Good Will Hunting)
Elliot Goldenthal (Alien 3, Interview With the Vampire, Final Fantasy: the Spirits Within, Titus)
Jerry Goldsmith (The Wind and the Lion, Star Trek: the Motion Picture, Alien, Freud, Planet of the Apes, Legend, Outland, Chinatown)
Bernard Herrmann (Vertigo, Citizen Kane, North by Northwest, Taxi Driver, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Fahrenheit 451, Jane Eyre, The Day the Earth Stood Still)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (King's Row, The Sea Hawk, The Adventures of Robin Hood)
Henry Mancini (Charade, LifeForce, Victor/Victoria)
Ennio Morricone (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Untouchables, Once Upon A Time In the West, State Of Grace, Bulworth)
Thomas Newman (The Player, The Shawshank Redemption, The Road To Perdition, Little Women, Threesome)
Alex North (Spartacus, Dragonslayer, The Dead, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)
Michael Nyman (Drowning by Numbers, Gattaca, The Piano, The End of the Affair)
Basil Poledouris (Conan the Barbarian, Starship Troopers)
Miklos Rozsa (El Cid, Double Indemnity, Time After Time, Ben Hur)
Lalo Schifrin (Bullitt, THX-1138, Mission: Impossible)
David Shire (The Conversation, The Taking of Pelham 123)
Howard Shore (Crash, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Looking for Richard, The Fly, The Silence of the Lambs, Se7en, The Cell, The Score)
Max Steiner (King Kong, The Fountainhead, They Died With Their Boots On, The Adventures of Don Juan)
Franz Waxman (Taras Bulba, Prince Valiant)
John Williams (Images, Superman: The Movie, the Star Wars trilogy, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Paper Chase, Hook, The Witches of Eastwick, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Long Goodbye, Jaws)
Christopher Young (Hellraiser, Hellbound: Hellraiser II, Species, Murder In the First) -
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Re: This list is not all-inclusive.
Wed, December 3, 2003 - 11:09 PMGreat list. I agree with most of your choices.
And I would add Miklos Rosa's "Spellbound." And Wojciech Kilar's "Dracula" score. Great cello and bass writing.
And nobody has mentioned Vangelis' "Blade Runner" yet. One of the best scores of my lifetime. Maybe the best electronic score ever.
And as I mentioned elsewhere, Michael Kamen's scores for "The Adventures of Baron Munchhausen" and "Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves."
But thanks especially for mentioning "Hook." GREAT score for a flawed movie. So good, he keeps recycling it in the "Harry Potter" series. -
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Re: This list is not all-inclusive.
Mon, December 8, 2003 - 4:42 PMLike I said, the list isn't all inclusive. "Spellbound" is definitely a classic... there are plenty of other Miklos Rozsa scores that are phenomenal, including "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" and others.
I do like "Blade Runner," and I also like Vangelis' "1492," despite the fact that many have complained about the anachronistic element.
I also like Kamen's music for "Brazil" and "The Dead Zone."
While I agree that the "Harry Potter" scores draw heavily on "Hook," I like the fact that they are a sort of return to form for him towards a more leitmotivic style. "Hook" is so good that it supports that kind of revisiting. I must mention that the first half of the first film also draws from "Superman" in its film/music interaction if not stylistically. -
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Thu, January 22, 2004 - 10:36 PMThanks Joshua!
I was trying to figure out why the "flying" music from Hook made me think of something else. You NAILED it!
I ususally don't mind Johnny's "recycling," after all, we should all be so fortunate as to have a recognizable style. And besides, who else does "flying" music as well as JW?
(and yes, if you have an answer, I'd love to hear it)
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Re: fave scores
Wed, January 21, 2004 - 12:27 AMJerry Goldsmith - (Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Total Recall, Basic Instinct, Innerspace, 13th Warrior, Omen III: The Final Conflict)
John Williams - (All the Star Wars/Indiana Jones movies, Superman, Schindler's List)
John Barry - (The Black Hole, Most of his 007 films, Dances With Wolves)
Elliot Goldenthal - (Alien 3, Heat, Golden Gate)
James Horner - (Star Trek II+III, Thunderheart, Willow, Braveheart)
Danny Elfman (Batman, Sleepy Hollow)
Wendy Carlos - (TRON, The Shining, A Clockwork Orange)
Vangelis - (Blade Runner)
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Re: fave scores
Thu, January 22, 2004 - 7:24 PMI keep avoiding answering this question because it seems like the answer could be different everyday. <g>
Two today might be:
"The Virgin Suicides" - Air
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Thu, January 22, 2004 - 10:26 PMMy favorite Danny Elfman has got to be "Edward Scissorhands." -
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Fri, January 23, 2004 - 4:23 PMYes, that's another great Elfman score. I think that's a really wonderful pairing, Elfman and Burton. -
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Burton/Elfman
Sat, January 24, 2004 - 5:21 PMI agree. Elfman tends to compose some of his best music for Tim Burton, whether the film is any good or not. I think that a director/composer relationship often has an impact on the quality of a score. When there is a lot of trust, there can be a lot more creativity.
Some of the most important:
Hitchcock/Herrmann
Cronenberg/Shore
Schaffner/Goldsmith
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Don't Forget
Tue, June 8, 2004 - 4:05 PMSuspiria - The Goblins
Marvin Gaye - Troubleman
Bill Lee - Do The Right Thing
I'd like echo the plugs for:
Lalo Schifrin
Vangelis
Wendy Carlos
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Re: fave scores
Sat, January 24, 2004 - 5:57 PMI have so many faves I can't name them all. But I can name my most recent faves (That I don't remember seeing named already)-
Return of the King - Howard Shore
Pirates of the Carribean - Klaus Badelt
Donnie Darko - Michael Andrews
Finding Nemo - Thomas Newman
Peter Pan - James Newton Howard
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Tue, June 8, 2004 - 4:08 PMI love the ringu scores too! They're filming the American Ring 2 here in my hometown of Astoria, Oregon. The town is perfectly creepy and full of old ghosts.
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Sun, January 2, 2005 - 5:45 AMToo bad the great Brian Cox won't be back for the sequel...or will he?
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Sun, January 2, 2005 - 5:44 AMHouse Of Flying Daggers has a great score. Very haunting! Lots of different instruments, including what sounds like bagpipes!
