My Favourite Film Music!

[Spedius]

Ave!

One of my favourite film scores is John Barry's Oscar winning music for "The Lion In Winter".

Although the film isn't one of my all time favourites the music is.

Such variety and moods from sweeping choruses to Gregorian chanting.

Dramic chord and rhythm changes, blaring trumpets one moment, sweet voices singing in counter point the next.

This is one of mine, do you have a favourite movie sound track?

Vale

M. Spedius Corbulo

[Graham Sumner]

Hello Jim

Correct, anything by John Barry is brilliant even if the film itself is not up to scratch. In that category you can put 'King Kong' (1976) and 'Raise the Titanic'! The first piece of film music I remember liking was the capsule in space sequence in 'You Only Live Twice'. Years later of course I found out it was written by John Barry as well as most of the best James Bond scores.

Otherwise it depends on what I am working on at the time. Hans Zimmer's 'Gladiator' and 'King Arthur' are usually on when I am working on Roman pics as well as 'Ben-Hur' but 'The Blue Max' by Jerry Goldsmith was on when I was painting figures for Osprey's 'German Air Forces 1914-18'.

For a change of pace I also like Mario Nascimbene who wrote the scores for 'Barabbas', 'Alexander the Great' (1953) and of course 'The Vikings' and Bernard Hermann who wrote the score for 'Jason and the Argonauts', Mysterious Island and Hitchcock thrillers like 'Psycho' and 'Vertigo'.

Graham.

[Arthes]

Greetings,
at the moment I really love Vangelis's soundtrack from Alexander....particularly the Drums of Gaugamela and Titans singing out the war cry (which I have just had to put on quietly :wink: ) and found that dusting while listening to Bagoas Dance results in dust everywhere as i have to shake my feather duster and boogie...lol
also Hans Zimmerman's King Arthur soundtrack......
and Kingdom of Heaven - Harry Gregson Williams...

regards
Arthes

[Theodosius the Great]

I don't want to be repetitive, so I'll say :

Conan (The Barbarian & The Destroyer) :lol:

[Titus Martius]

Pirates of the Caribbean by Klaus Badelt
Starship troopers by Basil Poledouris
and foregoing Gladiator, King Arthur, Alexander the Great...

[Jeroen Pelgrom]

the theme of Isengard from Lord of the rings!

[Tarbicus]

The Piano by Michael Nyman, and The Thin Red Line by Hans Zimmer.

[Spedius]

Ave!

Ladies and gentlemen, I am overwhelmed!!

I know most of the films mentioned but have to confess to not remembering some of the music.

You know my penchant for order and lists, well here is another one.

This one is about John Barry who was born in York, England, UK on 3rd November 1933.

The list is in alphabetical order for your convenience.

