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thrilled to see 2 mentions for Bennett's L'Imprecateur--a haunting score that deserves more attention
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thrilled to see 2 mentions for Bennett's L'Imprecateur--a haunting score that deserves more attention
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I can't tell by the opening post whether it's subjective or a real list of the greatest scores (still some subjectivity in such a list, but hey -- some scores simply transcend opinion), so here is a quick list of scores that fit one or both bills in my opinion:
"Jaws"
"Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"
"Rudy"
"Capricorn One"
"Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan"
"Conan the Barbarian"
"Troy" (rejected score by Gabriel Yared)
"Dances With Wolves"
"North by Northwest"
"Vertigo"
"Psycho" (original Herrmann score)
"Spartacus"
Again -- only a quick list -- don't fault me for titles that are obvious and didn't spring to mind. If I have to, I'll make another post to cover them another day.
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Again -- only a quick list -- don't fault me for titles that are obvious and didn't spring to mind. If I have to, I'll make another post to cover them another day.
The examples you gave are great if the question is about the actual greatest scores of all time, since they pretty much align with all the big films. NORTH BY NORTHWEST I think would be culturally accepted as one of the greatest scores, DANCES WITH WOLVES, etc. since they’re associated with beloved films.
TROY probably not so much - I’d say that would be more the personal-list since it’s not really a widely-beloved classic.
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May 14, 2022 - 6:55 PM
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In my opinion these are the greatest scores of all time, but I'm sure they're already on many Top X lists.
In no particular order:
Patrick Doyle - Henry V
Sergei Prokofiev - Ivan the Terrible
James Horner - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Franz Waxman - Taras Bulba
Howard Shore - Lord of the Rings trilogy
Miklós Rózsa - Ben-Hur, King of Kings, Quo Vadis, El Cid, Sodom and Gomorrah, The Thief of Bagdad, Ivanhoe
Dimitri Tiomkin- The Fall of the Roman Empire
Alfred Newman - The Robe
John Williams - The Phantom Menace, The Empire Strikes Back
Mark Knopfler - The Princess Bride
Trevor Jones & Randy Edelman - The Last of the Mohicans
Alex North - Cleopatra
Basil Poledouris - Flesh+Blood (yes, greater than Conan)
Elmer Bernstein - The Ten Commandments
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