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Top 5 Favorite (Non Bond) Movie Scores!

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  • ThepastykidThepastykid
    Posts: 553
    Off the top of my head:

    The Godfather - Nino Rota
    The Dark Knight - Hans Zimmer
    Somewhere in Time - John Barry
    Once Upon A Time In The West - Ennio Morricone
    The Lord Of The Rings - Howard Shore
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    edited January 2013 Posts: 17,789
    Superman The Movie
    X-Men
    Somewhere in time
    Conan the Barbarian
    Escape From LA
  • YojimboYojimbo
    Posts: 22
    Original Scores

    Top 5 (no order)

    Braveheart: James Horner - makes me teary eyed every time
    Ben Hur: Miklos Rozsa
    Raiders of the Lost Ark: John Williams
    The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Ennio Morricone
    Dirty Harry: Lalo Schifrin



    Worth Mentioning

    All Ennio Morricone soundtracks - man was a genius
    Unbreakable: James Newton Howard
    Full Metal Jacket: Vivian Kubrick - still gives me chills
    Star Trek: Michael Giacchino
    Star Trek The Motion Picture: Jerry Goldsmith
    Rudy: also Jerry Goldsmith
    Last of the Mohicans: Randy Edelman and Trevor Jones
    Requiem for a Dream: Clint Mansell



    Great (Un?)original Scores

    The Blues Brothers
    Kill Bill (both volumes)
    Inglorious Basterds


  • CraigMooreOHMSSCraigMooreOHMSS Dublin, Ireland
    edited January 2013 Posts: 8,207
    Independence Day/Godzilla (Can never decide between the two) - David Arnold
    Raiders of the Lost Ark - John Williams
    Dinosaur - James Newton Howard
    Blade Runner - Vangelis
    Broken Arrow - Hans Zimmer

    Honourable mentions (Because that was a lot harder to do than I thought it'd be!)

    The Specialist - John Barry
    Raise the Titanic - John Barry
    Aliens - James Horner
    Alien 3 - Eliott Goldenthal
    Bangkok Dangerous - Brian Tyler
  • thelivingroyalethelivingroyale
    edited January 2013 Posts: 12,837
    Alien, pretty much any of the Rocky films, Raiders and The Godfather.
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    Posts: 13,355
    May be a good time to bring it up. Does anyone know why Bill Conti didn't score Rocky IV?
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    edited January 2013 Posts: 28,694
    Anything by Zimmer, Williams or Horner for starters.

    Those bagpipes in Braveheart are a thing of beauty, and no other instrument could have fitted the emotive tale of the film better. A real Horner masterpiece. @};-
  • renno61renno61
    Posts: 157
    Once upon a time in the west
    Raiders of the lost ark
    Bladerunner
    Were eagles dare
    Gone with the wind

    Pity not a top ten
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    Posts: 28,694
    In no particular order and just some of my favorites:

    The Dark Knight
    Sherlock Holmes 1 & 2
    The Dark Knight Rises
    Braveheart
    Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,789
    renno61 wrote:
    Bladerunner

    Ooooo, yes, definitely!
  • DrunkIrishPoetDrunkIrishPoet The Amber Coast
    Posts: 156
    Submitted for your approval: three of the finest scores ever, which have been mostly overlooked in this discussion but which deserve serious consideration for anyone's all-time TopTen list:

    The Mission (1986) Ennio Morricone
    Doctor Zhivago (1965) Maurice Jarre
    The Pink Panther (1963) Henry Mancini

    And for my money the best piece ever composed for cinema: "The Ecstasy of Gold" from TG,TB&TU. Mr. Morricone can buy his way into heaven with that one tune!
  • Qba007Qba007
    Posts: 87
    1. Dances with Wolves
    2. Out of Africa
    3. Chaplin
    4. Born Free
    5. Frances
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
    edited February 2013 Posts: 7,653
    In no particular order

    The empire strikes back - John Williams
    ET - John Williams
    Once upon a time in America/The west....The Mission - Ennio Moricone
    Children of Dune - Brian Tyler
    Legend (Robin of Sherwood) - Clannad
    Dances with Wolves / The Deep - John Barry
    Highlander - Queen & Michael Kamen
    The Pink Panther / The return of the Pink Panther - Henry Mancini
    Yentl - Barbara Streisand
    High Society - Bing Crosby/ Louis Armstrong / Frank Sinatra
    Singin' in the rain - Gene Kelly / Debby Reynolds / Donald O'Connor
    Doctor Who - Murray Gold
    West Side Story - original cast of movie
    the lost Boys original soundtrack
  • thelivingroyalethelivingroyale
    Posts: 12,837
    thelivingroyale wrote:
    Alien, pretty much any of the Rocky films, Raiders and The Godfather.

    Forgot Die Hard.
  • BondWillReturnBondWillReturn
    Posts: 816
    The Rock - Hans Zimmer
    Jurassic Park: The Lost World - John Williams
    The A-Team - Alan Silverstri
    The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Howard Shore
    Fast Five - Brian Tyler

    Probably something like this, in no particular order. I might swap A-Team for The Sweeney at some point.
  • mikeninja008mikeninja008
    Posts: 90
    Suspiria (Goblin)
    LOTR (Howard Shore)
    Profondo Rosso (Goblin)
    Once Upon a Time In The West (Ennio Morricone)
    Flash Gordon (Queen)
  • connerybondconnerybond
    edited February 2013 Posts: 163
    The Spahghetti Westerns particularly the guitar sound and the score by Ennio Morricone, The Sting scored by Marvin Hamlisch, The Lord of the Rings score by Howard Score, Ipcress File start score by John Barry, and Ben Hur score by Miklos Rozsa
  • TrueMiracle85TrueMiracle85
    Posts: 300
    Good question. It's hard to narrow a list to 5 but I'll give it a try.

    1. The Last Samurai - Hans Zimmer
    2. Braveheart - James Horner
    3. Gladiator - Hans Zimmer
    4. The Passion of the Christ - John Debney
    5. Kingdom of Heaven - Harry Gregson-Williams
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    Posts: 28,694
    I hear you on Braveheart, @TrueMiracle85. Just a downright gorgeous score. I love how emotive bagpipes are, and it is synthesized so beautifully, like in Horner's Titanic score, another beauty.
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