01 Across the Sea of Time (1995)
02 The Adventurer (1972) [TV Series]
03 Alice's Adventures In Wonderland (1972)
04 The Amorous Prawn (1964)
05 The Appointment (1969)
06 Beat Girl aka Wild For Kicks (1959)
07 Bells aka Murder by Phone (1980)
08 The Betsy (1978)
09 The Black Hole (1979)
10 Body Heat (1981)
11 Boom! (1968)
12 Born Free (1966)
13 Chaplin (1992)
14 The Chase (1966)
15 The Cool Mikado (1963)
16 The Corn Is Green (1978) [TV movie]
17 The Cotton Club (1984)
18 Cry, the Beloved Country (1995)
19 Dances with Wolves (1990)
20 The Day of the Locust (1975)
21 Deadfall (1968)
22 The Deep (1978)
23 Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
24 A Doll's House (1973)
25 The Dove (1974)
26 Dutchman (1967)
27 Eleanor & Franklin (1976) and Eleanor & Franklin: The White House Years (1977) [TV movie]
28 Elizabeth Taylor In London (1963)
29 Enigma (2001)
30 First Love (1977)
31 Follow Me aka The Public Eye (1972)
32 Four in the Morning (1965)
33 Frances (1982)
34 From Russia with Love (1963)
35 Game Of Death (1979)
36 The Gathering (1977)
37 The Glass Menagerie (1973) [TV movie]
38 The Golden Child (1986)
39 The Golden Seal (1983) [co-composed with Dana Kaproff]
40 Goldfinger (1964)
41 Hammett (1982)
42 Hanover Street (1979)
43 Hearts Of Fire (1987)
44 High Road to China (1990)
45 Howard The Duck (1986)
46 Indecent Proposal (1993)
47 Inside Moves (1980)
48 The Ipcress File (1965)
49 Jagged Edge (1985)
50 A Jolly Bad Fellow aka They All Died Laughing (1963)
51 A Killing Affair aka My Sister's Keeper (1986)
52 King Kong (1976)
53 King Rat (1965)
54 The Knack (1965)
55 The Last Valley (1970)
56 Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981)
57 The L-Shaped Room (1962)
58 The Lion In Winter (1968)
59 The Living Daylights (1987)
60 Love Among The Ruins (1975) [TV movie]
61 Man in the Middle (1964)
62 The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
63 Mary, Queen Of Scots (1971)
64 Masquerade (1988)
65 Mercury Rising (1998)
66 Midnight Cowboy (1969)
67 Mike's Murder (1984)
68 Mister Moses (1965)
69 Mix Me A Person (1962)
70 Monte Walsh (1970)
71 Moonraker (1979)
72 Muloornia (1964)
73 Murphy's War (1971)
74 My Life (1993)
75 Never Let Go (1960)
76 Night Games (1980)
77 Octopussy (1983)
78 On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
79 One Man and his Bank (1965)
80 Orson Welles's Great Mysteries (1973) [TV series]
81 Out Of Africa (1985)
82 The Party's Over (1963)
83 Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
84 The Persuaders (1971)[TV series]
85 Petulia (1968)
86 Playing by Heart (1999)
87 The Quiller Memorandum (1966)
88 Raise The Titanic! (1980)
89 Robin & Marian (1976)
90 Ruby Cairo aka Deception (1993)
91 The Scarlet Letter (1995)
92 Seance On A Wet Afternoon (1964)
93 Somewhere in Time (1980)
94 Sophia Loren in Rome (1964)
95 The Specialist (1994)
96 Starcrash (1979)
97 Svengali (1983)[TV movie]
98 Swept from the Sea aka Amy Foster (1997)
99 The Tamarind Seed (1974)
100 They Might Be Giants (1971)
101 Thunderball (1965)
102 Touched By Love aka To Elvis, with Love (1980)
103 Until September (1984)
104 USA Today: the Television Show (1987)
105 Vendetta (1966)
106 View To A Kill (1985)
107 Walkabout (1971)
108 The War Between The Tates (1977)[TV movie]
109 The Whisperers (1967)
110 The White Buffalo a.k.a. Hunt To Kill (1977)
111 Willa (1979)[TV movie]
112 The Wrong Box (1966)
113 You Only Live Twice (1967)
114 Young Joe, The Forgotten Kennedy (1977) [TV Movie]
115 Zulu (1964)

I found these details here ttp://www.geocities.com/jaoll/barry/filmog.htm

Please, keep your favourite film music coming.

Vale

M. Spedius Corbulo

[Praefectusclassis]

Fun & interesting, but this thread is going to OT.

[Uwe Bahr]

Hello everybody,

my favorite musics are mostly from those 'ancient' films, of course too.

- very exciting 'Spartacus' when the legions walk down the hill for the final battle against Kirk Douglas and his guys.

- 'Alexander' by Stone, again the music is best IMHO when there is being prepared for battle and Alexanders rides to the right wing of his troops, but also the dance scenes of Bagoas and Roxanne are supported by very fine music

- 'Ben Hur', 'Gladiator' - nearly all sequences

- 'Massada' - especially the scene when the Legio X parades underneath the rock and some cavalry trumpeters announce the Romans to the besieged Jews (with lituus'es, BTW !!!)

Graham (Sumner),

it is astonishing what similar behaviour and preferences many from us at this forum have, I also like 'working' more, when I hear this kind of music or even have a Video and/or DVD in the background. :wink:

Greets - Uwe

[Anonymous]

Pirates of the Caribbean by Klaus Badelt
Starship troopers by Basil Poledouris
and foregoing Gladiator, King Arthur, Alexander the Great...

It always reminds me of "Jet" by Wings.

[Anonymous]

Now that we are safely cast into outer darkness (cue wailing and gnashing of teeth :mrgreen: ), would anyone care to suggest some good music to use in our First International Ancient Greek Festival? Have you heard Mausoleum at Halicarnassos?

[Tarbicus]

Fun & interesting, but this thread is going to OT.

How can you go OT in OT? :wink:

Conan! Basil Poledouris. Awesome.

[FAVENTIANVS]

Basil Poulidoris' Conan the Barbarian, specially The Battle, The Atlantean Sword, The Orgy and Civilization themes.

Progeny from Hans Zimmer's Gladiator is specially orgasmic too.

LOTR as well, the Rohan theme... WOW!

[Jona Lendering]

A couple of years ago, I saw "Intolerance", the classic movie by D.W. Griffith ([url:2kd90lhg]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0006864/[/url]). In 1916, movies had no soundtrack; a life orchestra was playing the music. When I saw the movie, they had done the same: an entire symphony orchestra, conducted by Carl Davis, was sitting in front of the silver screen. It was the first and last time that I was really impressed by an orchestral score.