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Favourite on album or in film?
Uh...YEAH.
That's always a good question... usually, if not specified, I will amalgamate my answers and consider both.
But just for you, Howard, I will separate the two... not just that, I'll go further: I name one in each category, and they must not be the same. (I mean, it's a conflict of interest, as for example BLADE RUNNER would be my favorite Vangelis film score within the movie, my favorite Vangelis soundtrack album, and even my favorite Vangelis album period, but I try to weigh these things and list one album each for movie or in film, and they must be different ones:
1. **John Williams**
Film: STAR WARS (all of them, that's just one big body of work)
Album: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
2. **Hans Zimmer**
Film: THE THIN RED LINE
Album: INTERSTELLAR
3. **Ennio Morricone**
Album: MOSES
Film: ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
4. **Howard Shore**
Tough to decide, both would be LORD OF THE RINGS, but okay:
Album: THE LORD OF THE RINGS
Film: NOBODY'S FOOL
5. **Danny Elfman**
Film: EDWARD SCISSORHANDS
Album: PLANET OF THE APES
6. **Alan Silvestri**
Album: JUDGE DREDD
Film: FORREST GUMP
7. **James Horner**
Album: BRAINSTORM
Film: APOCALYPTO
8. **Thomas Newman**
Film: AMERICAN BEAUTY
Album: MEET JOE BLACK
9. **Vangelis**
Like Howard Shore, basically it's BLADE RUNNER, no matter what, but okay...
Film: BLADE RUNNER
Album: CHARIOTS OF FIRE
10. **Giovanni Fusco**
Don't have one, don't have any albums either I think. No favorites either way.
11. **Alexandre Desplat**
Film: VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS
Album: THE OUTFIT
12. **Max Richter**
Film: HOSTILES
Album: AD ASTRA
13. **Michael Giacchino**
Album: JUPITER ASCENDING
Film: RATATOUILLE
14. **Jerry Goldsmith**
Album: STAR TREK - THE MOTION PICTURE
Film: CHINATOWN (The best movie Jerry Goldsmith scored)
15. **Clint Mansell**
Album: NOAH
Film: BLACK SWAN
16. **Nino Rota**
Album: IL CASANOVA DI FEDERICO FELLINI
Film: THE GODFATHER
17. **John Barry**
Album: THE BLACK HOLE
Film: DANCES WITH WOLVES
18. **Carter Burwell**
Album: PSYCHO III
Film: THE BIG LEBOWSKI
19. **Ludwig Göransson**
Album: TENET
Film: OPPENHEIMER
20. **Ryuichi Sakamoto**
Album: FEMME FATALE
Film: THE LAST EMPEROR
21. **David Arnold**
Album: STARGATE
Film: CASINO ROYALE
22. **Miklós Rózsa**
Film: EL CID
Album: THE RED HOUSE
23. **Patrick Doyle**
Album: HAMLET
Film: DONNIE BRASCO
24. **Bernard Herrmann**
Album: FAHRENHEIT 451
Film: PSYCHO
25. **Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans**
Don't have one, don't even think I have any albums
26. **Mark Knopfler**
Film: LOCAL HERO
Album: Can I name a Dire Straits Album?
27. **Philip Glass**
Album: KOYAANISQATSI
Film: KUNDUN
28. **Rachel Portman**
Film: THE CIDER HOUSE RULES
Album: THE HUMAN STAIN
29. **Zbigniew Preisner**
Film: AT PLAY IN THE FIELDS OF THE LORD
Album: THE SECRET GARDEN
30. **John Carpenter**
Album: THE FOG
Film: ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK
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Just in case things get out of hand . . .
Alex North: A Streetcar Named Desire
Franz Waxman: The Spirit of St. Louis
Lalo Schifrin: Cool Hand Luke
Richard Rodney Bennett: Far From the Madding Crowd
Quincy Jones: In Cold Blood
Stanley Myers: A Raging Moon
Burt Bacharach: Casino Royale
David Shire: Farewell My Lovely
Elmer Bernstein: To Kill a Mockingbird
Jerry Fielding: The Wild Bunch
Henry Mancini: The White Dawn
Jerome Moross: The Big Country
Maurice Jarre: Is Paris Burning?
Michel Legrand: Wuthering Heights
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Oh cripes. Long lists ahead!
What do you mean with 'best'? Personal favourite?
No, the objectively best as defined by..... uhhh....... 
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Favourite on album or in film?
Uh...YEAH.
That's always a good question... usually, if not specified, I will amalgamate my answers and consider both.
But just for you, Howard, I will separate the two... not just that, I'll go further: I name one in each category, and they must not be the same. (I mean, it's a conflict of interest, as for example BLADE RUNNER would be my favorite Vangelis film score within the movie, my favorite Vangelis soundtrack album, and even my favorite Vangelis album period, but I try to weigh these things and list one album each for movie or in film, and they must be different ones:
That's the spirit O brother here art thou film music aficionado, fellow charter board member and old building and loan buddy you! Fantastic. Neat list that could have us stealing the discussion for ourselves the next several replies. You have my wholehearted thanks. Your servant, Sir.
