› ›

Movies you like where the musical score made it a better film than it actually was...

chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
edited June 2016 in General Movies & TV Posts: 17,835
Omega Man- Good 70's sci-fi film but GREAT Ron Granier (Dr. Who) score!
Shamus- Okay 70's detective film made AWESOME by a superior Goldsmith score.
Legend- Good 80's fantasy made special by a slick Tangerine Dream score.
Rambo: First Blood Part II- Basically a stupid 80's movie given gravitas due to Goldsmith (again; the man was a genius).

Off the top of my head here.
List yours...

Comments

  • jake24jake24 Sitting at your desk, kissing your lover, eating supper with your familyModerator
    Posts: 10,592
    Interesting thread, @chrisisall. If Bond films are to be included, I'll start with DAD. Most of Arnold's musical queues manage to bring life and depth to otherwise empty scenes, with the exchange between Graves and Moon in the Antonov as a prime example.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,835
    jake24 wrote: »
    Interesting thread, @chrisisall. If Bond films are to be included, I'll start with DAD. Most of Arnold's musical queues manage to bring life and depth to otherwise empty scenes, with the exchange between Graves and Moon in the Antonov as a prime example.
    Oh YES!
    :)>-
  • AlexanderWaverlyAlexanderWaverly
    Posts: 2,115
    Our Man Flint and In Like Flint.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    Posts: 23,883
    Several non-Bond films that Barry scored, e.g. The Specialist, Enigma, Indecent Proposal, Mercury Rising, Masquerade, & Body Heat.

    Wojciech Kilar's work on The Ninth Gate makes it a far better film. Same goes for his work on Death & The Maiden, although in that case, the film is also quite good.

    Nearly everything Jerry Goldsmith touched, including Malice, Along Came A Spider, Total Recall, Basic Instinct, Hollow Man etc. etc.

    That's just off the top of my head.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    Posts: 4,089
    Definitely Conan The Barbarian

    Basil Poleduris's score is incredible. Since the film has dialogue few and far between it needs the music to carry it along.

    Conan wouldn't be half as good without the amazing score.

    I think it's one of the greatest scores ever composed.
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
    Posts: 7,653
    Wojciech Kilar's work on Dracula, the movie is so-so but the music is totally awesome and scary and beautiful when listened stand alone.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,835
    Robocop 3 was an okay film, but Poledouris' music is really the main reason I enjoy it.
  • TripAcesTripAces Universal Exports
    edited June 2016 Posts: 4,589
    Off the top of my head (some of these are good films made great by the music)...

    1. The Mission (1986, Ennio Morricone)
    2. Less Than Zero (1987, Thomas Newman)
    3. The Amityville Horror (1979, Lalo Schifrin)
    4. White Palace (1990, George Fenton)
    5. The Deep (1977, John Barry)
    6. Zero Dark Thirty (2012, Alexandre Desplat)
    7. A Beautiful Mind (2001, James Horner)
    8. The Social Network (2010, Tent Reznor and Atticus Ross)
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    Posts: 23,883
    George S. Clinton's work on Wild Things is brilliant and really lifts that film.

    I think I'll give it a watch tomorrow. It's been a while.
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
    Posts: 16,362
    Star Trek V

    I know this movie gets a lot of flack but I think it's a decent Star Trek movie and Jerry Goldsmith's score makes it watchable.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,835
    Murdock wrote: »
    Star Trek V

    I know this movie gets a lot of flack but I think it's a decent Star Trek movie and Jerry Goldsmith's score makes it watchable.
    Yes, and the camping scenes!!!!
    =D>
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
    Posts: 16,362
    chrisisall wrote: »
    Murdock wrote: »
    Star Trek V

    I know this movie gets a lot of flack but I think it's a decent Star Trek movie and Jerry Goldsmith's score makes it watchable.
    Yes, and the camping scenes!!!!
    =D>
    This is my favorite Scene. :)

  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,835
    Nicely done.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    Posts: 4,089
    SaintMark wrote: »
    Wojciech Kilar's work on Dracula, the movie is so-so but the music is totally awesome and scary and beautiful when listened stand alone.

    Yeah that's an amazing score.

    They used a Kilar piece for the Schindler's List trailer. Incredible music.
  • Major_BoothroydMajor_Boothroyd Republic of Isthmus
    Posts: 2,722
    Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace. That film is one big flaw - but John Williams Duel of the Fates elevates that three way fight scene to one of the best of the series. His work in the prequels is outstanding.
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    edited June 2016 Posts: 7,222
    Some less than stellar films with great scores:

    1492: Conquest of Paradise
    A View to a Kill
    Exorcist II: The Heretic
    Zombi 3
    Beyond the Door (Chi sei?)
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
    Posts: 15,423
    Billion Dollar Brain
    The International
    Who Dares Wins

    Just from the top of my head. Obviously there are more.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    Posts: 4,089
    Alexander

    Great Vangelis score. Abysmal film!
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    Posts: 7,222
    LeonardPine wrote: »
    Alexander

    Great Vangelis score. Abysmal film!

    Absolutely love that film to be honest.

  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
    Posts: 15,423
    I found Alexander abysmal too.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    Posts: 4,089
    GoldenGun wrote: »
    LeonardPine wrote: »
    Alexander

    Great Vangelis score. Abysmal film!

    Absolutely love that film to be honest.

    Good god! It was the longest few hours I've ever spent in a cinema! Felt like it was 7 hours long!

  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    Posts: 23,883
    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    I found Alexander abysmal too.
    I believe this might be too kind a judgement.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    Posts: 4,089
    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    Billion Dollar Brain
    The International
    Who Dares Wins

    Just from the top of my head. Obviously there are more.

    Must admit I rather like Who Dares Wins

    The SAS assault at the end is a great sequence! The rest of the film is a bit meh but it's a guilty pleasure for me!

    The Roy Budd score really is mean and cool!
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    Posts: 23,883
    @LeonardPine, didn't you find it a bit overplayed? I liked the score, but I recall they kept using the same cue over and over, and by the end it seemed 'played out'. That's just from memory.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    Posts: 4,089
    Well I think it's mainly used in the final SAS assault than anywhere else in the film. Although it's also played over the end titles. Just love the theme!

    I must admit I'm often more liable to watch the last 15 minutes than the whole film!
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited June 2016 Posts: 23,883
    I did enjoy it too. Great fun. I'll try to get a watch in during the next few days after Wild Things, which I mentioned on this thread yesterday (also a very good score). Denise Richards in a bikini is an added bonus.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    Posts: 4,089
    Krull

    Pretty awful fantasy film from the early 80's

    But what a score from James Horner!
  • CraigMooreOHMSSCraigMooreOHMSS Dublin, Ireland
    Posts: 8,236
    1998's Godzilla

    By our man here, David Arnold.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    Posts: 4,089
    bondjames wrote: »
    I did enjoy it too. Great fun. I'll try to get a watch in during the next few days after Wild Things, which I mentioned on this thread yesterday (also a very good score). Denise Richards in a bikini is an added bonus.

    Haven't seen Wild Things for years.

    I remember it being a good little thriller and yes, Denise Richards was quite memorable in it.
    :x
Sign In or Register to comment.