Best music/composers on TV and film
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Saturday, December 30, 2006 01:06
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John Barry- Somewhere In Time/Bond movies
John Williams- Superman/Star Wars/The Fury
Jerry Goldsmith- Logan's Run/Supergirl/Gremlins/Star Trek TMP/Shamus
Robert Duncan- Buffy season 7
Joel McNeely- Dark Angel/Supercop
Basil Pouledoris- Conan/Robocop/The Touch
James Horner- 48 Hrs./Aliens/Star Trek 2
Alan Sylvestri- Back To The Future movies/Mummy 2/Tomb Raider 2/Predator
Michael Kamen- Highander/Die Hard movies/Lethal Weapon movies/X-Men
Hans Zimmer- Miami Vice(TV)/MI2/Broken Arrow
Greg Edmonson- Some pretty good TV show, I forget the name.....
Okay peeps, who am I forgetting here?
On the right note Chrisisall
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The only one you're forgetting is arguably the great film comcposer ever, Bernard Hermann. He did the music for CITIZEN KANE, almost all of Hitchcock's movies, THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, TAXI DRIVER and created the theme music for THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
And on a personal note, I'd throw in Thomas Newman, for his invaluable contributions to AMERICAN BEAUTY and FINDING NEMO.
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"We have five million Cybermen. How many are you?"
"Four"
You would destroy the Cybermen with four Daleks?"
"We would destroy the Cybermen with ONE Dalek. You are superior in only one respect."
"What is that?"
"You are better at dying."
Trash talk between a Cyberman and a Dalek. It doesn't get any better than that.
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One of my favorite of classic film composers is Bernard Hermann - Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho, The Birds, Taxi Driver, Obsession, plus theme to tv's Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
A few less traditional names:
Angelo Badalamenti - Twin Peaks, Lost Highway, Mullholland Drive, Dark Water, The Wicker Man
Brian Eno - Dune, A Midnight Clear, Neverwhere, 28 Days Later, The Jacket
Stewart Copeland - Rumble Fish, Talk Radio, Highlander II, Babylon 5: The Gathering, Dead Like Me
ETA: I didn't realize it took me that long to look up some of the films these guys did. Reginaroadie had not posted before I clicked on the reply button, thus beat me to the Bernard Hermann tribute.
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I forgot:
Vangelis- Chariots Of Fire/Blade Runner
Sily silly British Chrisisall
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Danny Elfman- The Simpson's Theme, Beetlejuice, Midnight Run, Batman, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Good Will Hunting...okay, all Tim Burton films, Spidey 1 and 2, HULK...okay, he's done a LOT.
Dario Marianelli- I Capture The Castle, The Brothers Grimm, Pride and Prejudice, Opal Dream (an Aussie film that no one saw), V For Vendetta.
Don Davis- Bound, The Matrix Trilogy( okay, the entire franchise I think), Antitrust, Jurassic Park 3, Behind Enemy Lines, House on Haunted Hill.
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Yoko Kanno - pretty much everything she did on Cowboy Bebop, series and movie (not to mention Ghost In The Shell). Gorgeous music. If you're fond of the Firefly music, you may find a few things you like from the Cowboy Bebop soundtracks.
Just a notion Saraisall
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Quote:Oooo, and don't forget Ballistic: Ecks Vs. Sever!!!! Don's greatest IMHO.
Originally posted by BornToFly:
Don Davis- Bound, The Matrix Trilogy( okay, the entire franchise I think), Antitrust, Jurassic Park 3, Behind Enemy Lines, House on Haunted Hill.
Liking the less-known ones Chrisisall
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Ennio Morricone - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly as well as many other spaghetti westerns.
David
"Not completely as well as the series of Firefly..." - From a review of Serenity at amazon.de
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Quote:AND John Carpenter's The Thing AND The Untouchables!!!
Originally posted by daveshayne:
Ennio Morricone - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly as well as many other spaghetti westerns.
The Chicago way Chrisisall
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Only one I can think of that hasn't been mentioned yet is Mark Snow, who did all the music for the X-files. Some of my favorite TV music until Firefly came along 
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