Sp!der 0 Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 ...what other Composers do you like? Besides John Williams who is my favorite. Is Hans Zimmer, James Horner & Danny Elfman esspecially the Corpse Bride ScoreSorry for Mistakes. Hans Zimmer --> The Last Samurai, The Weather Man & Gladiator James Horner --> Deep Impact, Braveheart, Troy Danny Elfman---> Corpse Bride, The Frighteners, Spiderman, Sleepy Hollow Jerry Goldsmith--> The 13th Warriror Michael Nyman --> The Libertine, The Piano John Debney ---> The Passion of the Christ & Zathura... well...thats it for the moment. For John Williams, I like most of all the Scores of him. So I Can't Count Them but one of my favorites are The Terminal, Hook & Munich (Besides Star Wars & Indiana Jones ^^) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMacGyver 0 Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 My other favourite composers beside JW are:Alan Silvestri - Too many favourites to list (same with Williams)Elmer Bernstein - Heavy Metal, Ghostbusters, The Great EscapeJerry Goldsmith - Star Trek (mainly TMP), The Mummy, 13th WarriorJames Newton Howard - Waterworld, Dinosaur, SignsBasil Poledouris - Conan, Starship Troopers, Hunt For Red OctoberDavid Arnold - Independence Day, Stargate, GodzillaJames Horner - Aliens, The Land Before Time, WillowHoward Shore - LOTR TrilogyBill Conti - Masters Of The Universe, F.I.S.T.Michael Kamen - Die Hard, Mr. Holland's OpusMarc Shaiman - City Slickers (1&2), The Addams Family (1&2)David Newman - Galaxy Quest, The PhantomBruce Broughton - Silverado, Lost In SpaceRon Goodwin - 633 Squadron, Force 10 From Navarone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixie_twinkle 48 Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 I'm a bit more old-school. I can't stand Zimmer and Shore. I love:Bernard HerrmanArnold BaxErich KorngoldArthur BlissFranz WaxmanMiklos RoszaJerry GoldsmithJohn BarryMax SteinerI also quite enjoy:Danny ElfmanMichael KamenOh yes, I rather like John Williams too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacck 23 Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 John WilliamsDon DavisJerry GoldsmithDanny ElfmanDavid ArnoldMarco BeltramiAlan SilvestriChristopher YoungJohn DebneyRandy NewmanJames Newton HowardJames HornerAlexander Desplat (Sometimes )Edward ShearmurComposers I cannot stand:Hans Zimmer (And most of his MV Crew)John OttmanPatrick Doyle... Others I'm sure, but I can't remember off the top of my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmanand 0 Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 I have said it before, and I will say it again.Zimmer has written three good scores in his life: The Lion King, Gladiator and Hannibal. It is just a shame about the rest of them.Arnold is one of my favourite composers at the moment. Stargate has levels of thematic richness and glorious "wow!" moments that I thought only JW could come up with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melisande 0 Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 John Williams is by far my most favorite, but other composers/works I enjoy:Danny Elfman (particularly Edward Scissorhands)James Newton Howard (particularly The Village)Tan Dun Max Steiner Ennio MorriconeMaurice JarreErich Korngold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacck 23 Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 Arnold is one of my favourite composers at the moment. Stargate has levels of thematic richness and glorious "wow!" moments that I thought only JW could come up with.Yeah, and he's british too. How about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 I'm very omnivorous towards filmmusic.I like John Williams , of course and I alsolike John T Williams and little bit of Johnny Williams.And Jerry... quite much...too much... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendal_Ozzel 36 Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 David ArnoldAlan SilvestriMichael GiacchinoJohn BarryDanny ElfmanMichael KamenJames Horner (and friends) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRFan 0 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 Actually Elfman is my favourite composer but I like a lot of them.-Danny Elfman-John Williams-David Arnold-Hans Zimmer-Harry Gregson Williams-Thomas Newman-Trevor Jones-Alan Silvestri-Elliot Goldenthal-James Horner-John Debney-James Newton Howard-Don DavisComposers I don't like:-John Ottamn-Carter Burwell-Philip Glass-Trevor Rabin-Graeme Revell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego 21 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 After Williams, my second favorite composer is Danny Elfman. Batman is a great score and I absolutely love A Nightmare before Christmas. Corpse Bride has one of the most beautiful themes he's ever written.The only score I've heard from Goldsmith is Poltergeist, and I thought it was a masterpiece. I'd love to listen to some of his other scores, I've been looking for Twightlight Zone the Movie and the Mummy but haven't found them. (Well, I couldn't find poltergeist either but I downloaded it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datameister 2,043 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 Maestro