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What?!
 
 
 
WHAT?????!!!!!!

I was thinking of starting a thread about 10 favorite non-John Williams scores ever! (if I was to post my list for 10 overall favorite scores, I'm sure 8-9 out of 10 would be John Williams scores)
But I might as well post here my list:
 
In no particular order:
Poledouris - Conan the Barbarian
Elfman - Batman Returns
Kilar - Dracula
Rozsa - Ben-Hur
Green - Raintree County
Howard - Waterworld
Horner - Braveheart
Goldsmith - Legend
Nyman - The piano
Menken - Beauty and the Beast

I was thinking of starting a thread about 10 favorite non-John Williams scores ever! (if I was to post my list for 10 overall favorite scores, I'm sure 8-9 out of 10 would be John Williams scores)
But I might as well post here my list:
 
In no particular order:
Poledouris - Conan the Barbarian
Elfman - Batman Returns
Kilar - Dracula
Rozsa - Ben-Hur
Green - Raintree County
Howard - Waterworld
Horner - Braveheart
Goldsmith - Legend
Nyman - The piano
Menken - Beauty and the Beast

Conan the Destroyer. Yeah, it is a "bad" sequel. One of those goofy 80s fantasy movies. But it was nowhere near as terrible as I was expecting.
 
Karol

Phenomenal film.
 
Not only does Hollywood not make films like this any more, I've pretty much resigned myself that they never will again.

I hadn't seen that for over 10, maybe 15 years and I finally decided to buy the blu-ray.
Masterpiece and a masterful score that gave me a couple of hair-raising moments!

I am not sure what's exactly wrong with this movie.
I love biblical epics (Easter is coming here in Greece in half a month, it's my favorite period of the year for watching favorite religious films) but I slept in some bits ().

As I was watching I thought to myself:
Wow, Bridges should have been nominated for an Oscar. He plays the alien wonderfully.
And after finishing the movie, I saw that he was indeed!  
Not a great movie (I prefer other Carpenter movies), but a classic.

Watched Paths of Glory the other night. What a fantastic movie this is, think it's one of Kubrick's best actually. It has all the hallmarks of his signature style but told in a brisk, fat-free, efficient way. A true screwball tragedy.
 
Karol

Definitely check out The Hurricane, The Black Tulip, Max & Helen, Haunted Summer and Flowers In The Attic!  Hush, The Gift and Killing Season are all wonderful thriller scores with some beautiful cues and sections in them too if you are considering broadening your scope.

If you like drama scores, you should definitely check Murder in the First. I think it's Young's masterpiece!

Hmmm.. Haven't ever heard of these. I'll check them out!

Much better. Lurie's isn't too bad, but can't compare. Also, I'm kinda boycotting Lurie these days, due to issues that are forbidden to talk about here.

SWEET NOVEMBER and AN UNFINISHED LIFE. 
 
Also, on Cinema Septet, AMERICAN HARVEST, LAST FLIGHT OUT and SPARKLE ROAD.

I mean, he's one of the best around for horror, but my favourites of his lie elsewhere.

Agreed. My fav of his too. Program out the marches and upbeat stuff, though.

If you like drama scores, you should definitely check Murder in the First. I think it's Young's masterpiece!

If you like drama scores, you should definitely check Murder in the First. I think it's Young's masterpiece!

If you like drama scores, you should definitely check Murder in the First. I think it's Young's masterpiece!

"Shit".
 
"As much as I hate to stoop to symbolism, Major..." (blows smoke in face).
 
A great cast, a nifty score, by Jack Nitzsche, and some astonishing miniature work, by ILM.

As I was watching I thought to myself:
Wow, Bridges should have been nominated for an Oscar. He plays the alien wonderfully.
And after finishing the movie, I saw that he was indeed!  
Not a great movie (I prefer other Carpenter movies), but a classic.

Working with Madonna on this was not an easy task for Korzeniowski (or so he said), but it resulted in one of his finest scores. Gorgeous post-minimalist romanticism back when it was hot and fresh. This is a 17-track promo, so slightly different from the commercial release.

OK, you convinced me.
I'll watch it and see how it goes..
I'm not terribly familiar with the theatrical cut either, so I won't know what scenes where added, except for the last past I guess...

Well, the short version is the one that won the Oscar for best foreign film and all the prizes.
Anyway, here's Ebert's thoughts on the longer version:
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/cinema-paradiso-the-new-version-2002

Could it be argued that Waterworld is a pirate film?  I missed that one until recently too, and my review is almost identical to that of Cutthroat Island - that it was an unfairly maligned, fun, if imperfect, charming actioner.  
 
It seemed in the mid 90s that Hollywood columnists had a fetish for building up negative doom hype about overbudget event movies. And it sort of worked to drive audiences away, until Titanic came and put a stop to it.