MOVIE MUSIC: No, not songs; knowing the Score!

by Terry 18 Replies latest jw friends

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  Preston

  These are my favorite scores Terry...

  Terry, don't you think Max Steiner's too loud?!?

  Carter Burwell (Miller's Crossing)

  Ennio Morricone (Once Upon a Time In America, Once Upon a Time in the West, Cinema Paradiso)

  Jerry Goldsmith (Alien)

  Joe Hisaishi (Hana-bi)

  Brian Easdale (Peeping Tom)

  Henry Mancini (Touch of Evil)

  Peter Gabriel (Last Temptation of Christ)

  Stephen Warbeck (Shakespeare in Love)

  Michael Nyman (The Piano)

  Nino Rota (Amarcord)

  John Barry (Midnight Cowboy)

  Alex North (The Dead)

  Mark Knopfler (Local Hero)

  David Raskin (Laura)
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  recoveringjw

  Blackhawk down---that soundtrack gives me goose bumps everytime I listen to it

  The Insider--this soundtrack has a lot of stuff by Lisa Gerard (from Dead can Dance) and is very haunting

  The Gift--the movie was so-so, but Neko Case is amazing (there's also some stuff on there by Loretta Lynn)

  Jurassic Park--the first one. The "scary scene" music is the best

  Bethany
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  dh

  the soundtrack for the 2002 dr. zhivago tv series is also absolutely stunning.
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  recoveringjw

  I forgot one of my favorites!

  The Pianist!
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  Sunnygal41

  Just a few that came to mind:

  Top Gun....... Out of Africa.......... Dr. Zhivago........... Mr. Holland's Opus......... Camelot............ Fiddler On The Roof.............especially loved the song they sing during I believe it's the "Seder" scene Yentl............... Funny Girl............ The Way We Were........... South Pacific.......absolutely LOVE the songs in that movie! Oklahoma...........another great musical! Prince of Tides............. Pink Panther.........the Theme music.........LOL.........
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  Soledad

  I love Jerry Goldsmith's score for "The 13th Warrior." even though the script was lousy, I saw the movie several times.
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  Nancy Drake

  The score in Fahrenheit 9/11 was very conspiratorial and sensational, which I found to be distracting.

  The background music from Anne of Green Gables and The Parent Trap makes me cry everytime because it reminds me of the wholesome movies I used to have to watch as a JW kid.
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  MerryMagdalene

  I saw Star Wars when I was 12 and the music still effects me the same way it did then (words fail)

  A Clockwork Orange a bit of the old ultraviolence courtesy of Ludwig van

  Manhunter

  Bladerunner

  Once Upon a Time in the West
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  Terry

  John Barry is MY favorite film composer. I've met him and written liner notes for some of his albums.

  His sense of melody and the dramatic arc of feeling grabs me every time.

  I'm addicted to minor key music.

  Terry