Williams is my obvious favorite simply because he's produced the largest volume of work that I enjoy.Other composers whose work I enjoy include but are not limited to:Alan Silvestri (BTTF)Mark MancinaJames Horner (as long as I don't hear the same passage in too many different films 8O)James Newton Howard (sometimes)Jerry GoldsmithKlaus Badelt (POTC and Time Machine; sorry, the former is a guilty pleasure and the latter is...cool, although not overwhelmingly so)etc.Danny Elfman is an interesting case for me...on the one hand, I acknowledge that he is a very talented composer and some of his music gives me goosebumps of delight. But some of his stuff is too dark for my tastes.As far as non-film composers go:Stravinsky (sometimes he's great, sometimes he's annoying )Buddy Baker (Grim Grinning Ghosts is awesome, yo)Sibelius (always forget about him...8O)various Romantic composersI'm sure I'm forgetting a few on both lists. But John Williams beats them all out for sheer reliability--9 times out of 10, I know I'll enjoy a Williams score, whereas the others are more hit-and-miss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony69 0 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 haha when i saw this msg i was hoping it would be NON film composers. meh but i do like:steve reich (i saw him in person, wow...a true genius)philip glassjohn cagependereckigyorgi ligeti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 Beethoven, Bernstein, Bernstein, Bruckner, Doyle, Dvorak, Glass, Goldsmith, Goldenthal, Korngold, Mendelssohn, Nyman, Poledouris, Sibelius, Strauss, Wagner... and many more.Marian - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrchDork 0 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 After Williams (#1) and Elfman (#2), I don't have a specific list because I'm still generally discovering scores by other composers... but those who have impressed me are:Alan SilvestriJames Newton HowardHarry Gregson-WilliamsBasil PoledourisBruce BroughtonJohn DebneyRandy NewmanAnd, of course, the classics:Alfred NewmanMax SteinerBernard HerrmannAlex NorthHenry ManciniErich Wolfgang KorngoldJames Horner and Hans Zimmer are two people whose output gives me mixed feelings... there are some Horner scores that I love (The Rocketeer is a current favorite), and others not so much, and the same goes with Zimmer (The Lion King is great; so is Muppet Treasure Island). I think generally, though, I'm more bound to like a Horner score than a Zimmer one, simply because of their respective track records and approaches to scoring and instrumentation.As far as non-film composers, I enjoy the works of Mahler and Tchaikovsky, some Beethoven, Berlioz, Holst, Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Barber, Gerald Finzi, John Adams, Joan Tower, and Ellen Taffee Zwilich. There are others, but I think those are the big ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 1)absolute favourites:John Williams:Way above the rest.Jerry Goldsmith,especially late 70's to mid 80's stuff up to Legend:STTMP,Poltergeist,Inchon,Secret of Nihm,Final Conflict...John Barry:Bond scores,The black Hole,King Kong,Raise the Titanic...James Horner:Pre-Braveheart stuff:Star Trek 2,Project X,Rocketeer,Land Before Time,Krull...2)Like some of their works:Basil Poledouris:I like Robocop,Starship Troopers and The Blue Lagoon.Everything else I've sampled seems to leave me cold,including Conan the Barbarian.Danny Elfman:Batman,Edward Scissorhands...David Arnold:Stargate,Independance DayElmer Bernstein:Great Escape,Magnificent Seven,Ghostbusters(I hope)Bruce Broughton:Lost in SpaceAlan Silvestri:Back to the future,ContactMaurice Jarre:Lawrance of ArabiaMichel Kamen:Brazil,Robin Hood.Ennio Morricone:The Untouchables,Once Upon A Time,The Mission,Lolita.Laurence Rosenthal:Clash of the TitansJohn Debney:Seaquest DSV,ZathuraJohn Scott:King Kong Lives,Greystoke,The Final CountdownJames Newton Howard:Atlantis,Peter Pan.Pleasant scores but lack "something"Howard Shore:Return of the King,Dead Ringers3)Composers I CANNOT get into:MV style:Zimmer and co.Bernard HerrmanAlex NorthNot sure about Patrick Doyle,i'll give Frankenstein a listen...4)?The golden age composers I've sampled:Alfred Newman,Miklos Rosza...etc.. fail to hold my interrest long,although I can pick out really nice individual cues.K.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muehlopwer 0 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 other composer:Alan Silvestri (almost all of him)Michael Kamen (especially Robin Hood)James Newton Howard (Dinosaur, King Kong, Hidalgo,...)Harry Gregson-Williams (Sinbad, Narnia, The Tigger-Movie, with John Powell Shrek, Antz, and and and)Michael Nyman (The Piano)Alan Menken (all his scores for Disney movies)David Arnold (Stargate)Edward Shearmur (The Count Of Monte Cristo, Johnny English)Hans Zimmer (The Prince Of Egypt, Lion King and Gladiator)Klaus Badelt (of course PotC and The Time Machine)Howard Shore (LotR-Triology, and others like Seven or Silence of the lambs)Jan A.P. Kaczmarek (Finding neverland)John BarryMichael Giacchino (The Incredibles)Randy Edelman (The last Of The Mohicans, Dragonheart)Peter Bernstein (the Ewoks)Stephen Warbeck (Shakespeare In Love, Two Brothers)Thomas Newman (Road Tp