BOT's TOP 100 Film Scores: The Threequel (Submission Deadline March 22nd at 6:00 PM PST) NO MORE EXTENSIONS

[The Panda]

Here's my list.  Please take note there is only one Hanz Zimmer score and limited 21st century scores, as it should be in every list.

 

1.       The Double Life of Veronique - Preisner

2.       Alexander Nevsky – Prokofiev

3.       The Mission – Morricone

4.       The Magnificent Seven - Bernstein

5.       On Golden Pond – Grusin

6.       The Ghost and Mrs Muir - Hermann

7.       Once Upon a Time in the West – Morricone

8.       Psycho – Herrmann

9.       The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford – Cave and Ellis

10.   Pan’s Labyrinth – Navarrete

11.   Ben-Hur - Rozsa

12.   Sunset Boulevard – Waxman

13.   The Hunt for Red October – Poledouris

14.   The Red Pony - Copland

15.   The Godfather – Rota

16.   Gone with the Wind – Reiner

17.   On the Waterfront - Bernstein

18.   Schindler’s List – Williams

19.   Vertigo - Herrmann

20.   Laura – Raksin

21.   Beasts of the Southern Wild – Romer and Zeitlin

22.   How the West Was Won – Newman

23.   Children of Men – Tavener

24.   The Fall of the Roman Empire – Tiomkin

25.   Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Brion

26.   Disconnect – Max Richter

27.   Chinatown – Goldsmith

28.   Raiders of the Lost Ark – Williams

29.   The Hours - Glass

30.   It’s a Wonderful Life – Tiomkin

31.   King Kong – Steiner

32.   The Milagro Beanfield Wars – Grusin

33.   Requiem for a Dream - Mansell

34.   The Alamo – Tiomkin

35.   Planet of the Apes - Goldsmith

36.   To Kill a Mockingbird – Bernstein

37.   Lawrence of Arabia – Jarre

38.   Breakfast at Tiffany’s – Mancini

39.   The Last of the Mohicans – Jones

40.   Dances With Wolves - Barry

41.   The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – Morricone

42.   The Exorcist - Oldfield

43.   Red River – Tiomkin

44.   Spirited Away - Hisaishi

45.   Memoirs of Geisha - Williams

46.   North by Northwest – Herrmann

47.   The Grand Budapest Hotel - Desplat

48.   The Big Country – Moross

49.   Cloud Atlas - Tykwer

50.   Up – Giacchino

51.   Blade Runner – Vangelis

52.   Much Ado About Nothing – Doyle

53.   Close Encounters of the Third Kind – Williams

54.   Duel in the Sun – Tiomkin

55.   The Shawshank Redemption - Newman

56.   Patton - Goldsmith

57.   The Adventures of Robin Hood – Korngold

58.   High Noon – Tiomkin

59.   Beauty and the Beast – Menken

60.   The Searchers – Steiner

61.   A Streetcar Named Desire - North

62.   The Ten Commandments – Bernstein

63.   There Will Be Blood – Greenwood

64.   Life to the Scaffold - Davis

65.   Empire of the Sun – Williams

66.   The Devil and Daniel Webster - Herrmann

67.   The Best Years of Our Lives – Friedhofer

68.   Birth – Alexandre Desplat

69.   The Social Network – Reznor and Ross

70.   Spellbound - Rosza

71.   Finding Nemo - Newman

72.   Jaws – Williams

73.   The Thing - Morricone

74.   Night Passage – Tiomkin

75.   El Cid – Rozsa

76.   Stagecoach - Hageman

77.   Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring – Shore

78.   Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back – Williams

79.   The Thief of Bagdad – Rozsa

80.   Gravity - Price

81.   The Incredibles - Giacchino

82.   Saving Private Ryan – Williams

83.   The Wild, Wild West – Tiomkin

84.   Her – Arcade Fire

85.   Anatomy of Murder - Ellington

86.   Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone – Williams

87.   Upstream Color - Carruth

88.   Batman - Elfman

89.   The Lion King – Zimmer

90.   Amelie - Tierson

91.   Jurassic Park – Williams

92.   Solaris - Martinez

93.   Life of Pi – Danna and Simonsen

94.   8 ½ - Rota

95.   E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial – Williams

96.   Destroy All Monsters – Ifukube

97.   Suspiria - Goblin

98.   Braveheart - Horner

99.   Superman – Williams

100.  Forrest Gump - Silvestri

 

 

Edited February 22, 2017 by The Panda

[Jake Gittes]

I'm not even a big Zimmer fan and you just made me want to add a few of his scores to my list so good job. 

