Jay 37,336 Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 Listening to White Knight again thanks to the expansion made me appreciate it all over again, and made me think of other times a score gets off to a killer start with a big, blow-out, thematic action track. Arnold did it superbly three times, and Kraemer's contribution for MI5 is just as awesome in my book What is your favorite from these options, and can you think of any other scores that have something like these kinds of tracks right at the start of their films? Let's only consider options longer than 5 minutes! Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,998 Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 The opening of Lethal Weapon 2 also fits that bill. It is also one of my favourites. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,336 Posted December 19, 2022 Author Share Posted December 19, 2022 Oh nice! I need to get to know those scores better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,998 Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 Out of the ones you picked The White Knight would be best and followed by the Rogue Nation cue. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,426 Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 I love African Rundown, it's one of Arnold's finest action cues ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bounty95 558 Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 I have to listen to these cues later to be able decide, but I'd add Escape from TLJ. Trope and Jay 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,426 Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 18 minutes ago, Bounty95 said: I have to listen to these cues later to be able decide, but I'd add Escape from TLJ. I think the poll refers specifically to just spy/action movies? Otherwise, it would had too many options to choose. I myself could choose something like Two Towers' Glamdring... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,957 Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 Thise 4 are indeed terrific and it's hard to choose. But I went for White Knight mostly because the orcheatration and using of the James Bond theme and melody from Surrender. Other choices: Indy's Very First Adventure - John Williams The Battle - Hans Zimmer (Gladiator) And these 3 might be a bit of a cheat: The Thestral Chase - James Newton Howard (2nd half is action) Themyscira/Games - Hans Zimmer (2 cues but great action) The Power Of Grayskull - Bear McCreary (not the opening of a film but very early on in the series. I had to include it) Jay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,336 Posted December 19, 2022 Author Share Posted December 19, 2022 6 minutes ago, Edmilson said: I think the poll refers specifically to just spy/action movies? Otherwise, it would had too many options to choose. I myself could choose something like Two Towers' Glamdring... lol That's not even 4 minutes long. This poll is about long setpieces Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bounty95 558 Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 7 minutes ago, Edmilson said: I think the poll refers specifically to just spy/action movies? You may of course be right, but Jay didn't specifically state that so I thought I had some leeway here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,191 Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 This qualifies as a James Bond style action track for me: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HunterTech 989 Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 I'm fairly positive this counts after watching the opening sequence (though the mixing could've been better in a few spots in the scene itself): I wasn't actually expecting this piece to open the film, as the way the score was composed made it seem more likely for it to be tracked somewhere else instead, and yet sure enough it's the first thing you hear: I might've posted the opening cue to Hellraiser II, but I'm unsure if it actually is unbroken like that in the movie (plus it's more a fantasy horror piece than action oriented). Jay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameron007 43 Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 "White Knight" is my winner, along with the unlisted "Backseat Pilot". The cues from TWINE are a close second, though. Jay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yavar Moradi 2,593 Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 This is my favorite I think: Yavar Jay and Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Who 919 Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 5 minutes ago, Yavar Moradi said: This is my favorite I think: Yavar Good one! Both Legend and Mask of Zorro are high on my list for expansions and they would make a great 2 score release from one of the labels. Also love Gladiator and WW1984 Fantastic Beasts 2 which have been mentioned a few posts up. In the poll I voted for African Rundown but the other Bond cues and A400 are all great as well. Yavar Moradi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,345 Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 2 hours ago, JNHFan2000 said: Other choices: Indy's Very First Adventure - John Williams Actually 4 (?) cues. Main Title - Klingon Battle. STTMP Cheating a bit, as it's not really an action cue, but it sort of is at the same time. Fire and Water BotFA Would went with My Dear Frodo if there was more action in it. Cameron007 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,336 Posted December 20, 2022 Author Share Posted December 20, 2022 3 hours ago, Marian Schedenig said: This qualifies as a James Bond style action track for me: 4 hours ago, Jay said: Let's only consider options longer than 5 minutes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trope 526 Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 Technically, these 2 segue into each other in the film, so I would consider them a single action track for this thread! Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,336 Posted December 20, 2022 Author Share Posted December 20, 2022 1 hour ago, Clockwork Angel said: Fire and Water BotFA I strongly considered adding that to the poll, before deciding sci fi / fantasy tinted ones were hard to compare against the four spy action ones I mostly had in mind when thinking about this poll, so omitted it. But DAMN do I love that opening track! I also considering adding this opening banger, but it was too short Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,381 Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 A400 did give me pause. It does everything you want a Mission: Impossible opening to do. But to be fair, it ONLY does that. (Perfectly.) Ok, wow, it's so good! But White Knight gets it. Because it does everything you want a Bond opening to do. Perfectly. And then at 7:10 those horns (not those horns, THOSE horns) come in with Surrender! It's like a gear shift. Yes, there can be MORE than the Bond themes. 4 hours ago, HunterTech said: I'm fairly positive this counts after watching the opening sequence (though the mixing could've been better in a few spots in the scene itself): You know, there's a school of thought to introduce a theme in bits and pieces. Build it. Let it mature. At 3:00 John Powell says "There is another way." Astrid's theme comes out in the biggest, boldest, fullest version in the whole film. God bless him! May I offer... I think this might be the best or at least the second best track in Star Wars. (Not all of Star Wars. Just Star Wars. The first one.) And (as we know) there are a lot of great tracks in Star Wars. Jay and Naïve Old Fart 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,191 Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 16 hours ago, Jay said: 20 hours ago, Jay said: Let's only consider options longer than 5 minutes! Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,350 Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 This for me: Edmilson and Yavar Moradi 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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