filmmusic 1,822 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 Thought of this little game. I name a film composer, and you reply with what you think personally it is his/her masterpiece (along with another composer for the next member to reply and so on) RULES: Onle ONE score please. That makes the game hard, I know. This would be a way for me (or other members) to discover many scores that I haven't listened to or didn't give much attention to and are considered great by the community. Of course, a composer can be repeated by someone else. So, I start: Danny Elfman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 @filmmusic I'm not sure you'll make a lot of new discoveries if the rule is "name their ONE single masterpiece if you had to choose one." There are Elfman scores I consider overlooked and underrated, for example, but if forced to choose a single masterpiece it will unsurprisingly be a more well-known one. 6 minutes ago, filmmusic said: Danny Elfman Batman Returns Thomas Newman filmmusic and OneBuckFilms 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,938 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 3 minutes ago, Disco Stu said:Thomas Newman My personal favourite, which is going to upset some. Skyfall Alexandre Desplat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 Oh gosh, I hope somebody re-nominates Thomas Newman soon then, so we can get a better answer Nick1Ø66 and Edmilson 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,938 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 Thought you would say that. Sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 Don't apologize, be fiercely proud of your hot takes Stark and JNHFan2000 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stark 306 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 23 minutes ago, JNHFan2000 said: My personal favourite, which is going to upset some. Skyfall Alexandre Desplat Grand Budapest Hotel Harry Gregson-Williams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,451 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. Michael Kamen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,822 Posted December 9, 2022 Author Share Posted December 9, 2022 44 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: @filmmusic I'm not sure you'll make a lot of new discoveries if the rule is "name their ONE single masterpiece if you had to choose one." There are Elfman scores I consider overlooked and underrated, for example, but if forced to choose a single masterpiece it will unsurprisingly be a more well-known one. Maybe you're right. But still, in the beginning of this thread, I have 2 scores to listen to that I don't know. Skyfall and Kingdom of Heaven. 4 minutes ago, Thor said: KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. Michael Kamen. The Three Musketeers John Williams (how original eh? hehe) Thor and Disco Stu 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,451 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 I play again. JURASSIC PARK. Jo Yeong-wook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stark 306 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 Nobody answers for hours. I haven’t heard enough of his stuff unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,822 Posted December 9, 2022 Author Share Posted December 9, 2022 1 minute ago, Thor said: Jo-Yeong Wook. Oh, I see you put something difficult. I wonder who can reply to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,451 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 That was the intention. Ruffle it up a bit. I spelled his name wrong, corrected now (I have two favourites myself, but I'm not allowed to say). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 3 minutes ago, Stark said: Nobody answers for hours. I haven’t heard enough of his stuff unfortunately. If it sits here long enough, somebody (ie, me) will just google him and pick a score at random to move things along filmmusic and Stark 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,472 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 1 hour ago, filmmusic said: Danny Elfman For me it's the First Batman, the OST. It's the score that made me discover Elfman. I suggest the remastered Batman OST that appears on the boxset, you'll get the complete score of Batman Return which is, also a point of entry in the world of Danny Elfman. 1 hour ago, Disco Stu said: Thomas Newman The Shawskank Redemption, the OST, even if the expanded score is a must too. 33 minutes ago, Thor said: Michael Kamen I discovered The Iron Giant recently, and I must say that this is quite a score! The Deluxe Version, you can reconstitute a version of the OST with it. 28 minutes ago, filmmusic said: John Williams I would talk about E.T. OST. The remastering of the complete score was a big thing in the last years, but we have not to forget the OST, which is a special album mainly made of Suites, compared to the film score. The remastered version that came out on the latest expansion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,367 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 56 minutes ago, Thor said: Jo Yeong-wook. That one is easy: The Handmaiden, a wonderful score and one of my favorites of 2016. Next: Trevor Rabin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 @Bespin My interpretation of this thread is that to be a "game" as opposed to just a normal opinion thread is that only the first person to respond gets to put an answer out for that composer, unless the composer is re-nominated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stark 306 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 4 minutes ago, Edmilson said: That one is easy: The Handmaiden, a wonderful score and one of my favorites of 2016. Next: Trevor Rabin. The Rabin half of Armageddon probably, although I’d offer Texas Rangers as a reasonable competitor. Trevor Jones (either one!