4815162342 Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 So Tele after dat Transformers appearance I know what will cheer you up:50. Alexander Nevsky (1938) Original Music by Sergei Prokofiev 228 Points Top 10 Placements: 2 Top 5 Placements: 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQXxabWZUqY One of the handful of foreign films on this countdown is a classic Russian historical epic that is as blatant anti-German propaganda as can be. Prokofiev's score is old-fashioned for sure, but it's use of progressions, repetition, and slow escalation really helps to build tension and drama more and more until the clouds burst on the screen and in the ears. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalo Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 I hate most old film scores, I think they are really creepy sounding and annoying. especially ^ that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 49. Conan the Barbarian (1982) Original Music by Basil Poledouris 229 Points Top 10 Placements: 1 Top 5 Placements: 1 #1 Placements: 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e4EjeCEbHM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LckJTjGtz2M This was my #1 pick on my list. There are some films that can be driven entirely by music alone, 100% of the length. Conan the Barbarian is one of them. Basil Poledouris crafts a beyond epic score that thrusts you back into a visceral, dramatic, and powerful audio adventure. The main theme builds you up for action like few others do and even incidental action music has a unique and stellar flair to it. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 One of the handful of foreign films on this countdown is a classic Russian historical epic that is as blatant anti-German propaganda as can be. Prokofiev's score is old-fashioned for sure, but it's use of progressions, repetition, and slow escalation really helps to build tension and drama more and more until the clouds burst on the screen and in the ears. YESSSSSSSS Back in the day I used to post links to "Battle on the Ice" on YouTube just to explain what Helm's Deep should feel like. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 48. Chinatown (1974) Original Music by Jerry Goldsmith 230 Points https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmOhNyitewI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6J2t_ov4VY Master Goldsmith, one of the true musical legends, drops by our countdown with Roman Polanski's 1974 film noir set in Telelandia. Goldsmith's score definitely echoes the genre Polanski pays tribute to with its melanchoy trumpet solos and its eerie and unnerving incidental music. It's a body of work that works better as a whole washing over you with the film rather than isolated tracks listened to on their own. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Futurist Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Poledouris was a MASTER. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 47. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005) Original Music by John Williams 246 Points https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awgAzxysyu0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIl7-rDOuTM Star Wars finally arrives, with the final film of the Prequel Trilogy first at the plate. John Williams does a very good job of playing on existing themes developed in the previous five movies while also adding in one very strong theme and a bunch of nice little cues and incidental dramatic music. Especially in the second half of the film the score gets more operatic and in-your-face as the Sith unleash fire and fury on the galaxy and Anakin falls to the Dark Side. It's not the best Star Wars music, but it's certainly a good way to send a franchise out....for 10 years. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalismanRing Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 YESSSSSSSS Back in the day I used to post links to "Battle on the Ice" on YouTube just to explain what Helm's Deep should feel like. The Battle on the Ice is just so damn brilliant. I hate most old film scores, I think they are really creepy sounding and annoying. especially ^ that. Philistine! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 46. The Magnificent Seven (1960) Original Music by Elmer Bernstein 248 Points https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45KAjt7v4t4 One of the most famous Westerns out there shows up in the top half of our countdown. At the core of Elmer Bernstein's upbeat and vigourous score is a main theme that energizes everything along with confidence and bravado, the bombastic horns supported by quick-paced strings getting the blood pumping for a rip-roaring time. You can't ask for much better music in an adventure tale. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Futurist Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Some very old scores showing up, some I don t know especially the last one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalo Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Star Wars is the reason I love film scores.. I cannot wait for The Force Awakens score.. I'm almost as excited for it as I am for the movie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 (edited) Very happy Alexander Nevsky made it up this high! Its in my top 5 Transformers shouldn't be on the list but it's not a bad score, it has some good tracks actual but as whole it's not all that great. Plus it's pretty basic and unimpressive Also very happy about the Magnificent Seven and Chinatown. Especially Magnificent Seven, its a brilliant and fun old western score, one of my favorites actually. Edited April 28, 2015 by The Panda 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalderic Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 I hate most old film scores, I think they are really creepy sounding and annoying. especially ^ that. Watch your mouth... the Russians were easily the greatest composers of the early 20th century... and Prokofiev was a sly, sick mother fucker who wrote some dark music. His ghost will find you if you belittle his works... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Watch your mouth... the Russians were easily the greatest composers of the early 20th century... and Prokofiev was a sly, sick mother fucker who wrote some dark music. His ghost will find you if you belittle his works... I'm hoping another particular Prokofiev score that I like a bit more makes it... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Futurist Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 I didn t know Prokoviev scored movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalderic Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 There are actually several classical composers who wrote for film, as well as many film score composers who have successful careers as classical composers outside of film. It's alway enjoyable seeing the cross between genres. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Futurist Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 There are actually several classical composers who wrote for film, as well as many film score composers who have successful careers as classical composers outside of film. It's alway enjoyable seeing the cross between genres. I know Williams and Morricone have written non score pieces. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted April 29, 2015 Author Share Posted April 29, 2015 45. Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999) Original Music by John Williams 250 Points Top 10 Placements: 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR97f7t8HJI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2XUJ5PWg-8 Our second Star Wars film on the countdown is the fourth one that was made, and the first one chronologically in the franchise. After 16 years John Williams returned to the Galaxy Far Far Away with a fun and energetic score that brought in several new themes, including an all-time fave of Star Wars fans everywhere, and a lot of solid incidental action cues. However you feel about the movie as a whole, there's no denying the skill put into its music. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted April 29, 2015 Author Share Posted April 29, 2015 (edited) 44. Henry V (1989) Original Music by Patrick Doyle 254 Points Top 10 Placements: 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-dR8HD45qs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13FrLGB_oK8 Now we're talking. Kenny B and Pat Doyle reunite for their second and final time on the countdown. Doyle's music is epic and sweeping, using modern style yet at the same time feeling like stuff you could be hearing in the early 15th Century. His St. Crispin's Day cue is an all-time get psyched piece of music and his work in the Non Nobis Domine tracking shot is emotional and powerful. A lot of the wonder in this score comes down to Doyle's smart use of string instruments in various tones and speeds to get the dramatic tension of a particular scene across. If ddddeeee hadn't been lazy this could have been around 20 spots higher. Edited April 29, 2015 by Numbers of Westeros 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalo Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Phantom Menace is too low. Duel of the Fates is one of the best themes ever composed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...