Favorite (non-John Williams) movie score.

Jumping into the fray here...

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Tan Dun
LotR: Fellowship of the Ring - Howard Shore
Interview with the Vampire - Eliot Goldenthal
Fight Club - Dust Brothers


Yes, Fight Club is not classical, it is mostly electronica, but it has to be one of the most original and creative compositions I've ever heard, and I never get tired of listening to it.

 

Braveheart-James Horner (he got robbed in 1995 for this score at the Oscars, but I think it was only b/c he was competing against himself with the score from Apollo 13. At least he finally got what he deserved in 1998 with the Titanic score, that was almost as good as the Braveheart score.)

 

Braveheart-James Horner (he got robbed in 1995 for this score at the Oscars, but I think it was only b/c he was competing against himself with the score from Apollo 13. At least he finally got what he deserved in 1998 with the Titanic score, that was almost as good as the Braveheart score.)

 

Titanic
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
The Batman movies
LOTR

 

"The Lord Of The Rings - The Fellowship Of The Ring" by Howard Shore


It's also my favorite soundtrack including those by Williams.

 

The Man From Snowy River by Bruce Rowland.

Gem of a soundtrack. I highly recommend y'all giving this a hear, even if you haven't seen the movie - it's just fantasmic!

TVB.

 

(not in any order)

Titanic (James Horner)
Braveheart (James Horner
Robin Hood- Prince of Thieves (Michael Kamen)
Armageddon (Trevor Rabin)
Jurassic Park III (Don Davis)
Gladiator (Hans Zimmer)
Deep Impact (James Horner)
The Matrix (Don Davis)
The Lion King (James Horner)
The Land Before Time (James Horner)
The Rock (Hans Zimmer)
Mission Impossible II (Hans Zimmer)

 

Superman 2
The Phantom
Mission Impossible 2
Crimson Tide
The Man From Snowy River
Batman
Stargate
The Shadow

 

Pooja, actually I believe the Lion King score was composed by Hans Zimmer.

TVB.

 

Ah...yep, it was!

My bad!

 

The Usual Suspects, Patton, Starship Troopers, Die Hard, and many others that I can't think of.

 

Well, I've got to agree with everyone here! Goldsmith, Horner and Newton Howard rock!!!

 

the entire braveheart soundtrack by james horner!

cheers!

 

Well, many of my favorites are posted here, so rather than repeating the same things over and over, I'll mention someone who seems to be shunned around here. I only saw a single person mention an Elliot Goldenthal work, and that was his most well-known, Interview With A Vampire. No fans of his around here? I thought Alien 3 was brilliant. Sphere is amazing, as is Micheal Collins. Final Fantasy Spirits Within had some awesome pieces, his Batman soundtracks were alot of crazy fun.

Also, I saw someone mention the Zelda soundtracks. Well, another absolutely brilliant soundtrack by a videogame composer is Yasunori Mitsuda. His soundtrack for the game Xenogears, and the Xenogears: Creid soundtrack are both soo incredibe, stunning works. Too bad his Chrono Cross work was weak, hopefully he will comeback for the new XenoSaga game.

 

powder, rudy & star trek:insurrection, ghost & the darkness
JERRY GOLDSMITH

casper, bicentennial man, mighty joe young
JAMES HORNER

the ciderhouse rules, emma, chocolat
RACHEL PORTMAN

tarzan, moll flanders, return to paradise
MARK MANCINA

the time machine
KLAUS BADELT

i could go on forever really...

 

LOTR:FOTR by Howard Shore

 

LOTR
Gladiator
The Lion King
Terminator 1 and 2
Braveheart

 

A brief list in no particular order?

BRAVEHEART - James Horner
THE GODFATHER - Nino Rota
LotR: TFotR - Howard Shore
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON - Tan Dun
PRINCESS MONONOKE - Jô Hisaishi
THE GREEN MILE - Thomas Newman

That's all I can think of right now.

One of my all time favorite composers right now is Thomas Newman (THE GREEN MILE, AMERICAN BEAUTY, LITTLE WOMAN)

 

I'll only name a few that immediately come to mind. And I'm actually talking complete scores, not just themes. By no means a complete list, but certainly one studded with honour:

The Fellowship of the Ring - Howard Shore
Lawrence of Arabia - Maurice Jarre
Doctor Zhivago - Maurice Jarre
Casablanca - Max Steiner
Gone With The Wind - Max Steiner
Braveheart - James Horner
Titanic - James Horner
Brazil - Michael Kamen
The Godfather - Nino Rota
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Ennio Morricone

 

Henry V -Patrick Doyle
Gladiator -Hans Zimmer
Lord of the Rings -Howard Shore
Nightmare before Christmas -Danny Elfman
Willow -James Horner

 

I have to add these two Danny Elfman scores.

Batman ('89)
Mission: Impossible ('96)

 

Coppolla's 1991 version: Bram Stoker's Dracula. The score was by W Kilar. I cannot pronounce nor spell his first name so I'm not even going to try. But it's an awesome score! Creepy as hell in some parts.

I also enjoy Hannibal by Hans Zimmer simply because it's got some nice classics and great atmosphere like Bach's aria from the goldberg variations. And also a different rendition of the Blue Danube Waltz - you know, the swimming song. My favorite on the track is Vide Cor Meum which puts Dante's La Vita Nuova to music for the first time. Cool stuff.

 

My favourite non JW scores are:

The Shawshank Redemption:Thomas Newman
The Green Mile:Thomas Newman
Lord of the Rings:Howard Shore
Unbreakable:James Newton Howard
The Sixth Sense:James Newton Howard
The Matrixon Davis
Spidermananny Elfman
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon:Tan Dun
Traffic:Cliff Martinez

 

Favorite scores?
Black Hawk Down-Hans Zimmer
Gladiator-Hans Zimmer
Hannable-Hans Zimmer

All time fav.
The Final Fantasy Series!
Nobou Uematso- The One Winged Angel

 

My favorite non-Williams scores have to be: The Main Title to Damienmen II or March of the Dead from Army of Darkness. Next to John Williams, I think Danny Elfman is brillant. John Williams and Danny Elfman are two composers that I can always tell thier musical pieces by a few bars.