indy4 155 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 What are your all-time favorite few works of music? Could be entire film scores, entire sagas, albums, symphonies, movements, songs, etc. I'm not going to say it can't be individual tracks, but I found that when I included individual tracks my list would have been way too long--judging a group of tracks, however you'd like to group them, is a great way to force yourself to be more selective, which I think is important in an all-time favorite list. The goal here is to exercise restraint--if you don't feel lots of pain not including some works, you're doing it wrong!Here are my picks, in no particular order:West Side Story - Leonard Bernstein and Stephen SondheimStar Wars Saga - John WilliamsRaiders of the Lost Ark - John WilliamsFirst Suite in E-flat - Gustav HolstDanse Macabre - Camille Saint-SaensFestive Overture - Dimitri ShostakovitchThe Hunchback of Notre Dame - Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 L O S T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 The 1812 Overture, Pete Tchaikovsky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Top of my head:The Superman MarchThe Throne Room (extended)Journey to the IslandJill's AmericaEcstasy of GoldWish You Were HereShine On You Crazy DiamondStand By MeThis performance: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShowUStheHOOK 8 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Hunchback of Notre Dame .... Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz Beauty and the Beast.... Alan Menken, Howard AshmanHook.... John Williams Phantom of the Opera ...... Andrew Lloyd Webber Jurassic Park... John Williams Batman Danny Elfman AIr Force One... Jerry GoldsmithRudy..... Jerry Goldsmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck 154 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Lionheart - Jerry GoldsmithJurassic Park - John WilliamsHarry Potter - John WilliamsFirst Knight - Jerry Goldsmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Close Encounters of the Third Kind---John Williams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,272 Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 Ancient Airs and Dances - Ottorino RespighiChinatown - Jerry GoldsmithClose Encounters of the Third Kind - John WilliamsEllens Gesang III/Ave Maria - Franz SchubertA Hard Day's Night - The BeatlesHaitian Fight Song - Charles MingusJungleland - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street BandThe Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society - The KinksThe La's - The La'sThe Lord of the Rings - Howard ShoreMoondance - Van MorrisonThe Nutcracker - Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyOdessey and Oracle - The ZombiesOn Every Street - Dire StraitsPetrushka - Igor StravinskyPictures at an Exhibition - Modest Mussorgsky/Maurice RavelProcession of the Nobles - Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-KorsakovThe Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - David BowieRodeo - Aaron CoplandString Quartet No. 5 - Bela BartokTake the Long Way Home - SupertrampTangled Up in Blue - Bob DylanTommy - The WhoThe Umbrellas of Cherbourg - Michel LegrandThe Wizard of Oz - Herbert Stothart/Harold Arlen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted December 24, 2012 Author Share Posted December 24, 2012 Haitian Fight Song - Charles MingusGood choice! I personally prefer "Fables of Faubus," but as a trombone player I also love "Haitian Fight Song." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,272 Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 It's hard to choose! Haitian Fight Song was my introduction to Mingus, though, so I'm partial to that one. Plus, Mingus absolutely kills it in The Clown recording, both the intro and his extended solo. It's such an outrageous piece, so different from anything I've heard before or since, jazz or otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,341 Posted December 25, 2012 Share Posted December 25, 2012 The Wizard of Oz - Herbert Stothart/Harold ArlenIs that the 40's film score/songs?if so, I love it as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted December 25, 2012 Share Posted December 25, 2012 Specifically the beginning to 1:16. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 my three favorite songs are Empty Garden by Elton John, and Break it Down Again and Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Tears for Fears.my favorite JW tracks would be Love Theme from Superman, Princess Leia's Theme, Star Wars, and Parade of the Slave Children, TOD.my favorite JG tracks are Enterprise, and the Meld STTMP, and Overture from Twilight Zone,my favorite JNH tracks are Hands of Fate parts 1 and 2, Signs, and Central Park from KK.my favorite JH tracks are Stealing the Enterprise, STTSFS, Southampton Titanic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,507 Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 my three favorite songs are Empty Garden by Elton John, and Break it Down Again and Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Tears for Fears.my favorite JW tracks would be Love Theme from Superman, Princess Leia's Theme, Star Wars, and Parade of the Slave Children, TOD.my favorite JW tracks are Enterprise, and the Meld STTMP, and Overture from Twilight Zone,my favorite JNH tracks are Hands of Fate parts 1 and 2, Signs, and Central Park from KK.my favorite JH tracks are Stealing the Enterprise, STTSFS, Southampton Titanic.Nice to read Tears For Fears in a JW post. My faves are "Laid So Low", and "Woman In Chains" but I just adore the album "Elemental".Nice film choices: my fave JNH track would be the main title from "Grand Canyon" (or anything from "GC", actually).Fave JH track is definitely "Michael's Gift to Karen". