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 Posted:   Nov 27, 2024 - 9:05 AM   
 By:   Leandro00cerqueira   (Member)

Please list the best soundtrack of each composer listed below:

1. **John Williams**
2. **Hans Zimmer**
3. **Ennio Morricone**
4. **Howard Shore**
5. **Danny Elfman**
6. **Alan Silvestri**
7. **James Horner**
8. **Thomas Newman**
9. **Vangelis**
10. **Giovanni Fusco**
11. **Alexandre Desplat**
12. **Max Richter**
13. **Michael Giacchino**
14. **Jerry Goldsmith**
15. **Clint Mansell**
16. **Nino Rota**
17. **John Barry**
18. **Carter Burwell**
19. **Ludwig Göransson**
20. **Ryuichi Sakamoto**
21. **David Arnold**
22. **Miklós Rózsa**
23. **Patrick Doyle**
24. **Bernard Herrmann**
25. **Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans**
26. **Mark Knopfler**
27. **Philip Glass**
28. **Rachel Portman**
29. **Zbigniew Preisner**
30. **John Carpenter**

What are your choices?

 
 
 Posted:   Nov 27, 2024 - 9:07 AM   
 By:   Thor   (Member)

Oh cripes. Long lists ahead!

What do you mean with 'best'? Personal favourite?

 
 
 Posted:   Nov 27, 2024 - 9:11 AM   
 By:   Leandro00cerqueira   (Member)

1. **John Williams: Star Wars (1977)
2. **Hans Zimmer: Gladiator (2000)
3. **Ennio Morricone: The Mission (1986)
4. **Howard Shore: Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King
5. **Danny Elfman: Batman ( 1989)
6. **Alan Silvestri: Forrest Gump (1994)
7. **James Horner: Tianic (1997)
8. **Thomas Newman: Shawshank Redemption
9. **Vangelis**: Blade Runner (1982)
10. **Giovanni Fusco** 1. **John Williams**
2. **Hans Zimmer**
3. **Ennio Morricone**
4. **Howard Shore**
5. **Danny Elfman**
6. **Alan Silvestri**
7. **James Horner**
8. **Thomas Newman**
9. **Vangelis**
10. **Giovanni Fusco**
11. **Alexandre Desplat**
12. **Max Richter**
13. **Michael Giacchino**
14. **Jerry Goldsmith**
15. **Clint Mansell**
16. **Nino Rota**
17. **John Barry**
18. **Carter Burwell**
19. **Ludwig Göransson**
20. **Ryuichi Sakamoto**
21. **David Arnold**
22. **Miklós Rózsa**
23. **Patrick Doyle**
24. **Bernard Herrmann**
25. **Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans**
26. **Mark Knopfler**
27. **Philip Glass**
28. **Rachel Portman**
29. **Zbigniew Preisner**
30. **John Carpenter** Làventura
11. **Alexandre Desplat: The Shape of Water (2017)
12. **Max Richter** -
13. **Michael Giacchino** "Up"
14. **Jerry Goldsmith** The Omen (1976)
15. **Clint Mansell** -
16. **Nino Rota** The Godfather II (1974)
17. **John Barry** Dances With Wolves (1990)
18. **Carter Burwell** -
19. **Ludwig Göransson** -
20. **Ryuichi Sakamoto** The Last Emperor (1987)
21- MAx Steiner: Gone With the Wind (1939)

 
 
 Posted:   Nov 27, 2024 - 9:22 AM   
 By:   BasilDowl   (Member)

Favourite/Best

1. John Williams - Raiders of The Lost Ark/Jaws
2. Hans Zimmer - Inception/Interstellar
3. Ennio Morricone - The Untouchables/The Untouchables
4. Howard Shore - The Lord of the Rings: TFOTR/The Lord of the Rings: TFOTR/
5. Danny Elfman - Mission:Impossible/Edward Scissorhands
6. Alan Silvestri - Romancing the Stone/Back to the Future
7. James Horner - Braveheart/Glory
14. Jerry Goldsmith - The 13th Warrior/Islands in the Stream
17. John Barry - Dances With Wolves/Dances With Wolves
21. David Arnold - Independence Day/Independence Day
31. Michael Kamen - Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves/Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

 
 
 Posted:   Nov 27, 2024 - 9:26 AM   
 By:   Claude Debussy   (Member)

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 Posted:   Nov 27, 2024 - 9:40 AM   
 By:   First Breath   (Member)

Favourite on album or in film?

