ZAMBELIS

Do not forget Henry Mancini

A list that has Titanic and Gladiator can not possibly be taken seriously. LOL

Horner is not so bad although all his scores are NOT original. All film composers steal from others and from themselves but he simply overdoes it. There are about 5 or 6 good scores but that doesn't make him a great film composer. I hate when people say its their favourite after Williams, Goldsmith and Zimmer (HA, HA). I can think of at least 20 film composers that are far superior than Horner.
Alfred Newman, Waxman, Korngold, Friedhofer, Steiner, Morricone, John Scott, Henry Mancini, John Barry, Michel Legrand, MAurice Jarre, MArio Nascimbene, Rozsa, Morross, Malcolm Arnold, . Even Poledouris, Doyle, Goldenthal,Shaiman, Robbins. And nto forget GOldsmith and WILLIAMS

Who cares about the awards. As long as the films and the scores are good. I don't care.

I think of film scores as classical music. Like music for operas, ballet or theater. I don't want to vote one against the other because I think it is not fair. Besides i have almost anything that John Williams has ever written like Images, Checkmate or Monsignor and I also own everything that was written by Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. Williams is not and never will be as good as those two but I think he is a lot better than many famous classical composers. Of course most film composers aren't so good. Herrmann, Rozsa, Alfred Newman, Tiomkin, Goldsmith, Waxman, Korngold, Friedhofer, Morricone, Williams, Jarre, Rota certainly are very talented and I am sure that could all be very succesful in the concert world. Some of them are allready, including the Maestro. The rest are not worthwile to be mentioned. I personally think that only Doyle and Goldenthal can surprise us in the future with some exceptional writing for film and concert as well.