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"We asked over 60 of today's very best film and television composers to tell us which scores would be in their top five of all time."
https://www.classical-music.com/articles/filmcomposerpoll
For me, John Corligliano's top 5, Howard Shore's and Christopher Young's were largely the coolest! I LOVE that both Corligliano and Young voted for Leonard Rosenman.
Here is how they voted -
Segun Akinola:
The Lion King (Hans Zimmer)
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (John Williams)
The Bourne Identity (John Powell)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Ennio Morricone)
Under the Skin (Mica Levi)
David Arnold:
Taxi Driver (Bernard Herrmann)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (John Williams)
You Only Live Twice (John Barry)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Ennio Morricone)
Esin Aydingoz:
Cinema Paradiso (Ennio Morricone)
Schindler's List (John Williams)
The Lion King (Hans Zimmer)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (John Williams)
Beauty and the Beast (Alan Menken)
Lorne Balfe:
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (John Williams)
The Ghost and Mrs Muir (Bernard Herrmann)
The Goonies (Dave Grusin)
Rain Man (Hans Zimmer)
Wall Street (Stewart Copeland)
Stephen Barton:
The Mission (Ennio Morricone)
How to Train Your Dragon (John Powell)
Psycho (Bernard Herrmann)
There Will Be Blood (Jonny Greenwood)
Alien 3 (Elliot Goldenthal)
Tyler Bates:
Doctor Zhivago (Maurice Jarre)
Planet of the Apes (Jerry Goldsmith)
Dr. No (John Barry)
The Shawshank Redemption (Thomas Newman)
No Fifth Vote
Volker Bertelmann:
Once Upon a Time in the West (Ennio Morricone)
There Will Be Blood (Jonny Greenwood)
Joker (Hildur Guðnadottir)
The Revenant (Ryuichi Sakamoto et al)
Under The Skin (Mica Levi)
Joseph Bishara:
Suspiria (Goblin)
Sorcerer (Tangerine Dream)
Rosemary's Baby (Krzysztof Komeda)
Halloween (John Carpenter)
Altered States (John Corigliano)
Daniel Blumberg:
The Naked Island (Hikaru Hayashi)
Shadows (Charles Mingus)
Woman in the Dunes (Toru Takemitsu)
Les Stance a Sophie (Art Ensemble of Chicago)
Dekalog (Zbigniew Preisner)
Bruce Broughton:
The Adventures of Robin Hood (Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
The Miracle Worker (Laurence Rosenthal)
Chinatown (Jerry Goldsmith)
How to Train Your Dragon (John Powell)
Spartacus (Alex North)
Jose Manuel Cancela:
King Kong (Max Steiner)
Psycho (Bernard Herrmann)
Cinema Paradiso (Ennio Morricone)
Jaws (John Williams)
American Beauty (Thomas Newman)
Robin Carolan:
The Ice Storm (Mychael Danna)
Images (John Williams)
Angels and Insects (Balanescu)
There Will Be Blood (Jonny Greenwood)
Gattaca (Michael Nyman)
Stewart Copeland:
The Pink Panther (Henry Mancini)
Goldfinger (John Barry)
American Beauty (Thomas Newman)
Hatari (Henry Mancini)
War and Peace (Nino Rota)
John Corigliano:
East of Eden (Leonard Rosenman)
Psycho (Bernard Herrmann)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (John Wlliams)
On the Waterfront (Leonard Bernstein)
The Red Pony (Aaron Copland)
Kevon Cronin:
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Ennio Morricone)
Psycho (Bernard Herrmann)
Star Wars (John Williams)
Gone with the Wind (Max Steiner)
Chinatown (Jerry Goldsmith)
Miguel d'Oliveira:
Hereditary (Colin Stetson)
Jaws (John Williams)
American Beauty (Thomas Newman)
Psycho (Bernard Herrmann)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Ennio Morricone)
Alexandre Desplat:
Amarcord (Nino Rota)
Vertigo (Bernard Herrmann)
Chinatown (Jerry Goldsmith)
The Soft Skin (Georges Delerue)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (John Williams)
Vince DiCola:
The Bourne Identity (John Powell)
Solo: A Star Wars Story (John Powell)
Schindler's List (John Williams)
1408 (Gabriel Yared)
The Dark Knight (Hans Zimmer)
Patrick Doyle:
Fantasia (Various Composers)
Psycho (Bernard Herrmann)
The Sound of Music (Richard Rodgers)
The Godfather (Nino Rota)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (John Williams)
Anne Dudley:
The Third Man (Anton Karas)
Basic Instinct (Jerry Goldsmith)
Midnight Cowboy (John Barry)
Road to Perdition (Thomas Newman)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (Alexandre Desplat)
Danny Elfman:
Psycho (Bernard Herrmann)
The Godfather (Nino Rota)
Vertigo (Bernard Herrmann)
Casanova (Nino Rota)
The Shining (Wendy Carlos)
Ilan Eshkeri:
Casablanca (Max Steiner)
Vertigo (Bernard Herrmann)
