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 Posted:   Aug 15, 2015 - 2:57 AM   
 By:   Solium   (Member)

1982! Heck of a year I tell ya!

Secret of NIMH
Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan
Conan the Barbarian
Poltergeist
E.T.
Dark Crystal
The Last Unicorn
Rocky 3
Blade Runner
Death Trap
My Favorite Year (No pun intended)

 
 
 Posted:   Aug 15, 2015 - 3:12 AM   
 By:   CinemaScope   (Member)

I we're thinking great years for film scores, I'd be thinking sixties, eighties would never occur to me. 1963:

Cleopatra
How The West Was Won
Tom Jones
Charade
Jason & The Argonauts
The Great Escape
55 Days At Peking
The Haunting

Mind you, 1964 was just as good smile

 
 Posted:   Aug 15, 2015 - 7:15 AM   
 By:   First Breath   (Member)

1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990

 
 
 Posted:   Aug 15, 2015 - 7:57 AM   
 By:   Timmer   (Member)

1982! Heck of a year I tell ya!

Secret of NIMH
Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan
Conan the Barbarian
Poltergeist
E.T.
Dark Crystal
The Last Unicorn
Rocky 3
Blade Runner
Death Trap
My Favorite Year (No pun intended)


Yes, 1982 was one hell of a great year, I would add these superb scores too...

Butterfly - Morricone
The Thing - Morricone
Quest For Fire - Sarde
Cat People - Moroder
Hammett - Barry
Monsignor - Williams

 
 Posted:   Aug 15, 2015 - 8:02 AM   
 By:   Adam.   (Member)

1982! Heck of a year I tell ya!

Secret of NIMH
Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan
Conan the Barbarian
Poltergeist
E.T.
Dark Crystal
The Last Unicorn
Rocky 3
Blade Runner
Death Trap
My Favorite Year (No pun intended)



I agree about 1982. I would add these from that year...

First Blood
The Challenge
Creepshow
The Road Warrior

 
 
 Posted:   Aug 15, 2015 - 8:13 AM   
 By:   Smitty   (Member)

I can't decide between 1962, 1968 and 1971. All years well before I was born.

 
 Posted:   Aug 15, 2015 - 8:16 AM   
 By:   Solium   (Member)

1982 keeps getting better and better. wink

 
 
 Posted:   Aug 15, 2015 - 8:20 AM   
 By:   ZardozSpeaks   (Member)

1964

  • SUNA NO ONNA (WOMAN OF THE DUNES) by Toru Takemitsu
  • ONIBABA by Hikaru Hayashi
  • LADY IN A CAGE by Paul Glass
  • BLACK LIKE ME by Meyer Kupferman
  • LA CRIPTA E L'INCUBO by Carlo Savina
  • PSYCHE 59 by Kenneth V. Jones
  • THE OUTRAGE by Alex North
  • THE THIRD SECRET by Richard Arnell
  • DEAD RINGER by Andre Previn
  • IL CATELLO DEI MORTI VIVI by A.F. Lavagnino
  • THE TRAIN by Maurice Jarre
  • SHOCK TREATMENT by Jerry Goldsmith
  • DANZA MACABRA by Riz Ortolani
  • WITCHCRAFT by Carlo Martelli
  • SETTE A TEBE (aka 7 FROM THEBES) by Carlo Savina
  • RED DESERT by Giovanni Fusco
  • LIFE UPSIDE DOWN by Jacques Loussier
  • INTRIGO A LOS ANGELES by Piero Umiliani
  • LILITH by Kenyon Hopkins
  • SEVEN DAYS IN MAY by Jerry Goldsmith
  • BEHOLD A PALE HORSE by Maurice Jarre
  • THE PUMPKIN EATER by Georges Delerue
  • LES FELINS (aka JOY HOUSE) by Lalo Schifrin
  • ROMA CONTRO ROMA (aka WAR OF THE ZOMBIES) by Roberto Nicolosi
  • DIE! DIE! MY DARLING (aka FANATIC) by Wilfred Josephs
  • L'ORA DI UCCIDERE (aka DOG EAT DOG) by Carlo Savina
  • THE SOFT SKIN by Georges Delerue
  • THE TOMB OF LIGEIA by Kenneth V. Jones
  • SEANCE ON A WET AFTERNOON by John Barry
  • GLI INDIFFERENTI (TIME OF INDIFFERENCE) by Giovanni Fusco
  • THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA by Benjamin Frankel
  • THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH by David Lee
  • CHE FINE HA FATTO TOTO BABY? by Armando Trovajoli
  • I LUNGHI CAPELLI DELLA MORTE by Carlo Rustichelli

