BOT's TOP 100 Film Scores: The Threequel: COUNTDOWN COMPLETE! (#1 Page 36!)

[4815162342]

21 minutes ago, Jake Gittes said:

 

I will not abide this Rango diss

 

 

I will not abide my own ignorance of who scored that 

[narniadis]

5 minutes ago, 4815162342 said:

 

I will not abide my own ignorance of who scored that 

 

Eh it's not a memorable score

[narniadis]

Didn't Zimmer also do Spirit for DreamWorks? 

[The Panda]

1 hour ago, 4815162342 said:

26.
 

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The Magnificent Seven (1960)

Original Music by Elmer Bernstein

508 Points

Top 5 Placements: 1
Top 10 Placements: 1

2015 Placement: 46 (+20)

 

 

 

Now this is a change I can believe in. Rising 20 places is Elmer Bernstein's iconic music for an icon of the Western genre. The main theme for the movie has been endlessly cited and referenced in countless pop culture works across the decades. Bernstein was nominated for an Academy award for his work on the movie, though he lost out to Exodus.

 

 

 

 

(Although the glorious theme isn't present in those two excerpts)

Edited April 22, 2017 by 2 Panda 2 Furious

[Fancyarcher]

1 hour ago, Jake Gittes said:

 

I will not abide this Rango diss

 

 

It's not bad, but the album presentation is absolute ass I must admit. Most of the best cues were left off it.

 

Also I can't believe I'm the only person who voted for The Final Conflict. That's one of Goldsmith's absolute best.

[Fancyarcher]

48 minutes ago, narniadis said:

Didn't Zimmer also do Spirit for DreamWorks? 

 

He also did or collaborated on The Prince of Egypt, all three Kung-Fu Panda's, Megamind, all three Madagascar films, & recently Boss Baby. In fact RC composers were Dreamworks go to guys for music, straight from the beginning with Antz. 

[TalismanRing]

1 hour ago, Jake Gittes said:

Damn shame I was the only one who voted for Starman. Wondering whether a lot of people simply haven't seen it. The music really took my breath away.

 

It's beautiful and I thought I had it in my list but

[Goffe]

KFP2's music is absolutely amazing, but of course it's the meh HTTYD that people love.

[Goffe]

Rango's score is very good too, although I don't think it made my list. I agree with the poster above who said the album presentation was botched. Made the music seem less remarkable than it actually was.

 

 

 

[misafeco]

On 2017. 04. 23. at 1:13 AM, Goffe said:

KFP2's music is absolutely amazing, but of course it's the meh HTTYD that people love.

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25.

 

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Chariots of Fire (1981)

Original Music by Vangelis

513 Points

Top 5 Placements: 1
Top 10 Placements: 1

2015 Placement: 18 (-7)

 

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

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLQ088VSTCg

 

We start the Top 25 with a memorable score by Vangelis, who eschewed traditional orchestra for this period piece for instead a synthesizer heavy arrangement. This was done to give the film a feel of modernity. The main theme for the film has become iconic and has been reused countless times in pop culture, sometimes normally, and sometimes as a parody. This was Vangelis' first major film score.

 

 

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24.
 

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Vertigo (1958)

Original Music by Bernard Herrmann

521 Points

#1 Rankings: 1
Top 5 Placements: 1
Top 10 Placements: 1

2015 Placement: NEW

 

This was the Highest-Ranked New Film on the Countdown

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNgl43CwVTg

 

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

 

Coming in at #24 is the final new film to the countdown, and @cannastop can cease hyperventilating in anxiety. Herrmann's score relies a lot on cycles to convey Scottie's obsession. The music was recorded in Europe due to a musician's strike in the US at the time. Herrmann's work on the film is generally considered to be one of his best efforts of his career.

 

 

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23.

 

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Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)

Original Music by John Williams

531 Points

Top 10 Placements: 3

2015 Placement: 45 (+22)

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek8bqQV_zuo

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV6_85w0pI8

 

The influx of new votes really helped this outing from the GFFA, which goes to show that no matter how the movie itself is viewed here, people still thought the score was really good. One of John Williams' goals for the music was to make it more mystical compared to the more "military" music of the OT. Of course, when most people think of music from this film, they think of Duel of the Fates, which has a pretty strong consensus among fans of being a top-tier track in the franchise. So naturally I didn't include it in the youtube links. It's my personal #3 of Star Wars scores.

 

 

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Gone with the Wind (1939)

Original Music by Max Steiner

531 Points

Top 10 Placements: 3

2015 Placement: 30 (+8)

TIEBREAKER OVER TPM DUE TO MORE VOTES

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qr25F9t6Es

 

We return to the old time land of Hollywood, aka Tele's midlife crisis era, for one of the biggest epics of them all. Steiner's time working on this film was the longest he ever worked on a Hollywood production, and the effort shows, with lush, bombastic music spilling out of all corners of the film, with substantial skill exerted working in various classic folk and patriotic music from the era into the themes and cues of the movie. The main theme for the plantation Tara is without a doubt the most famous music piece to come out of the movie, let alone that era of Hollywood.

 

 

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21.

 

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Star Wars: Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)

Original Music by John Williams 

550 Points

#1 Rankings: 1
Top 5 Placements: 1
Top 10 Placements: 2

2015 Placement: 19 (-2)
 

 

We're in the beginning of the end, so it's no surprise to see Star Wars and Williams starting to ramp up. For the final outing of the OT, Williams worked in several new themes and motifs, most notably the Emperor's theme of sinister people going "oooooooooooooo" in various modulations, and Luke and Leia's sibling theme which kinda feels just a little too romantic music-wise. Then again they have made out at least once in the canon so....Anyways, Williams does a great job at blending in the pomp of the trademark franchise action horn beats with some new cues to help give the film its' own unique musical identity.

 

 

[The Panda]

All of those scores are very good.

[4815162342]

5 more with just a single vote:

 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoA9-zh2A1o

 

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

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBfuXXGqFL8

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HvJfeSk1RU

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xhIX4qr9JI

 

 

[Plain Old Tele]

TPM top 25?  

[Fancyarcher]

Honestly I'm still surprised that Vertigo never made it onto the list last time. I'm also shocked that Somewhere In Time only got one vote. I assumed it would have been on someone's list, oh well. 

 

Also lol at somebody choosing Roar (Goffe?) it's a great piece of music, but it's the only piece of music throughout the entire film, and much like Burwell's NCFOM piece it only plays at the end of the credits, seriously. 

 

21 minutes ago, Tele Came Back said:

TPM top 25?  

 

I think it's fairly deserving of being in top 25. It's among Williams most epic works IMO, and it features some great themes. It was in my top 40 at least. 

[WrathOfHan]

ROTJ's score is overrated.

 

What are the single votes?