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck 154 Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 my three favorite songs are Empty Garden by Elton John, and Break it Down Again and Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Tears for Fears.my favorite JW tracks would be Love Theme from Superman, Princess Leia's Theme, Star Wars, and Parade of the Slave Children, TOD.my favorite JW tracks are Enterprise, and the Meld STTMP, and Overture from Twilight Zone,my favorite JNH tracks are Hands of Fate parts 1 and 2, Signs, and Central Park from KK.my favorite JH tracks are Stealing the Enterprise, STTSFS, Southampton Titanic.Yeah, I like those Jerry Willsmith tracks too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Songs from the Big Chair was my very first CD. Star Wars was my second. Naturally a piece of music from each is among my favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m0hawk 1 Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 If I had to choose a single piece of music over all others, it would be this particular track. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szcQgfNEAdo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxfan 128 Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Let's say if I was off to some island and was limited to an old 128MB iPod Shuffle?Williams: HookWilliams: War HorseDvorak: Symphony No. 9Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4Beethoven: Symphony No. 7Mahler: Symphony No. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantus Venti 13 Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 This is my favorite piece of music, hands down!Best part 1:42 - 2:32 Borodin 4 ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSM 126 Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 1) John Williams (Sabrina, Jurassic Park, Harry Potter, Hook, E.T., Schindler’s List)2) Antonín Dvorák (Heroic Song, Cello Concerto, 9th Symphony)3) Sergei Prokofiev (5th Symphony, Romeo and Juliet, Cinderella)4) Richard Strauss (Don Juan, Symphonia Domestica, Metamorphosen, Rosenkavalier, Heldenleben)5) Erich Wolfgang Korngold (Captain Blood, Violin Concerto, Violanta, Die Tote Stadt)6) Gustav Mahler (6th, 2nd, 9th, 5th, 4th, 1st, 8th Symphony)7) Leonard Bernstein (Divertemento for Orchestra, Candide, On the Town)8) Dmitri Shostakovitch (5th, 9th, 10th, 12th Symphony, 2nd Piano Concerto)9) Sergei Rachmaninoff (2nd, 4th Piano Concerto, 2nd Symphony, Toteninsell, Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini)10) Giacomo Puccini (Preludio Sinfonico, Suor Angelica Intermezzo, Madam Butterfly)11) Arnold Schoenberg (Chamber Symphony no.1, Die Verklärte Nacht, Guerrelieder)12) Alban Berg (Three Orchestral Pieces no. III, Violin Concerto)13) Witold Lutoslawksi (3rd, 4th Symphony, Concerto for orchestra mov. 3)14) Camille Saint Saëns (La Muse et le Poet, Samson et Delila)15) Richard Wagner (Walkuren Ritt, Feuerzauber, Grane Mein Ross, Rienzi, Siegfried Idyll)16) Franz Liszt (Les Preludes, Hamlet, Mazeppa)17) Johan Wagenaar (Cyrano de Bergerac, Summer of Life, Taming of the Shrew)18) Alexander von Zemlinsky (Die Seejungfrau, Sarema)19) Edward Elgar (Nimrod, Alassio, Falstaff)20) Ralph Vaughan Williams (Fantasia on a Theme, 6th Symphony, Serenade to Music)21) Claude Debussy (La Mer – Jeux de vagues)22) Sergei Taneyev (Oresteia Ouverture, 2nd Symphony, Concert suite for violin)23) Pjotr Ilyich Tschaikovsky (Ballet of Snow Flakes, Nutcracker, Swan Lake)24) Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek (Schlemihl)25) William Walton (1st, 2nd Symphony, Battle of Britain Suite, Spitfire)26) Gustav Holst (The Planets, A Song of the Night)27) Béla Bartók (Concerto for Orchestra)28) Einojuhani Rautavaara (Angels Symphony)29) Alfred Schnittke (Concerto Grosso no. 1 mov. 5/A Far Cry, Gogol Suite mov. VII The Ball)30) Olivier Messiaen (Turangalila Symphonie) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,507 Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Nice to see Rautavaara creeping in, at #28. The "Angels" cycle, is really something special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSM 126 Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Nice to see Rautavaara creeping in, at #28. The "Angels" cycle, is really something special.Thanks, yes, absolutely inspiring music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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