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Poll Question: Who Made The Most Memorable Film Scores?
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Elfman and Goldsmith for me.
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If one really knows the history of film scores, this poll is lopsided, since Bernard Herrmann all but invented the genre, and his body of work is so amazing that no one can touch him.
 
Besides writing the scores for almost all of Hitchcock's films (specifically including Psycho, The Birds and North by Northwest), here is just a short list of his other scores: Citizen Kane, Jane Eyre, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Naked and the Dead, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Cape Fear, Fahrenheit 451, Taxi Driver, Obsession, and at least half a dozen episodes of The Twilight Zone.
 
And that's just for starters.
 
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P.S.  The best score Morricone ever wrote was for The Mission.
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Originally posted by Ghost Rider Ghost Rider wrote:

This time I'll be patriotic and vote for Morricone - an amazing, distinctive, hugely influential composer.
 
 
 
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This time I'll be patriotic and vote for Morricone - an amazing, distinctive, hugely influential composer.
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and Elfman, John Williams


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Shostakovich and Prokofiev from the old school. 

Of the later years Hans Zimmer's Gladiator work is a favourite and The Jaws score by Williams is simple but inspired.

No John Barry?

 

 

 
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Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

None of the above. Erich Wolfgang Korngold. He is the great-grandfather of movie soundtracks; all the others learned from him.

I completely agree with Friede. Korngold shaped the sound of Hollywood more than anyone else. just listen to the opening bars of his violin concerto; you will immediately think of Hollywood, although this concerto was not composed for a movie


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Ennio Morricone & Danny Elfman
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None of the above. Erich Wolfgang Korngold. He is the great-grandfather of movie soundtracks; all the others learned from him.


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John Williams,then Danny Elfman.


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have to go with Hermann, also Schifrin and Morricone are great. Am not personally a huge fan of John Williams stuff.
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How about Edgar Froese, Christoph Franke and Peter Baumann on "Sorcerer"? Yeah, Tangerine Dream is something to vote on this...
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Originally posted by king volta king volta wrote:

...hmm you forgto Hanz Zimmer, while he may nto be a favorite of some he belongs up there.

my vote would go to either elfman (i love his dark sound) or... goldsmith--unless Zimmer was up there.

i guess i'll go for elfman

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John Williams, and Danny Elfman is also cool...
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