Best Movie Score

[TheGodSon]

Titanic
Memento - simple yet effective.
Glory
Gladiator
Black Hawk Down
The Insider
The Thin Red Line
Enemy at the gates



and last but not least....


Requiem for a Dream.

[zeppelin]

In no order, my favorite scores of all-time:

The Godfather (and its sequels)
Requiem for a Dream
Batman (1989 version, of course)
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Psycho
Eyes Wide Shut
Fargo (very under-rated score)
E.T.- The Extra-Terrestrial
Halloween

[bankholdup]

Requiem For A Dream
Edward Scissorhands
Pee Wee's Big Adventure
The Godfather Trilogy
Psycho

[VicVega]

Taxi Driver
Sisters
Halloween
Psycho
Total Recall
Jaws
A Nightmare On Elm Street
Indiana Jones trilogy

[JCPhoenix]

Requiem for a Dream -Clint Mansell
Vertigo's is downright creepy -Bernard Hermann
A Beautiful Mind -James Horner
Titanic -James Horner
Edward Scissorhands -Danny Elfman
Laputa: Castle in the Sky -Joe Hisaishi
Kikujiro's Summer -Joe Hisaishi
The Godfather -Nina Rota
The Usual Suspects...i know this is listed as my favorite film, and the music isn't that well known, but i think this score is one of the most severely underrated...listen to the main piano theme, just dark and creepy, and then the huge cello sweeping parts...wow! -John Ottman
The Truman Show -Philip Glass
The Hours -Philip Glass
Crouching Tiger -Tan Dun
Road to Perdition -Thomas Newman
Schindler's List -John Williams
Catch Me If You Can -John Williams

And i must add a couple tv themes

the Angel theme song -Darling Violetta? i think
The Simpsons -Danny Elfman
and Six Feet Under -Thomas Newman...brilliant brilliant main theme, love it, quirky and all..

[Hannibal21]

1. E.T. The Extraterrestrial/Jaws (tie)
2. Star Wars
3. The Godfather
4. Schindler's List
5. Psycho (1960)
6. Gone with the Wind
7. All About Eve
8. The Hours
9. Jurassic Park
10. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

[thedarklamb]

Pretty much every movie Argento has done with Goblin and every movie Lynch has done with Badalamenti.

[Shakamaker]

Krzysztof Penderecki's work in The Shining. Most effective.

[ilovemovies]

Jaws
Raiders of the Lost Ark
ET
Jurassic Park
Saving Private Ryan
Gladiator
Unbreakable
Cast Away
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Mission to Mars
Star Wars
Batman
Superman
Titanic
Halloween
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
Star Trek: First Contact
Glory

[The Other]

American Beauty by Thomas Newman
Little Women by Thomas Newman
The Shawshank Redemption by Thomas Newman
Erin Brockovich by Thomas Newman

Etc., Etc.

Thomas Newman is a brilliant composer, I love his unique style. You can always tell when it's Newman doing the score.

[edgeofhell]

Let me put it this way......I coach a competitive, traveling youth baseball team,, my wife is the team "dj" using our portable bose sound system

each and every time our team takes the field (wearing our black uniforms) she plays the imperial march from star wars

you should see the reactions we get from the other teams as well as the umpires...lots of fun!

[blankpage]

2001: A Space Oydssey
Jaws
Aguirre, The Wrath of God
The Shining
Indiana Jones Movies
The Godfather movies

[Ren Hoek]

my top 10 at the moment...

1) ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
2) THE LORD OF THE RINGS: FOTR
3) SPIRITED AWAY
4) BADLANDS
5) THE GODFATHER
6) BATMAN
7) REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
8) ROAD TO PERDITION
9) THE TRUMAN SHOW
10) BARRY LYNDON

[therealjohng]

Originally posted by TheGodSon
Titanic
Memento - simple yet effective.
Glory
Gladiator
Black Hawk Down
The Insider
The Thin Red Line
Enemy at the gates



and last but not least....


Requiem for a Dream.

Big Hans Zimmer fan huh?

Don't worry, I love his music.

[ColinM]

The single best movie score ever is John William's score for The Empire Strikes Back, or perhaps Jaws. Either way, John Williams is the man!

[RicochetShaw]

Hmmm.....

2001: A Space Odyssey
Taxi Driver
Jaws
Jurassic Park
Star Wars
Godfather
Requiem for a Dream
Psycho
Indiana Jones
E.T.
Edward Scissorhands
American Beauty
Milo & Otis

[KornKidJedi]

The Good The Bad and The Ugly. I can't freaking believe you guys did not mention The Good The Bad and The Ugly.

[Brock-Landers]

1. The Empire Strikes Back
2. Raiders of the Lost Ark
3. The Godfather
4. Jaws
5. Psycho
6. E.T.
7. Requiem for a Dream
8. Superman
9. Halloween
10. Forrest Gump