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The Best Scores (Rewriting History)

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  1. Everyone will have their views on this subject, but inspired by Thor and Firstbreath's threads over at FSM, I went through the last 20 or so years and tried to mark out the scores I like the most from each year. (Thor's thread, with his picks, is here: http://filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts … ;archive=0 )

    What resulted was interesting. I found there was no year in which a Goldsmith score was my favourite, which was surprising, but perhaps it makes sense for me as he tended not to score films that I connect with in this period, and scores of his that I like the most sit back in his 70s period more. (Even a masterpiece like First Knight I just can't put on the same plane as Kilar's Portrait of a Lady.) 2010 and 2011 were harder to find scores for than I expected. There's only a couple of Oscar winners in there. And you'd have to say, in general, my tastes in scoring pretty strongly bias towards 'European'.

    1990 Dances with Wolves (John Barry)
    1991 Double Life of Veronique (Zbigniew Preisner)
    1992 Last of the Mohicans (Trevor Jones) / Bram Stoker's Dracula (Kilar)
    1993 Trois Coleurs: Bleu (Zbigniew Preisner) / The Age of Innocence (Elmer Bernstein)
    1994 Cobb (Elliot Goldenthal) / Trois Coleurs: Rouge (Zbigniew Preisner) / Legends of the Fall (Horner)
    1995 Heat (Elliot Goldenthal)
    1996 Portrait of a Lady (Wojciech Kilar)
    1997 Nostromo (Ennio Morricone) / Kundun (Philip Glass)
    1998 The Thin Red Line (Zimmer et al)
    1999 The Red Violin (John Corigliano) / The Insider (Gerard/Bourke) / Titus (Goldenthal)
    2000 On the Beach (Christopher Gordon) / Mission to Mars (Ennio Morricone)
    2001 AI (John Williams) / Caveman's Valentine (Terence Blanchard)
    2002 The Dancer Upstairs (Alberto Iglesias) / Talk to Her (Iglesias) / Signs (James Newton Howard)
    2003 Angels in America (Thomas Newman) / Return of the King (Howard Shore)
    2004 Birth (Alexandre Desplat) / Enduring Love (Jeremy Sams)
    2005 The Beat My Heart Skipped (Alexandre Desplat) / Munich (John Williams) / Fateless (Morricone)
    2006 The Painted Veil (Alexandre Desplat) / The Good German (Thomas Newman)
    2007 Youth without Youth (Osvaldo Golijov) / Alexandra (Andrey Sigle) / There will be blood (Greenwood)
    2008 I Want to be a shellfish (Joe Hisaishi) / Standard Operating Procedure (Danny Elfman) / BSG Season 3 (McCreary)
    2009 Agora (Dario Marianelli) / BSG Season 4 (Bear McCreary) / Un Prophete (Alexandre Desplat)
    2010 Inception (Hans Zimmer) / Ghost Writer (Desplat) / Daybreakers (Gordon)
    2011 Desplat and Iglesias's body of work, in particular Extremely Loud Incredibly Close and Tinker tailor soldier spy
    2012 ... to be seen...
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    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeApr 21st 2012
    Why have you only started at 1990?
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
  3. For me, I don't know enough of the 80s. Whereas I know at least 20 scores from most of the years since 1990, I'm not sure my thoughts are particularly of interest in what comes before since the knowledge is a bit shallow. Others will know more of those years, and will probably prefer to discuss them.
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  4. I can't seem to find it, but I swear we had a thread like this. Best score from every year, going back decades.

    Maybe it was a ScoreReviews thread.
    The views and opinions of Ford A. Thaxton are his own and do not necessarily reflect the ones of ANYONE else.
  5. I was looking for it, I remember it. It was here, I think, not scorereviews.
    A butterfly thinks therefore I am
  6. I remembered bringing up "The Omega Man", so I did a search here, and via an internet search provider, but still nothing. I remember it going for a number of pages.
    The views and opinions of Ford A. Thaxton are his own and do not necessarily reflect the ones of ANYONE else.
  7. Cool list. I must admit that there are many things on it that I had never heard of. I've written most of those down and will add them to collection at some point in the next fifty years or so....maybe. (not that I doubt their value, it's just that at the rate I purchase music and based on my list of things to get, that's just how long it will take!)

