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Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 7:14 pm
by BVD Press
Broughton would have to be pretty high up there!

Favorite Movie Composer

Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 7:41 pm
by THE TUBA
Shostakovich!!!
The music from The Gadfly is awesome!

If he doesn't count, I would have to go with big JW or Michael Kamen.<-Field of Dreams

Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 7:52 pm
by pulseczar
Danny Elfman, Hans Zimmer, and Ennio Morricone.

They've all composed many movies and they all kick ***.

Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 8:41 pm
by LoyalTubist
For musical themes--Ennio Moricone.

For the total musical atmosphere: Eric Korngold

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Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 8:43 pm
by Biggs
Ennio Morricone. No one else even comes close.

Including J. Williams.

Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 9:18 pm
by MartyNeilan
Angelo Badalementi - Twin Peaks :twisted:

I went to MSM with his son who was a clarinet major.

Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 9:27 pm
by Mark Preece
James Horner - Apollo 13, and Legends of the Fall

Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 9:35 pm
by Tubaguy41
Bernard Herrmann and Nino Rota...they're at the top of my list.

Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 10:06 pm
by dtemp
Mark Mothersbaugh's work on the Wes Anderson films is pretty incredible.

Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 10:09 pm
by MartyNeilan
dtemp wrote:Mark Mothersbaugh's work on the Wes Anderson films is pretty incredible.
Its hard to believe the guy behind WhipIt also did Rugrats!
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Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 10:57 pm
by tubafatness
Oh boy, I have a lot to list.
Ennio Morricone
Gyorgy Ligeti
Philip Glass
Danny Elfman
Sergei Prokofiev, (technically, he's on there.)
Soon-to-be, Mike Patton

Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 3:17 am
by fpoon
Whew! Glad someone said Goldsmith before I got here! His music literally saved one or two Star Trek movies. And Cliff Eidelman's work on Star Trek VI is just awesome.

Whoever did the music for Boondock Saints should have gotten an Oscar. I've got some of the mp3's on my computer, but oddly I can't seem to find the soundtrack (or composers name) anywere online...

Not so much "film", but Bear McCreary is doing awesome stuff on the new Battlestar Gallactica over there on Sci-Fi. Music is almost as good as the show, which happens to be the best on tv.

And of course John Williams, James Horner, Danny Elfman and Hans Zimmer.

Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 5:37 am
by LoyalTubist
montre8 wrote: Carlos (Walter and Wendy)
You do know they are the same person...

:oops:

Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 5:54 am
by poomshanka
Some recent new blood to add to the list of "usual suspects" - Michael Giacchino. Hand-picked by Spielberg to score the Medal of Honor game series. Absolutely first-rate stuff, with some amazing brass writing! Loved his work on the Incredibles, and looking forward to seeing what he churns up for MI3.

...Dave

Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 6:12 am
by Bandmaster
One of my favorites because of his wide range of styles is Randy Newman. The big home run scene in The Natural stands out in my mind. I also like the ragtime and jazz tracks he wrote for various movies.

Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 11:22 am
by tubiker
And my 10p's worth...............

Thomas Newman - American Beauty
Trevor Jones - The Last of the Mohicans (not so keen on the Randy Edelman half of the movie)
Howard Shore - Lord of the Rings
Micheal Kamen - Band of Brothers

Music for the Movies is condensed emotion - if you need to do any listening with children try the film soundtracks, you have everything in the human experience (in 15.5 seconds flat.....).

For what its worth

Andrew Murray

Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 12:49 pm
by windshieldbug
LoyalTubist wrote:
montre8 wrote: Carlos (Walter and Wendy)
You do know they are the same person...

:oops:
News so old that even it's not even Jerry Springer material... :wink:

(besides, she's still got her front teeth and the trailer's still standing!)

Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 1:55 pm
by prototypedenNIS
I'll put Nobuo Uematsu in, though mostly a video game composer... FFX was basicly a movie anyway.

Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 1:58 pm
by prototypedenNIS
tubiker wrote:Micheal Kamen - Band of Brothers
that might have been the last thing before he croaked... I liked his work with Metallica!

Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 3:08 pm
by jmh3412
George Fenton - Shadowlands
Danny Elfmann - Nightmare before Christmas
Goldsmith - Omen series