BOT's Top 100 Film Scores: The Countdown Thread (2015 Edition) (#1 Revealed Page 14, Full List Page 15)

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73. Suspiria (1977)

Original Music by Goblin, with Dario Argento
159 Points
Top 10 Placements: 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtXz3OlFwZA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa3BF6S03Kg


Dario Argento's horror classic is a bit of a surprising inclusion on the countdown, but it's certainly a welcome change of pace. The music is mostly composed by the Italian band Goblin, with some help from Argento himself. It's definitely a bit of eerie and otherworldly music.

[James]

It's not a terrible score, in fact its one of Zimmers good ones, but zimmer as a whole is very overrated. It has nothing to do with me not liking the movie, there's a few films I didn't like at all the made my list.

Well, you are entitled to your own opinion, even if disagree. My top 10 looked like this:

 

1. Shore

2. Shore

3. Zimmer

4. Jablonsky

5. Shore

6. Williams

7. Zimmer

8. Zimmer 

9. Doyle

10. Williams

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72. Edward Scissorhands (1990)

Original Music by Danny Elfman
168 Points

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04q2Ozr-WYA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gR3WESZ_nY


When Tim Burton and Danny Elfman team up, you get vibrant music that's a bit Gothic, a bit haunting, a bit whimsical, and 100% full of life. Edward Scissorhands is no exception to that style.

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71. Spider-Man 2 (2004)

Original Music by Danny Elfman
169 Points
Top 10 Placements: 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XFaMMxiHi0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljWrrDRt6GY


Non-MCU Marvel now shows up to continue the war against the Nolanites. After the first Spider-Man, Raimi and Elfman came back for a second round of action. The music in this film builds on the foundation Elfman started and adds in some chilling music for Doc Ock and some good action beats.

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There'll be a couple more sets later this evening/night.

[Jake Gittes]

Fuck yes Suspiria. My favorite horror score ever, though Jaws and Halloween have more memorable individual themes. 

[The Panda]

Elfman's superhero scores are probably the only ones deserving to make it, that and William's Superman score.

[Walt Disney]

I'm really glad that CA:TFA made the list. It's one of those excellent Silvestri Scores that really elevates the movie.

 

I'm shocked that Terminator 2 didn't make the list. That Score is such a legendary Score. I am sure that there will be more excellent Scores that miss the list as we go on. I expect stuff like Love Story, Terms of Endearment, The Natural, and The Magnificent Seven to ultimately miss the list as well.

[Plain Old Tele]

I'm a little bothered some of these are so low.

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I'm a little bothered some of these are so low.

If you submitted a longer list your selections would have been worth more.

[Plain Old Tele]

If you submitted a longer list your selections would have been worth more.

[Kvikk Lunsj]

I didn't vote for TDKR.

 

Nor TDK for that matter. I did put in Batman Begins somewhere towards the bottom. It's a fun listen through and through.

I only voted for Inception and Interstellar. I am not that knowledgeable on scores so my list is every weak. 

[Jake Gittes]

Elfman's superhero scores are probably the only ones deserving to make it, that and William's Superman score.

I'd add TDK but otherwise yeah. Marvel shouldn't be anywhere near this. 

[Goffe]

I had 11 Zimmer scores in my list

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70. WALL-E (2008)

Original Music by Thomas Newman
176 Points

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdRI0VmjwsM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-7LIojfezw


Thomas Newman returns with his material for the Pixar classic WALL-E. Newman uses futuristic tones and styles to convey simple but earnest music that fits the characters and setting. You'll never believe that two non-humanoid robots could fall in love until you listen to Define Dancing.

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69. King Kong (1933)

Original Music by Max Steiner
178 Points

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

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


Nope, not THAT one, but the original legend itself. Max Steiner fills the film with old-school bombast, blaring horns cranked up to 11 combined with whirring string notes to give a sense of invigorating adventure.

This is the oldest film on the countdown

[The Panda]

Good with both of those scores, Finding Nemo is probably my favorite Pixae score but Wall-E is very strong too.

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68. The Natural (1984)

Original Music by Randy Newman
181 Points
Top 10 Placements: 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2NOaWLcPkI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MQ4ZIBoEd4


After Thomas Newman showing up a few times, his cousin Randy decides to elbow his way in to share some of the family glory. His music for The Natural has a lot of simple, earnest tones befitting a guy who tumbled down to nothing after a tragic incident and who slowly builds himself back up years later. The main theme for this film, like Shawshank Redemption, is one of the best pure emotional soaring themes in a film period.

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67. Ben-Hur (1959)

Original Music by Miklós Rózsa
182 Points

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks3Oh7bX5s8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-FU-bHWtNQ


One of the Big 3 Epics at the Academy Awards (those films with 11 wins), Ben-Hur features a suitably sweeping, epic, and moving film score that chronicles years of struggle, despair, war, and redemption. Miklós Rózsa uses plenty of genre staples in his music here, but he executes them damn well.

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66. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

Original Music by James Horner
183 Points
Top 10 Placements: 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PR2v62mfdX4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1PejM57F8s


Oh man is this film score too low. James Horner's first big foray into the film score world was with this film and he closely coordinated with director Nicholas Meyer to provide music that suited the nautical adventure style on the screen. And boy did he deliver. The great thing about Star Trek as a franchise is how the style of music for many of the films was very different, giving each one its own unique identity. We'll see more Star Trek ahead.

Edited April 26, 2015 by Numbers of Westeros