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,451 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 13 minutes ago, Edmilson said: That one is easy: The Handmaiden, a wonderful score and one of my favorites of 2016. Next: Trevor Rabin. Excellent choise, Edmilson. That was mine as well, alongside KUNDO - AGE OF THE RAMPANT. I'll shut up for a while now while others do their thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,822 Posted December 9, 2022 Author Share Posted December 9, 2022 13 minutes ago, Stark said: Trevor Jones (either one!) The Last of the Mohicans Jerry Goldsmith (I post some more mainstream composers before moving on to the others) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,429 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 11 minutes ago, filmmusic said: Jerry Goldsmith (I post some more mainstream composers before moving on to the others) Basic Instinct Ennio Morricone filmmusic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,367 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 11 minutes ago, May the Force be with You said: Ennio Morricone Once Upon a Time in the West Robert Folk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,822 Posted December 9, 2022 Author Share Posted December 9, 2022 2 minutes ago, Edmilson said: Once Upon a Time in the West Hmmm.. haven't heard this either. Anyway, I leave Robert Folk to someone who knows his scores better. I have listened only to a couple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,429 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 Once Upon a Time in the West is certainly one of the best one, you really should look it up Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,367 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 7 minutes ago, filmmusic said: Hmmm.. haven't heard this either. It's a magnificent score, my favorite of the Western Spaghetti subgenre, even above The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,472 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 59 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: @Bespin My interpretation of this thread is that to be a "game" as opposed to just a normal opinion thread is that only the first person to respond gets to put an answer out for that composer, unless the composer is re-nominated. I don't play games! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 Bespin, you started the movie pictionary with emojis thread.... Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,488 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 PLANET OF THE APES Roy Budd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,822 Posted December 9, 2022 Author Share Posted December 9, 2022 17 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said: PLANET OF THE APES Huh? We're in Robert Folk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,008 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 19 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said: PLANET OF THE APES Roy Budd The Phantom of the Opera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,822 Posted December 9, 2022 Author Share Posted December 9, 2022 16 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: The Phantom of the Opera. You forgot to put the composer for the next person to reply. If you don't mind, I put Robert Folk, because we didn't answer it previously. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,008 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 I don't know a single score by Folk. Isn't he a low budget composer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,822 Posted December 9, 2022 Author Share Posted December 9, 2022 2 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: I don't know a single score by Folk. Isn't he a low budget composer? Haven't you seen Police Academy? Check also his score for the animated film A Troll in Central Park. Very rich orchestrations. These are the only two I know. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,008 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 4 minutes ago, filmmusic said: Haven't you seen Police Academy? Ah, of course! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,367 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 No one here have heard Folk's Toy Soldiers? It's an undiscovered gem! A great action score in the vein of Goldsmith. Also, I'm quite fond of his music for Tremors. Anyway, let's move on to a more famous composer: Hans Zimmer! Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,008 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 Gustav Holst, you mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,326 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 The Prince of Egypt. Miklos Rozsa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HunterTech 982 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (on virtue of being the only Rozsa I know) Henry Mancini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,008 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 Breakfast at Tiffany's. Stephen Oliver. 30 minutes ago, HunterTech said: The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (on virtue of being the only Rozsa I know) What about this one? JoeinAR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,488 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 THE LORD OF THE RINGS Roy Budd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Never heard of him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,367 Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 2 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said: Roy Budd @Jurassic Shark may tell you what his masterpiece is, he's a big fan of Budd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,488 Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 6 hours ago, JoeinAR said: Never heard of him Your loss, Joe. He's a very good English composer, a sort of trendy Ron Goodwin. Check him out. JoeinAR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archive Collection 214 Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 16 hours ago, filmmusic said: Danny Elfman Edward Scissorhands 16 hours ago, Disco Stu said: Thomas Newman Skyfall 16 hours ago, JNHFan2000 said: Alexandre Desplat Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 15 hours ago, Thor said: Michael Kamen Highlander 15 hours ago, filmmusic said: John Williams E.T. 14 hours ago, filmmusic said: Jerry Goldsmith Star Trek TMP 11 hours ago, Edmilson said: Hans Zimmer Lion King/Prince of Egypt David Arnold? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,008 Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 10 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said: THE LORD OF THE RINGS Roy Budd 13 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said: The Phantom of the Opera. 7 hours ago, Edmilson said: @Jurassic Shark may tell you what his masterpiece is, he's a big fan of Budd. I only really like one of his scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,323 Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 OMG! JS is back! 1977 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,008 Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,488 Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 CHANGING LANES Brian Easdale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,822 Posted December 10, 2022 Author Share Posted December 10, 2022 You guys put difficult and we haven't covered the basics yet (Horner, Barry etc.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omen II 1,235 Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 3 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said: CHANGING LANES Brian Easdale The Red Shoes. Lalo Schifrin… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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