Please don't forget the wonderful use of organ at the end of "El Cid". As the dead Rodrigo comes out on horseback to face the Moors, the solo organ is truly inspiring and unique. It come right after the narrator states, "And so the Cid rode out of the gates of history into legend." I remember as a kid I had goosebumps when I saw this the first time. The organ is also used at the very end of the film to great effect.
I'm glad to see Piero Piccioni getting a few shout-outs in this thread!
One of my absolute faves is the "Love Theme" from "The Tenth Victim." Schmaltzy, over-the-top, I pretty much just melt every time this comes gushing out of the speakers.
Piero Piccioni - "Love Theme" from "The 10th Victim":
"Il Disprezzo" is another Piccioni score that is very organ-heavy:
I've always liked "Gloria" from Monsignor by John Williams. He quite literally pulled out all the stops on that one.
And also Bernard Herrmann's score from "The Day the Earth Stood Still," which used five organs including the 20th Century Fox studio's Wurlitzer. I just discovered the score recently, and it is freaking great. Herrmann got so snubbed for award nominations after 1941 it was ridiculous. But this one earned him a Golden Globe nomination.
Spiderman 2. The wedding scene was played (uncredited) by acclaimed organist Frederick Swann on the Great Organs of First Congregational Church of Los Angeles, (the world’s largest church organ).
I concur! An organ is in only one cue but it's use in the film is sublime.
Also Herrmann's Journey to the Center of the Earth gets all kind of mileage out of various organs. The cue "Atlantis" is so beautifully mysterious yet almost reverent.
When Jerry brought in the organ @7:55, well … I'm sure at least some of the old folks here who were there that memorable opening night way back in '79 probably got goosebumps just like I did.
Well, I still don't consider myself old!
But I was there -- it was the first time I'd ever seen the name "Jerry Goldsmith" too!
For me, the best organ music is from "DEMON"/"GOD TOLD ME TO" by the illustrious Frank Cordell! I feel that he was as good as Bernard Herrmann would have been were he to have lived to compose this score!
I concur! An organ is in only one cue but it's use in the film is sublime.
Also Herrmann's Journey to the Center of the Earth gets all kind of mileage out of various organs. The cue "Atlantis" is so beautifully mysterious yet almost reverent.
I've always liked "Gloria" from Monsignor by John Williams. He quite literally pulled out all the stops on that one.
And also Bernard Herrmann's score from "The Day the Earth Stood Still," which used five organs including the 20th Century Fox studio's Wurlitzer. I just discovered the score recently, and it is freaking great. Herrmann got so snubbed for award nominations after 1941 it was ridiculous. But this one earned him a Golden Globe nomination.
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Hell yes to both of these. The “Atlantis” cue that several have mentioned really affected me as a young listener. And as for “Gloria” ... I consider it a highlight of JW’s more “serious” side and the use of organ manages to be both subtle and rafter-shaking by turns.
