Top 5

[ashinyobject 0]

Okay, I've only been into film music for the past few years and I have a lack of knowledge and music apart from John Williams. I own few soundtracks that Williams has not composed and I wish to venture out into the world of film scores a little. If anyone willing could take the time to list a composer (including John Williams if you like) and 5 scores that I should checkout.

Like so....

Composer

1. Blah

2. Blah Blah

3. Blah Blah Blah

4. Blah Blow

5. Blah Bleep

Of course it doesn't have to be exactly like this because I don't want to be a Nazi. Thanks.

[Romão 2,274]

5 scores you have to listen to (just one example though):

E. T - Williams

Schindler´s List - Williams

Close Encounters - Williams

Vertigo - Hermann

Conan - Poledouris

[Seth 67]

I'll try to help out a little.

Bernard Herrmann

1. Psycho

2. Vertigo

3. Fahrenheit 451

4. Taxi Driver

5. North by Northwest

Danny Elfman

1. Edward Scissorhands

2. The Nightmare Before Christmas

3. Sleepy Hollow

4. Sommersby

5. Black Beauty

Those are some of my picks. The last two Elfman picks are on Music for a Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2.

I can't pick 5 Thomas Newman scores but Little Women, American Beauty and The Green Mile are worth picking up in my opinion.

[Romão 2,274]

Oh, my mistake.

Basil Poledouris:

- Conan

- Les Miserables

- Hunt for the Red October

- Lonesome Dove

- Farewell to the King

Miklos Rozsa

- Ben Hur

- El Cid

- Spellbound

- King of Kings

- Julius Caesar

James Newton Howard

- Atlantis

- Signs

- The Village

- Dinosaur

- Waterworld

Ennio Morricone

- The Mission

- The Untouchables

- Cinema Paradiso

- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

- Once upon a time in America

Danny Elfman

- Batman

- Sleepy Hollow

- Batman Returns

- Edward Scissorhands

- Nightmare Before Christmas

[Dole 17]

I guess these would be my top picks:

Bernard Herrmann:

1. Vertigo

2. North by Northwest

3. The Three Worlds of Gulliver

4. Citizen Kane

5. Psycho

Erich Wolfgang Korngold:

1. The Adventures of Robin Hood

2. King's Row

3. Captain Blood

4. The Sea Hawk

5. Anthony Adverse

Alfred Newman:

1. Wuthering Heights

2. Captain from Castille

3. How the West Was Won

4. The Robe

Miklos Rozsa:

1. Ben-Hur

2. King of Kings

3. Spellbound

4. Lust for Life

Jerry Goldsmith:

1. Patton

2. Star Trek

3. Poltergeist

4. Basic Instinct

5. The Omen

Franz Waxman:

1. Bride of Frankenstein

2. Sunset Blvd.

3. Rebecca

4. A Place in the Sun

Max Steiner:

1. King Kong

2. Gone With the Wind

3. Now, Voyager

Elmer Bernstein:

1. To Kill a Mockingbird

2. The Ten Commandments

3. The Magnificent Seven

4. The Great Escape

5. Far From Heaven

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Howard Shore:

1. The Fly

2. Lord of the Rings:ROTK

3. History of Violence

4. The Aviator

5. Lord of the Rings:The Two Towers

Danny Elfman:

1. Edward Scissorhands

2. Nightmare Before Christmas

3. Red Dragon

4. Batman

5. Sleepy Hollow

John Williams:

1. Schinlder's List

2. Memoirs of a Geisha

3. E.T.

4. Hook

5. Close Encounters

[Neimoidian 14]

Michal Lorenc (Yes, I will keep promoting this guy, even though none is probably going to listen to his works):

1. Bandyta

2. Exit in red

3. Prowokator

4. Zabic Sekala

5. Psy 2

To learn more about the composer:

His main page (english version) There is also a media section with full tracks to listen!

A review of the international edition of "Bandyta" (aka "The Bastard") score from 'Music from the Movies' page.