    In creating my list for the same time period I realized that I have a lot more mainstream Hollywood scores on my list, which makes it a little less interesting. There were some years where my enjoyment of two scores is just so close that I can't pick one, and I've given "shout-outs" to scores that I love, but can't pick as number one because they're too short or unsubtantial. I've put the name of the composer next to any score that I think some may not be familiar with. Yes I really like Mark McKenzie and Philippe Rombi. And James Horner.

    Here some of my favorites over the same time period:

    1990 - QUIGLEY DOWN UNDER / EDWARD SCISSORHANDS (DANCES WITH WOLVES is magnificent, I just prefer these)
    1991 - THE ROCKETEER (Shout-out: TOURS DU MONDE TOURS DU CIEL by Delerue)
    1992 - LAST OF THE MOHICANS / A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT
    1993 - RICH IN LOVE (Delerue)
    1994 - LEGENDS OF THE FALL
    1995 - BRAVEHEART
    1996 - INDEPEDENCE DAY
    1997 - WILDE (Wiseman)
    1998 - MEET JOE BLACK
    1999 - DURANGO (McKenzie)
    2000 - GLADIATOR
    2001 - FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
    2002 - TWO TOWERS (Shout-out: DRAGONFLY by Debney)
    2003 - RETURN OF THE KING (Shout-out: LOVE, ACTUALLY by Armstrong)
    2004 - LADIES IN LAVENDER (Hess)
    2005 - WAH WAH (Doyle) / LEGEND OF ZORRO / MERRY CHRISTMAS (Rombi)
    2006 - LADY IN THE WATER / MISS POTTER
    2007 - ANGEL (Rombi) / THE LAST SIN EATER (McKenzie)
    2008 - Not a great year, but I'll go with BOLT
    2009 - UN HOMME ET SON CHIEN
    2010 - HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON
    2011 - W.E. / THE GREATEST MIRACLE
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      CommentAuthorSouthall
    • CommentTimeApr 21st 2012
    Well, here goes. Of course, I'll have forgotten certain things and I'm sure I'd give a different list if I did it next week... but it doesn't look like a bad collection of music.

    1990 - DANCES WITH WOLVES (Barry)
    1991 - TOURS DU MONDE, TOURS DU CIEL (Delerue)
    1992 - BASIC INSTINCT (Goldsmith)
    1993 - JURASSIC PARK (Williams)
    1994 - DON JUAN DE MARCO (Kamen)
    1995 - FIRST KNIGHT (Goldsmith)
    1996 - PORTRAIT OF A LADY (Kilar)
    1997 - NOSTROMO (Morricone)
    1998 - THE THIN RED LINE (Zimmer)
    1999 - SUNSHINE (Jarre)
    2000 - MISSION TO MARS (Morricone)
    2001 - THE SHIPPING NEWS (Young)
    2002 - FAR FROM HEAVEN (Bernstein)
    2003 - RETURN OF THE KING (Shore)
    2004 - BIRTH (Desplat)
    2005 - THE NEW WORLD (Horner - as heard on album)
    2006 - THE BLACK DAHLIA (Isham)
    2007 - RATATOUILLE (Giacchino)
    2008 - THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS (Horner)
    2009 - AVATAR (Horner)
    2010 - INCEPTION (Zimmer)
    2011 - THE GREATEST MIRACLE (McKenzie)
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeApr 21st 2012 edited
    Although my own list goes back to 1935 (and I aim to fill in the missing gaps eventually), here's a copy/paste of the last 21 years from the thread referred to above:

