Best Movie Scores?

musicismylife78
musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
edited November 2010 in Other Music
im not talking garden state or into the wild here, not talking songs written for films. im more thinking of scores.

What are some of the best?
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  • craigb
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    Jonny Greenwood's score for There Will Be Blood is my favorite.
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  • MysteryTrain
    MysteryTrain Singapore Posts: 1,189
    Once Upon A Time In The West, or any film with Ennio Morricone's name on it.
  • Porchsitter
    Porchsitter Loganville, GA Posts: 1,092
    craigb wrote:
    Jonny Greenwood's score for There Will Be Blood is my favorite.

    I would agree this is a great soundtrack.

    Anything by John Williams (have been disappointed with the Harry Potter scores ever since he departed from them). I like Danny Elfman scores as well.
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  • Brisk.
    Brisk. Posts: 11,581
    Gladiator and Lord Of The Rings.
  • Mango
    Mango Brisbane, Australia (via Dublin, Ireland) Posts: 1,052
    The Godfather scored by Nina Rota is simply breathtaking. And Im also a fan of Bernard Herrmann who did Taxi Driver.
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  • JonnyPistachio
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    Brisk. wrote:
    Gladiator and Lord Of The Rings.

    That Gladiator soundtrack is great. The female singer on the finale song sings with some emotion.

    I love anything From Danny Elfman and James Horner
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  • dcfaithful
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    Someone mentioned The Godfather, and I will immediately agree.

    I'd also have to mention Braveheart. The music is perfectly paired with the film.

    I really enjoyed the music in Raging Bull as well.
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    The Godfather is incredible. I also think the score from Raging Bull, which I believe was just a classical piece prior and not made specifically for the movie, is one of the most beautiful works ever. I believe its called Cavalleria Rusticana
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  • Mango
    Mango Brisbane, Australia (via Dublin, Ireland) Posts: 1,052
    dcfaithful wrote:
    Someone mentioned The Godfather, and I will immediately agree.

    I'd also have to mention Braveheart. The music is perfectly paired with the film.

    I really enjoyed the music in Raging Bull as well.

    Raging Bull wasn't an original score (if your talking about the opening credits?)
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  • Mango
    Mango Brisbane, Australia (via Dublin, Ireland) Posts: 1,052
    Bushleaguer28 wrote:
    The Godfather is incredible. I also think the score from Raging Bull, which I believe was just a classical piece prior and not made specifically for the movie, is one of the most beautiful works ever. I believe its called Cavalleria Rusticana

    It sure is. Goose bumps when that starts!
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  • dcfaithful
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    Mango wrote:
    dcfaithful wrote:
    Someone mentioned The Godfather, and I will immediately agree.

    I'd also have to mention Braveheart. The music is perfectly paired with the film.

    I really enjoyed the music in Raging Bull as well.

    Raging Bull wasn't an original score (if your talking about the opening credits?)

    I was referring to the opening credits, and I did not know that. Thank you for the clarification. :)
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    Beverly Hills Cop
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  • Digital Twilight
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    Blade Runner
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  • dcfaithful
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    How about The Terminator, and Halloween (John Carpenter's). Some very distinctive music going on in those films.
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  • Digital Twilight
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    Inception had a really good score too
  • Mango
    Mango Brisbane, Australia (via Dublin, Ireland) Posts: 1,052
    A Beautiful Mind is another good one and anything Johnny Williams does :mrgreen:
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  • dcfaithful
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    Digital Twilight wrote:
    Inception had a really good score too

    Damnit, I need to see that movie still.

    Anybody see K-PAX? I thought it had a beautiful score.
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  • FenwayFaithful
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    Bernard Herrmann, the king of movie scores. He wrote the score for dozens of Hitchcock movies, but he won an Oscar for his work on Taxi Driver. Taxi Driver, that's my pick for greatest movie score. In college, I wrote a 10 page paper about how his score affects the overall impact of a film.
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