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1. **John Williams** Empire Strikes Back
2. **Hans Zimmer** Crimson Tide
3. **Ennio Morricone** Butterfly
4. **Howard Shore** Lord Of The Rings
5. **Danny Elfman** Edward Scissorhands
6. **Alan Silvestri** Judge Dredd
7. **James Horner** Braveheart
8. **Thomas Newman** Little Women
9. **Vangelis** Bladerunner
10. **Giovanni Fusco**
11. **Alexandre Desplat** Rise Of The Guardians
12. **Max Richter**
13. **Michael Giacchino** John Carter
14. **Jerry Goldsmith** Star Trek The Motion Picture
15. **Clint Mansell**
16. **Nino Rota** Taming Of the Shrew
17. **John Barry** Somewhere In Time
18. **Carter Burwell** Rob Roy
19. **Ludwig Göransson** Venom
20. **Ryuichi Sakamoto** Wuthering Heights
21. **David Arnold** Stargate
22. **Miklós Rózsa** Ben-Hur
23. **Patrick Doyle** Frankenstein
24. **Bernard Herrmann** Psycho
25. **Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans**
26. **Mark Knopfler** Princess Bride
27. **Philip Glass** Hours
28. **Rachel Portman** Nicholas Nickleby
29. **Zbigniew Preisner** Secret Garden
30. **John Carpenter** Halloween III Season Of The Witch
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31. **Basil Podedouris** Conan The Barbarian
32. **Christopher Young** Hellraiser
33. **Michael Small** Jaws The Revenge
34. **Alexander Courage** Star Trek
35. **James Newton-Howard** Wyatt Earp
36. **Elmer Bernstein** Heavy Metal
37. **Maurice Jarre** The Bride
38. **Henry Mancini** Lifeforce
39. **Max Steiner** King Kong
40. **Erich Wolfgang Korngold** The Adventures Of Robin Hood
41. **Dimitri Tiomkin** The Alamo
42. **Victor Young** Around The World In 80 Days
43. **Alfred Newman** Greatest Story Ever Told
44. **Bronislau Kaper** Lili
45. **Hugo Friedhofer** Boy On A Dolphin
46. **Franz Waxman** Sunset Boulevard
47. **Alex North** Dragonslayer
48. **Georges Delerue** Black Stallion Returns
49. **Angelo Francesco Lavagnino**
50. **John Addison** Strange Invaders
51. **Dave Grusin** The Champ
52. **Bill Conti** Masters Of The Universe
53. **Ernest Gold** Exodus
54. **George Duning**
55. **John Morris** The Elephant Man
56. **Jerry Fielding** Outlaw Josey Wales
57. **John Scott** Greystoke The Legend Of Tarzan Lord Of The Apes
58. **Johnny Mandel**
59. **Lalo Schifrin** Enter The Dragon
60. **Leonard Rosenman** Lord Of The Rings
61. **Malcolm Arnold** Bridge On The River Kwai
62. **Michel Legrand** Three Musketeers
63. **Michael Kamen** Highlander
64. **Mark Isham** Imposter
65. **Mario Nascimbene** One Million Years BC
66. **Philippe Sarde** Ghost Story
67. **Francis Lai** Love Story
68. **Riz Ortolani** The Fifth Musketeer
69. **Pino Danaggio** Howling
70. **Richard Rodney Bennet** Tale Of Sweeney Todd
71. **Ron Goodwin** Where Eagles Dare
72. **Trevor Jones** Last Of Mohicans
73. **Randy Edelman** Indian In The Cupboard
74. **Randy Newman** The Natural
75. **Wojciech Kilar** Bram Stoker's Dracula
76. **Marvin Hamlisch** Sophie's Choice
77. **Frank De Vol** Flight Of The Phoenix
78. **Laurence Rosenthal** Clash Of The Titans
79. **Bruce Broughton** Young Sherlock Holmes
80. **Joe Hisaishi** Legend Of The Four Gods
81. **Quincy Jones** The Color Purple
82. **David Raksin** Laura
83. **Alan Menken** Beauty And The Beast
Also
84. **John Debney** Cutthroat Island
85. **Brian Tyler** Children Of Dune
86. **Marco Beltrami** Hellboy
87. **John Ottman** X2 X-Men United
88. **Cliff Eidelman** Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country
89. **David Newman** Matilda
90. **Joel McNeely** Star Wars Shadows Of The Empire
91. **John Frizzell** Ghost Ship
92. **Lee Holdridge** The Beastmaster
93. **Edward Shearmur** Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow
94. **Elliot Goldenthal** Interview With The Vampire
95. **William Ross** Young Black Stallion
96. **George Fenton** High Spirits
97. **Graeme Revell** The Crow
98. **Don Davis** The Matrix
99. **Richard Band** The Alchemist
100. **Craig Safan** The Last Starfighter
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Please list the best soundtrack of each composer listed below:
No.
