Best Movie Themes/Music?

Could be our next poll I guess. Music/themes are very important in setting the mood. The following are my 10 favorites:


10. Saw - Theme:


9. Pirates of the Caribbean - Theme:


8. The Matrix - Clubbed to Death:


7. The Exorcist - Theme:


6. The Pink Panther - Theme:


5. Jaws - Theme:


4. Halloween - Theme:


3. Smokin' Aces - Dead Reckoning:


2. Lord of War - Warlord:


1. Requiem for a Dream - Lux Aternam:

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Honorable Mentions:

- Candyman:


- Indiana Jones:


- Jurassic Park:


- Terminator:


- Rocky:

10 Best Film Scores (in alphabetical order)

Back To The Future Series- Alan Silvestri
Blade Runner- Vangelis
Chariots Of Fire- Vangelis
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial- John Williams
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly- Ennio Morricone
Indiana Jones Series- John Williams
Jurassic Park- John Williams
Koyaansqatsi- Philip Glass
Star Wars Series- John Williams
Wall-E- Thomas Newman

Jaws
Rocky
Apocalypse Now (the Ride of the Valkyries scene)
Chariots Of Fire
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind


Also some of my favourite movie soundtracks in no particular order, rather than movie scores.

CROW
JUNO
JUDGEMENT NIGHT
PULP FICTION
NATURAL BORN KILLERS
HUSTLE & FLOW
8 MILE

I looked at a list and picked some...

Aladdin
2001 (don't like the movie, but music should be considered)
Blues Brothers
Deliverance
Footloose?
Gone with the Wind
Good, Bad, and Ugly
Grease
James Bond
The Lion King
Psycho
Rocky Horror?
Shaft
Tommy
Top Gun
West Side Story
Wizard of Oz

For your consideration

Ennio Morricone, one of cinema's greatest composers




or even




Also great composers include Carter Burwell (Fargo, Barton Fink, Being John Malkovich etc), Michael Nyman (The Piano, Gattaca etc), and Clint Mansel (The Fountain, Moon, Pi, Requiem for a Dream etc)

Not a big fan of Nyman #6, I don't know why.

Also for your consideration:

I shall high five you, Six.

Also add to the Morricone list:

Bluebeard
Frantic
What Dreams May Come (rejected score)
The Untouchables
Death Rides A Horse
Red Sonja
Sanzo and Vanzetti (Here's To You was composed by him while Joan Baez sang the lyrics)
Nostromo (TV movie)
The Sicilian Clan

Sin City is my far my fave.

I also really like

Grindhouse
Rocky
Halloween

Harry Potter theme for me. Everytime I hear it in trailers or at the start of a new movie, I get goosebumps.

BarcaRulz wrote:Not a big fan of Nyman #6, I don't know why.

That's okay, I'm not a big fan of Zimmer. Think he has no restraint, his scores are too OTT

Has anyone ever noticed that Zimmer's True Romance rips off elements of Carl Orff?

I guess not.

IPKI$$ wrote:I guess not.

I have to know what the Hell he's talking about before I can comment on it...

True Romance theme:



Carl Orff's Gassenhauer:



Gassenhauer as heard in Badlands:



Notice the similarities?

Some of my favorites -

Prince of Egypt: what a great move and a great sound track! It seamlessly combined the epic/classic Zimmer sound with a bunch of current (at the time) songs performed by artists like Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men.


Nightmare before Christmas:


Wanted:


Batman Begins:


The Dark Knight:


Magnolia:


Mortal Kombat:


Top Gun (I love the guitarist's hair...):


And of course.....

Hackers:

Hahaha.. The Mortal Kombat one is a guilty pleasure of mine, although i've started to like this rock cover more than the original:

Forgot one of the best ones:

Ok, I started the polls again, and I know we threw out some suggestions here, but let's actually go through a nomination process. Give me your FIVE favorites. You can list more than five, but the first five will be the only ones guaranteed to be on there.

We're going for best overall music (original or not) in a film. Is that agreed upon or were we just doing themes? Or were we doing songs? It should be as specific as possible.

Top five themes for me (in no specific order)

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Star Wars: A New Hope
James Bond (Classic theme)
The Pink Panther
Man With Harmonica (Once Upon A Time In The West)