Sir Hilary Bray

I seem to have lived in one of those homes. Off the top of my head: A View to a Kill, Diamonds Are Forever, Independence Day, the Final Countdown, a few of the Carry On's (chiefly Cabby, Sergeant and Nurse). Outside of my family, I'd say my most watched, and possibly verging on the 50+: The Wrath of Khan, The Search for Spock and the Voyage Home plus On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

Towering Inferno and the Paper Chase, Williams. Trapped Lovers and Planting the Charges always assured favourites of the former.

Not a whole series as such but episodes from my best of the Phil Silvers Show (Sgt. Bilko) boxset. Never, ever, fails.

Rummaged into my Intrada's and listened to Meteor, Clear and Present Danger and Hunt for Red October no matter how often I listen, "Woodroom/Finale" from CAPD just does the trick. The way it builds and keeps going. Almost a shame it ends. Until I got the expanded score, "Ambush" was my favourite track. Again how it built and built until the attack on the convoy started. Meteor, as much as the film was bad, isn't too bad musically. "The Russians Arrive" always chimes in my mind like a track from a Western when it starts, it has a Williamseque sound in parts which I might be reaching for after reading that Williams was offered Meteor but recommended Rosenthal. And Red October, well, personally...always enjoyable. The hymn of course but "Ancestral Aid" (largely for the scene it coincides with, Connery's performance catching the cup just before Red October is traced by the torpedo as the sub banks and being damn calm when hell's a popping) or "Nuclear Scam", "Kaboom!" and others.

McQ, Elmer Bernstein Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others) Gabriel Yared/Stephane Moucha Der Untergang (The Downfall) Stephan Zacharias

Watched Parkland based on Vincent Bugliosi's Four Days in November. Not bad, not good but found myself expecting if not wishing that Williams' JFK theme played on the credits. Think it might have worked better as the mini-series it was intended to be.

Part of the Towering Inferno's main theme. Read one of the books the film was based on the other day (The Tower) and today theme bubbled to the top. Hence, onto the movie itself.

Went old school these past few weeks and went through my boxset of The Persuaders. From the Barry theme on down, solid lock.

This is an inspirational title. Look forward to "Ben: A Star Wars Story".

Seems doing a best to worst list seems sacrilegious. That and I wouldn't know where to begin. Paper Chase would be unnaturally high I know that much.

Robert Harris' Fatherland was my last book read and amongst the others I've dived into (to list every book read would be to spam the forum) lately and currently is Leon Uris' Armageddon.

Khartoum- Frank Cordell Operation Crossbow- Ron Goodwin The Eiger Sanction- Williams (Friends and Enemies is my favourite, I dig the sound of it) and, Hatari! Henry Macini until I saw the film I had only ever heard Goodwin's cover of Baby Elephant Walk but the soundtrack itself seals the deal. Love the sounds for the safari (the film's drawer beyond it's cast must be the African locations) and Baby Elephant Walk be it lengthened or shortened is a delight.

a sprinkling of John Barry's: Goldfinger, Thunderball, Across the Sea of Time and Hanover Street.

I like Quiller on a few levels, chiefly Berlin (or West Berlin in this case), feels quite atmospheric and then there's the John Barry music aiding it. The cast is great and there's Senta Berger in her prime. As someone said, the plot's nonsensical and a bit daft but it's enjoyable. This and Bridge at Remagen made me a fan of George Segal. Being the anniversary of Market-Garden I tend to view Bridge Too Far now and it's still a solid film. Right down to Hardy Kruger's exclamations as XXX Corps rolls across Nijmegen Bridge ("Who can stop them now?/No-one" or the human roadblock and John Addison's music for that scene. Arnhem was quite simply, a tragedy of colossal errors and I think Attenborough did a decent job trying to put it all on screen. Still, it gave him Gandhi, so he said.

Arlington has to be one of Williams' most moving pieces. Conjures thoughts of Kennedy, what might have been, hopes realised and lost. Loss generally.

Well, I've watched a fair amount but lately A Bridge Too Far, Battle of Britain and recently, The Quiller Memorandum. Always helps to work a John Barry scored film in someplace.

For my sins my first Stanton movie was Down Periscope, then Kelly's Heroes -needless to say I grew to have an appreciation for his talent after. Don't, and won't make them like that again.

Law, I've been away for a while and the layout's all changed. But the taste hasn't: John Barry: Diamonds Are Forever, Thunderball, King Kong, Body Heat Leith Stevens: War of the Worlds/When Worlds Colllide Herrmann- Day the Earth Stood Still Newman: Airport.

First Blood, Boys from Brazil and the Swarm -Jerry Goldsmith John Cacavas' Airport 1975. and latterly, Frank DeVol's Flight of the Phoenix. Quite like the theme -largely as I liked the stop-start way the title sequence/crash landing was done on screen in time to the music more or less and I'm a sort of fan of DeVol via Dirty Dozen and long time viewings of Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo. Except, listening to the score in isolation some of it feels like it's aping Lawrence of Arabia's score. Or maybe every film set in a desert has the same sound. And I quite like the film -the cast certainly helps.

selected tracks from Jerry Goldsmith -40 Years in Film Music Barry Gray's Thunderbirds Are Go/Thunderbird 6 George Martin's Live & Let Die Passport to Pimlico/Ice Cold in Alex/The Titfield Thunderbolt- found tracks via Amazon from albums largely done by the BBC (Auric: Film Music, Rawsthorne Film Music etc)

Being a fan of the film and reader of Scott and his expedition, I'll have a look into getting this. Music perfectly encapsulated the Antarctic wilderness. "Had we lived, I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance, and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman. These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale, but surely, surely, a great rich country like ours will see that those who are dependent on us are properly provided for."

I'd recommend Players to listen at least once, it's far from the best but it has a decent main theme. Quite a short score. As for MacArthur, personally having heard it more, I'd say it was better than Inchon but behind Patton -for me Patton has the likes of Winter March to elevate it. Inchon's a good score but I've only heard it through once so wouldn't say more on it. MacArthur, like the man himself, is a match for Patton I'd say.

Mr Desplat.

I always find it quite stirring with the main theme and all. Liked the film since I was a kid. Couldn't beat Rod Taylor back in the day.

David Shire- The Big Bus, The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3 Jerry Goldsmith- Players, MacArthur, Rudy and Russell Garcia's The Time Machine