Postby shooraijin » Sun Apr 04, 2004 9:25 am
Is this for *scores* or *soundtracks*? Nowadays there's a difference.
Myself, I liked (in no particular order):
Danny Elfman's score for the first Mission: Impossible movie (even though as a fan of the original Mission: Impossible series, the movies stink, stink, STINK!). His "Zoom B" redux of the title theme, plus how he worked in the "Plot" theme into some of the tracks invisibly, is great. So is "The Train"
I'm one of the three people who saw this movie, and probably the only one who liked it, but the score for "The Avengers" movie by Joel McNeely has some of the best high-flying music, particularly the portion where the killer robotic bees are pursuing Steed and Mrs Peel.
Carter Burwell did a very ethereal, haunting soundtrack for "Being John Malkovich" -- one of the most original, bizarre and chilling movies ever written (although rated R and deserves it). The theme music for the very creepy ending (stuck for all eternity) always puts chills down my spine. The CD also includes the John Malkovich song from the John Malkovich parallel universe (the one John Malkovich is singing while John Malkovich is playing piano and John Malkovich is ordering John Malkovich from the John Malkovich menu, the order being taken by John Malkovich).
Okay, I'm sorry, I have to do a couple more. Wendy (Walter -- don't ask) gets a two-for-one here. (S)he did a great job on the TRON soundtrack, which has some of the best synth work you'll ever hear from this composer (I always loved the TRON main theme and the Scherzo). The second entry from Carlos is the theme to "A Clockwork Orange" (a movie I find hard to recommend for content reasons, but still a cinematic landmark), which is another exceptional synth-classic fusion.
The soundtrack for 2001 is very good (not original, but a nice collection of classical and post-modernist music), and of course we love Henry Mancini's work in the Pink Panther movies (the best one is probably from "The Pink Panther Strikes Again").
John Williams always does good soundtracks (I have a "Star Wars" anthology and "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and "The Last Crusade"), but no one here has mentioned John Barry. I loved the weird hazy feel from "Diamonds Are Forever" (1971), as well as "The Living Daylights" with its Eurobeat score.
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