My Favorite Film Composers And Their Best Scores

Submitted by grandpa_chum on Mon, 11/08/2004 - 06:37
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  • Ennio Morricone

  • Once Upon A Time In The West
  • Navajo Joe
  • Companeros
  • Once Upon A Time... The Revolution
  • Death Rides A Horse
  • The Big Gundown
  • Revolver
  • Fistful Of Dollars
  • The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
  • Two Mules For Sister Sarah
  • Once Upon A Time In America
  • 1900
  • For A Few Dollars More
  • The Thing

  • Jerry Goldsmith

  • Rudy
  • The Ballad Of Cable Hogue
  • Patton
  • Planet Of The Apes(1968)

  • Bernard Herrman

  • Psycho
  • Vertigo
  • Citizen Kane
  • Cape Fear
  • The Man Who Knew Too Much
  • The Kentuckian
  • Taxi Driver

  • George Bassman

  • Ride The High Country
  • The Wizard Of Oz

  • Bill Conti

  • Rocky II
  • Rocky
  • Lean On Me

  • Jerry Fielding

  • The Wild Bunch
  • Junior Bonner
  • The Outlaw Josey Wales
  • Straw Dogs
  • The Bad News Bears
  • Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia
  • The Enforcer

  • Quincy Jones

  • The Getaway
  • The Pawnbroker
  • In Cold Blood
  • Ironside
  • The Wiz

  • Basil Poledouris

  • Conan The Barbarian
  • Red Dawn

  • John Williams

  • The Empire Strikes Back
  • Jaws
  • Superman
  • Star Wars
  • Indiana Jones Trilogy
  • The Cowboys
  • Return Of The Jedi
  • Saving Private Ryan
  • The Patriot

  • Clint Eastwood

  • Mystic River
  • Unforgiven
  • True Crime
  • Absolute Power

  • Randy Newman

  • The Natural
  • Pleasantville
  • Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas
  • Toy Story
  • Parenthood

  • Jon Brion

  • Sydney
  • Punch Drunk Love
  • Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind

  • Danny Elfman

  • Edward Scissorhands
  • Novocaine
  • Bachelor Party
  • Mars Attacks!
  • Mission Impossible
  • Planet Of The Apes(2001)
  • Special mention:The Simpsons Theme
Author Comments: 

My favorite film composers... with there best scores in order of greatness. Of course none of them compare to morricone.

In case your wondering... Once upon a time in the west is my favorite score of all time...
and just to mention... rudy is by far my favorite non-morricone score... probably the only score that competes with morricone's better scores as my favorites of all time.

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192211/09/2004

As you really like Sergio Leone, it's not surprising that you like Ennio Morricone. You are right: there is hardly any other composer one could compare to him. Probably Maurice Jarre...?

grandpa_chum11/09/2004

never heard any of his scores... then again i've never seen a david lean film so. he's definitly got a decent resume.

192211/10/2004

I recommend LAWRENCE OF ARABIA. An epic masterpiece with one of the best (if not the best) scores ever.

grandpa_chum11/10/2004

i've been meaning to see that... so many great movies i've been kept from seeing because i'm always broke.

192211/12/2004

For John Williams: What about his marvelous score for Raiders of the Lost Ark?

grandpa_chum11/12/2004

some movies are just soooo bad... i've only seen it once and i couldn't see past how terrible the movie was... if i ever get around to it again i'll pay attention to the score.

Penny05/21/2005

If you haven't seen Zeffirelli's Hamlet, I recommend it -- both for the and the Ennio Morricone score and the lively and well-acted version of the play that it happens to be.

grandpa_chum05/21/2005

I have seen it, but long before i knew of morricone's mastery... I will have to see it again, as i have become more of a fan of the play and morricone alike.

Merlin07/28/2005

I'm surprised you don't have Hans Zimmer! His score for M:I 2 was beyond words! (and more recently, Batman Begins was good too).

buddy07/28/2005

Hey, where's Danny Elfman, Tim Burton's righthand man? When your composing credits include The Simpsons , Batman , The Nightmare Before Christmas , Beetlejuice , Big Fish , and Men In Black , (just to name a few), I think you've earned a place at least equal to Randy "Sappy" Newman.

grandpa_chum07/28/2005

i'll look into it... I actually heard the name on different occasions and liked his work, i just never equated it all to the same guy.

buddy07/29/2005

Oh, okay. Well check out his CV on IMDB. Much as I love John Williams for creating music that reminds me of being a kid and being so excited to go to the theatre to watch a film, I have to say Danny Elfman is the far superior composer.