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  • List your 3 favorite all-time film-scores

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    List your 3 favorite all-time Film-Scores

    I'll kick it off......(in no particular order)



    Psycho Suite - Bernard Herrmann
    Body Heat - John Barry
    China Town - Jerry Goldsmith

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    Sparticus - Alex North

    Patton - Jerry Goldsmith

    Planet of the Apes - Jerry Goldsmith

    My next three would all be Bernard Herrman scores
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    Actually....my next would definitely be

    Wojchiech Kilar's "Dracula' AND "Ninth Gate"

    he's awesome

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    Hmmmm....Thats a good question.... I'll go with these that come to mind......

    Star Trek II - James Horner
    Dances With Wolves - John Barry
    Basic Instinct - Jerry Goldsmith
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    Gattaca, Michael Nyman
    End of the Affair, Michael Nyman
    Somewhere in Time, John Barry..
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    Give this some thought, but one for me that shot right to the 'near' top is

    Pride and Predujice. If a score is judged solely on its impact to the film - this has my utmost respect!!!


    Rob
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    Modern Times (1936)
    Song “Smile“ by Charlie Chaplin

    Alfred Hitchcock
    any by Bernard Herrmann

    Blade Runner (1982)
    V. Papathanassiou

    Amadeus (1984)
    Wolfgang. A. Mozart

    1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
    V. Papathanassiou
    ...so good, it dosn't need the film at all, similar to Amadeus....

    well there are five really good ones, not three

    [:)]

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    @Angelo Clematide said:

    Modern Times (1936)
    Song “Smile“ by Charlie Chaplin


    Co-written by David Raksin as was the entire score.
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    1) ET
    2) James Newton Howard's peter pan
    3) Basic Instinct

    also my 3 favorite composers
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    Magates, I didn't think anyone even remembered Basic Instict..... Great score huh? Horrible movie though.....

    -Ben
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    yea great score, and i think the movie is okay. mainly cause the score makes it work.
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    You know another similar scenario with regards to this was Congo. I thought the score was great, movie not so great. Jerry G, had a knack for keeping me intersted even though the move was flat....

    -Ben
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    ALIEN-Jerry Goldsmith
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    1) Star Wars (all of them)
    2) Gladiator
    3) ....too hard to decide on a third one...
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    alien should be footnoted with howard hanson. The movie wouldn't be the same with out his music. At least in my opinon as huge howard hanson fan.
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    Was any Hanson used in the film other than the end title? Have you heard Goldsmiths original end title? A stunning work that is quite beautiful.
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    I haven't heard what jerry did, but I am sure it was great. And yea I think it was just the end titles but still it had a huge impact to me anyways.
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    I recorded it when Gail Eichenthal interviewed David Raksin on KUSC years ago. I like the Hanson but I think Jerry's music blew it away and was far more appropriate to the film.

    I'm guessing you know a little about KUSC if I'm not mistaken.
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    State Of Grace - Ennio Morricone

    brilliantly dischordant and hauntingly beautiful!


    Oh and in terms of "drony" scores:

    Copland - Howard Shore

    AND speaking of cops .......for jazzy it's GOT TO BE

    Bullit - Lalo Schifrin (or maybe Taking Of Pelham 123.......12note system)

    hehe
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    Oh, no Gabriel Yared fans around here? How come....

    Possession, the english patient... just beautiful.

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