TheToeSucker Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 I quite love Einaudi's score in This Is England. Overused now, probably. But what is yours? Hardmode: No Superhero themes or star wars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted July 22, 2019 Moderators Share Posted July 22, 2019 The score to Pirates of the Caribbean is fantastic. One of the few really good scores in a modern blockbuster that I can think of. Distinct, catchy, suits the film really well and really adds a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator Frankie Crisp Posted July 22, 2019 Awards Moderator Share Posted July 22, 2019 (edited) As well as being (for me, anyway) Hitchcock’s best piece of work, North by Northwest has an incredible score from Bernard Herrman. From minute one it sets the tone for the film and doesn’t let up until the final scene. I don’t think the film would be what it is without it. Edited July 22, 2019 by Frankie Crisp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted July 22, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted July 22, 2019 (edited) Ok it's a bit of an obvious one, but I love the Simon & Garfunkel music in these classic scenes from The Graduate. Slowing down Mrs Robison when the car gets knackered works a treat. And in Wayne's World 2. Edited July 22, 2019 by PunkStep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted July 22, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted July 22, 2019 Daft Punks Tron Legacy score should have won the Oscar that year. Fucking Social Network. also the score to Blade Runner is better then the film Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Scott Malbranque Posted July 23, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted July 23, 2019 And I know everyone hates this man but this piece absolutely fucking floors me every time I hear it, and to when I heard it live with an orchestra - both times - I cried. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted July 23, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted July 23, 2019 Are we talking scores or Soundtracks? Edgar Wright knows how to put together a good soundtrack/score. Or always manages to get people on his production staff that do. He usually choreographs the movie around it brilliantly as well. There are some brilliant seqiences in Baby Deiver. The car park shoot out set to Hocus Pocus by Focus springs to mind, but also something as simple as going for the coffee at the beginning to Harlem Shuffle, The little bits where you realise it's choreographed are great. The Sex Bob-Omb/Katayanagi Twins battle from Scott Pilgrim Vs TheWorld is a personal favourite of mine. The most popular example is probably the fight against John, The Winchester's landlord when he gets turned into a zombie in Shaun Of The Dead set to Don't Stop Me Now by Queen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsfromlee Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Anything by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. They are dynamite with a score. Abel Korzeniowski's score for A Single Man is wonderful As is Mica Levi's work on Under The Skin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rey_Piste Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 A rather obvious choice, but still excellent to listen while driving through a city at night. I am also a fan of John Carpenter's synth stuff, but this is a horrid earworm I love. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsfromlee Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 I know it's not film but the soundtrack for Utopia is unlike anything I've ever heard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted July 23, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted July 23, 2019 53 minutes ago, jazzygeofferz said: The car park shoot out set to Hocus Pocus by Focus springs to mind Tremendous shout. I love the way music is used in this movie and the Hocus Pocus scene, following straight from Intermission from Blur, worked wonderfully. Intermission was used perfectly when things started to go a bit tits up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Bellenda Carlisle Posted July 23, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted July 23, 2019 I don't mean to gimmick infringe on John Matrix but I've been listening to the Commando score a lot recently. They throw everything in there; pulsing 80s synth bass lines, pan pipes, horns, tons of mental steel drums all over, it's pretty nuts, lots of it is quite frenzied as well. Also listen Goblin quite frequently and their soundtrack stuff is great. This is one of my faves ever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rey_Piste Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 (edited) JUST CLOSE THE THREAD NOW! https://youtu.be/F37rLFhoK94 Bollocks! YouTube has disabled embedding it. Edited July 23, 2019 by Rey_Piste Hearts on fire! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted July 24, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted July 24, 2019 13 hours ago, Rey_Piste said: JUST CLOSE THE THREAD NOW! https://youtu.be/F37rLFhoK94 Bollocks! YouTube has disabled embedding it. It is a phenomenal one. In the absence of @air_raid I'll stick in a mention for The Transforners: The Movie (the animated one from 1986). Vince DiCola with a great score, and lots of great rocking tracks as well as Dare To Be Stupid by Weird Al. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted July 24, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted July 24, 2019 Obviously, John Williams has been behind many anthemic themes - Superman, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, Jaws, E.T., to name but just a few. It's difficult to pick one. I'd argue the Superman theme should be the only exception to the "no superhero movie" rule, simply because it's so recognisable beyond its bounds; pretty much everyone knows it the moment they hear it, not to mention that it's so associated with being heroic that it's often used to denote such a quality in other scenarios. Most of Beat Takeshi's films have great soundtracks, usually done by Joe Hisaishi. One of my favourites is his theme for Kids Return: Another of my favourites is Kikujiro - it's so sweet and poignant (if very Japanese in that it's derivative of Pachelbel's Canon - it's usually either that or Satie's Gymnopedies): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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