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BOT's Top Film Scores: 2015 Edition (FINAL Deadline Midnight April 19th)

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It's been something like 3 years since the last time we had an iteration of this, so good time to do it again.
 
One of the most important aspects for many films is its score, the musical background that helps push the action and atmosphere of a scene forward. The music of a film can invigorate, excite, inspire joy, grief, fear, and terror, it helps bring the emotions and tensions out in a scene. It can be powerfully evocative and grab your attention and pull it along, or it can be more subtle and quiet, slowly luring you in. Talking about film music is a recurring topic in many threads on this forum, and it's once again time to see what the consensus for this place is concerning what film scores are our top choice.
 
The rules for eligibility are simple:
 
1) The score must be from a theatrically released motion picture
 
2) The score must have a majority of its material composed for the motion picture. This disqualifies films with a majority of their music being pre-existing material, such as adaptations of Broadway musicals, Tarantino films using licensed songs and music pieces, films using predominantly classical music (2001: A Space Odyssey for example), etc.
 
3) More of a guideline than a rule: Songs should not be taken into account when judging a film's score. The lyrical pieces with instrumental accompaniment are separate from pure film score. So, to use a recent example, Frozen should not be included because you love Let it Go, it should be included because you love Whiteout.
 
 
You can submit lists of 10, 25, 50, 75, or 100. The lists are weighted so that the options with more listings have greater value for each ranking. The scoring for the 5 options is as follows:
 
List of 10:
1- 100
2- 85
3- 70
4- 55
5- 40
6- 30
7- 20
8- 10
9- 5
10- 1

List of 25:


1- 100
2. 90
3. 80
4. 70
5. 60
6-8- 50
9-12- 40
13-16- 30
17-20- 20
21- 15
22- 10
23- 5
24- 3
25- 1



List of 50:


1- 100
2- 95
3- 90
4- 85
5- 80
6- 75
7- 70
8- 65
9- 60
10- 50
11-15- 45
16-20- 40
21-25- 35
26-30- 30
31-35- 25
36-40- 20
41-43- 15
44-46- 10
47- 8
48- 5
49- 3
50- 1



List of 75:


1- 100
2- 98
3- 95
4- 93
5- 90
6- 88
7- 86
8- 84
9- 82
10- 80
11- 77
12- 74
13- 71
14- 68
15- 65
16- 62
17- 59
18- 56
19- 53
20- 50
21-25- 46
26-30- 42
31-35- 38
36-40- 34
41-45- 30
46-50- 25
51-55- 20
56-60- 15
61-65- 10
66-68- 8
69-71- 5
72- 4
73- 3
74- 2
75- 1



List of 100:
1- 100
2-99
3- 98
...
100- 1

 

 

Lists can be posted in this thread if you want to share, but I would ask that you PM them to me so I can easily keep track of them all in one bunch rather than sift through a thread to see if I missed anyone. Also feel free to use this thread to promote the scores you really love (for example the Nolanites pushing Zimmer) and discuss the merits or demerits of them with others.

 

 

Deadline for submissions is tentatively Sunday April 19th at midnight. There may be extensions if necessary.

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Some film scores that will most likely not get the recognition they deserve

(this is not my list just a list of songs to bring to peoples attention) 

 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vYY0aRH46I  

 

also check out Liz on Top of the World:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IISaqrS_XpQ

 

Her had one of the most beautiful soundtracks ever created.

 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz2odCUYvkA

 

also from Her, Some Other Place: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-SSue_SIpU

 

Little Women: - Thomas Newman

Orchard House:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJL39_YuUC0

 

The Holiday:- Hans Zimmer

Maestro:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvtaNQw4sGA

 

Beauty and and the Beast: - Alan Menken 

The West Wing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yiv38eYr5Y

Transformation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkJzUxqciqk

 

The Little Mermaid

Eric to the Rescue:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC12EVZGSK4

Happy Ending:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zgHRg0cSGc

 

Mulan

Short Hair

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MilR3Z1sASY

 

