Blankments Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 I'm making a Spotify playlist for the members of the board just for the hell of it; using the samples you use Numbers 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalo Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Good thing I put Her so high! so far this list seems pretty nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stingray Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 The Fountain at 98??! I'm thinking Numbers made a boo-boo with the numbers... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalismanRing Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 I expect the list as usual will skew modern and most of my choices will land near the bottom but so far Kwai, North by Northwest, Sunset Blvd, Monoke with Dumbo, Pinnochio & Kane making HM - not too shabby. If Bridge On The River Kwai is the only score from a David Lean movie I will flip harder than Blanks at an Oscar LEGO snub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Gittes Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Very happy that Conquest of Paradise made it. Terrible movie, but that score is a masterpiece. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted April 26, 2015 Author Share Posted April 26, 2015 The Fountain at 98??! I'm thinking Numbers made a boo-boo with the numbers... I assure you I am good at calculations 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalismanRing Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 How many lists were submitted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted April 26, 2015 Author Share Posted April 26, 2015 A few more this morning:90. Apollo 13 (1995) Original Music by James Horner 138 Points https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fra-m7RNMrU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYvpBsLhVlI Man, how is this one not higher? James Horner gets flak for his penchant for ripping off past motifs and themes he's used and slightly re-dressing them for later work, and sometimes it is deserved. But his best work avoids these criticisms and ably spreads across genres and tones. His work in Apollo 13 evokes auras of triumph, pride, and dedication even as everything around the main characters goes wrong. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted April 26, 2015 Author Share Posted April 26, 2015 How many lists were submitted? 20, including mine. Of those, about a half-dozen were full 100s. There were a couple 10s, a handful apiece of 25s and 50s, and two people bucked the scoring system by submitting a 39 and a 58 respectively, so I had to adjust the scoring ranks for those. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted April 26, 2015 Author Share Posted April 26, 2015 89. Angels and Demons (2009) Original Music by Hans Zimmer 140 Points Top 10 Placements: 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2erShifxC2c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCblGxZZX6Y Hans Zimmer returns to the countdown with his second Dan Brown outing. The Da Vinci Code did not make this countdown. Zimmer builds on some of the themes utilized in that previous film and adds new material aimed to generate ominous discomfort and religious foreboding. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted April 26, 2015 Author Share Posted April 26, 2015 88. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)Original Music by Thomas Newman 140 Points Wins Tiebreaker Over Angels and Demons due to Number of Votes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dtx3vQI1Rk4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRAY0rVN_xk Shawshank is one of the great uplifting movies of the modern era, showing a wrongly imprisoned man fighting to maintain his dignity and then to find a way out. A big reason for that success is Thomas Newman's music, which has probably one of the best soaring main themes in cinema. It carries so much emotion and feeling. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted April 26, 2015 Author Share Posted April 26, 2015 87. The Piano (1993) Original Music by Michael Nyman 142 Points Top 10 Placements: 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FcL5jxzdyk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJuHuxiEkxA It makes sense of course that the core of Nyman's work in this film is in fact a piano. I confess to not having much familiarity with the film or its music. But the music in the film definitely acts as a character of its own, taking the place of its mute protagonist for a voice. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted April 26, 2015 Author Share Posted April 26, 2015 86. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)Original Music by John Williams 142 Points Wins Tiebreaker Over The Piano due to Number of Votes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP95xT0R28c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7ac8qtskAg It was only a matter of time before John Williams showed up and his debut film on the countdown is the third Indiana Jones movie, a film series notably for its pulpy and brash adventure music. The old Indy theme standbys are in his work here, but he also includes new themes such as the Grail theme, which is reverent and full of awe as it contemplates the MacGuffin at stake in the plot. The score also contains Scherzo for Motorcycle and Orchestra, which in my opinion is one of Williams' best action beats in his over 40 years of scoring. I'll be back late morning with another short set. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChD Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 (edited) *clicks thread* *sees The Last Samurai only made honorable mention* *considers life for a few moments* *leaves* Edited April 26, 2015 by ChD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted April 26, 2015 Author Share Posted April 26, 2015 *clicks thread* *sees The Last Samurai only made honorable mention* *considers life for a few moments* *leaves* *wonders why ChD never sent in a ballot* 85. Dr. Zhivago (1965) Original Music by Maurice Jarre 143 Points Top 10 Placements: 1 Top 5 Placements: 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_1k-7tyDPw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du0D10s0Ny8 David Lean's filmography returns, this time with a collaboration with famed composer Maurice Jarre. Jarre's music does a lot of flourishes, incorporating sweeping strokes with romantic melodies and wistful, sentimental pieces. It's definitely the kind of music that suits a historical epic romance. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted April 26, 2015 Author Share Posted April 26, 2015 84. Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) Original Music by Michael Giacchino 144 Points https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu6xJsHKw58 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj6bERITNzE This is probably the first film on this countdown that I can for certainty doesn't belong. Giacchino's work on the J.J. Abrams Nu-Trek sequel is very good, with plenty of fun action riffs and some new nifty themes, but a lot of it also feels pretty derivative of Trek 09's music, especially with a lot of blasting of the "Enterprising Young Men" theme in sometimes not quite appropriate places. Plus, the best piece of music Giacchino composed for the film is presented only in hacked up pieces in the film and was left off of the soundtrack release entirely. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted April 26, 2015 Author Share Posted April 26, 2015 83. Pride and Prejudice (2005) Original Music by Dario Marianelli 145 Points https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vYY0aRH46I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q68QRLGTfxM The first collaboration between director Joe Wright and composer Dario Marianelli is a take on the classic Jane Austen romance novel. Marianelli's music is on the balance quiet and contemplative as it slowly pulls in pastoral and romantic tones here and there to accentuate the drama and emotion on the screen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Gittes Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 STID is so random I don't even know how to react. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted April 26, 2015 Author Share Posted April 26, 2015 82. American Beauty (1999) Original Music by Thomas Newman 146 Points https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrU3EppRwNA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASEeZSWwjfo Thomas Newman shows up again with his work for Sam Mendes' suburban drama. Newman's music perfectly captures the clockwork routine of suburbia and the inner cynicism and dissatisfactions of its inhabitants, while at the same showcasing their wistful yearning to find something more in their lives. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted April 26, 2015 Author Share Posted April 26, 2015 (edited) STID is so random I don't even know how to react. True, but it is not the most random placement. Not even remotely close to it. 81. On the Waterfront (1954) Original Music by Leonard Bernstein 147 Points https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOVs50Axufs We jump back to the 1950s with one of the most memorable classics of that era. Leonard Bernstein's music for the film captures the rough-and-tumble grit and pain of dockworkers in the New York City metro area while at times subsiding into more quiet or emotional moments for when the characters, namely Marlon Brando's weary protagonist, reflect on how they've come to where they are. Will come back later in the afternoon to do another segment of 5. Edited April 26, 2015 by Numbers of Westeros 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...