Favorite Original Movie Score?

[TheWizardOfMudd]

I gotta go with "Last Of The Mohicans" (1992 version with Daniel Day-Lewis and Madeleine Stowe). Written by Trevor Jones and Randy Edelman.

If you've never studied it in the context of the movie, and then listened to it later with the emotional remembrances, you should. Especially the piece entitled "Cora." Such beauty.

[MrSlayer]

1. Jaws.

Love the score, fits so perfectly with each scene.

[BlackVelvetElvis]

2. Sergei Prokofiev's "Alexander Nevsky"

A nice piece of Soviet anti-German propaganda from 1936 directed by the great Eisenstein.
The director (who was also editor of the film) edited the film to fit the music.
Prokofiev's music is a wonderful marriage to the imagery on film. My favorite part is from "April 5, 1242" through "The Ice Breaks". Stunning!

On edit: Not the cantata but the soundtrack to the restored film.

[hlthe2b]

3. "Mohicans" a fav, also "the English Patient, Patrick Doyle's score to

Branagh's "Hamlet" and "Henry V"...

John Barry's scores to "Chaplin" and "Dances With Wolves."

[justjones]

4. Chariots of Fire n/t

[wtmusic]

5. Tombstone / Bruce Broughton

Jaws / John Williams

The Sea Hawk / Erich Wolfgang Korngold

All masters of composition and orchestration.

[DS1]

6. Okay. Flame away. Right now, it's Rambo - First Blood Part II

[Radical Activist]

7. Either Lawrence of Arabia or...

Powaqqatsi-Life in Transition

On a windy day walking across a field or in desert canyons its hard not to get the theme song from Lawrence of Arabia stuck in my head.

I'm not sure if I'm spelling Powaqqatsi right, but the score is by Phillip Glass. The movie is amazing and I believe it was written concurrently with the movie so that both are adapted to eachother. Has anyone else seen that trilogy?

[DS1]

8. I've seen Koyaanisqatsi

Stunning movie, made me guilty to lead such a consumer lifestyle.

[Radical Activist]

10. Koyaanisqatsi made a big impact on me

The second one isn't so depressing all throughout but it is just as powerful.

[Az]

21. The third movie is out on DVD now

Got the complete set recently (haven't had the time to watch it yet).

[Radical Activist]

23. Coooool I've been waiting for the trilogy to come out.

I'll have to get it whenever I buy a TV again.

[jeff30997]

9. 2001:A space odyssey

[Cyrano]

11. Totally subjective, but

Lawrence of Arabia theme (by Maurice Jarre) is one of the greatest works of synergy between a cinematic masterpiece and its musical score. To really appreciate the film and the music, it has to be seen on a big screen, not a TV.

[hlthe2b]

13. I definitely agree. That movie (and its score) define the term "expansive.

Wonderful movie, beautiful score...

[ronzo]

12. Elfman.

All.

[Burma Jones]

22. Yes, with Edward Scissorhands getting Special Mention

I also really like Casino Royale's soundtrack.

[TexasBushwhacker]

14. Love LOM

Also Out of Africa, The Piano, and The Stunt Man (which isn't out on CD!) I also like soundtracks that have a lot of songs, like The Big Chill and (don't laugh) Valley Girl.

[Doc_Technical]

15. Fail Safe

n/t

[Rabrrrrrr]

16. Conan the Barbarian

One of the greatest film scores ever. Not just for music, but for being totally in tune with the moods, the time, and the pathos of the story and the screen action.

Brilliant!

Also, as others have said, Koyaanisqatsi and Lawrence of Arabia.

[m-jean03]

17. Lethal Weapon, Lethal Weapon 2, Lethal Weapon 3.

Good moody stuff. Flame away! :hi:

[HuckleB]

18. It's now "Triplets of Belleville" --

knocks all the faux classical scores in my collection on their collective faces.

[jmowreader]

19. The South Park movie

Okay, it's sacrilege to compare "Darth Vader's Theme" or the theme to Chariots of Fire with "Uncle Fucka" and "What Would Brian Boitano Do?"

But it's a catchy score. I like it.

[Az]

20. Casino Royale

Good grief this movie has some music in it.

[kodi]

24. FOTR/LOTR

that first score by howard shore had it all and enhanced the film visuals so much that one can hardly separate out the impact from one or the other on the viewer/listener.