okay, for me, it's a tie between Braveheart and Last of the Mohicans... Can anything really top these beautiful compositions?


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considering the score is not technically original, does Sleeping Beauty count?

As in, I thought it was amazing before I knew he did it.

oh, and pulp fiction too ;)

strangely enough, the best section of it was actually someone else's music. A piece called "Fratres," by the minimalist composer Arvo Pärt, was used (if I remember correctly) shortly after the "gusher" scene. (I think it was when it became clear HW had lost his hearing.)

Of course, there's nothing wrong with using someone else's music. It was fully attributed in the credits. They also used an arrangement of the Brahms Violin concerto in the scene where the well was opened. But that was clearly incidental music, and could be interpreted as a part of the action of the scene. Fratres, on the other hand, was entirely in the background, and it sounded so much like Greenwood's music that someone who hadn't heard Fratres wouldn't have noticed the difference. I guess it was probably an homage, from Greenwood to Pärt, who's probably been a strong influence. Does anyone know if Greenwood has ever been interviewed about the score? I'm curious.

i honestly thought the film was brilliant.. the music fantastic.

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like i said, i loved it regardless of who did what

It was one of the worst scores in recent memory, IMO. It was so jarring that it totally took me out of the movie.

I honestly turned the sound WAY DOWN on the fucking thing and put on subtitles until the dumb shit would quiet down.

Orson Welles and Igor Stravinsky (my namesake) were mutual admirers. At one point, Welles talked Stravinsky into writing a score for one of his movies (I think it would have been Ambersons, but I'm really not sure, I think it was near that timeframe).

Welles went to his producer to get permission to hire him (this was after Kane, so Welles needed permission for these sorts of things). Welles explained the situation, the producer replied "Stravinsky, yes, I think I've heard of him. How much money is he asking for?"

Welles responds "twenty thousand dollars."

The producer, shocked, replies "Twenty thousand?! For just five thousand more we could get Max Steiner!"

So I don't know who they went with.

He did both Citizen Kane and The Magnificent Amberson with Orson as well as all the stuff he did with Hitchcock obviously. Pretty much anything he or Max Steiner did was great though.

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I also have a strong personal affinity for the music in Barry Lyndon. I don't think any of it's original, though, so maybe it doesn't count. But Kubrick and his compatriots had a real talent for going out and finding music that's absolutely perfect, and I think Barry Lyndon is the best example of that (that or maybe 2001 or EWS).

Just to throw some action flick scores in here.

I still really, really love that main theme. It really fit that first movie so well.

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Dark grin, he can't help when he's happy, looks insane...

I would also agree with Last of the Mohican's. From what I remember, Master and Commander was good as well but it has been a while since i saw that movie.

I really like how it goes so well with the ending of the movie. Just a powerful score to go with some great images and colors.

>I really like how it goes so well with the ending of the
>movie. Just a powerful score to go with some great images and
>colors.

Yeah that crescendo towards the end is tremendous. Especially when the flowers start coming out of his mouth & through his body.

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Fargo
Memento
The Prestige
The Proposition
The New World
The 3 Burials of Melquiades Estrada
A Scanner Darkly
Reqiuem for a Dream
American Gangster

It's the one score in my recent memory that stuck out as amazing.

if you haven't already.
Also the band The Dirty Three.

They both fit the mood of the movies to perfection.

I really love those violins in that last scene with Jodie Foster & Christopher Plummer. I dont think I even noticed them the 1st time I saw it but ever since then its been 1 of the moments I really look forwad to in that movie. Subtle but sweet.

I was supposed to see Terrance Blanchard play at the Jazz Alley here in Seattle last summer but I missed out on it. I hope he comes back here again sometime soon.

Once again it has been about eight months since I last saw this and I remember liking the score and thought it enhanced the movie.

Nothing is better than a good/great score or soundtrack to a movie, especially if the movie isn't very good.

I don't have any kind of great ear for classical compositions...I'm not sure if John Williams is considered hacky, but I love his big movie scores. The Star Wars movies, Indiana Jones and Jurassic Park especially. When I was like a kinda band geek in junior high, the two songs I loved playing were the Jurassic Park theme, and the Magnificent Seven theme...which is another one I love.

And a big co-sign on 25th Hour as well.

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Dark grin, he can't help when he's happy, looks insane...

definitely, the Star Wars themes are classic (anything by John Williams for that matter)

'Arose' being my favorite track.

and I'm about goddamn fuckin sick of it

Er, I mean, cosign
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certainly earned the oscar.

The plastic bag scene = the worse scene
of the past 15 years, easily

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and thats not the hiphop head in me talking

RZA really laced that movie well..even better than Kill Bill
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That cheesy 80's stuff kills me evrytime!

Virgin Suicides......

E.T. I dont care what anyone says, you cant deny the scene when the riding the bikes and they take off in flight. That made my childhood.

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i'm writing my thesis on it this year

Magnolia (yeah, I said it, go cry)

E.T. (see Magnolia)


Those are off the top of the head


Also, I'm pretty partial to any film score that has a piece titled, "Overture," meaning the film also has an overture, which is almost always dope
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it MADE that movie in such a big way

robert rodriguez has been doing a good job
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>robert rodriguez has been doing a good job

hell yeah!

he is so underrated as a composer. his score for planet terror was really great. and his work on sin city and once upon a time in mexico were excellent too.

he's a great example of a director working within a specific genre, and creating music that really references the history of that genre's music while still being innovative and really powerful. the fact the guy writes, shoots, directs, edits and scores his own films means he is nothing but a freak. so impressive

Is the first to come to mind

It fits the movie very well, Edward Shearmur did great!


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it might be true, as kanye is probably his most high-profile project, but as an old-school brion fan, it's still funny to hear it.

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But yea, I am a huge fan of everything he's done, from soundtracks to his production of other bands and his solo stuff. Very versatile and gifted musician.

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Okay, maybe not the best, but for nothing but electronic noise, it sure gets the job done.

Also does not help that I personally hate birds.

Out of the classics, I really liked the score to the original King Kong (Max Steiner) and Once Upon a Time in the West (Morricone).

Bernard Herrmann who also did Taxi Driver

The Goblins aka Dario Argento

I just love all those old keyboards.

Nobody said Godfather yet? Nights of Cabiria had a good one. Both done by Nino Rota, who apparently did most (all?) of Fellini's stuff.

Also, Terminator: Boom-Boom, Boom, Boom-Boom. So simple, yet so great.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hero (especially the first fight scene) both had pretty amazing scores too.

Fuck it, Los Lobos did an excellent job on Desperado (and I don't even like that movie).

I can't really decide because they're all good. And there are some gems on each of them.
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