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your favorite film scores?

googoo Posts: 226
edited January 2010 in Other Music
I would guess that this kind of music doesn't get discussed much here, but what/who are some of your favorite film scores/film composers? I've always been a fan of John Williams. the man was born not only to compose some of the greatest movie music, but also Christmas music. Danny Elfman's score for "Edward Scissorhands" and just about anything by John Carpenter, especially "Halloween," are also at the top of my list.
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  • Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    Obviously John williams is right up there with the best. The likes of Raiders of The Lost Ark and the Imperial March are superb pieces of music in themselves.
    As scores though, they have to suit and augment the film. I can't imagine how hard this can be. The Blade Runner soundtrack by Vangelis is one of the best ever written from this point of view. Dark Knight was particularly good too. Not all that noticeable as a piece of music, but the soundscapes created were amazing. Really set the mood.
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  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    Braveheart has one of the best scores, IMO.

    Obviously I'm a fan of the Star Wars scores, and I love that you mentioned Halloween. The music in that is so eerie and weird, but it's so distinctive. Definitely a good choice.
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  • CantKeepMeHereCantKeepMeHere Posts: 2,177
    The Dark Knight - Star Wars - Kill Bill I is good and Kill Bill II is really good - All Tarintino movies have great music and even though he sometimes uses "real songs" he treats them like score soundtracks - The Matrix Movies - Saving Private Ryan wow there alot of them
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  • vimes1001vimes1001 Posts: 2
    once upon a time in america is my favourite
  • SawyerSawyer Posts: 2,411
    Gladiator
  • Newch91Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    not a film, but LOST has some great scores every season, especially their season finales in the epic scenes. can't even imagine what season six music will be like.

    EDIT: Especially Season 4.
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    birdy

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    Forrest Gump
    Back to the Future
    Last of the Mohicans
    There Will be Blood
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  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    cropduster82 wrote:
    Last of the Mohicans

    Aboslutely. That is such a great film, with an even more great score. Apparently a lot of that movie was filmed in the northern mountains of Georgia. I happened to be there for Thanksgiving when I found out that trivial fact and it just made my stay there that much more enjoyable.
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  • Cassandra-GeminniCassandra-Geminni Posts: 119
    Definitely has to be The Fountain score by Clint Mansell. I love the Lord Of The Rings scores aswell, but for me The Fountain takes the cake, its just brilliant.
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  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    Love Danny Elfman's work, but I'll admit I'm biased having grown up listening to Oingo Boingo.

    Peter Gabriels work on Last Temptation of Christ is fantastic.

    Lord of the RIngs

    Dead Man Walking (Love this version of Long Road) (Soundtrack, not a score)

    I'm Not There (Soundtrack, not a score)

    And as others have said, Tarantino puts together a great soundtrack.
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  • Aaron 23Aaron 23 Allen, TX Posts: 543
    There Will Be Blood
    House Of Flying Daggers
    A Beautiful Mind
    Dances With Wolves
    The Village
    Into The Wild (score, not soundtrack, although that is obviously good, too)
  • rcsrcs Posts: 711
    Blade Runner by Vangelis

    Excellent film score.
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    Fountain!
    Mulholland dr., Lost Highway
    Dead Man
    Blade Runner
    Le Grand Bleu
    Talented Mr. Ripley
    Into the Wild
    Brasil

    also
    Tarantino films (esp. Reservoir Dogs & Death Proof)
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    Easy Rider
  • Got a hard hard headGot a hard hard head Posts: 638
    Lord Of The Rings is excellent and one of the few films scores that I listen to (the other being Pulp Fiction).
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    Apocalypse Now
    Pulp Fiction
    Easy Rider
    Hype
    Gladiator
    The Rock
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  • evenflowevenflow Posts: 401
    The Thin Red Line by Hans Zimmer has to be at the top. Journey To The Line is probably one of the most used scores for movie previews. It's one of those songs that after you hear it and know it you start hearing it in a lot of different places.

    Also Craig Armstrong has some really great scores, with his best being Plunkett & MacLeane. The song combo of Hanging and Escape is another example of a score that when you hear it you'll reconize it on a lot of different things. It was used for the Pearl Harbor, Patriot, and Armeggedon previews as well as some others. He also wrote the score for The Island, which has the song My Name Is Lincoln, which is another example of a widely used track.

    Another really good one that a lot of people don't expect is the score for the first Transformer movie by Steve Jablonsky. Just check it out before you judge it. I promise it's not as cheesy as the movie itself was.
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  • craigbcraigb Posts: 806
    The Godfather
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  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    craigb wrote:
    The Godfather

    Another great score. That main theme is iconic.
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  • Newch91Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    edited December 2009
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    Lost

    I think we might be the only one's who agree on LOST. Finally someone who sees how great the music is for LOST.
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  • rustyrailsrustyrails Posts: 16
    I'll throw a vote out there for Dead Man. Neil's haunting guitar sets the tone of the old west perfectly.
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    rustyrails wrote:
    I'll throw a vote out there for Dead Man. Neil's haunting guitar sets the tone of the old west perfectly.
    You beat me to it! 'Dead Man' by Uncle Neil and 'Babel' by Gustavo Santaolalla are probably my all-time favourites
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    Newch91 wrote:
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    Lost

    I think we might be the only one's who agree on LOST. Finally someone who sees how great the music is for LOST.
    :thumbup: :wave:
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  • AusticmanAusticman Posts: 1,327
    Any of Taruntino's scores are great. The Basterds score is awesome. A bit of an extension of the love for Powderfinger thread the score for "Two Hands" is great. Few Powderfinger songs in it, a young Heath Ledger starring. Great movie
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  • Newch91Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    Newch91 wrote:
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    Lost

    I think we might be the only one's who agree on LOST. Finally someone who sees how great the music is for LOST.
    :thumbup: :wave:

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    Singles
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  • RoughMixRoughMix back of a lorry Posts: 385
    The Sergio leone western trilogy with Ennio Moricone score.
    Any Lalo Schifrin score.
    The two best(only) movies Guy Ritchie made have great soundtracks.Lock,Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels.
    And Snatch.
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  • Pepe SilviaPepe Silvia Posts: 3,758
    i like the score's to a lot of of Jim Jarmusch's films, like Dead Man by Neil Young, Ghost Dog....
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