Top 5 Favorite (Non Bond) Movie Scores!

MurdockMurdock The minus world
edited November 2012 in Music Posts: 16,351
Alright, simple thread. GO!

1. The Incredibles by Michael Giacchino.
A Nice James Bondesque score and sort of tribute to John Barry. It's pure fun to listen too.

2. Mission: Impossible by Danny Elfman.
Nice touch of subtle Spy music with the magic of Danny Elfman. His M:I theme rearrangement alone is an excellent piece of music.

3. Super Mario Bros. by Alan Silvestri.
Not Silvestri's best score, but it's very enjoyable and captures the feel of one of my favorite movies. :)

4. Resident Evil: Apocalypse by Jeff Danna and Elia Cmiral.
A Nice underated gem. "Two Wheels Hero" is an excellent Bondian piece of music.

5. Batman & Robin by Elliot Goldenthal.
Bad movie, but good score. Probably the best part of the movie besides Batgirl's suit up scene. ;)

So what's your top five favorite (non Bond) film scores?
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  • Posts: 1,817
    I like this one!

    1. The Empire Strikes Back: for my is not just the best soundtrack ever but one of the best musical creations in the 20th century.

    2. The Godfather Part II: using the previous themes of The Godfather, it has everything: the waltz, traditional themes, a religious march, and the powerfully melancholic themes that push you to meditate on your life and your choices.

    3. The Lord of the Rings: I've always consider TLOTR as 1 movie in three chapters (as is the book), so it applies also to the soundtrack. Using the Leitmotiv technique of Wagner (popular in film because of Williams) is both thematically and instrumentally complex, but all together reaches a great coherence.

    4. Gladiator: an epic soundtrack of a true epic film!

    5. Walk the Line: being a country fan, I couldn't miss this one. It has Johnny Cash, June Carter, Elvis, among others. Besides the instrumentals by T Bone Burnett and Bill Frisell are sublime.

    Honorable mentions: Kingdom of Heaven, Layer Cake, Return of the Jedi and Patton.
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
    Posts: 16,351
    0013 wrote:
    I like this one!

    1. The Empire Strikes Back: for my is not just the best soundtrack ever but one of the best musical creations in the 20th century.

    Oh gosh yes! I love this score too. My favorite track is "The Asteroid Field." wonder journey. :D

  • In no particular order:

    * The Dark Knight Rises
    * Battlestar Galactica (Seasons 1-4)
    * Spartacus (Seasons 1-3)
    * Gladiator
    * Superman: The Movie

    Two of those are not technically movies, I know, but they are fantastic soundtracks.
  • Posts: 501
    In no particular order
    The Dark Knight Rises (Hans Zimmer)
    Gladiator (Hans Zimmer)
    Sherlock Holmes (Hans Zimmer)
    The Skin I Live In (Alberto Iglesias)
    The Constant Gardener (Alberto Iglesias)
  • Star trek the wrath of khan

    Empire strikes back

    Raiders of the lost ark

    Dark knight rises

    Once upon a time in the west
  • Agent007391Agent007391 Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start
    Posts: 7,854
    All Star Wars music.

    That's it.
  • Once Upon A Time In The West is a wonderful soundtrack! Good call!

    Another enjoyable one, I thought, was the soundtrack for Appaloosa.
  • Once Upon A Time In The West is a wonderful soundtrack! Good call!

    Another enjoyable one, I thought, was the soundtrack for Appaloosa.

    One of my favourite movies, recently bought the special edition again, think the score is Morricone masterpiece. Though Good the bad and the ugly is not far behind.
  • Music is like another character in those Leone films.
  • Posts: 342
    I would like to nominate Get Carter, wonderful bleak haunting soundtrack.

    The spaghetti westerns must be the series with the best ever soundtracks, after Bond.

    WW2 RAF sixties had pretty good music - eg Battle of Britain, 633 Squadron etc.

    Wonder why music scores were so good in the sixties, and generally forgettable in modern music. For me, Spielberg has the worst music (apart from Jaws) - most if his movies sound more like the orchestra is warming up rather than coherent music
  • Posts: 278
    No particular order:
    Raiders of the Lost Ark
    The Empire Strikes Back
    The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
    The Dark Knight
    Batman Returns
  • Music is like another character in those Leone films.
    Much like the original star wars movies you could watch leones movies just with the visuals and score and no dialog and know exactly what's going on.
  • Posts: 3,333
    Planet of the Apes (1968) - Jerry Goldsmith
    El Cid (1961) - Miklos Rozsa
    Bullitt (1968) - Lalo Schifrin
    Where Eagles Dare (1968) - Ron Goodwin
    For a Few Dollars More (1962) - Ennio Morricone
    Charade (1963) - Henry Mancini
    The Lion In Winter (1968) - John Barry
    Patton (1970) - Jerry Goldsmith
    The Omega Man (1971) - Ron Grainer
    The Eiger Sanction (1975) - John Williams
  • edited November 2012 Posts: 2,107
    All Ennio Morricone scores from Leone's main body of work.