[The Panda]

5 hours ago, Jake Gittes said:

I'm not even a big Zimmer fan and you just made me want to add a few of his scores to my list so good job. 

 

He has two maybe three memorable scores that aren't carbon copies of his other scores.

 

However I realize that the majority of the scores are going to be from modern movies people have seen and not necessarily the better scores, so I'm not getting my hopes up about many of the classic film composers getting to many slots on here.

Edited February 21, 2017 by The Panda

[4815162342]

When Zimmer is on point, he can be excellent.

[cannastop]

20 minutes ago, 4815162342 said:

When Zimmer is on point, he can be excellent.

*cough* The Lion King *cough*

[The Panda]

Zimmer honestly isn't a bad composer, but he's overrated af.  The Lion King is a great score, and he has a few other solid scores in movies like Gladiator.  

 

He's the Nolan of film scoring.  Good, but way overhyped and worshipped by certain corners of the Internet, and not all-time great.  Actually probably overhyped to a larger extent by Nolan.  Most Zimmer scores I couldn't sit and listen to without the movie, which is what makes him (and many of 21st century film composers) lacking when you compare them to Williams, Hermann, Rosza, Goldsmith, Bernstein (both of them), Tiomkin, etc.

Edited February 21, 2017 by The Panda

[Goffe]

All composers with any sort of prestige and an extensive repertoire have regurgitated their own material in one way or another, so I don't know why Zimmer is singled out for this kind of practice. Dude composed 150 film scores, he also did the music for video games, tv shows, and even for one of the Oscars ceremonies... expecting him to come with an original idea every time is not reasonable.

 

FYC some of his that I'm really into and will probably be making my list:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 22, 2017 by Goffe

[Fancyarcher]

Zimmer can be great, but a lot of times it does feel like he's just going through with the motions. Not to mention these days, a lot of his music can come off as noise.

 

Also @The Panda, Herrmann composed The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. Just correcting you there. 

 

Before I put together my list, here's some more FYC's.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Looking over my suggestions, all I can think is, wow 1985 was a great year for film music. 

Edited February 23, 2017 by Fancyarcher

[John Marston]

one underrated score is Jerry Goldsmith's score to The Ghost and the Darkness. I love listening to this one

 

 

 

[Jake Gittes]

Maybe the most powerful scene/score combo in any film I saw in the past year. 

 

 

[4815162342]

OK people, time to get serious.

[Fancyarcher]

Here's my list. Took me a while to get it done. I tried to feature as many composers as possible instead of resorting to going back to the well of say one particular composer like John Williams (though he's still featured a lot in this list).

 

Spoiler

 

