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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: Film composer/directors's favourite film scores?    FIRST   PRIOR   1 2 3    NEXT   LAST   Last Post   Posted:   Feb 20, 2020 - 10:12 AM     By:   LeHah   (Member) Correction from Hans: “ No, number two would be “Avalon” by Randy Newman...”    Posted:   Feb 20, 2020 - 10:25 AM     By:   William R.   (Member) Love for The Mission definitely spans many generations. Even the famously ego-centric (see above!) Rosenman admitted that it deserved the Oscar, even though it was up against Rosenman's TreK IV score. Zimmer also called it a favorite and admitted to ripping it off on several occasions. Carter Burwell has cited Forbidden Planet as one of his favorites.    Posted:   Feb 20, 2020 - 10:26 AM     By:   lacoq   (Member) In Bernard Herrmann's famous 1972 Sight and Sound interview, he cited THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV (1931) by Karol Rathaus, IVAN THE TERRIBLE by Prokofiev, and several scores by Vaughan Williams and Walton. Of the latter he preferred MAJOR BARBARA and ESCAPE ME NEVER to the Shakespearean scores. He also expressed great admiration for Alfred Newman. Because Newman was probably the only conductor Herrmann trusted to touch his music, and Herrmann also spoke highly of Franz Waxman's score for "Taras Bulba" and Vic Mizzy's score for "The Night Walker". Newman also greatly admired and recognized Herrmann's unique talent. And therefore kept him working, unlike Newman's brother Lionel who wasn’t keen on the man....    Posted:   Feb 20, 2020 - 10:46 AM     By:   Linae   (Member) Even the famously ego-centric (see above!) Rosenman admitted that it deserved the Oscar, even though it was up against Rosenman's TreK IV score. Do you remember the source for this? I am just curious what he said exactly about it, his exact words - I would like to read it.    Posted:   Feb 20, 2020 - 10:48 AM     By:   Linae   (Member) Also, I think Carter Burwell named Psycho as his #1 favourite score in the past too. Jóhann Jóhannsson named Herrmann's Vertigo his #1 favourite film score of all time in an interview. Keep them coming, I would like to know more of composer's favourite scores.    Posted:   Feb 21, 2020 - 5:22 AM     By:   William R.   (Member) Do you remember the source for this? I am just curious what he said exactly about it, his exact words - I would like to read it. I don't remember, it could have been someone on these boards.    Posted:   May 31, 2020 - 10:50 AM     By:   Linae   (Member) Does anyone here know if Jerry Goldsmith ever mentioned what his favourite film scores of all time were? I have a vague memory of him mentioning A Streetcar Named Desire, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Psycho, but I am not sure of that.    Posted:   May 31, 2020 - 11:10 AM     By:   Linae   (Member) -    Posted:   May 31, 2020 - 2:03 PM     By:   JohnnyG   (Member) I just found John Powell's top 5 film scores of all time (ranked - in order of preference): 1. To Kill a Mockingbird - Elmer Bernstein 2. Goldfinger - John Barry 3. The Great Escape - Elmer Bernstein 4. Who Framed Roger Rabbit - Alan Silvestri 5. Star Wars - John Williams Hey, not bad. Not bad at all! I like this Powell guy!...    Posted:   May 31, 2020 - 2:40 PM     By:   Stephen Woolston   (Member) I seem to recall John Barry saying his two favourite film composers were Alex North and Nino Rota. And quotes A Streetcar Named Desire and Rota's Fellini scores as favourites. I believe I remember Juliet of the Spirits being singled out once. Cheers    Posted:   May 31, 2020 - 2:53 PM     By:   Howard L   (Member) Hmm. Seem to recall Goldsmith praising Rozsa's Spellbound. Or was it Conti? Grrr...    Posted:   May 31, 2020 - 4:00 PM     By:   William R.   (Member) Hmm. Seem to recall Goldsmith praising Rozsa's Spellbound. Or was it Conti? Grrr... Goldsmith said seeing Spellbound as a youngster inspired him to pursue a career film music.    Posted:   May 31, 2020 - 4:23 PM     By:   Howard L   (Member) Ha, so it turns out it was both Goldsmith AND Conti. Sort've: Anyway, I asked him if there was any one movie or another that especially contributed to film score awareness in his younger days. Without hesitation, he responded "Rozsa stuff." I went into automatic pilot and responded with "Oh, like Lost Weekend, Ben-Hur, Spellbound...and even Naked City?" and it was just plain fun. And then he also mentioned "opera." And I had nothing to say to that! https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=1870&forumID=1&archive=1    Posted:   Jun 1, 2020 - 3:53 AM     By:   Linae   (Member) I just found this, John Barry's 12 favourite film scores of all time (in no order, although his #1 is Streetcar): A Streetcar Named Desire - Alex North Juliet of the Spirits - Nino Rota The Adventures of Robin Hood - Erich Wolfgang Korngold The Sea Hawk - Erich Wolfgang Korngold The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - Max Steiner Star Wars - John Williams The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Ennio Morricone Once Upon a Time in America - Ennio Morricone The Big Country - Jerome Moross Goldfinger - John Barry Midnight Cowboy - John Barry Chariots of Fire - Vangelis You can read what he says about his choices here: https://johnbarry.org.uk/images/fsts/John_Barry_for_the_Record-David_Toop_FSTS-32.pdf He included two of his own scores among his favourites.    