 
 Posted:   Nov 27, 2024 - 9:43 AM   
 By:   Nicolai P. Zwar   (Member)

Please list the best soundtrack of each composer listed below:


What are your choices?




Alright, I play (as I do some multitasking and wait for some stuff to be rendered in the background). I just pick what comes to my mind as the "best", or "favorite", or particularly noteworthy and representative score. I varied some of my "standards", a

1. **John Williams**
STAR WARS (all of them, that's just one big body of work)

2. **Hans Zimmer**
THE THIN RED LINE

3. **Ennio Morricone**
MOSES

4. **Howard Shore**
THE LORD OF THE RINGS

5. **Danny Elfman**
EDWARD SCISSORHANDS

6. **Alan Silvestri**
JUDGE DREDD

7. **James Horner**
BRAINSTORM

8. **Thomas Newman**
AMERICAN BEAUTY

9. **Vangelis**
BLADE RUNNER

10. **Giovanni Fusco**
Don't have one, don't have any albums either I think

11. **Alexandre Desplat**
VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS

12. **Max Richter**
HOSTILES

13. **Michael Giacchino**
JUPITER ASCENDING

14. **Jerry Goldsmith**
STAR TREK - THE MOTION PICTURE

15. **Clint Mansell**
NOAH

16. **Nino Rota**
IL CASANOVA DI FEDERICO FELLINI

17. **John Barry**
THE BLACK HOLE

18. **Carter Burwell**
PSYCHO III

19. **Ludwig Göransson**
TENET

20. **Ryuichi Sakamoto**
FEMME FATALE

21. **David Arnold**
STARGATE

22. **Miklós Rózsa**
EL CID

23. **Patrick Doyle**
HAMLET

24. **Bernard Herrmann**
FAHRENHEIT 451

25. **Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans**
Don't have one, don't even think I have any albums

26. **Mark Knopfler**
LOCAL HERO

27. **Philip Glass**
KOYAANISQATSI

28. **Rachel Portman**
THE CIDER HOUSE RULES

29. **Zbigniew Preisner**
AT PLAY IN THE FIELDS OF THE LORD

30. **John Carpenter**
THE FOG

 
 Posted:   Nov 27, 2024 - 9:52 AM   
 By:   First Breath   (Member)

1. **John Williams** SCHINDLER'S LIST
2. **Hans Zimmer** GREEN CARD
3. **Ennio Morricone** CORRESPONDENCE
4. **Howard Shore** THE GAME
5. **Danny Elfman** WISDOM
6. **Alan Silvestri** OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE
7. **James Horner** FIELD OF DREAMS
8. **Thomas Newman** THE MAN WITH ONE RED SHOE
9. **Vangelis** 1492
10. **Giovanni Fusco**
11. **Alexandre Desplat**
12. **Max Richter**
13. **Michael Giacchino**
14. **Jerry Goldsmith** POLTERGEIST II
15. **Clint Mansell**
16. **Nino Rota**
17. **John Barry** THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
18. **Carter Burwell** KALIFORNIA
19. **Ludwig Göransson**
20. **Ryuichi Sakamoto**
21. **David Arnold** TOMORROW NEVER DIES
22. **Miklós Rózsa**
23. **Patrick Doyle**
24. **Bernard Herrmann**
25. **Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans**
26. **Mark Knopfler** LOCAL HERO
27. **Philip Glass** THE TRUMAN SHOW
28. **Rachel Portman**
29. **Zbigniew Preisner** VALLEY OF SHADOWS
30. **John Carpenter** HALLOWEEN

 
 
 Posted:   Nov 27, 2024 - 9:55 AM   
 By:   Gumball   (Member)