Perdition, Finding Nemo, Lemony Snicket)Don Davis (The Matrix scores and Jurassic park III) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 Jerry GoldsmithAlan SilvestriDavid ArnoldBasil PoledourisJames HornerJohn BarryDanny ElfmanHoward ShoreDennis McCarthy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 John Barry (Bond, The Knack, The Specialist, The Lion in Winter... etc....)Danny Elfman (Beetlejuice, Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Charlie and the Chocolate factory [except the songs], Corpse Bride etc.)Jerry Goldsmith (too many to list, but I'm very fond of First Blood and The Omen)Howard Shore (Lord of the Rings, The Aviator, Silence of the Lambs, Big)David Arnold in non-synth mode (Tomorrow Never Dies, Little Britain )Don Davis (haven't heard much, but his Matrix scores are excellent)James Newton Howard (Snow Falling on Cedars, King Kong)Max Steiner (Casablanca, King Kong among others...)There are probably more, but I can't think of them now. 8O Composers I can't stand:Hans ZimmerKlaus BadeltDavid Arnold in synths mode (Die Another Day)Vangelis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 David Arnold in non-synth mode (Tomorrow Never Dies, Little Britain 8O)David Arnold in synths mode (Die Another Day)What do you think about The World Is Not Enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 A good mixture - it worked well in the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 IMO it also works brilliantly on CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 I haven't listened to it for a while, I just remember preferring Tomorrow Never Dies (the expanded version) on CD.- Rob, who will listen to T.W.I.N.E. now 8O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 I listen to my self made complete TOD and my slightly expanded TWINE about just as often.I enjoy parts of DAD, but it just has none of the subtlety that his previous 2 had, nor is it thematically as intersting.In his defense, Arnold's score perfectly complements the overblown, artificial atmosphere of the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 Indeed, but neither the film nor the score (Die Another Day) is particularly good IMO.- Rob, loving "Access Denied" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 I still think both have their moments.DAD is fantastic untill they get to Iceland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean1700 4 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 There are other composers? 8O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 John Williams, obviously.The greata great Bernard Herrmann.Jerry Goldsmith.James newton Howard and Danny Elfman at times.Toru TakemitsuBasil Poledouris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,689 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 With JW, I'm an equal fan of:James Newton HowardThomas NewmanI also really like:Alan SilvestriJames HornerHans ZimmerJerry GoldsmithEnnio MorriconeHoward ShoreAnd to a lesser degree:Mark MancinaJohn OttmanDanny ElfmanMark IshamJohn Debney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 Bernard Herrmann.I knew I'd forgotten someone. banghead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 John WilliamsJerry GoldsmithAkira IfukubeBernard HerrmannDanny ElfmanGeorges DelerueAlex NorthAlfred NewmanHoward ShoreElmer BernsteinBruce BroughtonRon GoodwinAlan SilvestriMiklos RoszaBronislau KaplerVictor YoungFranz WaxmanMichael KamenMichael GiacchinoMax SteinerMichiru OshimaMasaru SatoJohn BarryJames Newton HowardLaurence RosenthalLeonard RosenmannBasil PoledourisCarl StallingsJames Horner before 1990David Arnold to some extent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 Pytor Ilyich TchaikovskyGustav HolstScott JoplinErich Wolfgang KorngoldRichard RodgersLeonard BernsteinJerry GoldsmithAndrew Lloyd WebberDanny ElfmanPatrick DoyleTim RiceJoel McNeelyHoward ShoreJeremy SouleMark GriskeyI don't listen to enough composers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omen II 1,235 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 Arnold is one of my favourite composers at the moment. Stargate has levels of thematic richness and glorious "wow!" moments that I thought only JW could come up with.Yeah, and he's british too. How about that. 8OYes Jack, David Arnold is from Luton, a town so hideous and soul-destroying that its residents complained when it wasn't voted 'the crappest town in Britain'.Anyhoo, back on topic. A quick count of my CDs reveals that I have more Lalo Schifrin soundtracks than those by any other composer apart from John Williams (who is well in the lead over the popular Argentine). Have others simply overlooked him or am I really the only one here that likes his music?Damien La columna (Che) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 11 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 Barry, Horner, Zimmer, Howard, Shore, Debney, Silvestri, Desplat, Doyle, Elfman, Goldsmith, Korngold, Herrmann, Friedhofer, Waxman, North, Newman, Newman, Newman, Newman, Bernstein, Bernstein, Delerue, Broughton, Rota, Kaper, Young, Kamen, Giacchino, Arnold, Arnold, Poledouris, Ottman, Isham, Mancina, Gregson-Williams, Glennie-Smith, Davis, Vangelis, Nyman, Menken, Shearmur, Edelman, Jarre, Morricone, Mancini, Glass, Goldenthal, Rabin, Conti, Schifrin