Director 1 Posted May 23, 2002 Share Posted May 23, 2002 I know this has been asked before, but just not by me. So -- here are mine: (Granted, their place on the list variates according to score, my mood, new discoveries/additions, etc.)---BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW---1. John Williams2. James Newton Howard3. Alan Silvestri4. Marc Shaiman5. James Horner6. John Barry7. Randy Newman8. Jerry Goldsmith9. Rachel Portman/Elmer Bernstein10. Hans Zimmer (and crew) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morn 8 Posted May 23, 2002 Share Posted May 23, 2002 1. John Williams2. Alex North3. Miklos RozsaThese 3 guys are the masters of the epic, I love epic scores 4. Bernard Herrmann5. Jerry Goldsmith6. James Horner7. Howard Shore8. Don Davis9. Alan Silvestri 10. Leonard Rosenman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 23, 2002 Share Posted May 23, 2002 1. John Williams (or else I wouldn't be posting on a JW message board)2. James Horner and Jerry Goldsmith (a tie!)4. Alan Silvestri5. David Arnold6. Randy Newman7. David Newman8. Dennis McCarthy9. Miklos Rosza10. Wendy Carlos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 23, 2002 Share Posted May 23, 2002 John WilliamsEnnio MorriconeHans ZimmerNino RotaAngelo BadalamentiJames HornerDanny Elfman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector J. Guzman 1 Posted May 23, 2002 Share Posted May 23, 2002 Not in any particular order:John WilliamsJerry GoldsmithMiklos RoszaErich Wolfgang KorngoldMax SteinerJames HornerMaurice Jarre Danny Elfman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Director 1 Posted May 23, 2002 Author Share Posted May 23, 2002 Cool! I would love to get a collection of Korngold scores. I'm not too familiar with the older composers, unfortunately.But I will make forth the effort to change that soon. "Guest" - did you like Badalamenti's score to Mulholland Drive?Dan - curious "The Beyondness of Things" from "The Beyondness Of Things" (Barry) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanticStrings 10 Posted May 23, 2002 Share Posted May 23, 2002 1. John Williams2. Jerry Goldsmith3. James Horner4. Michael Kamen5. Hans Zimmer6. Danny Elfman7. David Arnold8. Howard Shore9. John Powell10. Alan SilvestriThe top 3 are in order, the rest are all in one big group. Perpetual fourth place, if you will.~Conor, who really like his movie composers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruciformSword 2 Posted May 24, 2002 Share Posted May 24, 2002 I only have heard so many composers, so try to hold back your rage at my choices.1. John Williams2. Alan Silvestri3. Jerry Goldsmith4. Marc Shaiman 5. Michael Kamen6. Phillip GlassThose are mostly the only composers I have heard. I also have heard some stuff by Zimmer and Horner, but I don't think they're anything special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ren 77 Posted May 24, 2002 Share Posted May 24, 2002 i like phillip glass! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Director 1 Posted May 24, 2002 Author Share Posted May 24, 2002 I like your list, Jason. I should help you out with discovering more composers.Dan - choosing not to notice Jason's issues again "Nocturne with no Moon" from The Legend Of 1900 (Morricone) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanticStrings 10 Posted May 25, 2002 Share Posted May 25, 2002 I'm just bringing this post to the top so that my friend can find it easily. I hope that I am allowed do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Barnsbury 8 Posted May 26, 2002 Share Posted May 26, 2002 1.) John Williams2.) Alan Silvestri3.) Elmer Bernstein4.) Danny Elfman5.) Howard Shore6.) John Barry7.) James Horner8) Hans Zimmer9.) Michael Kamen10.) Jerry Goldsmith(I don't know much by some of the lower composers on the list, so that's subjective.)Ray Barnsbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moviemusicman 0 Posted May 26, 2002 Share Posted May 26, 2002 In No Particular Order (except #1!!! )John WilliamsJames HornerJerry GoldsmithHans ZimmerRachel PortmanJames Newton HowardDanny ElfmanBasil