1.    The Empire Strikes Back - John Williams

2.    Lawrence of Arabia - Maurice Jarre

3.    Fellowship of The Ring - Howard Shore

4.    Star Wars - John Williams

5.    Vertigo - Bernard Herrman

6.    The Mission - Ennio Morricone

7.    The Return of The King - Howard Shore

8.    The Ten Commandments - Elmer Bernstein

9.    The Godfather - Nino Rota

10.  The Good, The Bad & The Ugly - Ennio Morricone

11.  Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Jerry Goldsmith

12.  Schindler’s List - John Williams

13.  The Two Towers - Howard Shore

14.  To Kill A Mockingbird - Elmer Bernstein

15.  Prince Valiant - Franz Waxman

16.  Forrest Gump - Alan Silvestri

17.  Heavy Metal - Elmer Bernstein

18.  Psycho - Bernard Herrmann

19.  Ben Hur - Miklos Roszka

20.  Jaws - John Williams

21.  The Ghost and Mrs. Muir - Bernard Herrmann

22.  Conan The Barbarian - Basil Poledouris

23.  The Dark Crystal - Trevor Jones

24.  Once Upon A Time In America - Ennio Morricone

25.  On Golden Pond - Dave Grusin

26.  Princess Mononoke - Joe Hisashi

27.  Koyaanisqasti - Philip Glass

28.  The Incredibles - Michael Giacchino

29.  It’s A Wonderful Life - Dimitri Tiomkin

30.  Cleopatra - Alex North

31.  Raiders of The Lost Ark - John Williams

32.  The Adventures of Robin Hood - Erich Wolfgang Korngold

33.  The Grand Budapest Hotel - Alexandre Desplat

34.   Flesh & Blood - Basil Poledouris

35.  The Phantom Menace - John Williams

36.  El Cid - Miklos Roszka

37.  Young Sherlock Holmes - Bruce Broughton

38. Return to Oz - David Shire

39.  Pan’s Labyrinth - Javier Navrette

40.  The Final Conflict - Jerry Goldsmith

41.  How To Train Your Dragon - John Powell

42.  Birth - Alexandre Desplat

43.  Escape From New York - John Carpenter

44.  Stargate - David Arnold

45.  The Lion King - Hans Zimmer

46.  Batman: Mask of The Phantasm - Shirley Walker

47.  The Godfather Part 2 - Nino Rota

48.  Lifeforce - Henry Mancini

49.  Titanic - James Horner

50.  Spirited Away - Joe Hisashi

51.  Dances With Wolves - John Barry

52. The Magnificent Seven - Elmer Bernstein 

53.  On Her Majesty’s Secret Service - John Barry

54.  Ran – Toru Takemistku

55.  Up - Michael Giacchino

56.  Lionheart - Jerry Goldsmith

57.  The Neverending Story - Klaus Doldinger & Giorgio Moroder

58.  The Secret of NIMH - Jerry Goldsmith

59. Alexander Nevsky - Sergei Prokofiev 

60.  Superman - John Williams

61.  Sunflower - Henry Mancini

62.  The Force Awakens - John Williams

63.  Gone With The Wind - Max Steiner

64.  The Adventures of Baron Munchausen - Michael Kamen

65.  Rocky - Bill Conti

66.  Edward Scissorhands - Danny Elfman

67.  Revenge of The Sith - John Williams

68.  Clash of The Titans - Lawrence Rosenthal

69.  Last of The Mohicans - Trevor Jones & Randy Edelman

70.  The Glass Menagerie - Henry Mancini

71.  The Age of Innocence - Elmer Bernstein

72.  Jaws: The Revenge - Michael Small (I’m dead serious, the score to this movie is amazing)

73.  Cutthroat Island - John Debney

74.  The Land Before Time - James Horner

75.  Doctor Zhivago - Maurice Jarre

76.  Enter The Dragon – Lalo Schifrin

77. Midnight Cowboy - John Barry

78.  Batman Returns - Danny Elfman

79.  Gettysburg - Randy Edelman

80.  The 7th Voyage of Sinbad - Bernard Herrmann

81.  Body Heat - John Barry

82.  Wall-E - Thomas Newman

83.  The Living Daylights - John Barry

84.  The Shadow - Jerry Goldsmith

85.  The Goonies - Dave Grusin

86.  Rebel Without A Cause - Leonard Rosenman

87.  Hamlet - Patrick Doyle 

88.  Unbreakable - James Newton Howard

89.  Masters of The Universe - Bill Conti

90.  Who Framed Roger Rabbit - Alan Silvestri

91.  Time After Time - Miklos Roszka

92.  Independence Day - David Arnold

93.  The Conversation - David Shire

94. Gladiator - Hans Zimmer & Lisa Gerrald 

95.  Apollo 13 - James Horner

96.  Much Ado About Nothing - Patrick Doyle

97.  The Shawshank Redemption - Thomas Newman

98.  Destroy All Monsters - Akira Ifukube 

99.  Big Fish - Danny Elfman

100.  Robocop - Basil Poledouris

 

 

 

Edited March 20, 2017 by Fancyarcher

[4815162342]

Please PM it to me @Fancyarcher. Thanks.