Posted:   Jun 1, 2020 - 4:30 AM     By:   Thor   (Member) What's a bit disappointing with all these lists by composers, is that the titles chosen are fairly "standard" classics. I'd love to see a more original list. Come to think of it, Ryuichi Sakamoto has an interesting one that he published on Spotify awhile back.    Posted:   Jun 1, 2020 - 4:45 AM     By:   Linae   (Member) I forgot to post Ryuichi Sakamoto's top 10, he included a few compilations. Ryuichi Sakamoto's top 10 soundtracks of all time (in no order): Stalker, Solaris, Mirror - Eduard Artemyev Nostalghia (a concert work inspired by the Tarkovsky film) - Toru Takemitsu Shochiku 120th Anniversary Soundtrack Collection (compilation) - Numerous composers ranging from Toru Takemitsu to Joe Hisaishi Yojimbo - Masaru Sato Seven Samurai - Fumio Hayasaka Fellini and Rota (compilation) - Nino Rota Once Upon a Time in the West - Ennio Morricone A Streetcar Named Desire - Alex North Beneath the Planet of the Apes - Leonard Rosenman Solaris - Cliff Martinez I also just remembered that David Raksin named Toru Takemitsu's Ran the greatest film score of all time.    Posted:   Jun 1, 2020 - 5:11 AM     By:   Linae   (Member) I just found John Carpenter's top 10 film scores of all time: 1. Vertigo - Bernard Herrmann - ""A dark, haunting score. Music for a love story, conceived in a nightmare." 2. North by Northwest - Bernard Herrmann - "Funny and suspenseful. One of Hermann's best." 3. Rio Bravo - Dimitri Tiomkin - "Dimitri Tiomkin at his best. The tension themes are great." 4. The Quatermass Xperiment - James Bernard - "James Bernard at his creeping, crawling, spine-tingling best." 5. Forbidden Planet - Louis & Bebe Barron - "The first electronic score for a movie. Weird and haunting." 6. Sorcerer - Tangerine Dream - "Tangerine Dream score the literal heart of darkness." 7. Straw Dogs - Jerry Fielding - "The music expresses the character’s inner turmoil and conflicts." 8. Journey to the Center of the Earth - Bernard Herrmann - "Hermann’s opening theme goes as low and as dark as possible." 9. Horror of Dracula - James Bernard - "James Bernard used to sing the title of the movie he was scoring. In the British release, it was Drac – u – la…" 10. The Magnificent Seven - Elmer Bernstein - "This became standard fare for scoring Westerns. The music channelled Aaron Copland."    Posted:   Jun 1, 2020 - 5:39 AM     By:   W. David Lichty [Lorien]   (Member) Does anyone here know if Jerry Goldsmith ever mentioned what his favourite film scores of all time were? I have a vague memory of him mentioning A Streetcar Named Desire, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Psycho, but I am not sure of that. In a radio interview in 1989 on BBC Cinema 2, promoting an upcoming concert, he said that one was Psycho. On TCM he cited The Magnificent Seven as "the best music written for a western film, including my own" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQJk-stoKLY&t=4m20s (Sorry, 7 edits in, I'm sick of trying to make it pop up properly here - ya gotta click it) I love hearing about Girl with a Pearl Earring. That's the last time I remember film music stopping me in my tracks as I walked through the theater. I immediately bought it and the only other Desplat scores I could find at the time, Hostage, which was great in places, The Luzhin Defense and Birth, which is one of those rare scores with an undefeatable album presentation. It's such a marvelous disc. But The Girl with a Pearl Earring? That was captivating!    Posted:   Jun 1, 2020 - 7:05 AM     By:   Howard L   (Member) What's a bit disappointing with all these lists by composers, is that the titles chosen are fairly "standard" classics. I'd love to see a more original list. What the--you gotta be kidding. A classic is a classic is a classic. End of story. "Standard." ???? TMC aired The Red Shoes the other night. A classic if ever there were. You have any idea how many future professional dancers that film inspired?    Posted:   Jun 1, 2020 - 7:06 AM     By:   Thor   (Member) I guess 'boring' is a more suitable word. I love lists like Sakamoto's above; something other than the established stuff - great as that may be.     General Discussion: Film composer/directors's favourite film scores?    << < 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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