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LOG IN Forgot Login? Register General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board Search Terms:  Search Within:  topics posts since 2019 2018 posts 2017 posts 2016 posts 2015 posts 2014 posts 2013 posts 2012 posts 2011 posts 2010 posts 2009 posts 2008 posts 2007 posts 2006 posts 2005 posts 2004 posts 2003 posts 2002 posts 2001 posts 2000 posts users  search tips  You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2 3      General Discussion: Your choice for Best Dramtic Score 1996?     1 2 3    NEXT   LAST   Last Post   Posted:   Mar 18, 2018 - 10:35 AM     By:   Zooba   (Member) The nominees were: APOLLO 13 James Horner BRAVEHEART James Horner SENSE AND SENSIBILITY Patrick Doyle NIXON John Williams IL POSTINO Luis Bacolov I would have found it a tie and given Horner 2 Golden Boys. For APOLLO 13 and BRAVEHEART! Truly Outstanding and perfect for the films. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjvN9BVujWM    Posted:   Mar 18, 2018 - 10:41 AM     By:   governor   (Member) Nixon. Outstanding and effective score.    Posted:   Mar 18, 2018 - 10:42 AM     By:   Thor   (Member) Of those, maybe BRAVEHEART. But I also love APOLLO 13 and NIXON. Have never really explored SENSE & SENSBILITY, but it's 90s Doyle. I love the theme. IL POSTINO, which won, was the least good, IMO. It's not a bad score, but it's not terribly interesting either. More of a 'one trick pony'.    Posted:   Mar 18, 2018 - 11:05 AM     By:   Graham Watt   (Member) I'll still say BRAVEHEART. And although I've become a LOT more cynical since 1996, about Hollywood hokum, Scottish heroes and life in general, I can't ignore the fact that every time I catch a bit of BRAVEHEART on the telly, I still think, "Golly, that's a wonderfully-scored scene". I'm veering more and more towards "really old stuff" in my choice of listening, and it's quite sobering to think that BRAVEHEART was 22 years ago. 22 years before that was 1974 and my actual conscious awakening to film music, and 22 years before that it was 1952, which sounds so distant in time that it may as well have been 1852.    Posted:   Mar 18, 2018 - 11:59 AM     By:   Washu   (Member) I will give it to Horner I guess, but I find both Apollo 13 and Braveheart among his very best. I will say Braveheart then.    Posted:   Mar 18, 2018 - 12:00 PM     By:   Erik Woods   (Member) BRAVEHEART James Horner. It's my favourite Horner score and one of my top 10 favourite scores of all time! -Erik-    Posted:   Mar 18, 2018 - 12:03 PM     By:   judy the hutt   (Member) As a music lover I am happy that such music fair was written during that year. who cares what the best dramatic score was? I have three of them and love them all.    Posted:   Mar 18, 2018 - 12:27 PM     By:   ZardozSpeaks   (Member) My choice? This is George Fenton's The Crucible.    Posted:   Mar 18, 2018 - 12:32 PM     By:   johnbijl   (Member) Horner deserved uncle Oscar. Picking for which score is Sophie's Choice, though. With only a narrow margin, I'd pick Apollo 13. I love Braveheart and it certainly is one of the most effective film scores ever written. There's no fault, very cue is spot on. However, it's quite in your face. Braveheart's score is -- like the film, the main character *and* the personality of the director -- not very subtle. And I love how nuanced and meticulous Apollo 13 is. And where Braveheart has more traditional approach, Apollo 13 is an amazing piece of contemporary music. So the oscar goes to: Apollo 13    Posted:   Mar 18, 2018 - 12:43 PM     By:   JohnnyG   (Member) Back when all five Oscar nominations were scores worthy of purchase - and I did purchase them all. Those were the days... It was always between BRAVEHEART and SENSE & SENSIBILITY for me (Doyle was a demigod in the early to mid '90s).    Posted:   Mar 18, 2018 - 1:29 PM     By:   spanosdm   (Member) Back when all five Oscar nominations were scores worthy of purchase - and I did purchase them all. Those were the days... Wow, never thought of that. Quite shocking, I own all these 1996 Oscar-nominated scores, and there are actual recent Oscar WINNERS I do not own! As for the original question, much as I love Williams, I'd go with Braveheart on this one.    Posted:   Mar 18, 2018 - 1:36 PM     By:   OnyaBirri   (Member) Who won? I thought Apollo 13 was just awful.    Posted:   Mar 18, 2018 - 1:36 PM     By:   Morricone   (Member) IL POSTINO was fine for me, of what is there. But Jerry Goldsmith's FIRST KNIGHT, Marc Shaiman's AMERICAN PRESIDENT, Patrick Doyle's THE LITTLE PRINCESS and even one of my few Elfman favorites DOLORES CLAIBORNE would trump it if they were nominated. And don't get me started on other foreign scores with mini-masterpieces like Ennio Morricone's SOSTIENE PEREIRA and Alexandre Desplat's LES MILLES in 1995 (the year we are actually talking about).    Posted:   Mar 18, 2018 - 2:34 PM     By:   GustavoJoseph   (Member) Braveheart, but my favorite track of the year was All systems go - The Launch for Apollo 13.    Posted:   Mar 18, 2018 - 2:48 PM     By:   Bill in Portland Maine   (Member) IL POSTINO was fine for me, of what is there. But Jerry Goldsmith's FIRST KNIGHT, Marc Shaiman's AMERICAN PRESIDENT, Patrick Doyle's THE LITTLE PRINCESS and even one of my few Elfman favorites DOLORES CLAIBORNE would trump it if they were nominated. 1996 was a year when there was also a comedy/musical Oscar for best score. 'The American President' was nominated in that category. Others: Pocahontas (the winner), Sabrina, Unstrung Heroes, and Toy Story. -    Posted:   Mar 18, 2018 - 3:35 PM     By:   JohnnyG   (Member) IL POSTINO was fine for me, of what is there. But Jerry Goldsmith's FIRST KNIGHT, Marc Shaiman's AMERICAN PRESIDENT, Patrick Doyle's THE LITTLE PRINCESS and even one of my few Elfman favorites DOLORES CLAIBORNE would trump it if they were nominated. And don't get me started on other foreign scores with mini-masterpieces like Ennio Morricone's SOSTIENE PEREIRA and Alexandre Desplat's LES MILLES in 1995 (the year we are actually talking about). "Les Milles?" Ah, someone has done his Desplat homework! Glad you mentioned that, Morricone - it remains one of his best. Yes, it's so easy to pick another five worthy scores from 1995 for a strong alternative list. As I said, those were the days...    Posted:   Mar 18, 2018 - 4:10 PM     By:   SchiffyM   (Member) For me, "Nixon." But yes, a good group.    Posted:   Mar 19, 2018 - 4:32 PM     By:   Nicolai P. Zwar   (Member) The nominees were: APOLLO 13 James Horner BRAVEHEART James Horner SENSE AND SENSIBILITY Patrick Doyle NIXON John Williams IL POSTINO Luis Bacolov Of these? My pick? BRAVEHEART    Posted:   Mar 19, 2018 - 4:33 PM     By:   scottweberpdx   (Member) Braveheart    Posted:   Mar 19, 2018 - 5:04 PM     By:   villagardens553   (Member) Il Postino for me. What a great tune that flavored the entire score. 96 may have been a good best score year, but what about the 69 Oscars? The Lion in Winter The Fox Planet of the Apes The Shoes of the Fisherman The Thomas Crown Affair     General Discussion: Your choice for Best Dramtic Score 1996?    < 1 2 3  > >>  Go to page:  1 2 3   First Post    General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2 3

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