Soundtracks/Scores, and their effect on a film

[DeadlyDynasty]

Good call on Rota...

[ColinB]

Greenwood's score in There Will Be Blood was absolutely perfect. Can't wait to see the Paul Thomas Anderson and Johnny Greenwood duo in effect again for The Master.



Good call on Conan the Barbarian as well. A classic.

I'm also a sucker for Clint Mansell (The Fountain, Requiem for a Dream, etc.)

[LA24]

Hans Zimmer = GOAT

Are you serious ? This guy is way overrated. He relies too heavily on
ghost writers. His orchestration is elementary compared to
a John Williams orchestration. Then there are the harmonic choices.
John's use of harmony/chords is just genius and clever and
makes Hans' use of harmony/chord choice laughable, like a kid playing
with notes. Hans scores are just too simplistic, trite, and have
little depth. Most composition students at USC would blow Hans
away. John William is a master of his craft. I can not say the same
for Hans.

[mingus]

The Jurassic Park score is the best score I've ever heard. E.T.'s is a close second.

[mingus]

I also like Elfman. The Nightmare Before Christmas had an unforgettable score.

[mingus]

Thomas Newman is damn good as well. He did the scores for American Beauty, Jarhead, and Road to Perdition.

[TeyshaBlue]

Hardly an earth shattering revelation, since it earned him an Oscar, but his score for Up is brilliant, too.

Wasn't really shooting for creating an earth shattering revelation, tbh. Just somebody I dig.

[z0sa]

Imagine the Shining without an hour of creepy music ...

[ace3g]

Speaking of this, Avatar had this issue, parts of the score from "The Mask of Zorro" were used (same composer). Still mad Cameron after working on this film for 14 years or so, still had to re use dinosaur sound effects (T-Rex from JP) for his creatures. This coming from a film where he created a new language...

[CuckingFunt]

Wasn't really shooting for creating an earth shattering revelation, tbh. Just somebody I dig.

Oh, no, I meant mine wasn't earth shattering.

[CubanMustGo]

Are you serious ? This guy is way overrated. He relies too heavily on
ghost writers. His orchestration is elementary compared to
a John Williams orchestration. Then there are the harmonic choices.
John's use of harmony/chords is just genius and clever and
makes Hans' use of harmony/chord choice laughable, like a kid playing
with notes. Hans scores are just too simplistic, trite, and have
little depth. Most composition students at USC would blow Hans
away. John William is a master of his craft. I can not say the same
for Hans.

That JW has not won more Oscars for his work is a crime. This year he had not one but TWO scores up for the award (War Horse, Adventures of TinTin) and so in effect was competing against himself. The winner was the guy who did "The Artist", who basically channeled silent film music and had a lot of UNoriginal work in his score.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Imagine the Shining without an hour of creepy music ...

Imagine the Shining without an hour of creepiness