Best Film Soundtrack Composer
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Topic: Best Film Soundtrack Composer
Posted By: marktheshark
Subject: Best Film Soundtrack Composer
Date Posted: February 03 2006 at 21:13
These are the top legends in this genre I can come up with off the top of my head. I go with Bernard Hermann with Ennio Morricone a close second. 
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Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: February 03 2006 at 21:28
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...hmm you forgto Hanz Zimmer, while he may nto be a favorite of some he belongs up there. my vote would go to either elfman (i love his dark sound) or... goldsmith--unless Zimmer was up there. i guess i'll go for elfman ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: February 03 2006 at 21:38
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John Boy gets my vote ------------- |
Posted By: tardis
Date Posted: February 03 2006 at 23:16
| Hans Zimmer |
Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: February 04 2006 at 08:10
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I vote Ennio Morricone with Herrmann in second. I'd like to remember Henry Mancini and Nino Rotta.
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Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: February 04 2006 at 08:43
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Ennio Morricone
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Posted By: Rosescar
Date Posted: February 04 2006 at 09:45
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Vladimir Cosma.
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Posted By: Xymphony
Date Posted: February 04 2006 at 10:46
| John Williams, and Danny Elfman is also cool... |
Posted By: Winter Wine
Date Posted: February 04 2006 at 11:38
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Posted By: labbai
Date Posted: February 05 2006 at 13:33
How about Edgar Froese, Christoph Franke and Peter Baumann on "Sorcerer"? Yeah, Tangerine Dream is something to vote on this... 
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: February 05 2006 at 16:38
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Williams Elfman Mancini ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Phil
Date Posted: February 06 2006 at 11:03
| have to go with Hermann, also Schifrin and Morricone are great. Am not personally a huge fan of John Williams stuff. |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: February 06 2006 at 12:49
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John Williams,then Danny Elfman. -------------  |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: February 06 2006 at 12:51
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None of the above. Erich Wolfgang Korngold. He is the great-grandfather of movie soundtracks; all the others learned from him. -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Jeremy Bender
Date Posted: February 06 2006 at 13:20
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Ennio Morricone & Danny Elfman |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: February 06 2006 at 17:06
I completely agree with Friede. Korngold shaped the sound of Hollywood more than anyone else. just listen to the opening bars of his violin concerto; you will immediately think of Hollywood, although this concerto was not composed for a movie -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: February 06 2006 at 17:47
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Shostakovich and Prokofiev from the old school. Of the later years Hans Zimmer's Gladiator work is a favourite and The Jaws score by Williams is simple but inspired. No John Barry?
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Posted By: Mandrakeroot
Date Posted: August 12 2006 at 05:21
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ENNIO MORRICONE ------------- 
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Posted By: Australian
Date Posted: August 12 2006 at 05:37
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Vangelis...
and Elfman, John Williams ------------- 
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: August 12 2006 at 08:12
| This time I'll be patriotic and vote for Morricone - an amazing, distinctive, hugely influential composer. |
Posted By: Mandrakeroot
Date Posted: August 12 2006 at 12:20
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Posted By: maani
Date Posted: August 12 2006 at 12:37
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If one really knows the history of film scores, this poll is lopsided, since Bernard Herrmann all but invented the genre, and his body of work is so amazing that no one can touch him.
Besides writing the scores for almost all of Hitchcock's films (specifically including Psycho, The Birds and North by Northwest), here is just a short list of his other scores: Citizen Kane, Jane Eyre, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Naked and the Dead, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Cape Fear, Fahrenheit 451, Taxi Driver, Obsession, and at least half a dozen episodes of The Twilight Zone.
And that's just for starters.
Peace.
P.S. The best score Morricone ever wrote was for The Mission.
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Posted By: Melomaniac
Date Posted: August 13 2006 at 14:02
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Elfman and Goldsmith for me. ------------- "One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio |
Posted By: Trickster F.
Date Posted: August 13 2006 at 14:06
That's almost signature-worthy.