PoledourisHoward ShoreAlan Silvestri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin 2 Posted May 26, 2002 Share Posted May 26, 2002 1. John Williams2. Hans Zimmer3. Alan Silvestri (This guy is slowly creeping up )4. John Debney5. Trevor Jones6. Randy Newman7. Jerry Goldsmith8. Basil Poledouris9. James Newton Howard10. Danny ElfmanJustin - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 38,660 Posted May 26, 2002 Share Posted May 26, 2002 1. John Williams2. Danny Elfman3. Alan Silvestri4. James Horner (although he's written as much crap as good scores)5. David Arnold (although he hasn't done anything good in a while)6. Jerry Goldsmith7. Marc Mancina8. Hans Zimmer9. James Newton Howard10. John Debney-Jason, who just realized those are almost all of the composers he has more than 3 CDs of, and who has 300+ score cds. The Lost World (complete) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,666 Posted May 26, 2002 Share Posted May 26, 2002 1-John Williams2-Jerry Goldsmith3-John Barry4-James Horner5-David Arnold6-Bruce Broughton7-Alan Silvestri.8-DannyElman9-Ennio Morricone10-?K.M.Who mostly has almost all Williams albums and boots,lots of Goldsmith,some Horner and a few Barry...the rest is a mixed bag which I don't listen to often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,666 Posted May 26, 2002 Share Posted May 26, 2002 sorry,somwat it double posted.k.m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruciformSword 2 Posted May 27, 2002 Share Posted May 27, 2002 I like your list, Jason. Â I should help you out with discovering more composers.Dan - choosing not to notice Jason's issues again "Nocturne with no Moon" from The Legend Of 1900 (Morricone)What issues are these again? And by the way, I forgot to put Danny Elfman on my list.-Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippett 0 Posted May 27, 2002 Share Posted May 27, 2002 John Williams Alex North Bernard HerrmannMiklos Rozsa Jerry Goldsmith Alan Silvestri David ArnoldJohn BarryHoward Shore Don Davis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 27, 2002 Share Posted May 27, 2002 I'll not include Williams (who is the number one) and so i'll include another name. Not in a particular order...1. Jerry Goldsmith2. Basil Poledouris3. John Ottman4. Alan Silvestri5. John Debney6. Danny Elfman7. Christopher Young8. Carter Burwell9. Trevor Jones10. Joel Mcneely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgaine 0 Posted May 27, 2002 Share Posted May 27, 2002 1. John Williams2. Danny Elfman3. Michael Nyman4. Nino Rota5. Patrick Doyle6. Gabriel Yared7. John Barry8. Maurice Jarre9. James Horner10. Hans Zimmer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morn 8 Posted May 27, 2002 Share Posted May 27, 2002 Like your list Tippett Remind me of my own. But..... these other people. I find it hard to comprehend how you have Danny Elfman so high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgaine 0 Posted May 27, 2002 Share Posted May 27, 2002 Why Elfman such a high place?Because I love so much his scores for Edward Scissorhands, Sommersby and Black Beauty. I must admit: the last few years, he can't impress me anymore... So, maybe for this reason, I shouldn't have put him that high place.Morgaine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthMatt 0 Posted May 27, 2002 Share Posted May 27, 2002 1. John Williams2. Jerry Goldsmith3. Hans Zimmer4. Max Steiner5. Alex North6. John Barry7. Thomas Newman8. Trevor Jones9. Danny Elfman10. Alan SilvestriMost of this list is subject to change(it depends on my mood, I guess), but I guarantee that the top 2 will NEVER change! :!: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mari 279 Posted May 27, 2002 Share Posted May 27, 2002 In no particular order (other than Williams at the top):1. John Williams2. John Barry3. James Horner4. Patrick Doyle5. Erich Korngold6. Jerry Goldsmith7. Michael Kamen8. Trevor Jones9. Lee Holdridge10. William Walton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris ChrusherComix 47 Posted May 28, 2002 Share Posted May 28, 2002 1. John Williams2. Ummm... Hold on....I then have no particular order because I'm not a HUGE film buff, film score buff, or classical music buff. But here are a few that I do like...