    A Fistful of Dollars
    For a Few Dollars More
    The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
    Once Upon a Time in the West
    Fistful of Dynamite
    Once Upon a Time in America

    and other Ennio Morricone scores, like the ones from Casualties of War and The Untouchables.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,183
    SCORES
    * Spirited Away (Joe Hisaishi)
    * E.T. (John Williams)
    * Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (John Williams)
    * Ben-Hur (Miklós Rózsa)
    * The Specialist (John Barry)

    SOUNDTRACKS
    * 2001: A Space Odyssey
    * Cowboy Bebop (the TV series)
    * The Saint (OST for the Phillip Noyce film)
    * Batman (OST by Prince)
    * Transformers: the animated movie
  • AliAli
    edited December 2012 Posts: 319
    1. The Empire Strikes Back (John Williams)
    2. Tron: Legacy (Daft Punk)
    3. The Last Samurai (Hans Zimmer)
    4. Dances With Wolves (John Barry)
    5. The Fabulous Baker Boys (Dave Grusin)


    Special mention to Bear McCreary for the amazing BSG and Caprica scores as well, and Two Steps From Hell for providing trailer music that is usually better than the actual movie scores! (See Heart Of Courage and Freedom Fighters on Youtube). Also to James Horner for the brilliant score to Glory and Avatar (which seemed to reuse a lot of Glory's cues) and to Steve Jablonsky for the first Transformers score, especially the brilliant Arrival On Earth
  • Posts: 246
    Chicken Run
    Diva
    Bedazzled (not the remake. obviously.)
    The Thomas Crown Affair (not the remake. although that one is all right too.)
    Playing By Heart
  • Right off the bat:

    Somewhere in times by John Barry
    Across the sea of time by John Barry
    Chaplin by...John Barry
    Witness (can't remember who wrote the score)
    The Lords of the Ring
  • edited November 2012 Posts: 5,745
    In no particular order

    The Wolfman by Danny Elfman. It was used in the advertising for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and a few other films it was so good! (Too bad the film was crap)
    The Incredibles by Michael Giacchino. Truly Barry's great successor (Barry was originally set up to score this film)
    Start Trek (2009) by Michael Giacchino. Excellent orchestration, which makes the opening sequence of the film that much more powerful with the pods racing back to Earth as the USS Kelvin crashes into Nero's ship.
    The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly by Ennio Morricone. The man has never produced a poor soundtrack, but I believe his best work was with this film.
    Alien by Jerry Goldsmith. Eery and creepy, beat in the sci-fi sector only by 2001, but that's not in my top 5 favorites. :P

    Honorable mention: The Dark Knight Rises
  • 1.TDKR-By Han Zimmers
    2.Tango & Cash-By Harold Faltermayer (1989)
    3.Mission Impossible-Danny Elfman
    4.Fantastic Four-By Jon Oatham
    5.Fletch-Harold Fatlermayer
  • AliAli
    edited November 2012 Posts: 319
    Witness (can't remember who wrote the score)

    Maurice Jarre (Jean Michel's dad). Also did the classic scores for Doctor Zhivago, Lawrence of Arabia, Dead Poet's Society and Ryan's Daughter.
  • At the moment (in no order);
    The Good, the Bad & the Ugly
    Stephen King's I.T
    The Man with X-Ray Eyes
    Rosemary's Baby
    Predator
  • Posts: 1,970
    No particular order

    Avatar - James Horner
    Jurassic Park - John Williams
    Aliens - James Horner
    Star Wars - John Williams
    The Dark Night - Han Zimmers
    Titanic - James Horner
    Lethal Weapon - Michael Kaman, Eric Clapton, David Sanborn
  • I don't know, I really don't, but will try with a quick list - in no order

    Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
    Midnight Express (1978)
    Das Boot (1981)
    The Third Man (1949)
    The Good The Bad and The Ugly (1966)
    Gorky Park (1983)
    The Long Good Friday (1979)
    A Clockwork Orange (1971)
  • edited December 2012 Posts: 202
    OBSESSION (Bernard Herrmann)
    BODY HEAT (John Barry)
    CONAN THE BARBARIAN (Basil Poledouris)
    BODY DOUBLE (Pino Donaggio)
    CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (John Williams)

    @thenoisydrum I highly recommend this: http://www.lalalandrecords.com/RosemarysBaby.html
  • Charade (Mancini)
    The Knack (Barry)
    The Untouchables (Morricone)
    The Sand Pebbles (Goldsmith)
  • Superman :The Movie.
    Raiders of the Lost Ark.
    The Dark Knight Rises.
    Back to the Future Part II.
    The Empire Strikes Back.

    P.S. These are in no particular order.
  • 001001
    Posts: 1,575
    The Good, The Bad and The Ugly is the best movie score ever.

    After that there are a bunch of them in no order: jaws,raiders,star wars,the italian job (original)A Fistful of Dollars,For a Few Dollars More,the godfather and a lot more.
  • Posts: 278
    Since I put down my top 5 I've since purchased Star Trek 2009 and Tron Legacy. Both excellent soundtracks.
    Still don't make my top 5 though :)
    Would be a good one to ask for a top 5 soundtracks that don't include Morricone, Williams or Barry.
  • Posts: 107
    Escape From New York (John Carpenter)
    Office Space (Various)
    Dredd 3D (Paul Leonard Morgan)
    Lost Highway (Trent Reznor)
    Pulp Fiction (Various)
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