TOM'S BEST FILM LIST (1964)

many worthy winners but of course there can only be one.
Tom

Good choice and good runners up Tom. Others I love from this year include Alex North's awesome CLEOPATRA, Humphrey Searle's THE HAUNTING, Jerry Goldsmith's superb THE LIST OF ADRIAN MESSENGER and last and certainly not least, John Barry's first proper Bond scoring ( sans song ) for FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE.

TO KILL A MOCKINBIRD was actually 1962 not 1961 I believe.

could never get into cleopatra tim
Tom

A better score?

It is an incredibly watchable film. Lavish spectacle doesn't get bigger than this film.

One of the greater themes ever written was the pink panther theme, my selection for 1964.
PINK PANTHER (1964)/HENRY MANCINI

This was a year of great themes and scores that included Fistful of Dollars, Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Americanization of Emily, Mary Poppins, Goldfinger, and Zorba the Greek. At one time in my selection process I wanted to put down Emily, Umbrellas, Goldfinger and Zorba.

What Mancini did is create a theme for an animated character that perfectly described him through the use of a big band that swaggers.
Tom

some of the thought processes that I had to go through.
Tom

Hohnorary mentions go to

Goldfinger for one of the best film songs ever

Zorbas the Greek for one of the most iconic main themes

Mary Poppins for being one of the great movie musical scores

My vote goes to:

For A Fistful of Dollars by Ennio Morricone

This one is up there with QUO VADIS, STAR WARS, THE SEA HAWK, scores that defined the sound of an entire genre of films. Sergio Leone reinvented the western as Morricone renewed western music. A moment of glory in the history of cinema.

Volker

don't understand that either

http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawa … nners.html

I go by the year of the Oscar nomination or at least I try.
Tom

Sometimes the years can be most confusing. If it's a film that doesn't have an Oscar nod then I go to IMDB and look for the date of release.
Tom

I wish I had a book describing all of the details I need.
Tom

It would be a book that would list all of the technical aspects of the film such as length, type of film used, location where it was shot, both the time when it was shot as well as the date of the release. I think you get the idea. I've got three books for the Poverty Row studios, PRC, Monogram, and Republic but very little with the major studios. The books I have for them include a photo and a basic plot description maybe 50 words but in the other areas it is woefully lacking. Take a look at what you have and if you see something let me know and I'll try to find it on ebay. Thanks for asking.
Tom

I'm going to go back and relisten to all those scores which I have. Are there any others that you think should be considered for that year
Tom

i know but not enough
Tom