Another review from that page - his 'the best of compilation' "Moje Filmy" (="My Movies")

[anakinbetrayal 0]

John Williams

- Schindler's List

- Hook

- Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban

- Jaws 2

- Jurassic Park

Danny Elfman

- Batman Returns

- Batman

- Edward Scissorhands

- Spiderman

- Spiderman 2

Hans Zimmer

- Gladiator

- The King Arthur

- Pearl Harbor

- The Lion King

- Batman Begins

James Horner

- Willow

- Braveheart

- Titanic

- Aliens

- Casper

[robthehand 3]

John Williams

1. Close Encounters of the Third Kind

2. The Fury

3. Superman: The Movie

4. Jane Eyre

5. Jaws

John Barry

1. On Her Majesty's Secret Service

2. Moonraker

3. Body Heat

4. Raise the Titanic

5. The Lion in Winter

Danny Elfman

1. Serenada Schizophrana (OK, so it's not strictly a film score, but it's brilliant)

2. Batman

3. Sleepy Hollow

4. Edward Scissorhands

5. The Nightmare Before Christmas

Alex North

1. Cleopatra

2. A Streetcar Named Desire

3. The Agony and the Ecstasy

4. Spartacus

5. Africa

Bernard Herrmann

1. Vertigo (IMO the greatest score ever written)

2. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

3. Obsession

4. Cape Fear

5. On Dangerous Ground

Jerry Goldsmith

1=. Damien: Omen II

1=. The Final Conflict

3. Planet of the Apes

4. The Blue Max

5. Alien

Henry Mancini

1. LifeForce

2. The Pink Panther Strikes Again

3. Touch of Evil

4. Silver Streak

5. The Thorn Birds

Franz Waxman

1. Sunset Blvd.

2. Rebecca

3. Bride of Frankenstein

4. Untamed

5. The Philadelphia Story

Erich Wolfgang Korngold

1. Captain Blood

2. The Sea Hawk

3. The Adventures of Robin Hood

4. King's Row

5.....

Miklos Rozsa

1. El Cid

2. King of Kings

3. Ben-Hur

4. Spellbound

5. Julius Caesar

Elmer Bernstein

1. To Kill a Mockingbird

2. Far from Heaven

3. The Magnificent Seven

4. Ghostbusters

5. The Great Escape

Ennio Morricone

1. The Good the Bad and the Ugly

2. The Mission

3. Exorcist II - The Heretic

4. Once Upon a Time in the West

5. Lolita

Basil Poledouris

1. Conan the Barbarian

2. RoboCop

3. Lonesome Dove

4. Farewell to the King

5. Starship Troopers

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

John Williams

1. JFK

2. The Witches of Eastwick

3. Empire of the Sun

4. Sabrina

5. Sleepers

Jerry Goldsmith

1. Legend

2. First Blood

3. Supergirl

4. Basic Instinct

5. Twilight Zone: The Movie

Danny Elfman

1. Batman Returns

2. Sommersby

3. Men In Black

4. Mars Attacks!

5. Beetlejuice

James Horner

1. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

2. Aliens

3. The Legend of Zorro

4. Krull

5. Cocoon

Basil Poledouris

1. RoboCop

2. Starship Troopers

3. Conan the Barbarian

4. The Hunt for Red October

5. RoboCop 3

David Arnold

1. Independence Day

2. Stargate

3. Godzilla - if you can ever find it.

4. Tomorrow Never Dies

5. Last of the Dogmen

Elmer Bernstein

1. Ghostbusters - sold out, but try ebay.

2. To Kill a Mockingbird

3. Far From Heaven

4. The Good Son

5. Stripes

Akira Ifukube - BEWARE: these are shit hard to find, even I haven't got all listed below.

1. Gojira

2. Godzilla vs. Destroyah

3. Godzilla vs. Mothra (1964) or (1992), both are good.

4. Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla (1993)

5. King Kong vs. Godzilla

Alan Silvestri

1. The Mummy Returns

2. Van Helsing

3. Back to the Future Part II

4. Back to the Future Part III

5. Who Framed Roger Rabbit

[Greg1138 3]

Henry Mancini

1. LifeForce

[robthehand 3]

But I should be specific: only the expanded re-release - I had the original CD on CD-R, and it never impressed me at all.

It's a 3000 limited edition, and it's not Goldsmith or Williams, so it will be around for a few months at least.

[Ollie 1,059]

Plus the original album is included at the end of disc 2. The album has the best performance of the main theme.