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While sitting down and listening to Mark Mancina's score to Bad Boys I thought I would start a thread discussing action scores from the 80s and 90s. Adventure or Sci-Fi scores like Robin Hood and Independence Day are welcomed in here.
What I wanted to talk about mainly though is that special sound Hans Zimmer and his crew deployed in movies like Crimson Tide, The Rock, Face/Off, Broken Arrow, and Bad Boys, etc. I wish they would go back to doing more scores like these. They are just so conducive to generating energy and emotions. I am a published author that write's action and romance fiction and I can tell you those are the scores I have visited the most while writing my work. Out of the Hans Zimmer bunch though I have to say that Broken Arrow and The Rock are probably my absolute favorites.
Now to leave out Michael Kamen's golden work during these two decades on Die Hard and Lethal Weapon would be a good reason to run me over with a pick up truck (Please don't, I'm still paying medical bills from past injuries). Out of all the Lethal Weapon scores I'm not sure I have a favorite, but maybe the second one. As for Die Hard? Die Hard with a Vengeance has to be up there as my favorite of the three, especially that unearthed cue Ode to Johnny. Holy cow do I get energized each time I hear that track!
And to continue on...Independence Day....Everything about this score from start to finish is just epic. It is one of those scores I listen to from start to finish and never have to hit skip. It's David Arnold at his best and most bombastic. The best track is clearly "Russell's Packin" at the 2:54 mark. I love the epic end credits track as well.
I originally posted this forgetting to add on Indiana Jones...I don't know how. My favorite piece of score music is the Truck Chase scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark. Everything about the music to all three of the movies just sucks you in to an adventure and pumps you up. John Williams operating at his best.
And then, finally, the Bond scores of the 90s. I'm just going to say it, I love Eric Serra's GoldenEye and I don't care who knows it. Now it's important to mention my favorite track on that score is John Altman's Tank Chase music, but nevertheless I like the score. Tomorrow Never Dies is just full of James Bond goodness.
I still haven't talked about Speed, one of my all time favorite scores. I could go on and on.
Most of the stuff I've mentioned has been released by La La Land Records who tend to cater towards my action music obsession. What action movie scores do you prefer from those two decades? Do you miss any particular styles from that time period?
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Don't forget Elfman's BATMAN score. A landmark of that period.
Yes, especially those Church Bells in the finale track! It's so dang epic being followed by the Batman theme.
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...Oh yes, my favourite years for 'Action' scores. DAYS OF THUNDER, THE ROCK, THE PEACEMAKER, CRIMSON TIDE, DROP ZONE, BACKDRAFT....The list goes on and on. Cheers
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It's by no means my favorite era, but I will give a "shout out" to Goldsmith's U.S. Marshals.
Oh, and Johnny boy's Indiana Jones stuff isn't bad, either.
With you on the IJ, very influential music! Now I'm interested in US Marshalls (especially given the Jerry roll I've been on of late).
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80s
48 HRS.
Beverly Hills Cop
Commando
Aliens
Beverly Hills Cop II
Lethal Weapon 2
Tango & Cash
90s
Total Recall
RoboCop 2
Terminator 2
The Fugitive
Demolition Man
Die Hard With A Vengeance
Heat
The Fifth Element
The Matrix
I'd like to include Goldenthal's Heat, but I'm not sure if it qualifies, since I consider it to be a crime drama more than another action film
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80s
48 HRS.
Beverly Hills Cop
Commando
Aliens
Beverly Hills Cop II
Lethal Weapon 2
90s
Total Recall
Terminator 2
The Fugitive
Demolition Man
Die Hard With A Vengeance
The Fifth Element
The Matrix
I'd like to include Goldenthal's Heat, but I'm not sure if it qualifies, since I consider it to be a crime drama more than another action film
Great list!
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80s
48 HRS.
Beverly Hills Cop
Commando
Aliens
Beverly Hills Cop II
Lethal Weapon 2
90s
Total Recall
Terminator 2
The Fugitive
Demolition Man
Die Hard With A Vengeance
The Fifth Element
The Matrix
I'd like to include Goldenthal's Heat, but I'm not sure if it qualifies, since I consider it to be a crime drama more than another action film
Sure it qualifies! Really intense score.
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I'd like to include Goldenthal's Heat, but I'm not sure if it qualifies, since I consider it to be a crime drama more than another action film
Sure it qualifies! Really intense score.
Then I will include it!  And how could I forget RoboCop 2...
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Action scores of that era were not really my favourite thing. (Action scores, or rather scores from films we think of as action films, of the 60s and 70s float my boat more.)
But from that era, I like The Living Daylights and Total Recall best.
Cheers
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