Please list the best soundtrack of each composer listed below:

1. **John Williams** E.T.
2. **Hans Zimmer** Sherlock Holmes
3. **Ennio Morricone** The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
4. **Howard Shore** The Return of The King
5. **Danny Elfman** The Nightmare Before Christmas
6. **Alan Silvestri** Judge Dredd
7. **James Horner** The Mask of Zorro
8. **Thomas Newman** American Beauty
9. **Vangelis** Alexander
10. **Giovanni Fusco**
11. **Alexandre Desplat** The Ghost Writer
12. **Max Richter**
13. **Michael Giacchino** Lost
14. **Jerry Goldsmith** The Mummy
15. **Clint Mansell** The Fountain
16. **Nino Rota** La Dolce Vita
17. **John Barry** Dance with the wolves
18. **Carter Burwell** Conspiracy Theory
19. **Ludwig Göransson** Oppenheimer
20. **Ryuichi Sakamoto** The Sheltering Sky
21. **David Arnold** Stargate
22. **Miklós Rózsa** Ben-hur
23. **Patrick Doyle** Needful Things
24. **Bernard Herrmann** Vertigo
25. **Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans**
26. **Mark Knopfler** The Princess Bride
27. **Philip Glass** The Hours
28. **Rachel Portman** The Cider House Rules
29. **Zbigniew Preisner** The Secret Garden
30. **John Carpenter** Halloween

What are your choices?

 
 
 Posted:   Nov 27, 2024 - 9:58 AM   
 By:   Sutkius Maximus   (Member)

Please list the best soundtrack of each composer listed below:

1. **John Williams** The Empire Strikes Back
2. **Hans Zimmer** Black Rain
3. **Ennio Morricone**
4. **Howard Shore** The Fly
5. **Danny Elfman** Midnight Run
6. **Alan Silvestri** Back to the Future
7. **James Horner** Name of the Rose
8. **Thomas Newman**
9. **Vangelis** Blade Runner
10. **Giovanni Fusco**
11. **Alexandre Desplat**
12. **Max Richter**
13. **Michael Giacchino**
14. **Jerry Goldsmith** Legend
15. **Clint Mansell**
16. **Nino Rota** The Godfather part 2
17. **John Barry** Moonraker
18. **Carter Burwell** Barton Fink
19. **Ludwig Göransson**
20. **Ryuichi Sakamoto**
21. **David Arnold**
22. **Miklós Rózsa**
23. **Patrick Doyle** Frankenstein
24. **Bernard Herrmann**
25. **Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans**
26. **Mark Knopfler**
27. **Philip Glass** Koyaanisqatsi or The Truman Show
28. **Rachel Portman**
29. **Zbigniew Preisner**
30. **John Carpenter** Prince of Darkness

What are your choices?


Ennio Morricone is a tough one. My favourite piece of music is Ecstasy of Gold (like everybody else), but I'm not a huge fan of the entire score of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. The main theme is used too much through the movie. I think I'll pick Once Upon a Time in the West.

 
 
 Posted:   Nov 27, 2024 - 10:12 AM   
 By:   villagardens553   (Member)

Please list the best soundtrack of each composer listed below:

1. **John Williams** The Long Goodbye
2. **Hans Zimmer**
3. **Ennio Morricone** Once Upon a Time in the West
4. **Howard Shore** Looking for Richard
5. **Danny Elfman**
6. **Alan Silvestri**
7. **James Horner**
8. **Thomas Newman**
9. **Vangelis**
10. **Giovanni Fusco**
11. **Alexandre Desplat**
12. **Max Richter**
13. **Michael Giacchino**
14. **Jerry Goldsmith** The Blue Max
15. **Clint Mansell**
16. **Nino Rota** La Dolce Vita
17. **John Barry** The Last Valley
18. **Carter Burwell**
19. **Ludwig Göransson**
20. **Ryuichi Sakamoto**
21. **David Arnold**
22. **Miklós Rózsa** The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
23. **Patrick Doyle**
24. **Bernard Herrmann** The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
25. **Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans**
26. **Mark Knopfler** Local Hero
27. **Philip Glass** Koyaanisqatsi
28. **Rachel Portman** Sirens
29. **Zbigniew Preisner**
30. **John Carpenter**

What are your choices?

