Thor 7,512 Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 This question has spurred me to create a kind of “European Film Composer Championship”, or Eurovision, call it what you will. Yes, I know, film music can’t be reduced to a sporting event, but anyway. My answer is easy: After the passings of Vangelis and Morricone, it’s Hans Zimmer all the way, followed by Zbigniew Preisner! But to make it more interesting, I’ve gone through every European nation, and tried to pinpoint what I think each country’s greatest, LIVING film composer is. Only ONE candidate to fight in the championship, mind you. I’ve also added an extra name for what I think is the ALLTIME greatest, even if he or she has passed. And two extra categories for what my FAVOURITE composers are, a purely subjective take. Obviously, in some cases I don’t have enough information on a country’s film music history. Feel free to make your own list, or provide me with tips for the question mark entries. Just for fun, y’all. “Norway – douze points!” Albania Greatest living: ?? Alltime greatest: ?? Favourite living: ?? Alltime favourite: ?? Andora Greatest living: ?? Alltime greatest: ?? Favourite living: ?? Alltime favourite: ?? Armenia Greatest living: ?? Alltime greatest: Aram Khachaturian Favourite living: ?? Alltime favourite: Aram Khachaturian Austria Greatest living: Paul Haslinger Alltime greatest: Erich Wolfgang Korngold Favourite living: Paul Haslinger Alltime favourite: Erich Wolfgang Korngold Azerbajian Greatest living: ?? Alltime greatest: ?? Favourite living: ?? Alltime favourite: ?? Belarus Greatest living: ?? Alltime greatest: ?? Favourite living: ?? Alltime favourite: ?? Belgium Greatest living: Wim Mertens Alltime greatest: Frédéric Devreese Favourite living: ?? Alltime favourite: Frédéric Devreese Bosnia and Herzegovina Greatest living: ?? Alltime greatest: ?? Favourite living: ?? Alltime favourite: ?? Bulgaria Greatest living: Mario Grigorov Alltime greatest: ?? Favourite living: ?? Alltime favourite: ?? Croatia Greatest living: Dalibor Grubacevic Alltime greatest: Alfi Kabiljo Favourite living: Dalibor Grubacevic Alltime favourite: Alfi Kabiljo Cyprus Greatest living: ?? Alltime greatest: ?? Favourite living: ?? Alltime favourite: ?? Czech Republic Greatest living: Jan Hammer Alltime greatest: Jan Hammer (you came close, Karol Svoboda!) Favourite living: Jan Hammer Alltime favourite: Jan Hammer Denmark Greatest living: Per Nørgaard Alltime greatest: Bent Fabricius Bjerre Favourite living: Jesper Kyd Alltime favourite: Bent Fabricius Bjerre Estonia Greatest living: Arvo Pärt Alltime greatest: Arvo Pärt Favourite living: Arvo Pärt Alltime favourite: Arvo Pärt Finland Greatest living: Anssi Tikanmäki Alltime greatest: Anssi Tikanmäki Favourite living: Pessi Levanto Alltime favourite: Pessi Levanto France Greatest living: Éric Serra Alltime greatest: Georges Delerue Favourite living: Éric Serra Alltime favourite: Georges Delerue Georgia Greatest living: ?? Alltime greatest: ?? Favourite living: ?? Alltime favourite: ?? Germany Greatest living: Hans Zimmer Alltime greatest: Hans Zimmer (you came close, Franz Waxman, Harold Faltemeyer and Tangerine Dream!) Favourite living: Hans Zimmer Alltime favourite: Hans Zimmer Greece Greatest living: Eleni Karaindrou Alltime greatest: Vangelis Favourite living: Eleni Karaindrou Alltime favourite: Vangelis Hungary Greatest living: Sylvester Levay Alltime greatest: Miklos Rozsa Favourite living: Sylvester Levay Alltime favourite: Miklos Rozsa Iceland Greatest living: Hildur Guðnadóttir Alltime greatest: Jóhann Jóhannsson Favourite living: Atli Örvarsson Alltime favourite: Jóhann Jóhannsson Ireland Greatest living: Enya Alltime greatest: Enya (you came close, Paddy Maloney and The Chieftains!) Favourite living: Enya (if she doesn’t count due to her few film scores, I pick Stephen McKeon) Alltime favourite: Enya Italy Greatest living: Giorgio Moroder Alltime greatest: Ennio Morricone Favourite living: Giorgio Moroder Alltime favourite: Giorgio Moroder Kazakhstan Greatest living: ?? Alltime greatest: ?? Favourite living: ?? Alltime favourite: ?? Latvia Greatest living: Lolita Ritmanis Alltime greatest: Raimonds Pauls Favourite living: ?? Alltime favourite: ?? Liechtenstein Greatest living: ?? Alltime greatest: ?? Favourite living: ?? Alltime favourite: ?? Lithuania Greatest living: ?? Alltime greatest: ?? Favourite living: ?? Alltime favourite: ?? Luxembourg Greatest living: ?? Alltime