Rocky IV (Vince DiCola)
Back to the Future (Alan Silvestri)
Interview with the Vampire (Elliot Goldenthal)
Ben Foster:
Tomorrow Never Dies (David Arnold)
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Michel Legrand)
Back to the Future (Alan Silvestri)
Planet of the Apes (Jerry Goldsmith)
Psycho (Bernard Herrmann)
Germaine Franco:
On the Waterfront (Leonard Bernstein)
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (Shirley Walker)
Talk to Her (Alberto Iglesias)
Road to Perdition (Thomas Newman)
How to Train Your Dragon (John Powell)
Lisa Gerrard:
The Name of the Rose (James Horner)
Journey to the Centre of the Earth (Bernard Herrmann)
The Thin Red Line (Hans Zimmer)
Pride and Prejudice (Dario Marianelli)
Jaws (John Williams)
Michael Giacchino:
King Kong (Max Steiner)
Lawrence of Arabia (Maurice Jarre)
Planet of the Apes (Jerry Goldsmith)
Chinatown (Jerry Goldsmith)
The Mission (Ennio Morricone)
Murray Gold:
Rumble Fish (Stewart Copeland)
Once Upon a Time in the West (Ennio Morricone)
Total Recall (Jerry Goldsmith)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (John Williams)
8½ (Nino Rota)
Hildur Guðnadóttir:
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (Ryuichi Sakamoto)
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (Angelo Badalamenti)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Ennio Morricone)
Blade Runner (Vangelis)
Koyaanisqatsi (Philip Glass)
Jack Halama:
Sicario (Johann Jóhannsson)
La Planete Sauvage (Alain Goraguer)
Blade Runner (Vangelis)
Psycho (Bernard Herrmann)
Under The Skin (Mica Levi)
Alexandra Harwood:
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (John Wlliams)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (John Williams)
Cinema Paradiso (Ennio Morricone)
Blade Runner (Vangelis)
Spirited Away (Joe Hisaishi)
Alex Heffes:
Star Wars (John Williams)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (John Wlliams)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (John Williams)
North By Northwest (Bernard Herrmann)
Planet of the Apes (Jerry Goldsmith)
Nigel Hess:
The Mission (Ennio Morricone)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
Henry V (William Walton)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (John Williams)
The Lion King (Hans Zimmer)
Natalie Holt:
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Jon Brion)
The Conversation (David Shire)
A Clockwork Orange (Wendy Carlos)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (John Wlliams)
A Hidden Life (James Newton Howard)
Nathan Klein:
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (John Wlliams)
Atonement (Dario Marianelli)
The Social Network (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross)
The Prince of Egypt (Hans Zimmer)
Road to Perdition (Thomas Newman)
Abel Korzeniowski:
The Godfather (Nino Rota)
The Hours (Philip Glass)
Memoirs of a Geisha (John Williams)
In the Mood for Love (Shigeru Umebayashi)
Inception (Hans Zimmer)
John Lunn:
Chinatown (Jerry Goldsmith)
Doctor Zhivago (Maurice Jarre)
Night of the Hunter (William Schumann)
Road to Perdition (Thomas Newman)
Blade Runner (Vangelis)
Mark Mancina:
The Mission (Ennio Morricone)
American Beauty (Thomas Newman)
Interview with the Vampire (Elliot Goldenthal)
Leon: The Professional (Éric Serra)
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (Ennio Morricone)
Dario Marianelli:
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (John Williams)
8½ (Nino Rota)
The English Patient (Gabriel Yared)
North by Northwest (Bernard Herrmann)
Spirited Away (Joe Hisaishi)
Dave Metzger:
Vertigo (Bernard Herrmann)
Spartacus (Alex North)
West Side Story (Leonard Bernstein)
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (John Williams)
How to Train Your Dragon (John Powell)
Blair Mowat:
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (John Williams)
Edward Scissorhands (Danny Elfman)
Adaptation (Carter Burwell)
Once Upon a Time in the West (Ennio Morricone)
Vertigo (Bernard Herrmann)
David Newman:
Spartacus (Alex North)
All About Eve (Alfred Newman)
The Apartment (Adolph Deutsch)
Ben-Hur (Miklos Rozsa)
The Accidental Tourist (John Williams)
Daniel Pemberton:
The Third Man (Anton Karas)
Once Upon a Time in the West (Ennio Morricone)
Blade Runner (Vangelis)
Vertigo (Bernard Herrmann)
Beverly Hills Cop (Harold Faltermeyer)
Martin Phipps:
The Draughtsman's Contract (Michael Nyman)
The Mission (Ennio Morricone)
Crimson Tide (Hans Zimmer)