and Powell come to mind (in totally random order) Morlock- who specifically does NOT like Graeme Revel and Harald Kloser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacck 23 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 Although he hasn't done much film scoring, I also LOOOOVE Robert Rodriguez (especially some cues he did for Sin City)As for Other other composers...HolstStravinskyProkofievCoplandDebussyMahler.. are some of my favourites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orrakul 0 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 Does anyone like George Fenton's work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMacGyver 0 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 Does anyone like George Fenton's work?I enjoyed his score for Groundhog Day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 Does anyone like George Fenton's work?What I have by him ranges from very good to fantastic.Marian - who needs more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Composer_Fan 2 Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 I like:Alan SilvestriDanny ElfmanHoward Shore (but I've only heard LOTR)Thomas NewmanJohn Debney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 JOHN WILLIAMSBeethovenDvorakMendelssohnProkofievRachmaninovChopinTim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 Does anyone like George Fenton's work?I have Memphis Belle,which I remembered I liked the score in the film.On c.d. it's wasn't as good as I remember it.K.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 11 Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 I have Valiant, but I am not very impressed with it at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,689 Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 Does anyone like George Fenton's work?I've got his scores to Blue Planet and Deep Blue, some really nice stuff. He's also scored the latest series, Planet Earth showing on BBC at the moment. It'll be interesting to see if there's a CD release anytime soon.And after Morlock's mammoth list, I'll make a small addition to my own - most of these I have just the odd album from:Amenabar, Wurman, Desplat, Poledouris, Fiedel, Tyler, Broughton, Glass, Burwell, Young, Martinez, Marianelli, Arnold, D. Newman, Davis, Choi, Shearmur, Goldenthal, Bernstein, Yared, Kloser, Gregson-Williams, Kacszmarek, J. Rose, Hisaishi, G. Goldsmith, McNeely, Barry, Du Prez, Frizzell, Powell, Badelt, Beltrami, Giacchino (not Incredibles though), Kamen, Suby, Glennie-Smith, Doyle, Portman, Edelman, R. Newman, Cardon, Callery, S. Wood, Rabin, Vangelis, Ross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damo 0 Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 1. John Williams2. Jerry Goldsmith3. Danny Elfman4. Howard Shore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivier 5 Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 Okay, here we go...1/ Absolute TopJerry GoldsmithJohn Williams-- righter after Goldsmith; not very far, but still not on the same level (in terms of preference, not skills); I love his big scores as much as Goldsmith's, and such "smaller" stuff as The River, Space Camp, Stanley & Iris, ..., but I largely prefer Goldsmith's scores for smaller movies / comedies / ... to Williams', especially Johnny's '60's comedy scores.2/ TopBruce Broughton, Danny Elfman, Basil Poledouris, James Horner3/ Top too, but not as many CDs or not listened to as often but still among my favorite onesElmer Bernstein, Georges Delerue (discovered fairly recently), Jerome Moross, Alfred Newman, Hans Zimmer, John Scott (fairly recent discovery as well), Bill Conti, Miklos Rozsa, Michael Kamen, James Newton Howard, Max Steiner, Alan Menken (Disney scores & A Christmas Carol), Lalo Schifrin (discovered fairly recently, too), ...4/ Others I likeLee Holdridge, John Ottman, Mark McKenzie (received a few recently, my first by him; I haven't had time to play them entirely, just the first tracks, plus samples from his site, and it was great), Alan Williams (he has to stay close to the temp track a bit too often, but he does write nice music), John Powell & Harry Gregson-Williams, Trevor Jones, Randy Edelman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin 2 Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 Why are some people mentioning John Williams? Isn't this about Other composers?At any rate I feel I'm just as much a Goldsmith Fan as a Williams Fan I also enjoy the works of Silvestri, Elfman, Poledouris, Zimmer, Giacchino, Jones, and T. Newman, as well as many others.Justin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivier 5 Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 Why are some people mentioning John Williams? Isn't this about Other composers?Since of the top top composers, my favorite one is still Goldsmith, it's not exactly a "there's Williams and then there's the rest" answer for me. I wanted to explain the difference and show precisely how those other composers rank compared to Williams, in terms of my own preference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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