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WutheringWuthering Posts: 1,071
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Which insturmental soundtracks have really impressed you over the years? In recent times, I have been a big fan of work by Hans Zimmer. His score for Inception is, I think, his best work thus far.

Of all time my favourite composer is Danny Elfman. His scores to 80s classics like Batman and Beetlejuice are gorgeous.

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  • ChristopherJChristopherJ Posts: 976
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    The original Planet of the Apes has a great score, full of danger and shimmering weirdness. And Bernard Herrmann's scores were always excellent. His music for Taxi Driver, which was his last film, really evokes the violence of the film.
  • mgvsmithmgvsmith Posts: 16,457
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    In recent years John Murphy's work for '28 Days Later' and 'Sunshine'

    In the past Ennio Morricone 'For a Few Dollars More' and 'Once upon a time in America', John Carpenter for 'Halloween' and Jack Nitzsche for 'Starman'
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 7,488
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    Almost anything from Clint Mansell, and to expand on the remit slightly Mogwai's score for TV show Les Revenants was great...
  • ironjadeironjade Posts: 10,010
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    Betty Blue
    The Living Daylights
    Robocop (original)
    Local Hero
    Superman
  • necromancer20necromancer20 Posts: 2,548
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    The Social Network
    Gone Girl
    Sunshine
    Gravity
    Drive
    Jurassic Park
    There Will Be Blood
    Lord of the Rings trilogy
    The Village
    The Goonies
    Top Gun
    The Fountain
    Spider-Man trilogy (Elfman)
    Sunshine

    And almost anything Hans Zimmer now does is godly (Gladiator, Pirates, TDK trilogy, Inception, Da Vinci Code, Man of Steel etc)
  • idlewildeidlewilde Posts: 8,698
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    For original scores, I like:-

    Raiders of the Lost Ark - John Williams
    Leon - Eric Serra
    Alien 3 - Elliot Goldenthal
    Gladiator - Hans Zimmer
    Matrix Reloaded - Don Davis and Juno Reactor
    Where the Wild Things Are - Karen O and the Kids

    For soundtracks, with the use of licensed tracks I like

    Goodfellas
    Django Unchained
    Vanishing Point
    28 Days Later
    True Romance
  • idlewildeidlewilde Posts: 8,698
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    necromancer20 wrote: »
    The Social Network
    Gone Girl
    Sunshine
    Gravity
    Drive
    Jurassic Park
    There Will Be Blood
    Lord of the Rings trilogy
    The Village
    The Goonies
    Top Gun
    The Fountain
    Spider-Man trilogy (Elfman)
    Sunshine

    And almost anything Hans Zimmer now does is godly (Gladiator, Pirates, TDK trilogy, Inception, Da Vinci Code, Man of Steel etc)

    "The Gravel Road" from that movie is one of the most awesome pieces of music ever.
  • Jim KowalskiJim Kowalski Posts: 4,048
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    Ron Goodman and William Walton for "The Battle of Britain"
    Ennio Morricone "The Good,The Bad and The Ugly"
  • The AmbassadorThe Ambassador Posts: 5,631
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    Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), The Last of the Mohicans (1992) and Spartacus (1960) are the three I continue to listen to more than any others.
  • spiney2spiney2 Posts: 27,058
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    eric rogers. 22 carry on films. he told the audiences exactly when to laugh. otherwise they wouldn't have known ........

    ha ha !

    I also like the pan pipes in picnic at hanging rock, and the zither in the 3rd man.
  • quirkyquirkquirkyquirk Posts: 7,160
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    Too many to mention but a few I really like

    Rio Bravo
    Braveheart
    Back To The Future
    Casualties Of War
    Raiders Of The Lost Ark
    Blade Runner
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