Please!
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In the spirit of what Thor calls TOTAL ANARCHY! I will use the expanded lists from adilson and darthflintstone (and replacing a few composers where I don't have enough scores to make a fair judgment with others where I can do that). I will first list what I consider their best film score followed by what I consider their best soundtrack album
1. **John Williams** E.T - The Extraterrestrial / Schindler's List
2. **Hans Zimmer** Dune Part One / Radio Flyer
3. **Ennio Morricone** Once Upon a Time in America / Novecento
4. **Howard Shore** The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (both score and album)
5. **Danny Elfman** Edward Scissorhands / Corpse Bride
6. **Alan Silvestri** The Abyss / Forrest Gump
7. **James Horner** Titanic / The Journey of Natty Gann
8. **Thomas Newman** Wall-E / The Good German
9. **Vangelis** Bitter Moon / Alexander
10. **Giovanni Fusco** sadly not familiar with his work. But I have some on his films on my list of films I want to see
11. **Alexandre Desplat** Pinocchio / The Monuments Men
12. **Max Richter** Werk ohne Autor (Never Look Back) - both score and album
13. **Michael Giacchino** Up / John Carter
14. **Jerry Goldsmith** The Wind and the Lion / Night Crossing
15. **Clint Mansell** Black Swan / Sahara
16. **Nino Rota** Romeo and Juliet / War and Peace
17. **John Barry** Somewhere in Time / The Black Hole
18. **Carter Burwell** Carol / Breaking Dawn Part 1
19. **Ludwig Göransson** Black Panther / Creed
20. **Ryuichi Sakamoto** The Sheltering Sky / The Last Emperor
21. **David Arnold** Independence Day / Godzilla
22. **Miklós Rózsa** King of Kings / Quo Vadis (Decca Re-Recording)
23. **Patrick Doyle** Dead Again / Much Ado About Nothing
24. **Bernard Herrmann** Obsession / Vertigo
25. **Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans** not familiar with their work
26. **Mark Knopfler** Cal (both score and album)
27. **Philip Glass** The Hours / Fantastic 4
28. **Rachel Portman** Emma / The Cider House Rules
29. **Zbigniew Preisner** I only have the Three Colors Trilogy so no vote here
30. **John Carpenter** Assault on Precinct 13 / Halloween
adding:
31. **Basil Podedouris** RoboCop / Conan The Barbarian
32. **Christopher Young** Nosferatu / Hellbound: Hellraiser 2
33. **Michael Small** Black Widow / Mountains of the Moon
34. **Rolf Wilhelm (replacing Alexander Courage)** Und Ewig Singen Die Wälder / Die Nibelungen
35. **James Newton-Howard** Dinosaur / Wyatt Earp
36. **Elmer Bernstein** To Kill a Mockingbird / The Ten Commandments
37. **Maurice Jarre** Passage to India / Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
38. **Henry Mancini** The Thornbirds / Santa Claus
39. **Max Steiner** Gone With the Wind / The Adventures of Don Juan
40. **Erich Wolfgang Korngold** Kings Row / The Sea Hawk
41. **Dimitri Tiomkin** Friendly Persuasion / The Alamo
42. **Victor Young** The Uninvited / Rio Grande
43. **Alfred Newman** The Song of Bernadette / How the West Was Won
44. **Bronislau Kaper** The Glass Slipper / The Way West
45. **Hugo Friedhofer** One-Eyed Jacks / The Boy on a Dolphin
46. **Franz Waxman** Sunset Boulevard / Taras Bulba (Tadlow Re-Recording)
47. **Alex North** A Streetcar Named Desire / Cleopatra
48. **Georges Delerue** Vivement Dimanche / Steel Magnolias
49. **Michael J. Lewis (replacing Angelo Francesco Lavagnino)** The Medusa Touch / North Sea Hijack (ffolkes)
50. **John Addison** Centennial / Joseph Andrews
51. **Dave Grusin** Havana / The Goonies
52. **Bill Conti** A Prayer for the Dying / The Right Stuff
53. **Ernest Gold** On the Beach / Ship of Fools (Arthur Fiedler Re-Recording)
54. **George Duning** Picnic / 3.10 to Yuma
55. **John Morris** The Elephant Man (both score and album)
56. **Jerry Fielding** The Wild Bunch / Scorpio
57. **John Scott** Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan - Lord of the Apes / The Final Countdown
58. **Marc Shaiman (replacing Johnny Mandel)** The Addams Family / Mary Poppins Returns
59. **Lalo Schifrin** The Cincinnatti Kid / The Four Musketeers
60. **Leonard Rosenman** East of Eden / The Lord of the Rings
61. **Malcolm Arnold** The Bridge on the River Kwai / Whistle Down the Wind
62. **Michel Legrand** Les Parapluies de Cherbourg / Secret Places
63. **Michael Kamen** Die Hard / Don Juan de Marco