 

 

May need to extend the deadline on this.

[chasmmi]

On 2017. 3. 1. at 11:31 PM, 4815162342 said:

Please PM it to me @Fancyarcher. Thanks.

 

 

May need to extend the deadline on this.

 

It's not a proper list without an extended deadline

[4815162342]

Pushed the deadline back two weeks to March 19th, because of the insultingly small turnout so far.

 

I am ashamed of

 

@CoolioD1 @Kalo @Jake Gittes @Telemachos @baumer @Goffe @chasmmi @ShouldIBeHere @tribefan695 @angeldelmito @Manchester by the Tree @Spaghetti by the Sea @The Stingray @Empire @Walt Disney @AndyLL @MrPink @ddddeeee @TalismanRing @Ethan Hunt @SchumacherFTW @James @Blankments @JohnnY @Kalderic @solaris @DamienRoc @Dexter of Suburbia @ChD @darkelf @The Futurist @jandrew @Jack Nevada

 

Plus throw in for good measure

 

@WrathOfHan @AABATTERY @Arlborn @Alpha @franfar @robertman2 @CJohn @grim22 @DAR @Jayhawk @Jay Hollywood @Webslinger @filmlover @DeeCee @Water Bottle @RandomJC @boomboom234 @Michael Gary Scott @#ED

 

and so on

[robertman2]

1 minute ago, 4815162342 said:

Pushed the deadline back two weeks to March 19th, because of the insultingly small turnout so far.

 

I am ashamed of

 

@CoolioD1 @Kalo @Jake Gittes @Telemachos @baumer @Goffe @chasmmi @ShouldIBeHere @tribefan695 @angeldelmito @Manchester by the Tree @Spaghetti by the Sea @The Stingray @Empire @Walt Disney @AndyLL @MrPink @ddddeeee @TalismanRing @Ethan Hunt @SchumacherFTW @James @Blankments @JohnnY @Kalderic @solaris @DamienRoc @Dexter of Suburbia @ChD @darkelf @The Futurist @jandrew @Jack Nevada

 

Plus throw in for good measure

 

@WrathOfHan @AABATTERY @Arlborn @Alpha @franfar @robertman2 @CJohn @grim22 @DAR @Jayhawk @Jay Hollywood @Webslinger @filmlover @DeeCee @Water Bottle @RandomJC @boomboom234 @Michael Gary Scott @#ED

 

and so on

We're ashamed of you

[robertman2]

And do I have to do 100?

[Arlborn]

I know next to nothing about film scores, I couldn't even fill a top10, sorry.

[Kvikk Lunsj]

2 minutes ago, 4815162342 said:

Pushed the deadline back two weeks to March 19th, because of the insultingly small turnout so far.

 

I am ashamed of

 

@CoolioD1 @Kalo @Jake Gittes @Telemachos @baumer @Goffe @chasmmi @ShouldIBeHere @tribefan695 @angeldelmito @Manchester by the Tree @Spaghetti by the Sea @The Stingray @Empire @Walt Disney @AndyLL @MrPink @ddddeeee @TalismanRing @Ethan Hunt @SchumacherFTW @James @Blankments @JohnnY @Kalderic @solaris @DamienRoc @Dexter of Suburbia @ChD @darkelf @The Futurist @jandrew @Jack Nevada

 

Plus throw in for good measure

 

@WrathOfHan @AABATTERY @Arlborn @Alpha @franfar @robertman2 @CJohn @grim22 @DAR @Jayhawk @Jay Hollywood @Webslinger @filmlover @DeeCee @Water Bottle @RandomJC @boomboom234 @Michael Gary Scott @#ED

 

and so on

 

I am glad you remember me. I will have time this weekend. I finally have no papers to write. 

[franfar]

Would this need to be in preferential order?