The Social Network (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross)
Under the Skin (Mica Levi)
Michael Richard Plowman:
Blade Runner (Vangelis)
Cinema Paradiso (Ennio Morricone)
Empire of the Sun (John Williams)
Spellbound (Miklos Rozsa)
The Rocketeer (James Horner)
Rachel Portman:
To Kill a Mockingbird (Elmer Bernstein)
The Mission (Ennio Morricone)
The Godfather (Nino Rota)
American Beauty (Thomas Newman)
Schindler's List (John Williams)
Max Richter:
2001: A Space Odyssey (Various Artists)
Andrei Rublev ( Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov)
Harold and Maude (Cat Stevens)
Daybreak Express (Duke Ellington)
The Scent of Green Papaya (Tôn-Thât Tiêt)
Batu Sener:
Finding Nemo (Thomas Newman)
Cinema Paradiso (Ennio Morricone)
The Terminal (John Williams)
The Pink Panther (Henry Mancini)
The Lion King (Hans Zimmer)
Aldo Shllaku:
Cinema Paradiso (Ennio Morricone)
Gone with the Wind (Max Steiner)
Munich (John Williams)
Titus (Elliot Goldenthal)
The Magnificent Seven (Elmer Bernstein)
Howard Shore:
Ran (Toru Takemitsu)
La Strada (Nino Rota)
Jules et Jim (Georges Delerue)
The Mission (Ennio Morricone)
North by Northwest (Bernard Herrmann)
Colin Stetson:
The Thin Red Line (Hans Zimmer)
Prisoners (Johann Jóhannsson)
There Will Be Blood (Jonny Greenwood)
Poltergeist (Jerry Goldsmith)
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Howard Shore)
Tamar-kali:
Shogun's Assassin (Lewis, Lindsay, Muari, Sakurai)
Akira (Yamashiro)
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (Sakamoto)
The Double Life of Veronique (Preisner)
Shaft (Hayes, JJ Johns)
Alexander Taylor:
Candyman (Glass)
Suspiria (Goblin)
Mandy (Jóhannsson)
Marnie (Herrmann)
Day of the Dead (Harrison)
Robert ToTeras:
Psycho (Bernard Herrmann)
In Cold Blood (Quincy Jones)
Star Wars (John Williams)
American Beauty (Thomas Newman)
Sicario (Johann Jóhannsson)
Marcus Trumpp:
Once Upon a Time in America (Ennio Morricone)
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (John Williams)
Forrest Gump (Alan Silvestri)
Total Recall (Jerry Goldsmith)
Dracula (Wojciech Kilar)
Corey Wallace:
Psycho (Bernard Herrmann)
Hook (John Williams)
Hellboy (Marco Beltrami)
The Dark Crystal (Trevor Jones)
Braveheart (James Horner)
Isobel Waller-Bridge:
The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao (Garbato)
Midsommar (Haxan Cloak)
All We Imagine As Light (Das; Topshe)
The Nest (Richard Reed Parry)
Drive My Car (Ishibashi)
Stephen Warbeck:
Paris, Texas (Cooder)
Life is Beautiful (Piovani)
The Third Man (Karas)
Il Postino (Bacalov)
The Godfather (Rota)
Amelia Warner:
Gladiator (Zimmer)
Gone with the Wind (Steiner)
Blade Runner (Vangelis)
Legends of the Fall (Horner)
Forrest Gump (Silvestri)
Sam Watts:
Psycho (Herrmann)
Tron (Carlos)
How to Train Your Dragon (Powell)
Anna and the King (Fenton)
Wilde (Wiseman)
Edwin Wendler:
King's Row (Korngold)
Spartacus (North)
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Goldsmith)
Brainstorm (Horner)
Schindler's List (Williams)
Debbie Wiseman:
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (Morricone)
Lawrence of Arabia (Jarre)
Gone with the Wind (Steiner)
Out of Africa (Barry)
Dances with Wolves (Barry)
Christopher Young:
King Kong (Steiner)
Journey to the Centre of the Earth (Herrmann)
Fantastic Voyage (Rosenman)
The Mephisto Waltz (Goldsmith)
Dragonslayer (North)
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Oh, the list seems imcomplete by the way. There are probably more voters than what's posted on that site. I hope the full list becomes available at some point or that someone can post everyone's votes I missed.
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I also wonder if they were asked to list their picks in preferential order or in no particular order...
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Goes to show that many classics are classics for good reason: they are just outstanding.
Interesting to compare these lists with one's own... I think my own favorites are all listed, though not necessarily all at once.
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I was glad to see:
So many different Nino Rota scores listed.
Christopher Young picking The Mephisto Waltz.
Debbie Wiseman picking two John Barry scores.
Anne Dudley picking Midnight Cowboy.
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Laugh if the day.
Tyler Bates picking Dr.No & Barry. Unless I'm missing something
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