These are some of the cream of the crop for me - in no particular order, any more than you could rank your children:
OHMSS Thunderball The Alamo (Tiomkin) Rollerball (needle drop/Previn) Once upon a Time in the West The Good, the Bad and the Ugly The Mission Where Eagles Dare La Dolce Vita Ben-Hur (Rosza) Psycho AI
There are plenty more of which I’m inordinately fond, but I’ve tried to involve a bit of objectivity, such as longevity (hence no Giacchino, as much as I’d like to include the Incredibles and Star Trek). Except I had to include some Williams and AI is wonderful so that’s in.
Peter Ibbeston King Kong The Sea Hawk Gone With the Wind Captain from Castile The Ghost and Mrs. Muir For Whom the Bell Tolls A Double Life Saint Joan The Fountainhead The Best Years of our Lives The Day the Earth Stood Still The Robe Peyton Place Vertigo Ben-Hur The Nun's Story Spartacus Psycho Freud To Kill a Mockingbird How the West Was Won The Greatest Story Ever Told The Sand Pebbles Fahrenheit 451 The Lion in Winter Planet of the Apes Promise at Dawn The Omen
There are already so much of the like infesting this board... Aren't you tired of these useless things...?
What do you mean useless? Four of our top men just listed The Lion in Winter, and now I'm thinking I should check it out. I've never heard it. This thread might end up having great value.
You Only Live Twice - John Barry The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes - Miklos Rozsa The Omen - Jerry Goldsmith Star Trek The Motion Picture Jerry Goldsmith Alien - Jerry Goldsmith The Empire Strikes Back - John Williams The Wrath of Khan - James Horner
Zap, I like your response. I like the open mind, your willingness to try something based on recommendations. A lesson for the rest of us. Let us know what you think of The Lion in Winter.
Four of our top men just listed The Lion in Winter, and now I'm thinking I should check it out. I've never heard it.
You're in for a treat. I bought the Lion in Winter almost on a lark -- based mostly off my love of the Bond scores. To this day I still consider it Barry's best score.
Four of our top men just listed The Lion in Winter, and now I'm thinking I should check it out. I've never heard it.
You're in for a treat. I bought the Lion in Winter almost on a lark -- based mostly off my love of the Bond scores. To this day I still consider it Barry's best score.
The film itself is outstanding as well...
I haven’t really listened to a whole lot of Barry’s work, but of the few I have heard, Lion in Winter is probably my favorite (with Last Valley a close second). And yes, the film is marvelous, especially with regards to the acting.
i was maybe 14 when the movie came out. I was already a huge Barry fan--first the Bond scores, then The Ipcress File, Quiller, The Knack, Petulia, Deadfall--all those great 60s JB scores that cemented his reputation as a unique talent, specializing in thrillers and contemporary dramas. Then The Lion in Winter hit and before hearing it I had misgivings. The cover did not indicate a gritty spy thriller or an offbeat swing sixties comedy. When I did hear it, I was floored, and the music opened me up to exploring different styles of music.
Oh, yeah, and the movie is incredible with some of the best dialogue ever. The main title music over the shots of those gargoyles and the Chinon music coupled with the Queen's barge arriving is just stunning. I thought it couldn't get any better than this.
Not quite a Top 10 - but more than a half-dozen - here are my grateful 8:
-) the first season (1963/'64) of THE OUTER LIMITS by Dominic Frontiere -) Alex North's symphony for a new continent - Africa (a TV documentary) -) Les Biches by Pierre Jansen -) The Light at the Edge of the World by Piero Piccioni -) L'Imprecateur by Richard Rodney Bennett -) Toru Takemitsu's Empire of Passion -) Brian May's Thirst -) Danton by Jean Prodromidès
There are All Tops John Williams, John Barry, Jerry Goldsmith, Bernard Herrmann, Miklos Rozsa, Max Steiner, Elmer Bernstein, Henry Mancini, Maurice Jarre, and on and on.
Four of our top men just listed The Lion in Winter, and now I'm thinking I should check it out. I've never heard it.
You're in for a treat. I bought the Lion in Winter almost on a lark -- based mostly off my love of the Bond scores. To this day I still consider it Barry's best score.
The film itself is outstanding as well...
I haven’t really listened to a whole lot of Barry’s work, but of the few I have heard, Lion in Winter is probably my favorite (with Last Valley a close second). And yes, the film is marvelous, especially with regards to the acting.
I Recommend
Across The Sea of Time ( Prince of Tides Main Theme is called Flight Over New York) The Beyondness of Things OHMSS The Living Daylights Dances With Wolves
And of course Lion in Winter…Barry’s is truly Beautiful and Haunting, John Barry ending is truly Perfect to a Two Hour Bitch Fest. We Are Jungle Creatures …Katharine Hepburn is Playing…Katharine Hepburn! Perfect!
There are All Tops John Williams, John Barry, Jerry Goldsmith, Bernard Herrmann, Miklos Rozsa, Max Steiner, Elmer Bernstein, Henry Mancini, Maurice Jarre, and on and on.
It is all truly subjective.
This exactly.
Johnny and Jerry are my favorites of all time, but even between the two, my top favorite scores of theirs change all the time depending on season, mood, etc.
As I've gotten older and moved beyond my "holy grails" and made more generalized soundtrack purchases for films that I've never seen or haven't been obsessed with, it has diluted the meaning of "favorite".
LION IN WINTER was absolutely outstanding when I heard it while watching the film once. Still nice to listen to outside the film but probably not as an everyday soundtrack.
RIO CONCHOS is far more listenable repeatedly, but I've never seen the film all the way through as it looks pretty bad. Yet while I've listened to that a lot on repeat since recently buying it, I wouldn't say it holds that same place of "greatest" to me as ones for films I've seen a lot.
But if I return to the classics from when I was younger:
GOLDFINGER is one of my favorite and was absolutely groundbreaking to watch and I've seen it so many times since.
STAR WARS and THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK were revelations and continue to retain their magical qualities for me.
FISTFUL OF DOLLARS is also great - I like it so much more than THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY.
Not quite a Top 10 - but more than a half-dozen - here are my grateful 8:
-) the first season (1963/'64) of THE OUTER LIMITS by Dominic Frontiere -) Alex North's symphony for a new continent - Africa (a TV documentary) -) Les Biches by Pierre Jansen -) The Light at the Edge of the World by Piero Piccioni -) L'Imprecateur by Richard Rodney Bennett -) Toru Takemitsu's Empire of Passion -) Brian May's Thirst -) Danton by Jean Prodromidès
Nice to see Bennett’s L'Imprecateur mentioned. A great score………
i was maybe 14 when the movie came out. I was already a huge Barry fan--first the Bond scores, then The Ipcress File, Quiller, The Knack, Petulia, Deadfall--all those great 60s JB scores that cemented his reputation as a unique talent, specializing in thrillers and contemporary dramas. Then The Lion in Winter hit and before hearing it I had misgivings. The cover did not indicate a gritty spy thriller or an offbeat swing sixties comedy. When I did hear it, I was floored, and the music opened me up to exploring different styles of music.
Oh, yeah, and the movie is incredible with some of the best dialogue ever. The main title music over the shots of those gargoyles and the Chinon music coupled with the Queen's barge arriving is just stunning. I thought it couldn't get any better than this.
But then came The Last Valley . . .
... which is why neither is on my list. Didn’t seem right to include them both although I probably should. They kind of split the vote!
The score I’ve listened to more than any other over the last year is Morricone’s “Chi l’ha Vista Morire”.