Warrior - Mark Isham

Listen to Beethoven: (2 minute mark is when it picks up)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xARVYFL41U0

 

13 Going On 30 - Theodore Shapiro 

swings:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYoGnPSuKx8&list=RDUeHylzm-NvY

 

How To Train Your Dragon: - John Powell 

Romantic Flight:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY07_dX3F88&list=RDUeHylzm-NvY

Forbidden Friendship 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CJ96LGGP6w

 

The Prince of Egypt -Hans Zimmer

The Burning Bush: (picks up at 2:45)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eej5QZrg7RI

 

Sabrina (1995) - John Williams

Sabrina:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqxrMa7eUAU
 

The Lion King - Hans Zimmer

Remember:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ1ZksGFn80

 

Say what you will about Twilight it had a really good score. much better than most YA films.

 

Twilight: - Carter Burwell 

Bella's Lullaby:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4S-z5Z3yic

The Lion Fell in Love with a Lamb:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMVwEmFsvuA

 

New Moon -  Alexandre Desplat

The Meadow:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CD4r5CN-Ws

 

Breaking Dawn Part 1 - Carter Burwell

Bella Reborn:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxiFtwvXhp4

 

Emma (1996) 

Sewing and Archery:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BJ2Ys_Z0FI&list=PLB886271203D0FE17

 

The Last Airbender was an awful movie, it got almost everything wrong.. almost

 

The Last Airbender - James Newton Howard 

Flow like Water:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mTANle_IcQ

 

Please send post of your faves as well :D

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My Vote:

 

  1. Back to the Future
  2. Star Wars
  3. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
  4. Forrest Gump
  5. Superman
  6. Gone with the Wind
  7. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
  8. The Godfather
  9. Goldfinger
  10. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
  11. The Natural
  12. The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
  13. Batman ‘89
  14. Captain America; The First Avenger
  15. Rocky
  16. Robocop
  17. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
  18. A League of Their Own
  19. Iron Man 3
  20. Top Gun
  21. The Karate Kid
  22. The Wizard of Oz
  23. The Pink Panther
  24. Halloween
  25. E.T.: the Extra-Terrestrial
  26. Police Academy
  27. Beverly Hills Cop
  28. Marvel’s The Avengers
  29. Star Trek: The Motion Picture
  30. Pinocchio
  31. Chariots of Fire
  32. Flash Gordon
  33. Superman II
  34. Jaws
  35. Jurassic Park
  36. The Godfather Part II
  37. Rambo
  38. Rocky III
  39. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
  40. Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
  41. Aladdin
  42. Rocky IV
  43. L.A. Confidential
  44. Goodfellas
  45. Home Alone
  46. The Truman Show
  47. Apollo 13
  48. Hook
  49. Masters of the Universe
  50. Dumbo
  51. Men in Black
  52. The Rock
  53. March of the Wooden Soldiers
  54. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
  55. The Spy Who Loved Me
  56. Gladiator
  57. Saving Private Ryan
  58. Terms of Endearment
  59. Stripes
  60. Love Story
  61. Dr. No
  62. Psycho
  63. Mary Poppins
  64. American Beauty
  65. Peter Pan
  66. Ghostbusters
  67. Fame
  68. The Breakfast Club
  69. Beauty and the Beast
  70. Casablanca
  71. The Lion King
  72. The Magnificent Seven
  73. Chinatown
  74. Judge Dredd
  75. Saving Mr. Banks
  76. Thor
  77. Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
  78. The Shawshank Redemption
  79. The Mighty Ducks
  80. Maverick
  81. Song of the South
  82. Crimson Tide
  83. Lady and the Tramp
  84. The Untouchables
  85. Cinderella (1950)
  86. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
  87. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  88. Sleeping Beauty
  89. Amistad
  90. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
  91. The Little Mermaid
  92. Ghost
  93. Holiday Inn
  94. Bambi
  95. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
  96. Cast Away
  97. Casino
  98. Catch Me if You Can
  99. Patton
  100. Schindler’s List
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