chuck

E.T., Eeh - tih-tih-tih-tih - tiiiiiiihhhhh....

By the way, that picture, you wouldn't believe john Williams is 80 there. He doesn't look like he aged this past 20 years!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s19k9gigvc0

Or how about in the beginning of the Suite - "MUU - LAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNN!!!!!!!!"

I find 3 or 4 that are agreeable there...

I haven't seen The Artist but I had to admit, listening to the Scene D' Amour music, it's really sets the atmosphere

Howard Shore's score for LotR: RotK was definitely Oscar-worthy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOza9XDM0XA

Poor recording but until a better one shows up, I'll just post this in here... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UZIz76tj8M

Hehe, let's stir this board up a bit more...

* Hercules http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGvKlDnsaeY * Home On the Range * Enchanted * Tangled

In terms of pure, orchestral work, here are some of the highlights of Alan Menken's career: * The Little Mermaid * Beauty and The Beast http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxmVnaRodS4 * Aladdin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mY-m2nvXGQ * Pocahontas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5Yanq--MJs * The Hunchback of Notre Dame http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8axNKiFETrk

Just been uploaded recently so I've got the chance to listen to this one though I've never seen this film before (some of the few Disney films i haven't seen yet):

The Bells of Notre Dame particularly that awesome high vocal ending by Clopin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwnh-sxaBwk

It's technical term is Deceptive Cadence:

Will John be able to attend the Oscars ceremony? Sorry, I'm outside US so I don't know when the Oscars gonna start in there.

I'm not sure that one counts, Joe, if I have understood Chuckster's OP correctly, because Unchained Melody always had lyrics. It was sung briefly in the original 1955 movie by Todd Duncan and you can hear the original here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU7vQh7BFPQ So does that mean Alex North adapted his score from that song? Or was it Maurice Jarre? I don't know which one's which.

This one is from the article I posted here: The lyrics were commissioned by Brightman when she saw the film and asked Disney if she could perform it with the London Symphony for an upcoming concert. Disney lyricist David Zipple (Mulan, Hercules) wrote the words.

Oh yeah, I remember this one: Gene Roddenberry wanted some of this score's royalties so he wrote the lyrics on this one. Sandy was irked on that.

Wow, I didn't know Gabriel's Oboe had had lyrics!!! Twas my favorite score. Though I prefer someone of Sarah Brightman's caliber to sing that songs. Her voice doesn't seem to fit well with the high note of the oboe.

Nope. Into The West is ineligible.

I was wondering what are some original film scores that have lyrics written on them (outside of musicals)? Now I need to make a clear distinction on this: These are film scores with which the composer did not originally intend to have lyrics written on it but was otherwise been convinced by the directors, producers, etc., to make a pop version out of it, e.g. And We Were Lovers (Love Theme from The Sand Pebbles); in contrast to film scores with lyrics written in from the very start (e.g. any songs written by Alan Menken and Sherman brothers for Disney). Are there any? I've already given one example above: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSlrxODLo_c