In Reply to: Favorite movie scores? posted by jimbill on November 15, 2008 at 22:09:06:
The opening of The Sea Hawk must be one of the most thrilling fanfares ever composed.
Cheers,Ivan
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Follow Ups Full ThreadTopic - Favorite movie scores? - jimbill 22:09:06 11/15/08 (64)
- RE: Favorite movie scores? - risabet 21:20:53 12/11/08 (0)
- Dave Grusin's Best... - Tone! 18:06:13 11/24/08 (0)
- Two of the best by Randy Newman - Tone! 18:02:57 11/24/08 (0)
- RE: Favorite movie scores? - Cosmic Closet 15:55:51 11/21/08 (0)
- Gato Barbieri's Last Tango in Paris and Shostakovich's The Gadfly nt - Bhasi 05:34:36 11/21/08 (0)
- 2 classics - Blues_man 09:27:08 11/20/08 (10)
- Is there a better opening scene?? - Blues_man 09:36:13 11/20/08 (9)
- Mother's in Peter Gunn! - Charlie F. 13:04:21 11/20/08 (8)
- I havs some pictures. - Blues_man 15:15:21 11/20/08 (7)
- RE: I havs some pictures. - Charlie F. 06:41:02 11/21/08 (6)
- RE: I havs some pictures. - Blues_man 08:46:51 11/21/08 (5)
- That vibes player … - Charlie F. 15:27:51 11/21/08 (0)
- RE: I havs some pictures. - Blues_man 08:50:22 11/21/08 (3)
- Not a clue from here! [nt] - Charlie F. 15:28:44 11/21/08 (0)
- Here's the whole band. - Blues_man 08:51:45 11/21/08 (1)
- Well, … - Charlie F. 15:31:06 11/21/08 (0)
- The accompanist - jazz1 06:07:31 11/20/08 (3)
- -brings to mind "The Page Turner" - Chris from Lafayette 14:21:12 11/20/08 (2)
- RE: -brings to mind "The Page Turner" - jazz1 21:57:27 11/20/08 (1)
- Not just dropping it - Chris from Lafayette 11:41:35 11/21/08 (0)
- American Beauty, and Thomas Newman for such a lush and yet weird score! nt - Dman 05:29:22 11/20/08 (0)
- Bernstein & Korngold, BUT don't forget Nino Rota.... - Chuck Y 08:26:57 11/19/08 (0)
- Michael Nymans "The Piano" soundtrack; "Vertigo" n/t - emakay 21:53:19 11/18/08 (0)
- Elmer Bernstein was one of the greatest and most versatile. - Harmonia 21:14:19 11/18/08 (2)
- Wow! A truly comprehensive post! Thanks. (nt) - bigi 03:10:36 11/20/08 (0)
- great post-you clearly know your film music! - padreken 09:41:52 11/19/08 (0)
- Mishima - Great music - Crappy movie though - Raiderman 15:12:44 11/18/08 (0)
- Rotten movie great score: Conan the Barbarian (nt) - John N 13:25:48 11/18/08 (2)
- and some great dialogue - boboli 14:11:40 11/18/08 (1)
- Pretty much my motto, except I would have added something about beer. nt - M. Lucky 14:36:33 11/18/08 (0)
- Gotta hear them with the accompanying visuals... - Abel McCain 13:07:58 11/18/08 (5)
- Absolutely, the mark of a great score is not only its quality but... - Harmonia 16:45:49 11/18/08 (4)
- My point exactly - jimbill 20:36:25 11/18/08 (3)
- RE: Your point(s) exactly - Abel McCain 09:27:34 11/19/08 (2)
- As a long time film fan, I almost hate to say this... - Harmonia 21:42:51 11/20/08 (1)
- RE: As a long time film fan, I almost hate to say this... - Abel McCain 14:25:00 11/21/08 (0)
- "Vertigo" and "North by Northwest" - Thornhill 17:56:06 11/17/08 (4)
- I also cast my vote for . . . - psgary 17:12:04 11/20/08 (0)
- No...but those are two great scores, along with... - Harmonia 16:51:29 11/18/08 (1)
- There's no soundtrack to "The Birds" (nt) - Thornhill 18:40:31 11/18/08 (0)
- I was wondering when someone would mention Bernard Herrmann - Chris from Lafayette 20:05:42 11/17/08 (0)
- Never On Sunday - Charlie F. 14:48:11 11/17/08 (0)
- Two that come to mind right away are "The Hours" and "Whalerider" - sjb 13:43:48 11/17/08 (0)
- "Local Hero" - Mark Knopfler...(nt) - mkuller 12:20:09 11/17/08 (0)
- Paris Texas, Wild at Heart come to miind....... n/t - Awe-d-o-file 09:34:07 11/17/08 (0)
- "The Natural" Randy Newman - geoff 06:39:12 11/17/08 (0)
- generally not a fan of soundtracks, but . . . - troporobo 04:59:56 11/17/08 (0)
- Does 42nd Street count? Or Top Hat, maybe? - k-k-k-kenny 04:17:24 11/17/08 (1)
- Surely several of the Astaire and Rogers movies qualify - psgary 17:14:00 11/20/08 (0)
- Can't believe no one's mentioned Korngold - bigi 02:05:08 11/17/08 (0)
- RE: Favorite movie scores? - neergan 16:41:09 11/16/08 (0)
- "The Best Years of Our Lives " is one............ - PRM 16:33:16 11/16/08 (0)
- Dances with Wolves, Last of the Mohicans, Somwhere in Time, Shindler's List nt - Tadlo 13:31:10 11/16/08 (0)
- Presonally I prefer soundtracks... - mkuller 12:14:00 11/16/08 (0)
- King of Hearts by Georges Delerue... - classfolkphile 12:11:35 11/16/08 (0)
- Here are three I'm particularly fond of - jdaniel@jps.net 10:55:18 11/16/08 (0)
- The ITV production of "Brideshead Revisited" - John Marks 10:11:26 11/16/08 (1)
- Absolutely; opening music sets the tone unlike any other. ~t - mpathus 20:20:08 11/16/08 (0)
- the score to american beauty - hifitommy 23:11:28 11/15/08 (2)
- I just hit that one above... - Dman 05:31:38 11/20/08 (0)
- I like the score to American Beauty a lot. - Harmonia 16:46:49 11/18/08 (0)
- Try - kavakidd 22:37:48 11/15/08 (2)
- Love that movie. nt - Rick W 09:57:20 11/16/08 (0)
- I agree , and also suggest. - boboli 07:22:39 11/16/08 (0)
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- Can't believe no one's mentioned Korngold - bigi 02:05:08 11/17/08 (0)