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Posted By: Meddler
Date Posted: August 13 2006 at 21:21
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John Swihart
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Posted By: NotAProghead
Date Posted: August 13 2006 at 22:31
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Andrej Petrov and Michael Tariverdiev. ------------- Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour) |
Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: August 13 2006 at 22:38
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Hans Zimmer Harry Gregson-Williams |
Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 05:03
Nice poll: here's some more top legends: Nino Rota (my favorite) John Barry Krzysztof Komeda Henri Mancini Francois Lai ------------- Over land and under ashes In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
Posted By: Wolf Spider
Date Posted: September 08 2006 at 17:07
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Jan Kaczmarek and Krzysztof Komeda ------------- http://www.lastfm.pl/user/tomash33 - Last.fm |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: September 08 2006 at 17:26
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I like Michael Nyman (The Peter Greenaway film soundtracks) and Zbigniew Preisner (for his involvement in Kieslowski's films -- especially for "Three Colours: Blue"). I don't find one particular Nyman work that memorable though -- I recognise his style immediately, but no particular piece sticks in my head that much. Philip Glass is another one whose filmscore works I've enjoyed. Might get flamed for this, but I like Giorgio Moroder too (especially his Midnight Express and Cat People scores). I find Moroder memorable. Klaus Doldinger did a great soundtrack for Das Boot, I think. Extremely memorable. Toto did one of my favourite filmscores for Dune -- I also find it memorable. And, of course, there's Vangelis. Blade Runner is one of the best soundtracks in my opinion, as is The Bounty. But another favourite is Ennio Morricone (particularly for the Mission). Check this out from my favourite easy reading film magazine --> http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/filmmusic/ - http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/filmmusic/ |
Posted By: Asyte2c00
Date Posted: September 08 2006 at 17:41
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Hans Zimmer.
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Posted By: NecroManiac
Date Posted: September 11 2006 at 18:34
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Ennio Morricone. AHAHAHAHA! BOM-BOM-BOM! -------------  What's yer faovrite album? =^_^= |
Posted By: Bastille Dude
Date Posted: September 11 2006 at 18:49
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Bernard Hermann for sure,
And possibly Herschell Gordon Lewis.  ------------- DEATH TO FALSE PROG! |
Posted By: Paul K.
Date Posted: September 12 2006 at 13:07
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Morricone without contest. But where the hell is Howard Shore? My top 3 1) Ennio Morricone 2) Howard Shore 3) Nino Rota ------------- Weasels ripped my flesh |
Posted By: daz2112
Date Posted: September 12 2006 at 13:24
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Morricone! ------------- In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole |
Posted By: Soul Dreamer
Date Posted: September 13 2006 at 05:59
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For me it's Michael Kamen To see an overwiew of his work: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kamen - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kamen ------------- To be the one who seeks so I may find .. (Metallica) |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: September 13 2006 at 16:22
A superb composer - one of may favourite ECM releases of recent years was Tomasz Stanko playing the music of Krzystof Komeda - his soundtracks for Polanski were exemplary. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: September 13 2006 at 16:30
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Morricone, followed by Hermann, and then Elfman. ------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: October 17 2006 at 11:03
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John Williams Enio Morricone Eric Serra close third ------------- |
Posted By: Chicapah
Date Posted: October 17 2006 at 11:40
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Randy Newman. The score to "The Natural" is one of my all-time favorites.
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Posted By: cuncuna
Date Posted: October 17 2006 at 14:16
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From the list, Bernard Herrman, but my favourite would be John Carpenter. Those all keyboard soundtracks are quite interesting and work pretty good on his movies, wich he also writte, direct, produce, perfomrs the gathering, sweeps, built the studio... ------------- ˇBeware of the Bee! |
Posted By: SolariS
Date Posted: October 19 2006 at 01:26
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What about John Carpenter from the Halloween series  -------------  
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Posted By: SolariS
Date Posted: October 19 2006 at 01:27
Oh haha just saw you liked Carpenter too. That halloween title song is addicting huh? -------------
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Posted By: CaptainQuark
Date Posted: October 20 2006 at 12:48
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From the list you supplied, I'd have to go for Horner, but you forgot Basil Poledouris! He's the guy that did the music for Conan the Barbarian. Cr@p film – great music! ------------- Erithacus Ordinary morals are for ordinary people ~ Aleister Crowley |
Posted By: andu
Date Posted: October 20 2006 at 13:06
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nice thread, the poll should have been bettered. i think herrmann is the best, just check this amazing list - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002136/ - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002136/ -, but i voted my preferate - jerry goldsmith, because of his score for Ridley Scott's Alien, which is my alltime favourite score. i also think mr. Scott is the recent director with the best usage of film music - he had Vanghelis for Blade Runner (...........) and 1492, and Hans Zimmer for Gladiator, Kingdom of Heaven, Thelma and Louise, Matchstick Men and Hannibal.
i'm glad nino rotta and eric serra were also mentioned. ------------- "PA's own GI Joe!" 
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Posted By: Time-Machinist
Date Posted: October 22 2006 at 16:14
Conan The Barbarian, its music could not be better!!! Freaking awesome...
But i'll pick John Williams...
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Posted By: Arrrghus
Date Posted: October 22 2006 at 16:15
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I am beginning to hate John Williams. His stuff is so repetitive and similar. ------------- 
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