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

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49 minutes ago, Goffe said:

I admire your attitude, but I should tell you to embrace an inevitable disappointment. People on here seem to think it's the worst of the 3 if the lists posted on the original thread are any indication. Of course, that's an offensive & wrong opinion to have, but that's BOT for you.

 

Huh...thought it had the best score pretty easily

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2 hours ago, Arlborn said:

It's almost like music isn't as subjective as movies.

 

 

 

Let Miles Teller say it for me at 1:20. Music ain't subjective, Mr. Fantastic said so

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And we're back.

 

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95.

 

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Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)


Original Music by Javier Navarrete


206 Points


Top 10 Placements: 1


2015 Placement: 76 (-19)

 

 

 

 

Coming in at #95 is Pan's Labyrinth, which survived a notable drop in standings from last time around. Javier Navarrete received an Oscar nomination for his work on the movie, which was certainly wholly deserved. The music is luscious and romantic as it evokes its quasi-gothic fantasy backdrop amidst its period historical setting. The main theme is very wistful and yearning, reflecting the main character's desire to escape her life and the opportunity to travel to a fantasy world she is told she has come from.

 

 

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#94

 

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Doctor Zhivago (1965)


Original Music by Maurice Jarre


206 Points


Top 5 Placements: 1
Top 10 Placements: 1


2015 Placement: 85 (-9)


TIEBREAKER OVER PAN’S LABYRINTH DUE TO TIEBREAKER POINTS

 

 

 

 

 

Next up comes a selection from a classic director/composer combination. Based on the acclaimed novel of life in pre-Soviet Russia and the turmoil caused by the Russian Revolution, Maurice Jarre's music is suitably epic and sweeping to fit the scope of the movie. Jarre's theme for Lara, the figure who captivates and drives the title character, is one of the more famous musical themes of that era, perfectly capturing the romantic atmosphere that forms the heart of the movie. Jarre won an Oscar for his work.

 

 

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#93

 

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Princess Mononoke (1997)


Original Music by Joe Hisaishi 


208 Points


Top 10 Placements: 1


2015 Placement: 92 (-1)
 

 

 

 

Our second foreign language film of this pod is one of Hayao Miyazaki's most acclaimed works, featuring, as almost always, music by his go-to composer Joe Hisaishi. Hisaishi's work does a great job of switching between the various tones of the movie, from grand cues and melodies for Ashitaka's journey, to the tense and frantic cues of the conflict between the forces of nature and industry, and the almost otherworldly music of the infestation of demons and curses caused by the upsetting of the natural order. It's probably my favorite piece of Hisaishi's body of work.

 

 

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92.


 

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Sunset Boulevard (1950)


Original Music by Franz Waxman


209 Points


Top 5 Placements: 1


2015 Placement: 96 (+4)

 

 

 

Next up is our oldest film to date on the Top 100, and an old piece of evidence proving the theory of how Hollywood loves to make movies about Hollywood. This of course casts no ill reflection on the music itself, which earned composer Franz Waxman an Academy Award. Waxman litters the film with distorted arrangements of cues and popular styles of film music from prior decades to reflect the deteriorating and warped state of mind of main character Norma Desmond.

 


 

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So far same old, same old, which is good I guess, cause it means most of the new scores aren't just automatically shown right out the gate.

 

BTW speaking of Dictor Zhivago & Jarre, I've been actually listening to a lot of music last week, particularly his 80's output, while it is the era where film score fans decry him for overusing synths because it was the cool thing to do (well his son was a synth wizard), he did a produce a lot of great work during that period (Shogun, Lion of The Desert, Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome, Enemy Mine, The Bride, Tai-Pan, etc...). Shame we don't get that kind of "sweeping" music really anymore.

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91.
 

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The Wizard of Oz (1939)


Original Music by Herbert Stothart


210 Points


2015 Placement: 78 (-13)

 

 

 

One of the oldest film scores in the cyclone now makes its appearance. Believe it or not, there is more to this film than just its memorable songs, and the Academy agreed, awarding Stothart an Oscar for original score. Much of the musical is whimsical, echoing the fantastical nature of Oz and the array of characters encountered by Dorothy. The film also features a short but memorable motif for the Wicked Witch of the West, that aggressively recurs each time the witch (or her Kansas alter ego of sorts) appears in the movie to strong dramatic effect.

 


 

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90.

 

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Apollo 13 (1995)


Original Music by James Horner


212 Points


2015 Placement: 90 (NO CHANGE)

 

 

 

James Horner had quite the illustrious career in music, spanning over 30 years, and Apollo 13 remains one of his most highly regarded film scores. The film's triumphant main theme soars throughout the movie, especially during the initial launch of the spacecraft as well as the climatic reentry sequence. The film score garnered an Oscar nomination for Horner, though he did not win, perhaps due to vote splitting with his nomination the same year for Braveheart. This will not be the only time we hear from Horner on this countdown.

 

 

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89.

 

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Escape from New York (1981)


Original Music by John Carpenter


214 Points


2015 Placement: NEW

 

 

 

In a bit of a surprise surge, we get one of the classic John Carpenter genre movies sneaking into the countdown. Carpenter composed the music for many of his movies and for Escape From New York, he relied heavily on synth sounds and cues to drive up feelings of ambient dread and unease as the film's hero descends into a dystopian city turned into a massive prison, and then tries to escape with the MacGuffin in one piece.

 

 

 

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