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What two tracks are most Williams-esque? most Howard-esque? most Goldsmith-esque?

Obviously, the two tracks selected for each composer must be composed by the composer for which you select them (that sounded stupid, didn't it?).

Tracks that fade into each other count as one.

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JOHN WILLIAMS:

JERRY GOLDSMITH:

JAMES NEWTON HOWARD:

ALAN SILVESTRI:

DANNY ELFMAN:

JAMES HORNER:

HOWARD SHORE:

PATRICK DOYLE:

MICHAEL GIACCHINO:

Here's mine (I don't know all of these composers that well, but I tried).

JOHN WILLIAMS: "A Window to the Past" and "Adventures on Earth"

JERRY GOLDSMITH: "The Generals Suite" and "Lionheart" (both from Goldsmith Conducts Goldsmith)

JAMES NEWTON HOWARD: "The Hand of Fate - Parts 1 and 2" and "Flying"

ALAN SILVESTRI: "Forest Gump" and "What Lies Beneath" (both from the Zemeckis/Silvestri Collection)

DANNY ELFMAN: "Birth of a Penguin - Parts 1 and 2" and "Sandra's Theme"

JAMES HORNER: "End Credits" (from Land Before Time) and...I don't really know that much Horner

HOWARD SHORE: "The Riders of Rohan" and "The Breaking of the Fellowship"

PATRICK DOYLE: I know virtually nothing about this guy :oops:

MICHAEL GIACCHINO: Ditto, but I like "Operation Market Garden" and "Manor House Rally" from Medal of Honor: Frontline

I hope I haven't left anyone major out.

~Sturgis

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Hmm...

Williams: Superman March and Journey to the Island

Goldsmith: ST:TMP Main Title and Patton Main Theme

Silvestri: BttF2 Main Title and Toontown

Elfman: Clowns and Sleepy Hollow Main Theme

Kamen: Band of Brothers "hero" theme and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Main Title

Horner: Love Theme from Titanic and Attack on Murron

Zimmer: Gladiator overture and Simba's theme

Just two is difficult. :mrgreen:

- Marc

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JOHN WILLIAMS: Journey to The Island from Jurassic Park

JERRY GOLDSMITH: The Hijacking from Air Force One.

JAMES NEWTON HOWARD: ....

ALAN SILVESTRI: My First Bus Ride from The Mummy Returns

DANNY ELFMAN: Main Theme from Batman

JAMES HORNER: Playtronics Break In from Sneakers

HOWARD SHORE: The Breaking Of The Fellowship

PATRICK DOYLE: ...

MICHAEL GIACCHINO: Journey To The Island from Jurassic Park :mrgreen:

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Interesting topic. A few of these guys I don't know very much about, so I did my best.

JOHN WILLIAMS: "March from Superman" (old JW) and "Harry's Wondrous World" (new JW)

JERRY GOLDSMITH: "Robert's Theme" and "The Parachutes"

JAMES NEWTON HOWARD: "The Hand(s) of Fate" and "Flying"

ALAN SILVESTRI: "Back to the Future" and "Forrest Gump" (the main titles/themes for both)

DANNY ELFMAN: "Birth of a Penguin" and "The Grand Finale" (ES)

JAMES HORNER: "The Ludlows" and "The Flying Circus"

HOWARD SHORE: "The Breaking of the Fellowship"

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Oh, well...I remember this nice thread when I was off, and when I came back last Sunday, I forgot to add my reply here. So, I do now!

Just 2 is so damn difficult! So, regarding John Williams, I agree with Marc and Steef about Superman March and Journey to the Island, so I'm gonna choose two different cues. But he has so different styles too, for example, happy music like Prologue from Hook or dramatic cues like Theme from Shindler's List.

Let's go:

JOHN WILLIAMS: The Raiders March and The Imperial March.

JERRY GOLDSMITH: Star Trek TMP Main Title and The Mummy Main Title. Damn. I can't left out the Patton Main Title.

