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Koray Savas

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  1. Here's what AFI has to say: 1. Star Wars 2. Gone With The Wind 3. Lawrence Of Arabia 4. Psycho 5. The Godfather 6. Jaws 7. Laura 8. The Magnificent Seven 9. Chinatown 10. High Noon 11. The Adventures Of Robin Hood 12. Vertigo 13. King Kong 14. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial 15. Out Of Africa 16. Sunset Boulevard 17. To Kill A Mockingbird 18. Planet Of The Apes 19. A Streetcar Named Desire 20. The Pink Panther 21. Ben-Hur 22. On The Waterfront 23. The Mission 24. On Golden Pond 25. How The West Was Won
  2. I'm pretty sure the man will never do a movie directed by someone that has no relation to Hans Zimmer. I think it's safe to make judgements on what he'll do with Ridley Scott's next 2 films.
  3. I agree. Overall some of the best scores, in my opinion, are: Schindler's List Back To The Future Edward Scissorhands The Village Superman: The Movie ... and so on so forth.
  4. Maybe he's both. From what he did with A Good Year he seems like the typical Hans puppet. I'll need to hear American Gangster before I can make any final judgements.
  5. Option #1. I discovered John Williams through pure chance. My father's friend owns a CD shop and gives me promotional copies of CDs. My first were Spider-Man, Phantom Menace, and Attack Of The Clones. I still wasn't into scores for a few years. My brother was a Hans fan from the second he saw The Rock. Like a typical little brother I wanted to love film scores as well, but I couldn't have chosen Hans because it would be obvious I was copying. So I looked at what scores I had, only 3. Those 3 led me to John Williams and Danny Elfman. Then last year I answered a bulletin on Myspace by the creator of a John Williams fan page. I asked him if he could help me find a couple scores to add to my growing John Williams collection. He offered to send them to me, and that moment is what led me to me not being a Hans-only fan, to love John Williams and to gain all his scores, as well as to lead me to this site, where I gained hundreds more scores, and made great friends I talk to every day. John Williams has certainly changed my life.
  6. This topic has probably already been created, but since I'm still fairly new to the discussion board I'm starting it. What do you think are the best scores ever composed?
  7. I know that's what I said. He's a composer as of last year, and not a very good one I might add, because he has never composed music before. So maybe new or bad composer is a better term to describe him.
  8. I saw Zimmer's name thrown around about The Last Samurai. Let's carry that over to the MV topic and focus on the replacement for Williams, which ironically will most likely be Zimmer.
  9. Cuaron used Williams because Azkaban was produced by Columbus. Also, don't trust anything you read from Wikipedia, anyone can post anything on that site. So it saying Hooper will be back for The Dealthy Hallows is definitley not a fact.
  10. I never said Harry said that. I mean it's obvious, synth is all the man is. Streitenfeld doesn't compose music, he's a technical advisor. A Good Year and more recently American Gangster are the only films which he has composed music. I agree with what you're saying that without Zimmer he would have never done those Ridley Scott films.
  11. I know Powell and Gregson-Williams have done things before, I mean that's how they ended up in composing music. But Zimmer has taught them how to use synth, which has changed Harry's life. Both composers say all the time in interviews that Hans has been their mentor. Marc Streitenfeld is not a composer, he's been Hans Zimmer's assistant for years, dating back to Crimson Tide. Streitenfeld is doing Ridley Scott's lastest movies because of Zimmer's busy schedule.
  12. Had musical training long before Zimmer? The only thing I know Harry has done before Zimmer was Rambient, his band, and I don't think that was long before Hans. As for Powell, his first score was Face/Off, which is a FACT, therefore how could he have an established career before his first score?
  13. Rabin's Heroes?!?!? Heroes as in the NBC show, or is it something else I'm not realizing?
  14. I believe promos will still be sent in, but they are not allowed to contain any unreleased music. This rule was made after what happened with A.I. As for what determines the Best Score, it technically is how it goes with the film and its effectiveness. However, the Academy is biased and nominates/awards based on different criteria. A film nominated for Best Picture will get a Best Score nomination nearly every time, and will usually win.
  15. A good score? I really like GoldenEye (the film), but I just don't find it very memorable. I love the score! I had it years ago when I was little and remembered loving it. However I lost it along with 1,000-some other scores on a plane in Switzerland before I really got into film scores. Just a few months back I finally bought it again, and to my surprise I didn't like it as much as I remembered. The absence of the Bond Theme hurts it significantly, but I love it nonetheless. Serra's middle eastern-synth combination works to perfection for me, but that's coming from a HZ fan. I find it hilarious that all his scores are EXACTLY the same, it's a bad thing but for some reason I enjoy it. EDIT: I shouldn't say the Bond Theme is absent, it's just drowned out with synth a little too much. My favorite tracks: Overture, Ladies First, A Little Surprise For You, Run Shoot Jump (excellent track! should be much longer), A Pleasant Drive In St. Petersburg, and Dish Out Of Water.
