Soundtracks, Scores

[greenaxer]

I've really been getting into soundtracks and scores lately. My love for Symphony X has only furthered my appreciation for the epic, classical, orchestral stuff. Does anyone else here enjoy film music? Fav. composers? I know MJR is into John Williams - he's got good taste. I can definitely hear the influence.

John Williams - Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, Harry Potter, Patriot
Hans Zimmer - Gladiator, Thin Red Line, Crimson Tide, King Arthur
Howard Shore - LOTR
James Horner - Braveheart, Titanic (minus Celine Dion), A Beautiful Mind
Danny Elfman - Batman, Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Big Fish
Jerry Goldsmith - Alien, First Knight, 13th Warrior, Star Trek
Basil Poledouris - Conan, Hunt for Red October

 

[Rose Immortal]

I'd say that of film composers, Michael Kamen and Hans Zimmer are my favorites.

John Williams and James Horner I really don't care for so much.

 

[weenur]

Basil Poleduris! That Conan soundtrack is amazingly beautiful and powerful.

 

[Nightmare1z]

Yeah, Hans Zimmer and John Williams are my top 2. Zimmer for his more modern sweeping scores (The Rock and Gladiator are my favorites by him), and Williams for a more classical like score.

One that's often overlooked but I enjoy is Klaus Badelt. He was a student of Zimmer, so the influence is there.

He's done the Time Machine and K-19. Both of those are exceptional...

 

[OfSinsAndShred]

I once wrote a paper on the soundtrack of Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey.

But yeah, epic film scores are great. The cinematic stuff just has so much passion.

 

[Rafaga]

Everybody is forgeting Hans Zimmer's "The Lion King", wich was great and better than those mentioned (IMO).

Yoko Kanno is a japanese composer who has written scores and OST to some TV series. She's my favorite composer, she can do anything: jazz, blues, ballads, rock, latin, pop, songs, etc. If you have not listened some of her compositions, try to find some, they're great.

 

[greenaxer]

I agree, guys. There's a deep emotional resonance that can't always be found in mainstream music. Plus, it's just something wonderfully different from the usual stuff!

Right on, Nightmare1z. The K-19 score is amazing. I'm always looking for new film music I might not be aware of. It would be cool if you guys could recommend anything else that you've listened to.

Oh yeah, I'd love to hear how SX or Michael Romeo might score a film. The possibilities...

 

[soundgarden]

Nobuo Uematsu....learn that name and love it!



(he is the mastermind behind the final fantasy scores)

 

[Rose Immortal]

This may sound crazy, but I think Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead could move further into film-scoring. He did one for a documentary that for a first effort is pretty cool. Very experimental, strange stuff...but who knows what he could do if he got more comfortable with an orchestra?

 

[greenaxer]

Nobuo Uematsu is THE MAN. His Final Fantasy music is incredible (Liberi Fatali is killer and the FF7 theme is one of his best, IMHO).

Rose Immortal, I heard about Jonny Greenwood's score. Now there's something that must be a trip to listen to (experience, rather).

OH YEAH, anyone heard of E.S. Postumus? They're a duo from Germany, I think. They do epic orchestral music blended with world sounds, rock, and electronica. Simply awesome stuff, definitely recommend it. Like Peter Gabriel, Hans Zimmer, and the punch of a Les Paul. Check them out (their song "Pompeii" might be recognizable. It was used for Tim Burton's "Planet of the Apes" trailer and probably more).

 

[Rose Immortal]

Rose Immortal, I heard about Jonny Greenwood's score. Now there's something that must be a trip to listen to (experience, rather).

Yes, it is certainly very weird, very avant-garde, almost reminding me of Steve Reich in places, with the games he plays with rhythm. But I do like it.

 

[-Gavin-]

Klaus BAdelt (Pirates of the Caribbean) made the best movie soundtrack ever.


Also the Vanhelsing one, whoever made that? it slayed

 

[HellFire]

Yes, the soundtrack to "Hunt for the Red October" is simply awe inspiring, incredible. (well, the Soviet bit is anyway)

I like some of John Barry's work-Zulu, James Bond: The living Daylights.

Here's my favourites,

Last of the Mohicans-WOW
Starship Troopers-fantastic!
Dune
Zulu Dawn
Gladiator
Star Wars
Lord of the Rings
The Battle of Britain
The Patriot

 

[Odysseus]

I haven't posted in about a year but I just had to particpipate in this thread.

If you want to hear a true masterpiece by Danny Elfman, then listen to the soundtrack for Tim Burtons' The Nightmare Before Christmas. It's a disney film with a child-like sort of theme to it, but that doesn't make it childish at all. The film is basically a musical that features Danny Elfman's music and his voice singing the lead part of Jack Skellington.

I only have 3 video game soundtracks, one of which is FFVII. Nobuo Uematsu can really kick some ass. Anything from classical to a sort of prog metal (boss theme) he does really well. My favorite of the 3 that I own is actually the Final Fantasy Tactics soundtrack which is done by two guys named Hitoshi Sakimoto & Masaharu Iwata. Video game music: not just kid stuff

 

[soundgarden]

@Odysseus

Welcome back! Where is your avatar from?

 

[Odysseus]

@Odysseus

Welcome back! Where is your avatar from?

I think I did a real quick photoshop job on the picture of the Odysseus t-shirt they used to have on the website.

Thanks for the welcome back. Stewie and just about every character from Family Guy rules btw.

A couple more soundtracks I wanna mention:
The Red Violin (John Corigliano)
Team America: World Police & South Park (I believe Trey Parker writes the music and sings most of the lead vocal parts.)

 

[Progbass]

I think Alan Silvestri made One Helsing score.
BTW Odysseus, I like Nightmare before christmas soundtrack too.

 

[arglebargle]

Jeremy Soule has done some kickass orchestral scores for computer games like Icewind Dale and Knights of the Old Republic. He has an epic, atmospheric style that I love.

 

[arglebargle]

OH YEAH, anyone heard of E.S. Postumus? They're a duo from Germany, I think. They do epic orchestral music blended with world sounds, rock, and electronica. Simply awesome stuff, definitely recommend it. Like Peter Gabriel, Hans Zimmer, and the punch of a Les Paul. Check them out (their song "Pompeii" might be recognizable. It was used for Tim Burton's "Planet of the Apes" trailer and probably more).

That sounds fucking awesome, I love cross-genre stuff like that.

 

[Odysseus]

Has anyone seen the film Waking Life? The music for that was perfect for the really intense philosophical atmosphere. The film deals with the nature of consciousness, lucid dreaming, human physcology, and other topics like that with a heavy connotation to it.

Intsruments used were a string quintet, a piano, an accordian, and a clarinet. The music was just as abstract as the movie, and it's another one of my favorites.