JAMES NEWTON HOWARD: The Hands of Fate (parts 1-2) from Signs (thriller cues) and We seek Bugs Bunny or Alien transformation from Space Jam.

ALAN SILVESTRI: The Feather Theme (just to name one) from Forrest Gump, My first bus ride from The Mummy Returns (as action cue) and Wilson, I'm sorry from Cast Away (as dramatic cue).

DANNY ELFMAN: Introduction from Edward Scissorshands and Main Theme from Batman. Hey, The Simpsons Main Theme! ;)

JAMES HORNER: Hymn to the sea from Titanic (or call it My heart will go on Instrumental...;))

MARK MACINA: Theme from Bad Boys

MICHAEL KAMEN: Robin Hood: Prices of Thieves Main Title and anything from the Die Hard trilogy.

ENNIO MORRICONE: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly and A Fistful of Dollars.

Oh, and for the Newman family...check out Disney Pixar's movies. ;)

And finally, last but not least...

MARSHALL MATHERS: Lose yourself from 8 Mile (hey, this man had an Oscar award for this). :spiny: 8O

:spiny:

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John Williams:Remembering Childhood, Duel of the Fates

James Newton Howard: Flying (Peter Pan)

Alan Silvestri: Back to the Future

Danny Elfman: Edward Scissorhands

James Horner: End Credits (Land Before Time), Legends of the Fall

Mark Mancina: anything from Twister

Marc Shaiman: anything from Addams Family Values (great adaptations)

Bruce Broughton: Homeward Bound

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JOHN WILLIAMS: "Throne Room and End Titles" (Old Williams), "The Dementor's Converge" (Atonal/Thematic Williams)

JERRY GOLDSMITH: "Face Hugger" (atonal Jerry), "Supergirl Main Title" (heroic Jerry)

JAMES NEWTON HOWARD: dunno

ALAN SILVESTRI: "The Mummy Returns" suite

DANNY ELFMAN: "End Credits" from The Nightmare Before Christmas

JAMES HORNER: dunno

HOWARD SHORE: "Main Titles" from The Fly

PATRICK DOYLE: dunno

MICHAEL GIACCHINO: dunno

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WILLIAMS: "The British Porter Rifles" from Temple of Doom and "Making a Comeback" from Nixon

GOLDSMITH: "The Mutant" from Total Recall and "I Remember" from The Wind and the Lion

HOWARD: Not sure, but I like "The Hand of Fate" from Signs and "Nights are Forever" from Twilight Zone the movie (j/k)

SILVESTRI: Back to the Future and Forrest Gump and Flight of the Navigator (or Summer Rental)

ELFMAN: "Red Handed" from Mission: Impossible and "Flowers" from Batman

HORNER: "Battle in the Mutara Nebula" and "Alicia Discovers Nash's World" from A Beautiful Mind

SHORE: Don't really know...SNL?

DOYLE: Not sure

GIACCHINO: "OO7" from Thunderball/The Incredibles

BARRY: Octopussy and Goldfinger

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JOHN WILLIAMS: Adventures on Earth & Anakin's Theme

JERRY GOLDSMITH: Night Battle (First Knight) & The Sand Volcano (The Mummy)

JAMES NEWTON HOWARD: Hand of Fate 1+2 (Signs) & The Wagon Chase (Wyatt Earp)

ALAN SILVESTRI: My First Bus Ride (Mummy Returns) & Overture from Back to the Future

DANNY ELFMAN: Farewell (Spider Man) & Bad Dream/Tender Moment (Sleepy Hollow)

JAMES HORNER: Small Victories (Perfect Storm) & End Titles from The Rocketeer

HOWARD SHORE: The Hornburg (Two Towers) & Main Titles from Panic Room

PATRICK DOYLE: Don't know this guy at all

MICHAEL GIACCHINO: Or this guy

A few others:

THOMAS NEWMAN: Road to Perdition (Road to Perdition) & Shawshank Redemption (Shawsh...you get the idea...)

HANS ZIMMER: Woad to Ruin (King Arthur) & Rock House Jail (The Rock)

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