  16. I'm gonna have to disagree, all those composers were trained by Zimmer, especially Harry Gregson-Williams, John Powell, and Klaus Badelt. All of Gregson-Williams' first scores were co-composed by Zimmer (i.e. Smilla's Sense Of Snow, The Whole Wide World). Powell's first score was Face/Off, a John Woo film that would have originally be composed by Zimmer. Several of Powell's early scores are produced by Zimmer (i.e. Endurance). Badelt's first few scores were co-composed by Zimmer (i.e Invincible, The Pledge). So unless any of these composers did anything before collaborating with Zimmer, which they haven't, they were taught by Zimmer. I loved Batman Begins, I was happy that it wasn't "recycled" music and was something original by Zimmer for once. Then one day listening to Black Rain, the last 30 seconds of Suite B is the exact same theme in Batman Begins .
  17. I once bid roughly $250 on The Poseidon Adventure/The Paper Chase sealed, luckily I was outbid cause I regretted it the minute I hit "place bid". It sold for over $300. Good thing I had a great friend to send me his extra copy of it. Then I once bid $100 for a pressed bootleg of The Sugarland Express, but I was outbid. That bidder dropped out or something and it was offered to me again, but I realized a hundred bucks is a lot for music I already have, so I passed. Other than those the most I've actually paid was probably around $40 for the Star Wars Trilogy box set. My John Williams collection is almost complete. All I have left are the rarities, such as Earthquake, Jaws 2, Temple Of Doom, Accidental Tourist, and SpaceCamp. I have the music, so $90 each doesn't seem right just for the actual CD. I'm also hoping the Idiana Jones trilogy will be re-released with Indy IV, I heard George Lucas is working on making that happen.
  18. I'm surprised no one is saying GoldenEye. Not only is it my favorite, I think it is one of the best.
  19. A score must be sent in if it is to be considered for Oscar nomination. Recently Hans Zimmer said he will not allow any of his scores to be sent in for Oscar consideration, which means he'll never be nominated again, I think that makes some people here happy. The best score is the score that fits the film and accompanies it the best, the way it sounds apart from the film has no affect on deciding the win. I'm not sure if foreign language scores are eligible. Pan's Labyrinth was nominated last year however, so maybe they can be.
  20. Crimson Tide was worthy of Steven Spielberg, which is why every DreamWorks animated feature is scored by a Media Ventures composer.
  21. Alas the good thoughts roll in. When I talk about MV I like to include all its aspects. The collaboration and the actual quality of the music. I think Hans as started a great studio that helps unknowns get a chance to show their real talent. Although most of the underdogs of Media Ventures tend to steal Zimmer's sound, that is not his goal, and that shows a lot about that composer. Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell surpassed Zimmer in my opinion and developed their own styles that work to perfection. Klaus Badelt is starting out on his own and can do some passable work, although I don't like him that much. Others like Jablonsky, Mancina, and Glennie-Smith don't have their personal style down yet. I don't like to include Trevor Rabin as part of MV because, well, he isn't and never was. My brother met him at The Guardian premiere and had a nice chat with him. EDIT: Datameister, Journey To Line is a very nice piece, the score is subtle yet powerful...my favorite.
  22. The Citrine Cross and CheValiers De Sangreal are the best tracks, in my opinion.
  23. I understand what you're saying. I don't recognize him as a talented composer, I find his music very enjoyable to listen to, same goes for the rest of the MV gang. Their scores have an addictive sound, I don't know if it's my love for classic rock that makes me listen to Zimmer, but I find it something I can listen to and not have to think. For the real talent I turn to John Williams, Ennio Morricone, and James Newton Howard. In reference to his best works, there are two types of Hans Zimmer fans, those who like his light comedic scores, and those who like his action syth-heavy scores. I find myself in between. Here are what I believe to be his best works: 1) The Thin Red Line 2) The Lion King 3) Tears Of The Sun 4) The Da Vinci Code 5) Gladiator EDIT: Looks like some people responded while I was typing, this was referenced to Datameister.
  24. Agreed Datameister, those commercials freaked me out... Oh, and agreed on the Zimmer comment as well
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