 
 
 Posted:   Nov 27, 2024 - 11:32 AM   
 By:   Thor   (Member)

30. **John Carpenter** Làventura

LOL! I think you meant to put that under Giovanni Fusco. A Carpenter L'AVVENTURA I'd love to see -- a mad killing spree in the Sicilian archipelago! But he does like Antonioni; I seem to remember him putting BLOW-UP as one of his favourite films.

Favourite on album or in film?

I don't think we'll be getting any specifications. And since my brain implodes without parameters, I'm going to make some myself. Only ONE title per composer. Personal favourites rather than what are necessarily established "bests" by said composer. And probably a ratio of 75% soundtrack and 25% in-film, which is what I do whenever it doesn't specify in-film or on-album -- which would normally yield two very different lists.

OK....list a-hoy!

1. **John Williams** JURASSIC PARK
2. **Hans Zimmer** BEYOND RANGOON
3. **Ennio Morricone** FATELESS
4. **Howard Shore** THE LORD OF THE RINGS
5. **Danny Elfman** EDWARD SCISSORHANDS
6. **Alan Silvestri** THE ABYSS
7. **James Horner** THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS
8. **Thomas Newman** THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
9. **Vangelis** BLADE RUNNER
10. **Giovanni Fusco** IL DESERTO ROSSO
11. **Alexandre Desplat** THE PAINTED VEIL
12. **Max Richter** THE LEFTOVERS
13. **Michael Giacchino** JOHN CARTER
14. **Jerry Goldsmith** THE MUMMY
15. **Clint Mansell** BLACK MIRROR: SAN JUNIPERO
16. **Nino Rota** ROMEO & JULIET
17. **John Barry** THE LION IN WINTER
18. **Carter Burwell** ROB ROY
19. **Ludwig Göransson** OPPENHEIMER
20. **Ryuichi Sakamoto** WILD PALMS
21. **David Arnold** STARGATE
22. **Miklós Rózsa** KING OF KINGS
23. **Patrick Doyle** HÅKON HÅKONSEN
24. **Bernard Herrmann** THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY
25. **Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans** NIGHT SKY
26. **Mark Knopfler** LOCAL HERO
27. **Philip Glass** VISITORS
28. **Rachel Portman** THE CIDER HOUSE RULES
29. **Zbigniew Preisner** SKYGGENES DAL
30. **John Carpenter** THEY LIVE (but I like his LOST THEMES albums more than any of his scores)

 
 
 Posted:   Nov 27, 2024 - 12:41 PM   
 By:   Howard L   (Member)

Favourite on album or in film?

Uh...YEAH.

 
 Posted:   Nov 27, 2024 - 1:01 PM   
 By:   Justin Boggan   (Member)

30. **John Carpenter** Làventura

LOL! I think you meant to put that under Giovanni Fusco. A Carpenter L'AVVENTURA I'd love to see -- a mad killing spree in the Sicilian archipelago! But he does like Antonioni; I seem to remember him putting BLOW-UP as one of his favourite films.


Also, The Truman Show is by Burkhard Dallwitz ("Original Music by"). There's some additional music by Glass that is original, but one or more others are tracked from other scores by him.

 
 
 Posted:   Nov 27, 2024 - 1:56 PM   
 By:   Prince Damian   (Member)

No Basil= no play.

