Ricard 2,244 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Mine is 1985. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,233 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 2001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,322 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 2001Or 1982. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,068 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 1999-2001That was basically the three year period where great composers across different generations all overlapped.Everyone from Williams, Goldsmith, Horner, Poledouris, Kamen to Shore, Elfman, Zimmer, just about every composer you can think of was composing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 2001 was a great year. FOTR and Harry Potter. The last truly great year I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,233 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 And.....??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 93 was big personally because it cemented my love for film music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,068 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 If I had to pick...1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,322 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 1997 is up there for me.Tomorrow Never Dies, Starship Troopers, The Lost World, Titanic, Speed 2, Air Force One, The Fifth Element, Contact, Men In Black, Batman & Robin, The Edge, The Peacemaker, The Man Who Knew Too Little.... plus all the Star Wars SEs came out that year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,233 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 HPSS is ok but it's not why I count 2001 as the best. FOTR and A.I. are enough. Those films/scores set me on the right path in life. Other years may have greater concentrations of good scores, but none rival that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 AI is a good score, sure. But FOTR and Potter meant a lot more to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 1993, when I finally realised I'd always loved film music and its greatest maker. Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 1993, when I finally realised I'd always loved film music and its greatest maker.You remind me of myself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,626 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 1982 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewya 360 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 2001 and 1982 for me I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 1993.Star Wars Trilogy: The Original Soundtrack AnthologyJurassic Park [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]Schindler's List [Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 2010 The Tadlow rerecording of 1961's El Cid is released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 That's not good enough.Try again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 *My* favorite. Not my favorite that Stiff agrees with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 1968PLANET OF THE APESTHE LION IN WINTERONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WESTTHE SHOES OF A FISHERMANBULLITTBILLION DOLLAR BRAINROMEO AND JULIETTHE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIRROSEMARY'S BABYTHE BRIDE WORE BLACKDEADFALLSEBASTIANPETULIAICE STATION ZEBRAIF...But mainly the first three.My kinda era. Shame I wasn't alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 I wanna say 1993, but other than the two John Williams masterpieces, there isn't much else to write home about.Probably 2001. The trio of A.I, Harry Potter, and Lord of the Rings is undeniably strong. Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,823 Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 93 was big personally because it cemented my love for film musicThis applies to me too. Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 2002 is the first that springs to mind. It was the year that I became a full-on film score enthusiast and started buying as many scores as I could.Signs (Howard)Road To Perdition (Newman)Minority Report (Williams)Catch Me If You Can (Williams)The Bourne Identity (Powell)Panic Room (Shore)The Ring (Zimmer)The Dancer Upstairs (Iglesias)And in the video game world:Medal Of Honor: Frontline (Giacchino)Silent Hill 2 (Yamaoka)There are handful of other popular scores from here as well (Attack Of The Clones and Spider-Man) that made an impact on me, but these are the ones that I still value in hindsight. Dixon Hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 For strictly personal reasons, '93. Started a fairly profound relationship with a certain composer. Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 1977Johnny's year.I do not mind the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 I first started to really notice film music when I was 16, so around 2008. God, what a fucking awful year for scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Not in terms of composer output, but 1993 was a huge year for me and film scores. My little six-year-old squirt self that year acquired Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Star Wars Trilogy: The Original Soundtrack Anthology (my original beater copy I purchased at Endor Vendors at the exit to Star Tours at Disney-MGM Studios is right across from me), Jurassic Park, Hook, Home Alone, E.T. and Jaws (MCA versions). I believe that was also the year that I received a Deluxe Talkboy from Home Alone 2, which was used to record so many symphonic scores from the TV. The rest, as they say, is history. Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 389 Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 For strictly personal reasons, '93. Started a fairly profound relationship with a certain composer.Indeed, Horner's output that year was prodigious, with scores for ten films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 1982. Greatest year of film and filmmusic of my 54 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricard 2,244 Posted June 15, 2015 Author Share Posted June 15, 2015 2001Or 1982.19822001 and 1982 for me I think.1982. Greatest year of film and filmmusic of my 54 years. Probably my second favorite year!40+ NOTABLE SCORES FROM 1982 (I saw most of these films in the theater, as I'm sure Joey, KM, Alex, etc did):48 Hrs (James Horner)Airplane II: The Sequel (Elmer Bernstein/Richard Hazard)Amityville II: The Possession (Lalo Schifrin)Annie (Charles Strouse, arr. Ralph Burns)The Beastmaster (Lee Holdridge)Blade Runner (Vangelis)Brimstone and Treacle (Sting/The Police)Cat People (Giorgio Moroder)Conan the Barbarian (Basil Poledouris)Crepshow (John Harrison)The Dark Crystal (Trevor Jones)Death Wish II (Jimmy Page)E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (John Williams)Firefox (Maurice Jarre)First Blood (Jerry Goldsmith)Frances (John Barry)Friday the 13th Part III (Harry Manfredini/Michael Zager)Ghandi (Ravi Shankar/George Fenton)Halloween III (John Carpenter/Alan Howarth)Liquid Sky (Slava Tsukerman)Megaforce (Jerrold Immel)Missing (Vangelis)Monsignor (John Williams)My Favorite Year (Ralph Burns)An Officer and a Gentleman (Jack Nitzsche)Pink Floyd - The Wall (Pink Floyd/Bon Ezrin/Michael Kamen)Piranha II (Stelvio Cipriani)Poltergeist (Jerry Goldsmith)Ragtime (Randy Newman)Rocky III (Bill Conti)The Secret of NIMH (Jerry Goldsmith)Sophie's Choice (Marvin Hamlisch)Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan (James Horner)Tempest (Stomu Yamasha)Tenebrae (Simonetti/Pignatelli/Morante)The Thing (Ennio Morricone)Tootsie (Dave Grusin)Trail of the Pink Panther (Henry Mancini)Tron (Wendy Carlos)The Verdict (Johnny Mandel)Victor Victoria (Henry Mancini)White Dog (Ennio Morricone)The Year of Living Dangerously (Maurice Jarre)Yes, Giorgio (Michael J. Lewis/John Williams) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,322 Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 It's the trifecta of TWOK, ET, and Poltergeist that make 1982 amazing for me. 3 perfect scores. I know a lot of people love Conan but I have never really gotten into it. Secret of Nimh is a score I really need to check out, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnome in Plaid 219 Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 2005Revenge of the Sith, Kingdom of Heaven, Memoirs of a Geisha, Munich, Sahara, Doom, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, A History of Violence, Batman Begins, John Paul II, Hostage - wow.2002 is a fairly close second thoughThe Two Towers, Attack of the Clones, Derrida, Ball of Wax, The Hours, Ararat, Road to Perdition, I Am Dina, Minority Report, The Rookie, both Gangs of New York scores, Chamber of Secrets, Windtalkers, Lilo and Stitch, Sonny - damn those were two good years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Whichever years JW writes the most scores in...so I guess 2002 and 2005.I wanna say 1993, but other than the two John Williams masterpieces, there isn't much else to write home about.Don't forget Nightmare Before Christmas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 By your math, you left out 1977. But you're favoring quantity over quality so it doesn't matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 2006 was alright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricard 2,244 Posted June 17, 2015 Author Share Posted June 17, 2015 By your math, you left out 1977. But you're favoring quantity over quality so it doesn't matter.I'm considering quality AND quantity. So for me a couple of great scores are not enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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