Favorite Movie Composers

BVD Press · Post by **BVD Press** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 7:14 pm

Broughton would have to be pretty high up there!

THE TUBA · Post by **THE TUBA** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 7:41 pm

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

pulseczar · Post by **pulseczar** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 7:52 pm

Danny Elfman, Hans Zimmer, and Ennio Morricone.

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

LoyalTubist · Post by **LoyalTubist** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 8:41 pm

For musical themes--Ennio Moricone.

For the total musical atmosphere: Eric Korngold

Biggs · Post by **Biggs** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 8:43 pm

Ennio Morricone. No one else even comes close.

Including J. Williams.

MartyNeilan · Post by **MartyNeilan** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 9:18 pm

Angelo Badalementi - Twin Peaks

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

Mark Preece · Post by **Mark Preece** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 9:27 pm

James Horner - Apollo 13, and Legends of the Fall

Tubaguy41 · Post by **Tubaguy41** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 9:35 pm

Bernard Herrmann and Nino Rota...they're at the top of my list.

dtemp · Post by **dtemp** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 10:06 pm

Mark Mothersbaugh's work on the Wes Anderson films is pretty incredible.

MartyNeilan · Post by **MartyNeilan** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 10:09 pm

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!

tubafatness · Post by **tubafatness** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 10:57 pm

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

fpoon · Post by **fpoon** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 3:17 am

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.

LoyalTubist · Post by **LoyalTubist** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 5:37 am

montre8 wrote: Carlos (Walter and Wendy)

You do know they are the same person...

poomshanka · Post by **poomshanka** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 5:54 am

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

Bandmaster · Post by **Bandmaster** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 6:12 am

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.

tubiker · Post by **tubiker** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 11:22 am

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

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 12:49 pm

LoyalTubist wrote:
montre8 wrote: Carlos (Walter and Wendy)
You do know they are the same person...

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

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

prototypedenNIS · Post by **prototypedenNIS** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 1:55 pm

I'll put Nobuo Uematsu in, though mostly a video game composer... FFX was basicly a movie anyway.

prototypedenNIS · Post by **prototypedenNIS** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 1:58 pm

tubiker wrote:Micheal Kamen - Band of Brothers

that might have been the last thing before he croaked... I liked his work with Metallica!

jmh3412 · Post by **jmh3412** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 3:08 pm

George Fenton - Shadowlands
Danny Elfmann - Nightmare before Christmas
Goldsmith - Omen series