Movie/TV/Game Scores Through The Ages - Alan's Personal Favourites

I'm not sure? The German release is only Doldinger's score which the American release had shared duties with Moroder.

i would have chosen Temple of Doom

It may have been a comment on how late the 1984 entry was in arriving?

I listened to The NeverEnding Story last night (but not the song) - both the Moroder and Doldinger parts and quite enjoyed both. If I'd heard it before I made my choices it would probably have received a "mention in despatches".

I also have the version that includes both (a Japanese CD, in fact). I love both the Moroder and Doldinger material with equal vigor. Song too.

My first choice for 1984 would without competition be Morricone's Once upon a time in America. This has got to be the most nostalgic score in history and is in my top3 of all-time favourite scores (alongside The good, the bad and the ugly and Conan the barbarian). The Indiana Jones score has some wonderful themes, but I find the underscore way too Mickey Mousy to enjoy it fully. Timmer mentioned Until september and I agree fully that it's a wonderful score worth mentioning. Would be my second entry as well. The Spock score isn't a score that appeals much to me, though more listens is warranted before I can make a better decision.

Peter

As I mentioned elsewhere I don't like the genre I'd put Once Upon A Time In America, though I do have the score. I only listen to an unused theme of Morricone's.

As for Until September I missed a chance at the Intrada release.

Ah, I forgot all about OUATIA. It wouldn't be my favourite, but it would definitely be in the "honorable mentions" category.

Also his favorite theme was either Once Upon a Time in the West or Schifrin's Mission: Impossible.

Nobody knows.

To close the inspiration subject here, I'd add that Once upon a Time in America was the basis for one of the motifs in Pearl Harbor (December 7th), Deborah Theme had a huge influence on The Holiday (the piano figure at the beginning and rather than a desperate rip-off in Pearl Harbor, here it's a homage, because a main character is also a huge fan of Ennio), I still haven't noticed one of the themes in Sherlock Holmes, as it's said to be.

The Mission is a key score for The Lion King, most of it being The Mission meets Mozart's Requiem and a pan flute figure stolen from Casualties of War.

Another theme mentioned by Hans as his all-time favourite is Carpenter's Attack on Precinct 13th (once he asked Carpenter if he can steal it), this (or Schifrin's Scorpio motif from Dirty Harry) had an influence on a small motif from The Peacemaker. Yes, Hans is a huge fan of Schifrin as well - Timmer could find Hans's taste very good, actually, the only bad stuff he had to say about Barry was that his style became a tad repetitive in the 90s.

A funny anecdote about his contacts with Ennio Morricone and about his education, which he always ironizes about lacking (Hans was self-taught, his piano teacher quit after "a few days"). Once he was with Morricone in a museum or somewhere and they both took a look at an original Beethoven (or Mozart) manuscript. Hans recalls that Morricone was looking at it and asking full-of-awe questions like "Why did he do this figure here? How it goes up/down?...". Hans took a look at it himself and thought "That's one messy handwriting..."

Wow.

Though in Arnold's defense: the man has such a great sense of humour that he might just have been needling Barry (if the story is true).

Got a reply from Zimmer on facebook on his alltime favourite score:

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"once upon a time....in the west", followed by "...in America". Mind you, "The Mission" is really brilliant as well.
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Guess that settles it then.

Peter