What is your favourite film score?
Apr 8 2006
Much though I love you guys I get a kick out of being on the boards alone as I am now - not sure why - lone by name..I guess. Or maybe its because I just like to surprise you all with a nice thread. Like this one (following on from the raging success of the Prison Break one 
- though at least Jef's Everyone Hates Chris was even less popular 
) So we all love our films and music so it makes sense to ask this one. What is your favourite film score at the moment - and maybe of all time also? My "all-timer" is prob. Morricone's "The Good, The Bad and the Ugly" and my current the incredible Ry Cooder slide guitar at the beginning of one of my all time fave films "Paris Texas."
So whats yours?
Apr 8 2006
#2
Ooh that's tough. The music on Dead Man's Shoes is absiloutely beautiful. A film called Exils by Tony Gatlif has actually the most amazing music ever (and is probably one of my favourite films), and then the score the Time of the Gypsies by Emir Kusturica is also amazingly beautiful.
Apr 8 2006
#3
Road To Perdition and Hero.
Apr 8 2006
#4
Hmmm I'm not so good at remembering entire scores... hmm well Requiem For A Dream's is pretty awesome; otherwise I can only think of bits of films with single tracks that have been really good - like Pixies at the end of Fight Club or the Buzzcocks cover in Shrek 2.
Apr 8 2006
#5
ennio morricone beats pretty much everyone when it comes to films scores. i think once upon a time in the west is his best, but i also love the bits with the watch in for a few dollars more, and i'm often whistling the whistling bit from duck you sucker... i think battle royale's filmscore is my favourite non-morricone one though, it's pretty perfect all the way through.
Apr 8 2006
#6
John - bits of scores are fine. I mean, I did the same with my Paris Texas choice. All good selections so far, peeps. 
Apr 16 2006
#7
The score to Pleasantville 8)
Apr 16 2006
#8
'The Third Man.'
'Cradle Will Rock'
"Sirroco'-George Antheil
more when i think of it.
Apr 16 2006
#9
Top Gun has a good score.
and Judgement Night "score" has Biohazard, Therapy?, Faith No More, Helmet, Onyx and Cypress Hill on it. If you don't think that counts you're a snobby bastard
Apr 16 2006
#10
xConorx wrote:
Top Gun has a good score.and Judgement Night "score" has Biohazard, Therapy?, Faith No More, Helmet, Onyx and Cypress Hill on it. If you don't think that counts you're a snobby bastard :wink:
how i have missed your wicked tunes. 
Apr 16 2006
#11
Platoon
Apr 16 2006
#12
revol68 wrote:
how i have missed your wicked tunes.
you mean you miss me running about the house with a knife listening to some shit like crown of thornz or madball, good times!
Apr 16 2006
#13
knife AND Apron!
you crazy deconstructionist Beatdown Disco Domestic Diva.
Apr 16 2006
#14
it's all about flipping the script and messing with squares like you
Apr 16 2006
#15
Quote:
My "all-timer" is prob. Morricone's "The Good, The Bad and the Ugly"
Yeah. Just mention film scores and that film instantly pops into my head. The only film score I went a bought the single of. The other two Dollar films were pretty good too. Excellent choice.
These days?? Walk The Line - but you already know I like that one.
Apr 16 2006
#16
John Barry's theme to Midnight Cowboy.
Apr 16 2006
#17
I'm with popular consensus, and going with GBU soundtrack.
I even have it on my MP3 player.
Apr 16 2006
#18
John. wrote:
- like Pixies at the end of Fight Club or the Buzzcocks cover in Shrek 2.
Did you notice how in Shrek 2 everyone was related to the Labour Party? Once Shrek transformed into his handsome version he was the spit of Gordon Brown. Fairy Godmother was Madelson, behind the obviously homophobic repsentation (cough, splutter), Prince Charming was Blair etc.
Or have I been watching too many kids' animations recently?
Regards
martin
PS -daughter was amazed to discover that "I'm A Believer" was done better by the Monkees than on Shrek.
Apr 17 2006
#19
Apr 17 2006
#20
friday night lights.
silly movie about (american) football in a texas high school.
but amazing film score! it's all done by explosions in the sky!
Good choice, I'd go for Once Upon a Time in the West myself.
I thought that was a deliberate effort by other posters to be ironic
Jef's very own and tremendously popular thread!