Your Top 20 Favorite Non-JW Scores

[Ricard 2,242]

Or Top 10, or 25, or 30...

 

I’ve only chosen one per composer (or I’d go crazy).

 

01. Brazil (Michael Kamen)

02. Back to the Future (Alan Silvestri)

03. Rocky (Bill Conti) 

04. Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (Maurice Jarre)

05. Rocky IV (Vince DiCola)

06. Body Double (Pino Donaggio)

07. Brainstorm (James Horner)

08. Twilight Zone - The Movie (Jerry Goldsmith)

09. Moonraker (John Barry)

10. Young Sherlock Holmes (Bruce Broughton)

11. Blue Thunder (Arthur B. Rubinstein)

12. King Kong Lives (John Scott)

13. Dark Crystal (Trevor Jones)

14. Batman (Danny Elfman)

15. The Goonies (Dave Grusin)

16. Jaws 3-D (Alan Parker)

17. The Fly (Howard Shore)

18. The Last Starfighter (Craig Safan)

19. Starman (Jack Nitzsche)

20. Cutthroat Island (John Debney)

[ManofDestiny 71]

First comes to my mind:

Lord of the Rings

 

[Corellian2019 383]

48 HRS.

About Schmidt

Alien³

Beverly Hills Cop

Blade Runner

Brazil

Dead Poets Society

Demolition Man

The Fifth Element

The Fugitive

Heat

K-PAX

Missing

RoboCop 2

Sphere

Terminator 2

The Bounty

The Getaway

Total Recall

Vibes

[mrbellamy 6,272]

American Beauty

Back to the Future

Cinema Paradiso

Elevator to the Gallows

The Godfather: Part II

Legend

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

The Mission

Once Upon a Time in the West

Pee-Wee's Big Adventure 

Road to Perdition

Sense and Sensibility 

A Streetcar Named Desire

Taxi Driver

Titanic

To Kill a Mockingbird

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

The Wizard of Oz

[Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,429]

1. Star Trek: The Motion Picture

2. Alien

3. Solo a Star Wars Story

 

with no peculiar order:

 

*batteries not included

Alien³

Alien: Resurrection

Avatar

Back to the Future part. II

Beowulf

Congo

Damien: Omen II

First Blood

Inception

La La Land

Mulan

Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

Once Upon a Time in the West

Ratatouille

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Total Recall

[Thor 7,465]

Maybe like this (I include the Williamses with a line through them to denote where they would normally be -- goes to 27 since 7 Williamses are crossed out):

 

1. Jurassic Park

2. Return of the Jedi

3. The Nightmare Before Christmas

4. Edward Scissorhands

5. Beyond Rangoon

6. Jane Eyre

7. The Abyss

8. Twin Peaks (does TV count, though?)

9. Blade Runner

10. Alien 3

11. Waterworld

12. A.I.

13. Hook

14. The Neverending Story

15. The Rock

16. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

17. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

18. Avatar

19. Crash (Isham)

20. The Mummy

21. Forrest Gump

22. The Shawshank Redemption

23. Conan the Barbarian

24. Snow Falling on Cedars

25. Miami Vice (does TV count, though?)

26. E.T.

27. Crimson Tide

 

...or something. Candidates beyond top 10 vary somewhat, and I have several more scores that vie for those positions as well, beyond the ones mentioned here.

[mstrox 6,647]

Good topic.  Unlike Williams lists, this is such a broad category.  I could probably populate a 10 off the top of my head, but it’s gonna take a lot of thought to get to 20!  Or maybe I’ll just steal some from you guys……

[Edmilson 7,392]

The Last Samurai (Zimmer)

The Fellowship of the Ring (Shore)

POTC: At World's End (Zimmer)

Legends of the Fall (Horner)

The Village (JNH)

Apollo 13 (Horner)

Braveheart (Horner)

Dinosaur (JNH)

Once Upon a Time in the West (Morricone)

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Goldsmith)

Total Recall (Goldsmith)

The Untouchables (Morricone)

Ben-Hur (Rósza)

A Streetcar Named Desire (North)

Dances with Wolves (Barry)

Out of Africa (Barry)

The Shawshank Redemtion (T. Newman)

The Horse Whisperer (T. Newman)

[Jay 37,287]

Oooh, I think this'll be much easier than top 20 with JW included

 

Unranked, just listed in release order

 

