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http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2010/01/27/most-influential-movie-soundtracks-selected/ January 27, 2010 Most influential movie soundtracks selected Posted: 02:04 PM ET It's hard to think of certain movies without their soundtracks. "Saturday Night Fever's" John Travolta pounding the pavement to "Stayin' Alive." Janet Leigh getting slashed in the shower to those terrifying strings in "Psycho." Dustin Hoffman looking blank as Simon & Garfunkel plays in "The Graduate." As a way of celebrating the music that makes the movies, Turner Classic Movies (like CNN, a division of Time Warner) has put together a list of the 15 most influential movie soundtracks. Along with "Saturday Night Fever," "Psycho" and "The Graduate," the list includes: - Max Steiner's score for "King Kong"; - Sergei Prokofiev's music for "Alexander Nevsky"; - Bernard Herrmann's score for "The Day the Earth Stood Still"; - the soundtrack of "Blackboard Jungle," which included "Rock Around the Clock"; - Elmer Bernstein's compositions for "The Man With the Golden Arm"; - the Beatles' and George Martin's music for "A Hard Day's Night"; - John Barry's legendary "Goldfinger"; - Ennio Morricone's haunting "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"; - the classical and modern compositions of "2001: A Space Odyssey"; - Isaac Hayes and J.J. Johnson's music for "Shaft"; - the oldies but goodies that filled "American Graffiti"; - and John Williams' score for "Star Wars." Film fans will be quick to say, "But what about ... ?" Where's Steiner's sweeping score for "Gone With the Wind"? What about Hermann's music for "North by Northwest"? No "Jaws," or "The Natural," or something by Danny Elfman? But when you're narrowing a list down to 15, you have to make some exceptions. "Our list celebrates the most memorable and groundbreaking soundtracks, the ones which took the art of film music to new levels and made the most lasting impact on the world of movies," TCM's Robert Osbourne said in a press release about the list. From that perspective, it's hard to argue. Herrmann's two listed works established the model (which, by now, is cliche) for science fiction and horror movies, respectively. "Goldfinger" wasn't the first appearance of Monty Norman's James Bond theme, but used it creatively - and also inspired dozens of copycats. And Williams' grand work for "Star Wars" has become part of the landscape for swashbuckling blockbusters.
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Sounds like a bunch of hawgwash to me. What's the tagline CNN uses all the time? The most trusted named in cooze... I mean news.
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Damn, Lehah... I agree with Thor's assessment of Zimmer. No single composer has been more influential in the past 20 years. Not that I think it's a great thing, but I don't think this can be disputed. Goldenthal, Elfman and Thomas Newman have certainly had their imitators, not a patch on the navigation that Zimmer and company have achieved, though. But yeah, the notion that Nevsky isn't influential is a pretty ignorant statement.
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I would think you guys would say the most glaring omission is Jerry Goldsmith, not Zimmer.
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http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2010/01/27/most-influential-movie-soundtracks-selected/ January 27, 2010 Most influential movie soundtracks selected Posted: 02:04 PM ET It's hard to think of certain movies without their soundtracks. "Saturday Night Fever's" John Travolta pounding the pavement to "Stayin' Alive." Janet Leigh getting slashed in the shower to those terrifying strings in "Psycho." Dustin Hoffman looking blank as Simon & Garfunkel plays in "The Graduate." As a way of celebrating the music that makes the movies, Turner Classic Movies (like CNN, a division of Time Warner) has put together a list of the 15 most influential movie soundtracks. Along with "Saturday Night Fever," "Psycho" and "The Graduate," the list includes: - Max Steiner's score for "King Kong"; - Sergei Prokofiev's music for "Alexander Nevsky"; - Bernard Herrmann's score for "The Day the Earth Stood Still"; - the soundtrack of "Blackboard Jungle," which included "Rock Around the Clock"; - Elmer Bernstein's compositions for "The Man With the Golden Arm"; - the Beatles' and George Martin's music for "A Hard Day's Night"; - John Barry's legendary "Goldfinger"; - Ennio Morricone's haunting "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"; - the classical and modern compositions of "2001: A Space Odyssey"; - Isaac Hayes and J.J. Johnson's music for "Shaft"; - the oldies but goodies that filled "American Graffiti"; - and John Williams' score for "Star Wars." Film fans will be quick to say, "But what about ... ?" Where's Steiner's sweeping score for "Gone With the Wind"? What about Hermann's music for "North by Northwest"? No "Jaws," or "The Natural," or something by Danny Elfman? But when you're narrowing a list down to 15, you have to make some exceptions. "Our list celebrates the most memorable and groundbreaking soundtracks, the ones which took the art of film music to new levels and made the most lasting impact on the world of movies," TCM's Robert Osbourne said in a press release about the list. From that perspective, it's hard to argue. Herrmann's two listed works established the model (which, by now, is cliche) for science fiction and horror movies, respectively. "Goldfinger" wasn't the first appearance of Monty Norman's James Bond theme, but used it creatively - and also inspired dozens of copycats. And Williams' grand work for "Star Wars" has become part of the landscape for swashbuckling blockbusters. It's very hard to narrow down a list like that, but overall not bad. Its not a favorite or best of list. While I would add or change a few, many are spot on.
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