    1990: EDWARD SCISSORHANDS
    1991: HOOK
    1992: ALIEN 3
    1993: JURASSIC PARK
    1994: FORREST GUMP
    1995: WATERWORLD
    1996: THE ROCK
    1997: TITANIC
    1998: THE THIN RED LINE
    1999: THE MUMMY
    2000: GLADIATOR
    2001: A.I.
    2002: STAR WARS: ATTACK OF THE CLONES
    2003: THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
    2004: CRASH
    2005: CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
    2006: THE DA VINCI CODE
    2007: IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH
    2008: STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE
    2009: AVATAR
    2010: TRON: LEGACY
    2011: DRIVE

    Of course, several of these titles have already been mentioned as 'winners' in Alan's ongoing year-by-year-thread.
    I am extremely serious.
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      CommentAuthorCristian
    • CommentTimeApr 21st 2012 edited
    Looking at my list you will see that I like James Newton Howard, a lot of asian composers: Joe Hisaishi, Taro Iwashiro, Michiru Oshima, Naoky Sato. I also like European composers like Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, Abel Korzeniowski, Philippe Rombi, Zbigniew Preisner, Armand Amar.


    2011
    W.E. - Abel Korzeniowski
    Jane Eyre - Dario Marianelli
    2010
    The Last Airbender - James Newton Howard
    James Horner - The Karate Kid
    El Mal Ajeno - Fernando Velázquez
    2009
    A Single Man - Abel Korzeniowski
    Ballad: Na mo naki koi no uta - Naoky Sato
    Xam'd Lost Memories - Michiru Oshima
    2008
    Defiance - James Newton Howard
    I Want to be a Shellfish - Joe Hisaishi
    2007
    Angel - Philippe Rombi
    Four Gods (Legend) - Joe Hisaishi
    2006
    Lady in the Water - James Newton Howard
    La Piste - Armand Amar
    2005
    Year One in the North - Michiru Oshima
    Yoshitsune - Taro Iwashiro
    Va Vis et Deviens - Armand Amar
    Symphony Seed Destiny - Toshihiko Sahashi
    2004
    The Village - James Newton Howard
    The Beautiful Country - Zbigniew Preisner
    Blood and Bones - Taro Iwashiro
    2003
    Children of Dune - Brian Tyler
    2002
    Signs - James Newton Howard
    Unfaithful - Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
    2001
    Atlantis: The Lost Empire - James Newton Howard
    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Howard Shore
    Spirited Away - Joe Hisaishi
    2000
    Unbreakable - James Newton Howard
    Vertical Limit - James Newton Howard
    1999
    Snow Falling on Cedars - James Newton Howard
    The 13th Warrior - Jerry Goldsmith
    1998
    Merlin - Trevor Jones
    Les Misérables - Basil Polsedouris
    Hans Zimmer - The Thin Red Line
    1997
    Princess Mononoke - Joe Hisaishi
    The Edge - Jerry Goldsmith
    1996
    Bliss - Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
    1995
    Waterworld - James Newton Howard
    Braveheart - James Horner
    1994
    Legends of the Fall - James Horner
    Wyatt Earp - James Newton Howard
    1993
    Schindler's List - John Williams
    Sommersby - Danny Elfman
    1992
    Last of the Mohicans - Trevor Jones
    1991
    I have no idea!
    1990
    Edward Scissorhands - Danny Elfman
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    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeApr 21st 2012 edited
    Pah! I'll start at 1960...and gradually work my way back


