Which composers never "clicked" with you?

Any of you heard his score for Band of Brothers? I believe that is Michael Kamen.. the only Kamen I own.
As far as someone not clicking, I would have to refer to the score.. rather than composer. From my listenings it seems that some good composers can come out with a score I just can't stand. Like for example, Patrick Doyle's "Eragon" score. One score I didn't like due to the repetitive theme. But I did like his score for Henry the V... (same guy right?)

Goldsmith, for the most part, hasn't really clicked with me. He has quite a few works on his resume (Basic Instinct, The Omen, Rudy) that are impressive and classic, but the vast majority of his works haven't really grabbed me by the tail and say "wow!". Same thing with Michael Giacchino (his work on Lost is highly overrated) and Alan Silvestri... they two also have a few great works but most of them are pretty "eh... okay" for the most part.

Or otherwise go for Event Horizon, if you really want to try something different

Nice one Matt, someone saying it like it is on Lost, the score is GOOD, no more, no less.

Compared to something like The Soprano's, 'Lost' is complete and utter convoluted drival.

Unfortunately I have to suffer watching this junk as my girl Mel likes it a lot

I like you right where You are!

.....a thousand miles away

Lost is an average score. The emotional stuff is good (I heard better, though) but the action music is too brutal and noisy for me. A highly overrated score, Lost never "clicked" with me.

Are you watching the show as well? If you don't, then don't expect to fully appreciate the score, a marvelous and tremendously functioning and elevating original score within the visuals / storyline it accompanies and certainly one of the most impressive TV scores of all time, no matter how some people don't seem to get it. Giacchino's doing for TV and Games what nobody dared to do all these years: actual invention, revival and balls in his music. Entirely.

See here, Demetris, I was a big fan of the first season of Lost. It was incredibly well-done and a very solid premise for its first season. But then the second season just left me disappointed, which opened far too many questions and not answering enough -- I never bothered to check back after the third season, a few episodes here and there but it just lost me. As for Giacchino's scores for the episodes, they accentuated the emotions and actions effectively (even in the first season, I don't remember any motifs or musical bits that stood out), but nothing really stood out for me. I feel that Giacchino does better with theatrical films and video games, where he has more time to work on them. The Lost scores just don't enthrall me like they do with you guys.

The only Zimmer score I moderatly enjoy is At World's End. And I say moderatly as it's still full of all the annoying touches that Zimmer writes in his music.

And Demetris, do we have any word of a Lost season 3 release?

Jordi, Zimmer is an acquired taste, so don't harp on us when we criticize him. However, his brand of film score sound has become ingrained in pop culture, so he's a hot commodity right now. Among other things.

Looking at another thread, it brings to my attention another composer who I really don't click with: David Arnold. Now before you guys pull out the ammo, I like some of his scores but he's frequently become repetitive with being constantly pigeonholed in the action/sci-fi genres, but I do like his scores for Casino Royale and Stargate. Still, I downright loathe Independence Day (both film and score) and consider Godzilla to be a highly overrated (and overdone) score. I am very looking forward to his score for The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader, though.

Why would anyone pull out the ammo? I like his work too. STARGATE / ID4 / GODZILLA totally kick ass and has done quite a few good scores lately as well "Hot Fuzz" was killer action, "Four Brothers" is an exquisitely good score with some beautiful passages and quite inventive in general, same goes for "Amazing Grace". All these apart Casino Royale (mind-blowing action) and the Bond films and there's also the third NARNIA on its way!

The only Zimmer score I really like is K2. The rest all sound like the Rock. Trying to sound cool... which I totally don't like, fake macho stuff. The reason that I don't like his music is because he just can't compose. Just hitting some tunes on his keyboard and than let a orchestrator work it out. I know many composers work like this, but he just can't write complex music. Same with Vangelis, I really like his work, but listen to the action parts in Alexander, there you can hear that the only can come up with tunes and atmospheric music, but complex action music with many layers and such... no way. They just can't write that.

Because we have the ammo.

Yes, I watch the show. And with the visuals is a little better, but the point is I don't care how original, inventive, inteligent, elevate a score is if it doesn't move me, if I don't connect with the music emotionally . Lost leaves me cold.