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Apr 6, 2017 - 4:58 PM
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Thor
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I'm developping a film music quiz, and the goal of the quizzers is to guess the composer based on the trademark sound, but not necessarily the film (these are film-savvy people). As such, I need suggestions for FAMOUS composers, but with a lesser known score that nonetheless displays their "sound". Examples:
John Williams -- "Sunday Night Football"
Bernard Herrmann -- "Overture" from THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY
James Horner -- "Ride of the Firemares" from KRULL
Jerry Goldsmith -- "Hot Water" from OUTLAND
etc. You get the idea.
I have these additional composers covered already: Martinez, Korzeniowski, Elfman, Goldenthal, Morricone, Delerue, Moroder, Zimmer, Mancini, Barry, Carpenter, Rozsa, R. Newman, T. Newman, Tangerine Dream, Vangelis and Glass.
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"i still dont understand what this thread is about?!!"
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John Barry's "Until September"
John Carpenter's "Prince of Darkness" or "Christine"
Danny Elfman's "Hellboy II"
Hans Zimmer's "King Arthur"
Thomas Newman's "Spectre" (some Newmanish track without the Bond theme)
It's kind of hard to come up with composers who have a sound the average Joe would know about, but I think those all fit the bill.
Edit: And I see you have them all covered already. Well how about David Arnold's "Four Brothers" or "Godzilla" (or "Stepford Wives" if you really want to fake them out) or Alan Silvestri's "The Abyss."
Maybe "Doctor Strange" for Michael Giacchino. Or "Panic Room" for Howard Shore.
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Apr 7, 2017 - 2:04 AM
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Thor
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Thanks, Tango. Yeah, I had them covered already, but always nice with alternatives. If you're curious, I chose Barry's RAISE THE TITANIC, Elfman's TALES FROM THE CRYPT, Carpenter's PRINCE OF DARKNESS (same as yours!), Zimmer's BEYOND RANGOON, T. Newman's MAN WITH ONE RED SHOE.
Sadly, I don't think they'll get Arnold, Silvestri or Giacchino (unless I play some of their most famous film music). 
I'm thinking about Howard Shore, however. Something Cronenberg? [Edit: I see that you suggested PANIC ROOM. I'll check that out!]
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Those are good choices! Sadly you're right, most people probably wouldn't even know about Arnold or Silvestri (despite recognizing his Back to the Future theme!) and Giacchino might not quite be at Zimmer's status with the general public yet. I think he's getting there though.
For a Cronenberg Shore, The Fly is pretty characteristic of his early Silence of the Lambs/Seven dramatic yet oppressive horror sound.
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Apr 7, 2017 - 2:49 AM
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Thor
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Schifrin is borderline. Everyone would recognize MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE, of course, but is his own sound idiosyncratic enough that I could play music from a lesser known film, and they would still guess the composer?
Older jazz scores are tricky. I have Mancini's A SHOT IN THE DARK included in the quiz -- famous theme, and the composer instantly recognizable to most, but the title of the film less so to the target audience here. My guess is they would guess Mancini for most of these things, including Schifrin.
Randy Newman is easier that way. I have his "The Majors: The Mind is a Strange Thing" from THE NATURAL in my quiz. I doubt they'll guess the film, but they should be able to recognize his jazzy, offkilter sound that he employs in most of his movies, including the TOY STORYs.
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Ron goodwin and roy budd have distinctive sounds.
Cant use Battle of britain or where eagles dare or 633 but you could use force 10.
For budd you couldnt use Get Carter but you could use Diamonds or Black Windmill or marseilles contract.
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For schifrin his thrillers music is very distinctive but you couldnt use dirty harry or enter the dragon or bullitt,
but you could use Love and Bullets, telefon, st ives or sky riders.
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Btw quick question - i hope none of your quiz attendees know you come on this forum ??!
Otherwise someone is going to have all the answers!!! 
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Apr 7, 2017 - 3:26 AM
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Thor
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He, he...no, I'm 100% sure they don't frequent this forum (or maintitles.net, where I also made a duplicate thread). Thanks for your suggestions, Bill. I'm continually evaluating if the names are feasible for the crowd in question -- which none of you know, of course, so it's difficult to assess the frame of reference. For example, I think one or two might be able to recognize Budd's GET CARTER, in particular, but I'm positive they would not recognize Budd 'as composer' for anything else, or anything related to Goodwin.
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