1. Alien (Goldsmith)
2. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Goldsmith)
3. Star Trek 2 (Horner)
4. Poltergeist (Goldsmith)
5. Twilight Zone: The Movie (Goldsmith)
6. The Last Starfighter (Safan)
7. The Goonies (Grusin)
8. Back To The Future (Silvestri)
9. Aliens (Horner)
10. Earth Star Voyager (Schifrin)
11. Batman (Elfman)
12. The Abyss (Silvestri)
13. Back To The Future Part II (Silvestri)
14. Back To The Future Part III (Silvestri)
15. Total Recall (Goldsmith)
16. Dances With Wolves (Barry)
17. Predator 2 (Silvestri)
18. Edward Scissorhands (Elfman)
19. The Rocketeer (Horner)
20. Basic Instinct (Goldsmith)
21. Batman Returns (Elfman)
22. Stargate (Arnold)
23. Die Hard With A Vengeance (Kamen)
24. Apollo 13 (Horner)
25. Waterworld (Newton Howard)
26. Twister (Mancina)
27. Mission: Impossible (Elfman)
28. Independence Day (Arnold)
29. The Fifth Element (Serra)
30. Speed 2: Cruise Control (Mancina)
31. Contact (Silvestri)
32. Air Force One (Goldsmith)
33. Starship Troopers (Poledouris)
34. Tomorrow Never Dies (Arnold)
35. The Matrix (Davis)
36. Fight Club (Dust Brothers)
37. The World Is Not Enough (Arnold)
38. Fellowship of the Ring (Shore)
39. Two Towers (Shore)
40. Return of the King (Shore)

 

 

Ooops, that was far too many!

 

If I am forced to cull that down to 20, I guess today I'd go with

 

1. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Goldsmith)
2. Star Trek 2 (Horner)
3. The Last Starfighter (Safan)
4. The Goonies (Grusin)
5. Back To The Future (Silvestri)
6. Earth Star Voyager (Schifrin)
7. Batman (Elfman)
8. Dances With Wolves (Barry)
9. Edward Scissorhands (Elfman)
10. The Rocketeer (Horner)
11. Stargate (Arnold)
12. Die Hard With A Vengeance (Kamen)
13. Waterworld (Newton Howard)
14. Independence Day (Arnold)
15. The Fifth Element (Serra)
16. Speed 2: Cruise Control (Mancina)
17. Starship Troopers (Poledouris)
18. The Matrix (Davis)
19. Fight Club (Dust Brothers)
20. Fellowship of the Ring (Shore)

 

or something.... this is hard

[Goldfinger 59]

Ok, I'll bite.  Will try not to repeat composers more than once.

 

1. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (John Barry)

2. Back to the Future (Alan Silvestri)

3. Batman Returns (Danny Elfman)

4. Stargate (David Arnold)

5. Star Trek: First Contact (Jerry Goldsmith)

6. Aladdin (Alan Menken)

7. Robocop (Basil Poledouris) 

8. Major League (James Newton Howard)

9. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Howard Shore)

10. Forrest Gump (Alan Silvestri)

11. Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan (James Horner)

12. The Mummy (Jerry Goldsmith)

13. Tomorrow Never Dies (David Arnold)

14. Diamonds Are Forever (John Barry)

15. Inception (Hans Zimmer)

16. Die Hard (Michael Kamen)

17. The Shadow (Jerry Goldsmith)

18. X2 (John Ottman)

19. The Goonies (Dave Grusin)

20. The Dark Knight (Zimmer & Newton Howard)

[Bounty95 557]

Apollo 13 (James Horner)

Avatar (James Horner)

Batman '89 (Danny Elfman)

Braveheart (James Horner)

Casper (James Horner)

Cutthroat Island (John Debney)

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (James Newton Howard)

Gladiator (Hans Zimmer)

Glory (James Horner)

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Patrick Doyle)

How to Train Your Dragon (John Powell)

Legends of the Fall (James Horner)

LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring (Howard Shore)

LOTR: The Two Towers (Howard Shore)

LOTR: The Return of the King (Howard Shore)

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Hans Zimmer)

The Land Before Time (James Horner)

The Rocketeer (James Horner)

Titanic (James Horner)

Willow (James Horner)

 

 

I guess I can't hide my second favourite composer.

 

Oooops, HanZ is in there twice.

 

I disqualified Solo as JW was involved. Otherwise it would easily make the list.

[bruce marshall 1,315]

7. BACK TO THE FUTURE

 

11. ONCE UPON A TIME..WEST

12. THE LION KING

13. HTTYD

14. KOYAANISQATSI

15. BLADE RUNNER

16. THIN RED LINE

17. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER

18. MAP OF THE HUMAN HEART - Yared

19. RANSOM FOR A DEAD MAN - Goldenberg

20.  GOJIRA ( 1954)

 

My Top Forty

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