greatest: ?? Favourite living: ?? Alltime favourite: ?? Malta Greatest living: ?? Alltime greatest: ?? Favourite living: ?? Alltime favourite: ?? Moldova Greatest living: ?? Alltime greatest: ?? Favourite living: ?? Alltime favourite: ?? Monaco Greatest living: ?? Alltime greatest: ?? Favourite living: ?? Alltime favourite: ?? Montenegro Greatest living: ?? Alltime greatest: ?? Favourite living: ?? Alltime favourite: ?? Netherlands Greatest living: Tom Holkenborg Alltime greatest: Henry Vrienten Favourite living: Tom Holkenborg Alltime favourite: Tom Holkenborg North Macedonia Greatest living: ?? Alltime greatest: ?? Favourite living: ?? Alltime favourite: ?? Norway Greatest living: Knut Avenstroup Haugen Alltime greatest: Geir Bøhren & Bent Åserud Favourite living: Geir Bøhren & Bent Åserud Alltime favourite: Geir Bøhren & Bent Åserud Poland Greatest living: Zbigniew Preisner Alltime greatest: Zbigniew Preisner Favourite living: Zbigniew Preisner Alltime favourite: Zbigniew Preisner Portugal Greatest living: Nuno Malo Alltime greatest: ?? Favourite living: Nuno Malo Alltime favourite: ?? Romania Greatest living: Vladimir Cosma Alltime greatest: Vladimir Cosma Favourite living: Vladimir Cosma Alltime favourite: Vladimir Cosma Russia Greatest living: Aleksandr Sergeyevich Zatsepin Alltime greatest: Sergei Prokofiev (you came close, Dimitri Shostakovich!) Favourite living: Daniel Deluxe Alltime favourite: Eduard Artemiev San Marino Greatest living: ?? Alltime greatest: ?? Favourite living: ?? Alltime favourite: ?? Serbia Greatest living: ?? Alltime greatest: ?? Favourite living: ?? Alltime favourite: ?? Slovakia Greatest living: ?? Alltime greatest: ?? Favourite living: ?? Alltime favourite: ?? Slovenia Greatest living: ?? Alltime greatest: ?? Favourite living: ?? Alltime favourite: ?? Spain Greatest living: Alberto Iglesias Alltime greatest: Alberto Iglesias Favourite living: Angel Illaramendi Alltime favourite: Angel Illaremendi Sweden Greatest living: Johan Söderqvist (nope, Ludwig Göransson, no soup for you!) Alltime greatest: Stefan Nilsson Favourite living: Johan Söderqvist Alltime favourite: Stefan Nilsson Switzerland Greatest living: The Baldenwegs Alltime greatest: ?? Favourite living: The Baldenwegs Alltime favourite: ?? Turkey Greatest living: Pinar Toprak Alltime greatest: ?? Favourite living: ?? Alltime favourite: ?? Ukraine Greatest living: ?? Alltime greatest: Dimitri Tiomkin Favourite living: ?? Alltime favourite: Dimitri Tiomkin United Kingdom Greatest living: David Arnold Alltime greatest: Ralph Vaughan Williams (you came close, John Barry!) Favourite living: David Arnold Alltime favourite: Ralph Vaughan Williams Vatican City Greatest living: ?? Alltime greatest: ?? Favourite living: ?? Alltime favourite: ?? Bayesian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,200 Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 19 minutes ago, Thor said: Austria: Paul Haslinger (Alltime: Erich Wolfgang Korngold) How does Korngold count as an Austrian film composer in the all time section when he never wrote a film score for an Austrian (or even European) film? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,512 Posted October 20, 2023 Author Share Posted October 20, 2023 6 minutes ago, Marian Schedenig said: How does Korngold count as an Austrian film composer in the all time section when he never wrote a film score for an Austrian (or even European) film? As I mentioned, the criterion of "primarily living and working in Europe" does not apply to the alltime picks. Same for Korngold or Zimmer. In those cases, it's the international legacy that counts. I had to eschew Waxman for Zimmer for "Alltime Germany", that was a bit strange too, but somehow fitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,200 Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 5 minutes ago, Thor said: As I mentioned, the criterion of "primarily living and working in Europe" does not apply to the alltime picks. Same for Korngold or Zimmer. In those cases, it's the international legacy that counts. I understand that, as long as the composer in question was at some time a film composer working in Europe (i.e. was at a given point in time qualified for the other category). But truthfully Korngold was never a "European film composer". Anyway, I don't have much to contribute - my knowledge of living European film composers is very slim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted October 20, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted October 20, 2023 Alexandre Desplat Trope, Arpy and Once 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,466 Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Spain has been the birthplace of a lot of great composers over the past few years. I'm partial to Fernando Velázquez (especially The Impossible and A Monster Calls) and Roque Baños (Evil Dead is so much fun). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,512 Posted October 20, 2023 Author Share Posted October 20, 2023 3 minutes ago, Marian Schedenig said: I understand that, as long as the composer in question was at some time a film composer working in Europe (i.e. was at a given point in time qualified for the other category). But truthfully Korngold was never a "European film composer". Sure, but that's not what the "Alltime" mention is for. It's about their origin, and what career in film music they subsequently had, regardless of where. Look at Vladimir Cosma. He had no film music career to speak of in his birth place Romania, it was mostly in France. But Romania gets to have the 'credit' here. So two things going on here -- one an attempt to find who the most prominent or "best" living film composer is, who primarily lives and works in Europe. And two, an attempt to mention the alltime greatest film composer who ever came from the country in question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,370 Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 For me best living italian composer is Dario Marianelli. And best living French one Philippe Rombi. For German all time I would vote for Martin Böttcher and living Christian Bruhn. And I would value Michael Nyman's contribution to british film music and film music in general higher than David Arnold's. For all time British I am between John Barry and Bernard Hermann. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,512 Posted October 20, 2023 Author Share Posted October 20, 2023 Bernard Herrmann is American, I think, but thanks for your picks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,079 Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Stephen Oliver and Roy Budd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,466 Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 I think Abel Korzeniowski could be a good choice for Poland, but I only know his works for Hollywood movies and shows (Penny Dreadful, W.E., Romeo & Juliet, Nocturnal Animals, etc). Speaking about Poland, videogame Cyberpunk 2077 was created by a Polish studio and had two Polish composers (P. T. Adamczyk, Marcin Przybyłowicz) and one from Scotland (Paul Leonard-Morgan). I liked the score in context, but I don't think it's the kind of score I'd listen on my own. GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,079 Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 1 hour ago, Thor said: Poland: Zbigniew Preisner (Alltime: Wojciech Kilar) Great choice for alltime. GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayesian 1,363 Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Very interesting exercise, Thor! My participation will be woefully incompetent, sadly, because I’m unfamiliar with almost all the names you listed. At the very least, it’s a useful reminder that there’s a whole world of composing talent outside of the Hollywood system, or at least beyond the household names in that system (assuming the household in question is made up of film score nerds). Looks like I have a lot of listening and learning to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,370 Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 2 hours ago, Thor said: (Alltime: Karel Svoboda) Yes!!! By the way, you changed your pick for Italy to Giorgio Moroder. And before I was already about to ask, why you didn't pick him. @Thor Another question. You really pick Faltermayer over Tangerine Dream? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,079 Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 28 minutes ago, GerateWohl said: Yes!!! Love his score for Three Nuts, but other than that I'm not very familiar with his output. Do you have any recommendations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,370 Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 I have a deja vu: Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,079 Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 8 minutes ago, GerateWohl said: I have a deja vu: You and your fancy memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,200 Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 3 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said: Love his score for Three Nuts, but other than that I'm not very familiar with his output. Do you have any recommendations? Among German-speaking kids of the 70s and 80s, Svoboda is most familiar for his music for animated kids series - probably this one more than anything else (sung by the other Czech Karel, Karel Gott): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,339 Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 France: Jean-Claude Petit PS: I shouldn't participate in this thread because I don't know most of the other film composers but Jean-Claude Petit seems capable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433 Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 Austria: Erich Wolfgang Korngold (although he's the only one I know) France: Philippe Rombi (Alltime: Alexandre Desplat) Germany: Hans Zimmer (Alltime: Hans Zimmer, honorable mention to Max Richter) Greece: Vangelis (although he's the only one I know) Iceland: Hildur Gudnadottir (Alltime: Jóhan Jóhannsson) Italy: Ludovico Einaudi (Alltime: Ennio Morricone) Latvia: Lolita Ritmanis (Alltime: Lolita Ritmanis although she's the only one I know) Netherlands: Tom Holkenborg (although he's the only one I know) Spain: Fernando Velazquez Ukraine: Dimitri Tiomkin (although he's the only one I know) United Kingdom: David Arnold (Alltime: David Arnold, honorable mention to John Barry) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,966 Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 I'm not too familiar with European composers of the 20th century. Mostly Delerue, Korngold and the likes. At the moment some of my favorite comppsers of the last few years or up and coming or "newer" composers are: Roque Baños (Spain) Fernando Velazquez (Spain) Mathieu Lamboley (France) Philippe Rombi (France) Panu Aaltio (Finland) Anne-Kathrin Dern (Germany) Guillaume Roussel (France) Gaute Storaas (Norway) Matthijs Kiebom (Netherlands) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Score 770 Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 Interesting thread, @Thor ! For the greatest Italian living film composer, I would suggest to consider Franco Piersanti. 20 hours ago, Thor said: Russia: Daniel Deluxe (Alltime: Eduard Artemiev) <-- Sorry, Dimitri S. and Sergei, but you are not primarily film composers! Since Dimitri wrote 36 film scores (against, e.g., 22 by Korngold, or 18 by Khachaturian), I would argue that he should be counted! Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 2,286 Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 I think the UK should be split into its constituent nations so Patrick Doyle gets a mention... no point having a weird arse constitutional makeup if you can't use it to your advantage sometimes.* *Live from a Crown British Dependency from whom we have no famous (or completely non-famous) film composers. Raiders of the SoundtrArk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,200 Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 For the UK, RVW and Walton should be very strong contenders, too. Trope 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trope 527 Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 I'd like to throw in Dario Marianelli as an excellent Italian composer. Obviously Morricone is up there as an all-time great IMO. GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bespin 8,483 Posted October 21, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted October 21, 2023 Hans Zimmer, even if... ... 1977, Trope, Raiders of the SoundtrArk and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,512 Posted October 22, 2023 Author Share Posted October 22, 2023 On 20/10/2023 at 6:58 PM, GerateWohl said: By the way, you changed your pick for Italy to Giorgio Moroder. And before I was already about to ask, why you didn't pick him. I did. I kinda broke my own rules on some names. After all, Moroder had a lot of his biggest successes in the US, but he's had enough in Europe to qualify nonetheless (at the very least co-productions, like THE NEVERENDING STORY), and - AFAIK - has lived here permanently for many years. On 20/10/2023 at 6:58 PM, GerateWohl said: @Thor Another question. You really pick Faltermayer over Tangerine Dream? As far as I'm