64. **Mark Isham** Fly Away Home / The Black Dahlia
65. **Mario Nascimbene** The Barefoot Contessa / The Vikings (Tadlow Re-Recording)
66. **Philippe Sarde** La Guerre du Feu (Quest for Fire) / Fort Saganne
67. **Eric Serra (replacing Francis Lai)** Arthur et les Minimoys / Bandidas
68. **David Shire (replacing Riz Ortolani)** The Taking of Pelham 123 / Return to Oz
69. **Pino Danaggio** Dressed to Kill / Carrie
70. **Richard Rodney Bennett** Far From the Madding Crowd / Lady Caroline Lamb
71. **Ron Goodwin** Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines / Miss Marple Suite
72. **Trevor Jones** The Dark Crystal / The Mighty
73. **Randy Edelman** Come See the Paradise / Dragonheart
74. **Randy Newman** Avalon / Toy Story 2
75. **Robert Folk (replacing Wojciech Kilar) ** Toy Soldiers / Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time
76. **Carl Davis (replacing Marvin Hamlisch)** The Wind / The Rainbow)
77. **Frank De Vol** Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte / Pillow Talk
78. **Laurence Rosenthal** The Miracle Worker / The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
79. **Bruce Broughton** The Boy Who Could Fly / Young Sherlock Holmes
80. **Joe Hisaishi** Princess Mononoke / Castle in the Sky
81. **Quincy Jones** The Color Purple (both score and album)
82. **David Raksin** Will Penny / Until They Sail
83. **Alan Menken** The Hunchback of Notre-Dame / Pocahontas
84. **John Debney** Hocus Pocus / Cutthroat Island
85. **Brian Tyler** Partition / Iron Man 3
86. **Marco Beltrami** Soul Surfer / I am Dina
87. **Vladimir Cosma (replacing John Ottman)** La Gloire de Mon Père / Le grand Blond avec une Chaussure Noir
88. **Cliff Eidelman** Christopher Columbus: The Discovery / Triumph of the Spirit
89. **David Newman** Matilda / Anastasia
90. **Joel McNeely** The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles / Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
91. **John Frizzell** Alien Resurrection / Gods and Generals
92. **Lee Holdridge** East of Eden / In Search of Peace
93. **Edward Shearmur** Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow / Johnny English
94. **Elliot Goldenthal** Titus / Sphere
95. **William Ross** Tuck Everlasting / The Amazing Panda Adventure
96. **George Fenton** High Spirits / Memphis Belle
97. **Graeme Revell** Titan A.E. / Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
98. **Don Davis** The Matrix / Bound
99. **Richard Band** Re-Animator / The Resurrected
100. **Craig Safan** The Last Starfighter / Mr. Wrong
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People are adding new names now.
TOTAL ANARCHY!
(this is a cautionary tale about not including parameters).
LOL! Funniest post here yet.. Love ya, Thor!
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1. **John Williams** --------------------------STAR WARS - EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH
2. **Hans Zimmer** --------------------------MAN OF STEEL
3. **Ennio Morricone** -----------------------THE MISSION
4. **Howard Shore** -------------------------LORD OF THE RINGS - THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RINGS
5. **Danny Elfman** -------------------------BATMAN
6. **Alan Silvestri** --------------------------AVENGERS ENDGAME
7. **James Horner** -------------------------BRAVEHEART
8. **Thomas Newman**
9. **Vangelis** --------------------------------ALEXANDER
10. **Giovanni Fusco**
11. **Alexandre Desplat**
12. **Max Richter** --------------------------HOSTILES
13. **Michael Giacchino** -------------------SPIDER-MAN - FAR FROM HOME
14. **Jerry Goldsmith** ---------------------MULAN
15. **Clint Mansell** ------------------------MOON
16. **Nino Rota** ---------------------------THE GODFATHER PART I
17. **John Barry** --------------------------DANCES WITH WOLVES
18. **Carter Burwell**
19. **Ludwig Göransson** ------------------VENOM
20. **Ryuichi Sakamoto** ------------------THE FORTRESS
21. **David Arnold**
22. **Miklós Rózsa** -----------------------KING OF KINGS
23. **Patrick Doyle** -----------------------HENRY V
24. **Bernard Herrmann**
25. **Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans**
26. **Mark Knopfler**
27. **Philip Glass** -------------------------THE ILLUSIONIST
28. **Rachel Portman**
29. **Zbigniew Preisner**
30. **John Carpenter**
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