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Mr.J
MemberOvomorph12/15/2011Musical Score in a film plays a very vital part in any film. It adds to the the scene, the emotion and suspense. It can very well make or break a film. So....which film had the best score to you?
Mine is a toss up, I am a fond lover of James Horner and Hans Zimmer...both their work can be masterful and powerful to soft and errie....
Favorite film, The Dark Knight and Gladiator so far...
Will Prometheus be any good? We shall see!
Party on my friends!
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db73
MemberOvomorph12/15/2011'The Fountain' - Clint Mansell/Kronos Quartet
[url]http://www.amazon.com/The-Fountain-OST/dp/B0011ZYCZW/ref=tmm_msc_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1323966237&sr=1-1[/url]
'Moon' - Clint Mansell
[url]http://www.amazon.com/Moon-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack/dp/B004WHOIKK/ref=pd_sim_dmusic_a_2[/url]
'Donnie Darko' - Michael Andrews
[url]http://www.amazon.com/Donnie-Darko-Score-Michael-Andrews/dp/B000V7GFLU/ref=sr_1_1_digr?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1323966176&sr=1-1[/url]
'There Will be Blood' - Johnny Greenwood (of Radiohead)
[url]http://www.amazon.com/There-Will-Be-Blood/dp/B001200T8A/ref=tmm_msc_title_0[/url]
Some of my favourites of recent times. I don't usually like the more traditional score writers like the ones you have mentioned. I think as a film score their material is far to cliched. Good but completely expected. I like soundtracks that are a bit more edgy & surreal.
Frantz
MemberOvomorph12/15/2011-The Last Samurai
- Bladerunner
-Chocolat
- Picnic at hanging rock
-many of zimmer ... but not in great movies ( inception , da vinci code , pearl harbour.... the thin red line e dark knight were good )
-many of morricone ( the early ones )
- sunshine
- almost all the lord of the rings soundtrack
- many of michael kamen ( that i had the pleasure to know )
Mr.J
MemberOvomorph12/15/2011I enjoyed the Lord of the Rings Score as well. ...Band of Brothers as well for Micheal Kamen
Mr.J
MemberOvomorph12/15/2011and the Social Network because I really enjoy Trent Reznor's work, especially on the new "Girl with a Dragon tattoo."
Thadus 12
MemberOvomorph12/15/2011I have to say Jerry Goldsmith's score for Alien. The most scary music I have ever heard,still cant listen to it with the lights out.
Another fave- Brad Fiedel,Terminator 2
brego
MemberOvomorph12/15/2011Has to be The Lord Of The Rings, All three films, Howard Shore is a genius! Some of this music still makes me cry!
klaatu
MemberOvomorph12/15/2011Goldsmith for Alien
Ennio Morricone for John Carpenters 1982 The Thing.
Carmine Coppola for Apocalypse Now
Clint Mansell for Moon
Spartacus
MemberOvomorph12/15/2011Mine was one I cannot remember the name of but it belonged to the film "The Guns OF Navarone"
I also really really LOVED the original score for the first AIRPORT film , think it was the best part of that movie too !!!
LOL.
I also loved the score for Once Upon A Time In The West and Once Upon A Time in America, both directed by my all time fav director Sergio Leone and both were Ennio Morricone creations I think.
I loved Hans Zimmer's score for Ridley Scott's "Black Rain" as well, just loved it !!!
But 2 of the best all time I ever heard were "The Sting" by Marvin Hamlish and undoubtedly the Theme for JAWS by William Goldman !!!
Spartacus
MemberOvomorph12/15/2011Frantz you mentioned Michael Kamon
One of thing that Kills me is one year Roger Waters did a One Off Concert of "The Pros and Cons Of Hitchhiking album and the 2 guys who played on that album, Eric Clapton and Michale Kamon helped him recreate the exact sound from the album LIVE IN CONCERT, and I missed it !!!
KAMON is a freaking musical genius !!!
Frantz
MemberOvomorph12/15/2011the kindness of that person surpassed his musical genius ... an awesome human being .
Spartacus
MemberOvomorph12/15/2011I'd love to know what you do about that guy Frantz,
Klaatu
Halloween wasn't that bad either...Carpenter is a talented movie score guy as well, not many people know that.
2001; A space odyssey had an awesome score also
as did The Exorcist with "Tubular Bells" by Michale Oldfield
klaatu
MemberOvomorph12/15/2011I forgot 2001 S.O. !!!! A classic.......and one of the most brilliant films of all time.
Also not mentioned yet was The Crow with the late Brandon Lee son of Bruce Lee.
The soundtrack was incredible....
Spartacus
MemberOvomorph12/15/2011I remember "Marathon Man" with Dustin Hoffman had a FANTASTIC one too by a guy named Michael Small...
Check it out !!!
THIS IS ONE OF THE TOP 5 "UNSUNG" ALL TIME GREATS AS FAR AS MOVIE SCORES GO.
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg0_Uap2okg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg0_Uap2okg[/url]
IS IT SAFE?
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/LT.HIGHTIMES/SAFE.gif[/img]
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/LT.HIGHTIMES/marathonman.jpg[/img]
Spartacus
MemberOvomorph12/15/2011and then there was the score to this film folks...
and if you think about it, it was a pure masterpiece !!!
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/LT.HIGHTIMES/Carrieposter.jpg[/img]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2ns5pQF33U]Carrie[/url]
you can here some of it by clicking the link underneath the poster
the part that sticks out for me is just before the blood gets spilled in the gymnasium there was this buildup music that was incredible !!!
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MemberOvomorph12/16/2011I listen to so much score music so understandably I love a lot.......Mine would be;
Duck, You Sucker- Morricone
Orca- Morricone
Once Upon a Time in the West- Morricone
Deep Red- Goblin
Suspiria- Goblin
The Beyond- Fabio Frizzi
Let The Right One In-Johan Söderqvist
Martyrs- Sepukku Paradigm
The Outer Limits (TV Series)- Dominique Frontier
A Name For Evil- Dominique Frontier
King Kong(1976)- John Barry
Dances WIth Wolves-John Barry
El Topo- Alejandro Jodorowsky
I guess that is it for what I can think off of the top of my head.
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