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     Posted:   Aug 15, 2015 - 8:57 AM   
     By:   Bill Carson, Earl of Poncey   (Member)

    1964? Without the groundbreaking A Fistful of Dollars?!
    Controversial!

     
     
     Posted:   Aug 15, 2015 - 9:27 AM   
     By:   CinemaScope   (Member)

    Well Zardoz, I'll see your '64, & raise you:

    Goldfinger
    Becket
    Zulu
    Marnie
    The Carpetbaggers
    The Long Ships
    Fall Of The Roman Empire
    A Shot In The Dark
    633 Squadron
    The 7th Dawn
    The Gorgon
    Murder Ahoy (& Most Foul)
    Rio Conchos
    The Yellow Rolls-Royce (still no release for this one yet)
    &...A Fistful Of Dollars.

     
     
     Posted:   Aug 15, 2015 - 9:30 AM   
     By:   ZardozSpeaks   (Member)

    1964? Without the groundbreaking A Fistful of Dollars?!
    Controversial!


    Not so controversial if I don't care much for scores for Leone movies (except Lavagnino's 1959 Gli Ultimi Giorni di Pompei, which I like better than any of the Leone/Morricone collaborations).

     
     
     Posted:   Aug 15, 2015 - 9:33 AM   
     By:   ZardozSpeaks   (Member)

    Well Zardoz, I'll see your '64, & raise you:


    Yup.

    ... and we haven't even gotten around to some of the other Hammer scores by Don Banks yet. smile

     
     
     Posted:   Aug 15, 2015 - 3:33 PM   
     By:   John Black   (Member)

    1976:

    OBSESSION
    TAXI DRIVER

     
     
     Posted:   Aug 15, 2015 - 4:47 PM   
     By:   Jim Cleveland   (Member)

    JEEZ! NO ONE has mentioned 1978....THAT's my favorite year for film scores!

     
     
     Posted:   Aug 15, 2015 - 9:17 PM   
     By:   Tango Urilla   (Member)

    '82 was a great year, no question. But '97 is better still in my book.

    Air Force One - Jerry Goldsmith
    Alien: Resurrection - John Frizzell
    Batman & Robin - Elliot Goldenthal
    Contact - Alan Silvestri
    The Game - Howard Shore
    Gattaca - Michael Nyman
    The Lost World: Jurassic Park - John Williams
    Men in Black - Danny Elfman
    Princess Mononoke - Joe Hisaishi
    Starship Troopers - Basil Poledouris
    Titanic - James Horner
    Tomorrow Never Dies - David Arnold

    Not to mention these three beauties:
    Star Wars: A New Hope [Special Edition] - John Williams
    Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back [Special Edition] - John Williams
    Star Wars: Return of the Jedi [Special Edition] - John Williams

    wink

     
     
     Posted:   Aug 16, 2015 - 1:39 AM   
     By:   Francis   (Member)

    Very difficult to pick one, but I'd have to settle on 1993:

    The Dark Half
    The Fugitive
    Carlito's Way
    Needful Things
    Jurassic Park
    Cliffhanger

    And nods to:

    Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
    Warlock: The Armageddon
    Children of the Corn II

     
     
     Posted:   Aug 16, 2015 - 11:05 AM   
     By:   Tall Guy   (Member)

    I'm quite fond of 1970...