 
 Posted:   Nov 27, 2024 - 2:54 PM   
 By:   danbeck   (Member)

1. **John Williams** JAWS
2. **Hans Zimmer** THE LION KING
3. **Ennio Morricone** RED SONJA
4. **Howard Shore** THE FLY
5. **Danny Elfman** BATMAN
6. **Alan Silvestri** THE ABYSS
7. **James Horner** WILLOW
8. **Thomas Newman** THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
9. **Vangelis** BLADE RUNNER
10. **Giovanni Fusco** Who?
11. **Alexandre Desplat** BIRTH
12. **Max Richter** none
13. **Michael Giacchino** JUPITER ASCENDING
14. **Jerry Goldsmith** POLTERGEIST
15. **Clint Mansell** REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
16. **Nino Rota** ROMEO & JULIET
17. **John Barry** A VIEW TO A KILL
18. **Carter Burwell** PSYCHO III
19. **Ludwig Göransson** CREED II
20. **Ryuichi Sakamoto** THE LAST EMPEROR
21. **David Arnold** GODZILLA
22. **Miklós Rózsa** THE THIEF OF BAGDAD
23. **Patrick Doyle** HENRY V
24. **Bernard Herrmann** VERTIGO
25. **Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans** Who?
26. **Mark Knopfler** none
27. **Philip Glass** NAQOYKATSY
28. **Rachel Portman** none
29. **Zbigniew Preisner** TROIS COULEURS: ROUGE
30. **John Carpenter** HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH

adding:
31. **Basil Podedouris** CONAN: THE BARBARIAN
32. **Christopher Young** HELLRAISER
33. **Michael Small** JAWS: THE REVENGE
34. **Alexander Courage** SUPERMAN IV: THE QUEST FOR PEACE
35. **James Newton-Howard** THE VILLAGE


 
 
 Posted:   Nov 27, 2024 - 3:04 PM   
 By:   ray92   (Member)

1. John Williams - Home Alone
2. Hans Zimmer - Black Rain
3. Ennio Morricone - Lolita
4. Howard Shore - Big
5. Danny Elfman - Batman Returns
6. Alan Silvestri - Romancing The Stone
7. James Horner - Titanic
8. Thomas Newman - Less Than Zero
9. Vangelis - The Bounty
10. -
11. -
12. -
13. -
14. Jerry Goldsmith - Rambo First Blood Part 2
15. -
16. Nino Rota - The Godfather
17. John Barry - Indecent Proposal
18. Carter Burwell - Blood Simple
19. -
20. -
21. David Arnold - End Of Days
22. -
23. -
24. I'm not particularly interested in this composer. But I saw Martin Scorsese's Cape Fear. And I actually liked E. Bernstein's adaptation of Herrmann's score.
25. -
26. -
27. Phillip Glass - Candyman
28. -
29. -
30. John Carpenter - Big Trouble In Little China

 
 
 Posted:   Nov 27, 2024 - 3:07 PM   
 By:   ray92   (Member)

No Basil= no play.

What is his favorite/best score?
My Under Siege 2

 
 Posted:   Nov 27, 2024 - 3:15 PM   
 By:   SBD   (Member)

1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
2. Pacific Heights
3. White Dog
4. Hugo
5. Beetlejuice
6. Mouse Hunt
7. Casper
8. Finding Nemo
9. 1492, I guess.
10. ...who?
11. The Ghost Writer
12. none
13. Land of the Lost (don't judge me)
14. The Mummy
15. none
16. Amarcord
17. The Living Daylights
18. In Bruges
19. Black Panther
20. Snake Eyes
21. Casino Royale
22. Time After Time
23. Death on the Nile
24. North by Northwest
25. none
26. Local Hero
27. Whatever wasn't cruelly hacked out of Secret Window.
28. The Emperor's New Clothes
29. none
30. Big Trouble in Little China

 
 Posted:   Nov 27, 2024 - 3:21 PM   
 By:   mgh   (Member)

1. **John Williams**The Cowboys
2. **Hans Zimmer**The Thin Red Line
3. **Ennio Morricone**The Mission
6. **Alan Silvestri**Cast Away
7. **James Horner**The Journey of Natty Gann
8. **Thomas Newman**Little Women
9. **Vangelis**The Year of Living Dangerously
14. **Jerry Goldsmith**Islands in the Stream
17. **John Barry**Zulu
18. **Carter Burwell**Conspiracy Theory
22. **Miklós Rózsa**Ben Hur
23. **Patrick Doyle**Henry V
24. **Bernard Herrmann**The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
28. **Rachel Portman**The Legend of Bagger Vance

 
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