Movie Scores & Composers

[Revoltingest]

Which scores or composers are your favorites?
Which scores inspire repeated listening.

Big fan of: Bernard Herrmann, Danny Elfman, Ennio Morricone

Honorable mention for Gattaca's score: Michael Nyman
(I'm prejudiced cuz it's such a great movie too.)
Departure from Gattaca....

 

[SomeRandom]

I’m quite partial to the Harry Potter score by the wonderful John Williams, who I hope needs more introduction, scoring such things as Star Wars, Lost in Space, Indiana Jones, Jaws and Jurassic Park to name a few.

I also love Danny Elfman, his Batman theme is awesome but I also like his other scores.

 

[julianalexander745]

Thomas Newman did the soundtrack for American Beauty.

 

[Wandering Monk]

Howard Shore, Lord of the Rings Score.

 

[Flame]

Howard Shore, Lord of the Rings Score.

Beat me to it!

Great background music when reading.

 

[Stevicus]

Which scores or composers are your favorites?
Which scores inspire repeated listening.

Big fan of: Bernard Herrmann, Danny Elfman, Ennio Morricone
Honorable mention for Gattaca's score: Michael Nyman

I liked the soundtrack from Heavy Metal.

 

[Flame]

Also Nino Rota. He doesn't get enough love and made Godfather the movie it was.

 

[Debater Slayer]

The Lord of the Rings trilogy has the best and most immersive movie soundtrack of all time. Howard Shore did a remarkable job.

Bear McCreary is also great, and so is Hans Zimmer, of course.

 

[Revoltingest]

Also Nino Rota. He doesn't get enough love and made Godfather the movie it was.

True dat.

 

[Revoltingest]

Time for some arguing....
John Williams gets too much credit.
He's not even in my top 10.
Sure his scores are iconic & really work for the movies.
But none bear repeated listening for me.
Not like Bernard Herrmann....
(At 5:50 is the shower scene.)

Or....

 

[Flame]

Joe Hisaishi. Everything he did for Miyazaki was pure gold.

 

[Revoltingest]

I also love Danny Elfman, his Batman theme is awesome but I also like his other scores.

No one has more fun.

 

[Subduction Zone]

I am not that much into the actual writers of scores, though I probably should be. But this post reminded me of a K-Tel CD I had once of great western movie themes. If you wanted to hear some great music performed badly that was the disc for you. Especially notable was the theme to The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. Every time I heard the vocalized "Hoo! Hah!" I cracked up since it almost sounded as if the singers were reading it off of a score for the first time.

Not the K-Tel version:

 

[Father Heathen]

 

[Father Heathen]

 

[Revoltingest]

I am not that much into the actual writers of scores, though I probably should be. But this post reminded me of a K-Tel CD I had once of great western movie themes. If you wanted to hear some great music performed badly that was the disc for you. Especially notable was the theme to The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. Every time I heard the vocalized "Hoo! Hah!" I cracked up since it almost sounded as if the singers were reading it off of a score for the first time.

Not the K-Tel version:

He's another one who has fun.
Great as that one is, I prefer Morricone's mirthful....

 

[Father Heathen]

 

[SomeRandom]

Does theme songs from the Bond franchise count? I used to hum some of those as a kid lol

 

[SigurdReginson]

I like some of the songs from Wardruna on the show Vikings. Pretty cool stuff.

Basil Poledouris has some classic stuff, too.

 

[ChristineM]

Vangelis for Chariots of fire and Blade runner.
Tan Dun, Ang Lee and Yo Yo Ma for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Ennio Morricone for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Yann Tiersen for Amelie

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