    Violent City
    The Voyeur
    Hornets' Nest
    The Red Tent
    Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
    La califfa
    La moglie piĆ¹ bella
    The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
    Lui per lei
    Metello
    When Women Had Tails
    Two Mules for Sister Sara
    Uccidete il vitello grasso e arrostitelo
    Companeros!

    Rumour has it that people other than Ennio wrote scores that year too.

     
     
     Posted:   Aug 16, 2015 - 11:47 AM   
     By:   Bent Erik   (Member)

    1985

    A few good reasons (in random order):

    The Goonies (Dave Grusin)
    The Black Cauldron (Elmer Bernstein)
    Back to the Future (Alan Silvestri)
    Explorers (Jerry Goldsmith)
    Cocoon (James Horner)
    Commando (James Horner)
    Young Shelock Holmes (Bruce Broughton)
    Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins... (Craig Safan)
    Red Sonja (Ennio Morricone)
    A View to a Kill (John Barry)
    Return to Oz (David Shire)
    Rocky IV (Vince DiCola)
    Santa Claus: The Movie (Henry Mancini)
    Silver Bullet (Jay Chattaway)
    Fright Night (Brad Fiedel)
    Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (Brian May)
    Transylvania 6-5000 (Lee Holdridge)
    King Solomon's Mines (Jerry Goldsmith)
    Re-Animator (Richard Band)
    Out of Africa (John Barry)
    Silverado (Bruce Broughton)
    Invasion U.S.A. (Jay Chattaway)

    And, of course, John Williams' work for Amazing Stories.

     
     
     Posted:   Sep 2, 2015 - 2:48 PM   
     By:   John McMasters   (Member)

    For me it will always be 1962. What an awesome array of scores -- here are just a few that I love from that year:

    4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse, The
    Advise & Consent
    All Fall Down
    Birdman of Alcatraz
    Cape Fear
    Chapman Report, The
    Damn the Defiant!
    Days of Wine and Roses
    Dr. No
    Experiment in Terror
    Five Weeks in a Balloon
    Freud
    Gay Purr-ee
    Gorath
    Hatari!
    Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man
    How the West Was Won
    Imperial Venus
    Jack the Giant Killer
    Jules and Jim
    King Kong VS Godzilla
    Lawrence of Arabia
    L'Eclisse
    Lolita
    Lonely Are the Brave
    Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The
    Manchurian Candidate, The
    Miracle Worker, The
    Mondo Cane
    Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
    Mutiny on the Bounty
    My Geisha
    Phaedra
    Premature Burial
    Rome Adventure
    Sanjuro
    Sodom and Gomorrah
    Spiral Road, The
    Taras Bulba
    Tender Is the Night
    Tiko and the Shark
    To Kill a Mockingbird
    Two for the Seesaw
    Two Weeks in Another Town
    Walk on the Wild Side
    Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm, The

     
     
     Posted:   Sep 2, 2015 - 3:22 PM   
     By:   jkannry   (Member)

    1985

    A few good reasons (in random order):

    The Goonies (Dave Grusin)
    The Black Cauldron (Elmer Bernstein)
    Back to the Future (Alan Silvestri)
    Explorers (Jerry Goldsmith)
    Cocoon (James Horner)
    Commando (James Horner)
    Young Shelock Holmes (Bruce Broughton)
    Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins... (Craig Safan)
    Red Sonja (Ennio Morricone)
    A View to a Kill (John Barry)
    Return to Oz (David Shire)
    Rocky IV (Vince DiCola)
    Santa Claus: The Movie (Henry Mancini)
    Silver Bullet (Jay Chattaway)
    Fright Night (Brad Fiedel)
    Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (Brian May)
    Transylvania 6-5000 (Lee Holdridge)
    King Solomon's Mines (Jerry Goldsmith)
    Re-Animator (Richard Band)
    Out of Africa (John Barry)
    Silverado (Bruce Broughton)
    Invasion U.S.A. (Jay Chattaway)

    And, of course, John Williams' work for Amazing Stories.


    1985 as well

     
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