-Vince DiCola (Transformers: The Movie & Rocky 4. I'm probably his greatest promoter! LOL! Nobody else knows who he is or if they do they almost never talk about him!)-John Barry (The Black Hole got me INTO Williams' Star Wars scores, and then the rest is history. However, I don't have much of his music because whenever I hear it in a film, it all sounds too similar to The Black Hole for me to desire searching it out.)-James Horner (I LOVE Braveheart. But I don't like anything else much at all... bores me.)-Bill Conti (Love his Rocky 1-3, & 5 scores, but have nothing else of his...)-Danny Elfman (Love his Batman scores, but oddly I have nothing else of his...)-Basil Poledouris (Conan The Barbarian is an awesome score... Riders Of Doom is unbelievable. Have little else.)-John Debney (Cutthroat Island is a very fun score, but I have nothing else of his.)-Jerry Goldsmith (I have a bunch of his CDs... 2nd to Williams in quantity... but I can't get into his music at all, except maybe ST:TMP, and even that only slightly. Dunno why... not my thing I guess.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uni 306 Posted June 1, 2002 Share Posted June 1, 2002 For what it's worth:1) You-know-who2) Jerry Goldsmith3) James Horner4) David Arnold5) Alan Silvestri6) John Barry7) Basil Poledouris8) Randy Edelman9) Bruce Broughton10) Michael Kamen- Uni Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eplicon 53 Posted June 2, 2002 Share Posted June 2, 2002 Present:Elmer BernsteinBruce BroughtonDanny ElfmanElliot GoldenthalJerry GoldsmithJames Newton HowardThomas NewmanBasil PoledorisRachel PortmanJohn WilliamsPast:Georges AuricAaron CoplandGeorges DelerueHugo FriedhoferBernard HerrmannErich Wolfgang KorngoldAlex NorthSergei ProkofievNino RotaMax SteinerDimitri TiomkinFranz Waxman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin 2 Posted June 2, 2002 Share Posted June 2, 2002 Present:Elmer BernsteinBruce BroughtonDanny ElfmanElliot GoldenthalJerry GoldsmithJames Newton HowardThomas NewmanBasil PoledorisRachel PortmanJohn WilliamsI hope that dosen't mean that Williams is on the bottom of the list? Justin -Who will have another chat with Eplicon about where his loyalties lie... 8O :sneaky2: Here I Am Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (Hans Zimmer) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 2, 2002 Share Posted June 2, 2002 Why is Jerry Goldsmith so damn high on many of the lists? Quite frankly I think he is (at least currently) one of the weakest Hollywood composers around. At best, his scores don't get in the way of the movie. What puzzles me most is why everyone seems to think his score for Star Trek - The Motion Picture is so brilliant. It may be, well, experimental but that most certainly does not make it a good score (I find it difficult watching the movie and not finding the music annoying at worst and amusing at best - especially that wretched Klingon theme that haunts Trek to this day). That's just one example. There are, IMHO, many more to choose from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eplicon 53 Posted June 4, 2002 Share Posted June 4, 2002 I hope that dosen't mean that Williams is on the bottom of the list? 8O Heh. I prefer to alphabetize my list just to be objective. Of course, next time to appease you, I will do the order in reverse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross 1 Posted June 4, 2002 Share Posted June 4, 2002 Okay, for whatever is worth, these are my guys:1. John Williams (surprise, surprise 8O )2. Alan Menken (yup, the disney guy!)3. Andrew Lloyd Webber (if he counts)4. Hans Zimmer (except for the early or drama scores)5. James Newton Howard (Unbreakable and The Sixth Sense exclusively, oh well and the disney scores)5. Randy NewmanI'll leave it at five, because otherwise the list would go on tangents.-ROSS, who in one week will be going through the worst time of his life (I'm sure Luke Skywalker, the poster, knows what I mean: selectivity . . .) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melange 448 Posted June 4, 2002 Share Posted June 4, 2002 Why is Jerry Goldsmith so damn high on many of the lists? Quite frankly I think he is (at least currently) one of the weakest Hollywood composers around. At best, his scores don't get in the way of the movie. What puzzles me most is why everyone seems to think his score for Star Trek - The Motion Picture is so brilliant. It may be, well, experimental but that most certainly does not make it a good score (I find it difficult watching the movie and not finding the music annoying at worst and amusing at best - especially that wretched Klingon theme that haunts Trek to this day). That's just one example. There are, IMHO, many more to choose from.Jerry certainly aint my favourite composer. I dont have that many scores of his right now. But i do admire him incredibly for taking risks and moving with the times. That man has changed his clothes so many times it amazes me. Of course, in taking that risk he has sometimes produced some pap. But he also scored some classic scores. He's rare in that he seems prepared to shed his entire style for which he is known, and do something utterly different for a movie. And not many film composers like taking that risk. I do prefer his older style though to be honest. Poltergeist,Omen2,ST motion picture etc. But i adore that main theme to Basic Instinct for example. So its all subjective really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figo 2 Posted June 4, 2002 Share Posted June 4, 2002 Off the top of my head. The first three are more-or-less in sequence. Erich Wolfgang KorngoldJohn WilliamsMiklos RozsaBernard HerrmannFranz WaxmanSir William WaltonAaron CoplandNino RotaElmer BernsteinMax SteinerI would have included Prokofiev, Patrick Doyle and Victor Young (if only for "The Quiet Man"), but I had to restrict myself to ten! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,953 Posted June 4, 2002 Share Posted June 4, 2002 I couldn't name 10 composers that are my favorites since I don't have 10 favorite composers.John Williams is my favorite without a doubt.I love Jerry Goldsmith.I like John Barry and James Horner.I also love Pino Donaggio, composer of Carrie, Dressed to Kill, the Howlling, Raising Cain and Tourist Trap.Joe, who is proud to be Pino's only apparant fan on this board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figo 2 Posted June 4, 2002 Share Posted June 4, 2002 I also love Pino Donaggio, composer of Carrie, Dressed to Kill, the Howlling, Raising Cain and Tourist Trap.Joe, who is proud to be Pino's only apparant fan on this board.I just watched "Don't Look Now" again the other night. What a creepy film. It's the second time I saw it, and I'm still trying to put the whole thing together. I have the Daphne DuMaurier short story around here somewhere. I definitely must read it, to see what exactly was her and what was Nicolas Roeg. Anyway, unusual approach by Donaggio, for a ghost story, but very effective.Then I watched "The Thing" remake, scored by Morricone, who was obviously taking lessons from John Carpenter. Hopefully he didn't blow the paycheck all in one place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruciformSword 2 Posted June 4, 2002 Share Posted June 4, 2002 1. John Williams2. Alan Silvestri3. Jerry Goldsmith4. Marc Shaiman  5. Michael Kamen6. Phillip GlassI also need to add Elmer Bernstein after hearing the main theme for the Magnificent Seven, and Hans Zimmer after hearing the stuff that he wrote for Backdraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonblueeyes 0 Posted June 6, 2002 Share Posted June 6, 2002 John WilliamsEnnio MorriconeHans ZimmerNino RotaAngelo BadalamentiJames HornerDanny ElfmanThis Was My list. I forgot to log on when I posted. And why is there only 1 other mention of Ennio Morricone? :? Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morn 8 Posted June 6, 2002 Share Posted June 6, 2002 Because he's not good enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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