Trumpeteer 302 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE:In order to make the poll fairer, John Williams' Oscar-winning scores will not be included. Now, you will vote for the best Oscar-winning score that is not written by Williams.The winner of this poll will face "The Omen" and the winners of the '90s and '00s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg1138 3 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Passage to India, I think...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Out of Africa,I guess.I've only heard the Main ThemeK.m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Not a very impressive list is it?I guess I'll go for The Right Stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,068 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Chariot of Fire!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Actually this is an impressive list, but Out of Africa is a glorious score, easily the best, and among the best Oscar winning scores of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 11 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 I was thinking precisely the opposite. A rather unimpressive list. No entirely great scores there, only one great movie (The Last Emperor). Out of Africa has a glorious theme. The entire score is nothing new under the sun from Barry. The Last Emperor has wonderful passages from Sakamoto, but the rest of it is extremely wanting. The Right Stuff is a good, solid, uplifting score. I have not heard A Passage to India. That leaves Chariots of Fire, which is excellent in the film, and one of the best themes ever for a film. Morlock- who would take any other decade's list in a heartbeat, with or without E.T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Quite bland decade of winners(exept E.T)I voted for Out of Africa for its' nice theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Out of Africa, easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin 2 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 My vote is biased as I've not heard all the scores on the list but Chariots of Fire has one of the best themes ever written so that's my vote.Justin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sephiroth 0 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 COF, but I still think Raiders should have won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRuleOfThirds 0 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 The Right Stuff. It's basically a rip-off of Holst (which Horner ripped for "Main Title/Takeoff" in The Rocketeer), but it works. Plus I'd throw my vote in for a movie about NASA over some ooey gooey Redford/Streep/Pollack drama anyday. Plus...the best '85 score from Barry was not Out of Africa. Instead of a biplane...this movie involved a blimp. And horses. And awesome pieces of music called "Snow Job" and "He's Dangerous."IMO, the best score from '85 was a tie between Back to the Future and Rambo: First Blood Part II. To hell with dramas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 I think Conti mentioned in an interview that he had no choice to stick close to the temp track that was attached to The Right Stuff and he was shocked / suprised that he even won the Oscar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Right Stuff. It is an atrocity that it was never commercially released even after it won an Oscar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRuleOfThirds 0 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 I think Conti mentioned in an interview that he had no choice to stick close to the temp track that was attached to The Right Stuff and he was shocked / suprised that he even won the Oscar.Yeah, wasn't he brought in at the last minute? I think I remember that on the 20th anniv. DVD now.This would've been an awesome score for Jerry to have done. It would've been like a sequel-score to The Blue Max. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 My vote is biased as I've not heard all the scores on the list but Chariots of Fire has one of the best themes ever written so that's my vote.JustinAny theme,no matter how inspired,sucks when it is played by synths.K.m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 As to further prove your point, the version of the Chariots theme that Williams' conducted on the Aisle Seat CD is great.Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Right Stuff. It is an atrocity that it was never commercially released even after it won an Oscar.Varese Sarabande released a CD that featured The Right Stuff and North and South by Conti but I believe it was a Re-recording done by the composer himself. It contained 5 cues from The Right Stuff.It was issued in 1986 and is long out of print. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin 2 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 My vote is biased as I've not heard all the scores on the list but Chariots of Fire has one of the best themes ever written so that's my vote.JustinAny theme,no matter how inspired,sucks when it is played by synths.The theme is played on piano. :roll: Justin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Damn, I really don't know any of these.The 80's must have been a terrible decade for film music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin 2 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 I don't own any of the scores. However, I enjoy tracks from Chariots of Fire, The Right Stuff, Out of Africa, The Last Emperor, and The Milagro Beanfield War.*cough* and occasionally, The Little Mermaid.Justin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Even in my Great Raid of the public library,I haven't got any of those scores,and the 80's is the best decade ever for film music.k.m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McClane 1 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Quite bland decade of winners(exept E.T).Makes me wonder why the censored no Indiana Jones score won an Oscar...The only score I know is Chariots of Fire. Not bad, althought apart the main theme it's a boooring score.Also, it's...synth. The 80's must have been a terrible decade for film music.Well, apart John Williams... Also, I don't even wanna start thinking of 80's pop music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 The 80's produced sveral film scoring masterpieces. The academy just rewarded, as usual, the wrong scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 The 80's gave us the greatest John Williams,Jerry Goldsmith and James Horner scores.and John Barry was also mostly great(Out of Africa is actually one i'm least interested in).K.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 It also gaves us landmarks like Conan, Batman, all the wonderful Williams scores, wonderful scores by Morricone. Great decade, better than the 90's as film scores go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Yeah,in the 90's Goldsmith got into his "streamlined" mode of boring rythmn driven film scores(Air Force One,The Edge....etc...). Horner got boring with his new bland homogeneous style from Braveheart and Legends of the Fall(I've just listened to that and I can't believe how dull it is and it beats me how it got this cult status).Williams started losing it with his dramatic scores.When Sleepers was released I got REALLY worried and I almost stopped even buying williams c.d.'s.Barry now had this incredibly slow lush style going on that all sounds the same.K.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Williams dramatic scores actually were the highlight of film scoring in the 90's for me. I mean, Schindler's List, Amistad, Seven Years in Tibet, Stepmom, Angela's ashes. These are all superb works of an artist on top of his game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McClane 1 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 + 2 great action/adventure scores like the 2 Jurassic Park+ 2 nice Christmas scores like the 2 Home Alone= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixie_twinkle 48 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Out of Africa, of course.However The Little Mermaid is pretty essential stuff also.Chariots of Fire deserves recognition for the phenomenal Main Theme (which HAS to be synth/piano! The orchestral versions just sound like trite muzak). The rest of the score falls a bit flat however, except for the Hubert Parry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 11 Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 I think Conti mentioned in an interview that he had no choice to stick close to the temp track that was attached to The Right Stuff and he was shocked / suprised that he even won the Oscar. Especialy since he was nominated against the superior RoTJ.....and the far' date=' far superior [i']Under Fire, one of the best scores everAny theme' date='no matter how inspired,sucks when it is played by synths.[/quote']The theme is played on piano. :roll: Really? are you sure about this? Morlock- who loves the theme either way, but thought it sounded very synthy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeshopk 8 Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Not the best the 80's had to offer. I go with Out of Africa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salacius 7 Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 My vote is biased as I've not heard all the scores on the list but Chariots of Fire has one of the best themes ever written so that's my vote.JustinAny theme,no matter how inspired,sucks when it is played by synths.The theme is played on piano. :roll: JustinNo matter, it's still boring I voted for Last Emperor,Lovely score Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trumpeteer 302 Posted February 17, 2006 Author Share Posted February 17, 2006 We're done here. "Out of Africa" wins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 On second thought,Out of Africa is very boring on c.d.Barry has composed much better music than this.k.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 The Last Emperor gets my vote. One of the best scores I know, even though it is devided into two sections (Sakamoto section - David Byrne section). One of the few times the oscars got it right.Out of Africa is another score for grannies: "Oh, that's lovely music, my boy." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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