kaneda

I'm going through a huge film score phase at the moment! Been listening to the gladiator, schindlers list, the piano, narnia, man on fire, amelie, ghost in the shell, final fantast advent children - and a few others quite a lot recently!

Are you lot into film scores? If so which ones do you love (as i feel the need to buy more when i get paid )

Winters_Sorrow

I was never really one for film scores (soundtracks, now that's another matter!), but I was so impressed by Howard Shore's job on the LotR trilogy that I bought the 3 CD set of the whole lot. It's nice music to have on in the background.

GrownUp

The score from the first Harry Potter film (only the first). Nicely faery-like and portentious. With incense and tea it is second only to 'medieval chant'.

kaneda

Complete opposite to me!!! the only soundtracks i have because I really liked the music in the film are high fidelity and donnie darko! The LotR ost I still haven't picked it up, but will at some point

rck_svg

always liked the soundtrack to "a beautiful mind", christ knows why. same bloke has done the soundtracks to a few films

Green

Gattaca. That's about it, really. Sleepy Hollow was pants.

Curt Chiarelli

As a guy who's been into film scores passionately for the past 35 years and owns a collection of approximately 500 soundtrack CDs, I think I can set you on your way!

Where to begin? In the last 80 years the artform has given us so many great scores to choose from. I'll try to give you a short, representative list of the creme de la creme and only items presently available on CD:

Jerry Goldsmith - 100 Rifles, The Blue Max, Total Recall, Extreme Prejudice, Take a Hard Ride, Star Trek: The Motionless Picture, Basic Instinct, The Final Conflict, Legend, Chinatown, Poltergeist, Masada and The 13th Warrior.

Bernard Herrmann - The 7th Voyage of Sindbad, Jason and the Argonauts, North by Northwest, Vertigo, Journey to the Center of the Earth, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (film, not TV!), The Egyptian and On Dangerous Ground.

John Williams - Dracula, The Fury, The Empire Strikes Back and Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Alex North - The Agony and the Ecstasy, 2001: A Space Odyssey (original, unused score) and Dragonslayer.

Miklos Rozsa - El Cid, Ben Hur, Quo Vadis and Ivanhoe.

Basil Poledouris - Flesh and Blood, Conan the Barbarian, Starship Troopers and RoboCop.

I hope this helps you out. Some of these CDs have cues you can sample free online at the websites for Varese Sarabande and Film Score Monthly. Feel free to write me anytime. Take care.

I, Brian

I've collected film scores in the past, and of all of them, the one that stands out most is Conan the Barbarian. Simply great.

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GOLLUM

Yeh I don't mind Conan either even if the story was not particualrly simliar to Howard's original concept.....

Curt Chiarelli

Conan the Barbarian is one of the most brilliant scores of the 1980's. Have you heard Poledouris' score to director Paul Verhoeven's Flesh and Blood? If you liked Conan, I think you'll love this one.

mikeo

Always quite liked Ennio Morricone myself - I thought the OST for "The Thing" was superb - captured the feel of the setting perfectly, even just in the opening credits. Superb! His soundtrack for "The Mission" is another favorite, and of course he did "A Fistfull of Dollars" and "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly."

Hmm - then there's Philip Glass - Kundun was quite good, but Koyaanisqatsi was a masterpiece of music, and is the first thing I put on the stereo when I need to relax.

Presea

Omg, isn't it the most fantastic thing? I think most, if not all, is created by Nobou Uemetsu (sp? I am ashamed!) himself, and his rock band; The Black Mages. The Sephiroth theme is something to completely drool over.. it's the best version by far in my eyes.
Also, everyone must have an album by The Black Mages to hear more FF themes brought to life. ^.^

kaneda

Wow, thanks for that! Have got a few from that list

Which ones would you say are must have scores then? Maybe a top 5?

kaneda

I really like it. the version's of j-e-no-v-a and one winged angel are both quite both immense! I'm on a hunt to find the sheet music for signs (the music that plays when kadaj is talking to the wheelchair man)

kaneda

I guess this is one to pick up then since 3 of you have said its pretty good