Best flying themes

[Sandor 459]

I feel like flying, dude!

Anyway; talking about flying; John Williams wrote some amazing flying themes. The theme from E.T. still being my immediate favorite, I also love the flying music from Hook, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Buckbeak's Flight) and the flying music associated with Superman.

Still; some other composers have also proven to be excellent at writing flying themes. The Rocketeer (James Horner) comes to mind.

There is one other flying theme that I consider an equal to Williams' flying themes. Not arrangment wise, but purely from a melodic viewpoint;

The Flying Theme from Klaus Doldinger's The Neverending Story (1984)

Does anyone know it? It's a PERFECT theme. I'm surprised how many people in Europe especially still remember that music after so many years. Was it written for a more mainstream film and given a more profound orchestral arrangment it would have gone down in history as one of the most memorable themes ever written, alongside Williams' E.T.'s, Star Wars or Indiana Jones' themes. I'm not joking here; it's THAT good!

[Docteur Qui 1,248]

What a dodgy excuse for a post count thread,

I go with FLying from E.T.

MagicalMe - who knows this is already about fifty existing threads/polls.

[Mr. Breathmask 480]

Didn't we already have a thread about this? Trying to get away with a post count thread, are we? 8O

Williams' flying theme for E.T. is still my favorite, though.

[JoeinAR 1,759]

The NeverEnding Story, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

somebody shoot me,

why did you have to bring it up, nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[Lurker 5]

I was going to edit every post and make this a real thread, but then I decided not to.

I'll just go on closing post count threads until they are a distant memory. I hope that's sooner rather than later.

Neil