    1946: DRAGONWYCK - Alfred Newman
    1947: BLACK NARCISSUS - Brian Easdale
    1948: SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTIC - Ralph Vaughan Williams
    1949: SAMSON AND DELILAH - Victor Young
    1950: THE FLAME AND THE ARROW - Max Steiner
    1951: THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL - Bernard Herrmann
    1952: mmm?
    1953: THE ROBE - Alfred Newman
    1954: ON THE WATERFRONT - Leonard Bernstein
    1955: THE RAINS OF RANCHIPUR - Hugo Friedhofer
    1956: MOBY DICK - Philip Sainton
    1957: THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN - Humphrey Searle
    1958: THE BIG COUNTRY - Jerome Moross
    1959: BEN-HUR - Miklos Rozsa
    1960: SPARTACUS - Alex North
    1961: EL CID - Miklos Rozsa
    1962: LAWRENCE OF ARABIA - Maurice Jarre
    1963: THE GREAT ESCAPE - Elmer Bernstein
    1964: GOLDFINGER - John Barry
    1965: THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY - Alex North
    1966: THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY - Ennio Morricone
    1967: YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE - John Barry
    1968: THE LION IN WINTER - John Barry
    1969: ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE - John Barry
    1970: CROMWELL - Frank Cordell
    1971: THE LAST VALLEY - John Barry
    1972: THE GODFATHER - Nino Rota
    1973: LE TRAIN - Philippe Sarde
    1974: CHINATOWN - Jerry Goldsmith
    1975: THE WIND AND THE LION - Jerry Goldsmith
    1976: KING KONG - John Barry
    1977: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE 3RD KIND - John Williams
    1978: WATERSHIP DOWN - Angela Morley
    1979: STAR TREK THE MOTION PICTURE - Jerry Goldsmith
    1980: TESS - Philippe Sarde
    1981: THE FINAL CONFLICT - Jerry Goldsmith
    1982: CONAN THE BARBARIAN - Basil Poledouris
    1983: KRULL - James Horner
    1984: STAR TREK III THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK - James Horner
    1985: AGNES OF GOD - Georges Delerue
    1986: ALIENS - James Horner
    1987: THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS - John Barry
    1988: THE MISSION - Ennio Morricone
    1989: FAREWELL TO THE KING - Basil Poledouris
    1990: DANCES WITH WOLVES - John Barry
    1991: BLACK ROBE - Georges Delerue
    1992: BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA - Wojciech Kilar
    1993: LITTLE BUDDHA - Ryuichi Sakamoto
    1994: THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION - Thomas Newman
    1995: NIXON - John Williams
    1996: PORTRAIT OF A LADY - Wojciech Kilar
    1997: STARSHIP TROOPERS - Basil Poledouris
    1998: PLAYING BY HEART - John Barry
    1999: THE MATRIX - Don Davis
    2000: MISSION TO MARS - Ennio Morricone
    2001: FINAL FANTASY THE SPIRITS WITHIN - Elliot Goldenthal
    2002: THE LORD OF THE RINGS THE TWO TOWERS - Howard Shore
    2003: THE LORD OF THE RINGS THE RETURN OF THE KING - Howard Shore
    2004: BOURNE SUPREMACY - John Powell
    2005: THE WAR OF THE WORLDS - John Williams
    2006: INSIDE MAN - Terrence Blanchard
    2007: THE GOLDEN COMPASS - Alexandre Desplat
    2008: QUANTUM OF SOLACE - David Arnold
    2009: THE INFORMANT - Marvin Hamlisch
    2010: INCEPTION - Hans Zimmer
    2011: WAR HORSE - John Williams
    2012: ???
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
  12. Interesting to see PORTRAIT OF A LADY and MISSION TO MARS pop up so often.
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      CommentAuthorBobdH
    • CommentTimeApr 22nd 2012 edited
    1990: Danny Elfman - Edward Scissorhands
    1991: John Williams - Hook
    1992: Wojciech Kilar - Dracula
    1993: John Williams - Jurassic Park
    1994: John Williams - Schindler's List
    1995: James Horner - Casper
    1996: Howard Shore - Looking for Richard
    1997: John Williams - The Lost World: Jurassic Park
    1998: John Williams - Saving Private Ryan
    1999: Hans Zimmer - The Thin Red Line
    2000: James Newton Howard - Unbreakable
    2001: Howard Shore - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
    2002: Howard Shore - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
    2003: Howard Shore - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
    2004: John Debney - The Passion of the Christ
    2005: Antônio Pinto - Lord of War
    2006: Clint Mansell - The Fountain
    2007: Dario Marianelli - Atonement
    2008: Javier Navarrete - Fireflies in the Garden
    2009: Brian Tyler - The Killing Room (2009)
    2010: Clint Mansell - Black Swan (2010)
    2011: Alberto Iglesias - La Piel Que Habito (2011)
  14. Now I can't find another thread. There was one where we were listing best scores by decade.
    It was either here (which I seem to recall being it), or Intrada or JWFan, and I tried all three.