concerned, Tangerine Dream "died" with Edgar Froese a few years ago. The current band holding the name doesn't really qualify. They were certainly a contender for alltime, though, alongside Waxman, but Zimmer beats them. By the way, I considered Luboš Fišer and Jan Klusák for alltime Czech, but realized Svoboda is probably the one with the greatest international exposure of those. Also, I could make a case for Hammer himself also being the alltime greatest. Tricky, tricky.... Naïve Old Fart and GerateWohl 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,512 Posted October 27, 2023 Author Share Posted October 27, 2023 OK, so I've taken the criticism to heart (mostly at FSM). It was rough going, but I've decided to omit the criterion about the composer having to primarily live and work in Europe. So Hans Zimmer qualifies, and that automatically means he's the greatest living European composer, ahead of Zbigniew Preisner. Also, I've separated each country into the following categories: Greatest living Alltime greatest Favourite living Alltime favourite The first two have to do with a more objective evaluation, the original genesis of this thread, the latter two about my own personal favourites. Obviously, I will keep updating this thread as I explore new territories. There are a LOT of question marks here, for certain countries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,370 Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 It's Wim Mertens, not Wim Wertens. This differentiation between your personal favourites and the "objective" rating makes no sense to me. In the end it is in each case your personal evaluation. So, there is hardly anything objective about this list anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,512 Posted October 27, 2023 Author Share Posted October 27, 2023 38 minutes ago, GerateWohl said: It's Wim Mertens, not Wim Wertens. This differentiation between your personal favourites and the "objective" rating makes no sense to me. In the end it is in each case your personal evaluation. So, there is hardly anything objective about this list anyway. Thanks for the correction. It's not so strange. One can assess a composer's international exposure and position in culture history -- his or her success. That's fairly objective. For example, there's no denying Alberto Iglesias' position as (arguably) the greatest Spanish film composer who ever lived. Yet, he's never been a particular favourite of mine (even if I've met him). Angel Illaremendi supersedes him on a subjective level. So it makes sense to make that distinction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,544 Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 On 22/10/2023 at 12:26 PM, Thor said: As far as I'm concerned, Tangerine Dream "died" with Edgar Froese a few years ago. The current band holding the name doesn't really qualify. Agreed, Thor; It's no more than a tribute band, nowadays. GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,483 Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 So the next greatest European living composer after Zimmer is... Alexandre Desplats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,370 Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 16 hours ago, Thor said: Thanks for the correction. It's not so strange. One can assess a composer's international exposure and position in culture history -- his or her success. That's fairly objective. For example, there's no denying Alberto Iglesias' position as (arguably) the greatest Spanish film composer who ever lived. Yet, he's never been a particular favourite of mine (even if I've met him). Angel Illaremendi supersedes him on a subjective level. So it makes sense to make that distinction. Ok. So greatest of all time is based on objektive criteria like salary, awards and the other value on personal taste. That makes sense then. Either way I don't believe that in any measure Jan Hammer can surpass Karel Svoboda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 16 hours ago, Thor said: there's no denying Alberto Iglesias' position as (arguably) the greatest Spanish film composer who ever lived. Yet, he's never been a particular favourite of mine (even if I've met him). Angel Illaremendi supersedes him on a subjective level. So it makes sense to make that distinction. i have what to me is a funny answer to this that i will skip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,079 Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 On 20/10/2023 at 4:59 PM, Thor said: Portugal Greatest living: ?? Alltime greatest: ?? Favourite living: ?? Alltime favourite: ?? What about Nuno Malo? Thor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,512 Posted October 28, 2023 Author Share Posted October 28, 2023 2 hours ago, GerateWohl said: Either way I don't believe that in any measure Jan Hammer can surpass Karel Svoboda. No offense to Karol Svoboda, who had great success not only in his home country, and who I really love, but if it's a toss-up between THREE NUTS FOR CINDERELLA and MIAMI VICE, I think MIAMI VICE wins. I had to think awhile about this one, though, and decided to substitute Svoboda for Hammer in the end, in the "alltime greatest" category. For favourite, Hammer blows Svoboda out of the water anyway. 54 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: What about Nuno Malo? Ah, of course! Thanks for the tip. NO GOD, NO MASTER is great. I even recruited him to sit in a jury once. Shame on me for forgetting. Don't know Portuguese film music history enough to know if he qualifies as alltime greatest, but the other two categories, I can put him in. 1 hour ago, Brónach said: i have what to me is a funny answer to this that i will skip I think I know what you mean. The oxymoron of 'there's no denying' and 'arguably'. I was drunk when I wrote that last night, so forgive my transgression. Brónach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,370 Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 8 minutes ago, Thor said: No offense to Karol Svoboda, who had great success not only in his home country, and who I really love, but if it's a toss-up between THREE NUTS FOR CINDERELLA and MIAMI VICE, I think MIAMI VICE wins. I had to think awhile about this one, though, and decided to substitute Svoboda for Hammer in the end. I am not a huge fan of Three Nuts... anyway. But his work for animated series like Wickie, Bee Maja or other fairytale series is for me incomparably fantastic. It is a significant part of the soundtrack of my childhood. And when I revisited it with my kids, even stuff that I hadn't known before, I realized how great his music actually is. Compared to that Miami Vice doesn't keep up in any way. At least for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,512 Posted October 28, 2023 Author Share Posted October 28, 2023 22 minutes ago, GerateWohl said: Compared to that Miami Vice doesn't keep up in any way. At least for me. That's perfectly fine. But for "alltime greatest", other things come into play, like titles with international exposure. And MIAMI VICE is on a whole other level than any of Svoboda's efforts. But it's perfectly fine to prefer him on a personal level, of course. By the way, do you know if any of the titles you mention have soundtrack releases? I'd be curious to check out more of his work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,370 Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 12 minutes ago, Thor said: By the way, do you know if any of the titles you mention have soundtrack releases? My kids have two CDs with music from Wickie and Bee Maya. Apart from that I found samplers like this 3 CD Set on Amazon Germany: https://www.amazon.de/Zlata-Kolekce-Karel-Svoboda/dp/B00GHR5L18/ref=sw_img_mw_m_crc_sbs_reranked_0?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00GHR5L18&pd_rd_w=wjh0t&content-id=amzn1.sym.37d60588-b469-4331-92d9-5f105a382c92&pf_rd_p=37d60588-b469-4331-92d9-5f105a382c92&pf_rd_r=VP1QP7GMQP24N1Y9XECF&pd_rd_wg=5JXbv&pd_rd_r=098638e1-ecb4-4d6a-849b-c5f1ce5c06cf Thor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 907 Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 On 20/10/2023 at 10:59 AM, Thor said: Poland Greatest living: Zbigniew Preisner Alltime greatest: Zbigniew Preisner Favourite living: Zbigniew Preisner Alltime favourite: Zbigniew Preisner I'm not familar with Preisner's music, but of the Polish composers I am familair with - a total of two that I'm aware of.... Greatest living: Jan A. P. Kaczmarek Alltime: Greatest Wojciech Kilar Favorite Living: Jan A. P. Kaczmarek Alltime Favorite: Jan A. P. Kaczmarek But damn, I just noticed Jan A. P. Kaczmarek's wikipedia has a recent unsourced update: His daughter apparently said he is suffering from multiple system atrophy which is incurable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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