    I KNOW I mentioned "Rudy" in it and the year.

    It's Vanishing Threads Week! Or, simply, "The Vanishing". Gone, like a fart in the wind.
    The views and opinions of Ford A. Thaxton are his own and do not necessarily reflect the ones of ANYONE else.
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      CommentAuthorLSH
    • CommentTimeApr 22nd 2012 edited
    1990: Dances With Wolves - John Barry
    1991: The Rocketeer - James Horner
    1992: Far And Away - John Williams
    1993: Sommersby - Danny Elfman
    1994: The Shawshank Redemption - Thomas Newman
    1995: Apollo 13 - James Horner
    1996: Portrait Of A Lady - Wojciech Kilar
    1997: Jurassic Park: The Lost World - John Williams
    1998: Mulan - Jerry Goldsmith
    1999: The Mummy - Jerry Goldsmith
    2000: Vertical Limit - James Newton Howard
    2001: The Blue Planet - George Fenton
    2002: Signs - James Newton Howard
    2003: Angels In America - Thomas Newman
    2004: The Bourne Supremacy - John Powell
    2005: Memoirs Of A Geisha - John Williams
    2006: The Black Dahlia - Mark Isham (thanks to James for reminding me of this one!)
    2007: The Golden Compass - Alexandre Desplat
    2008: Quantum Of Solace - David Arnold
    2009: Avatar - James Horner
    2010: Inception - Hans Zimmer
    2011: War Horse - John Williams
    2012: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel - Thomas Newman (so far, at least)
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeApr 22nd 2012
    Can no one else go back further than 1990? slant
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeApr 22nd 2012
    franz_conrad wrote
    Interesting to see PORTRAIT OF A LADY and MISSION TO MARS pop up so often.


    Class will out cool
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
  18. I can, but I'm trying to find that thread so I don't have to re-type a crap load of stuff. I could probably go to 1935.
    The views and opinions of Ford A. Thaxton are his own and do not necessarily reflect the ones of ANYONE else.
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeApr 22nd 2012
    justin boggan wrote
    I can, but I'm trying to find that thread so I don't have to re-type a crap load of stuff. I could probably go to 1935.


    Did you post it at this board?
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorchristopher
    • CommentTimeApr 22nd 2012 edited
    Timmer wrote
    Can no one else go back further than 1990? slant


    I'm sure most can. We're all just following the leader. Except for you. You seem to have your own drum...

    wink
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeApr 22nd 2012
    ...and I'm banging it! dizzy biggrin
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
  22. Loosing his score virginity one bang at a time.
    The views and opinions of Ford A. Thaxton are his own and do not necessarily reflect the ones of ANYONE else.
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeApr 22nd 2012
    Nope! I've done em all over and over again, I'm a right slag!
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
  24. Timmer wrote
    Can no one else go back further than 1990? slant


    Ok.

    1989 - Lonesome Dove (Basil Poledouris). wink
    A butterfly thinks therefore I am
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeApr 22nd 2012
    biggrin applause
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeApr 22nd 2012
    What about Russia House for 1990?
    Tom
    listen to more classical music!
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeApr 22nd 2012
    sdtom wrote
    What about Russia House for 1990?
    Tom


    What about it?
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeApr 22nd 2012
    No one voted for it which surprises me.
    listen to more classical music!
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeApr 22nd 2012 edited
    Fair enough I suppose but this is about choosing one score from each year that's ( IYO ) the BEST, for me nothing beats DANCES WITH WOLVES and I would choose TOTAL RECALL and BACK TO THE FUTURE III before I chose Russia House. I like THE RUSSIA HOUSE a lot though I think it's a bit too long on album.

    Looking through the above list I see that 1990 seems to be split between DANCES WITH WOLVES and EDWARD SCISSORHANDS.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeApr 22nd 2012
    I really like some of the improvisational sax work, double bass, and piano. I also like Scissorhands and Wolves but not as well.
    Tom
    listen to more classical music!

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