Topic: Musical Scores
Filmfreek's photo
Thu 07/12/12 09:21 AM
What are some of your favorites? Besides the typical John Williams & Danny Elfman ones?

I thought Bell & Hooper nailed it with the original TCM. One of the creepiest I've heard.

Also love the music for the original Conan.

Requiem For A Dream has some badass music also.

I'm also really diggin the Fincher/Reznor collaboration.

imbo1993's photo
Thu 07/12/12 11:19 AM
I think Dave Grusin's score for The Goonies is exceptional! I'm one of the lucky few hundred to hold a copy of the official score soundtrack, can't believe it hasn't been released in stores!

Sleepaway Camp has a badass soundtrack! haha

Goofball73's photo
Thu 07/12/12 11:29 AM
Flash Gordon (1980)- Queen's rock score just meshes well with this movie. The rock score during the battle between Flash/The Hawkmen and Captain Ajax's space ship is freaking wicked.

Batman Begins/The Dark Knight- Not sure who did the music for these two movies. Just seems to fit with the tone of the movies.


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Thu 07/12/12 11:45 AM

Flash Gordon (1980)- Queen's rock score just meshes well with this movie. The rock score during the battle between Flash/The Hawkmen and Captain Ajax's space ship is freaking wicked.





I have the vinyl. It's indeed excellent.

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Thu 07/12/12 11:59 AM
My favorite horror film score is Riz Ortolani's for Cannibal Holocaust.

Tangerine Dream did some excellent scores for Risky Business, Firestarter, The Keep, Legend, Near Dark...

Goblin did some great scores for Suspiria, Demons, Tenebre, Conquest.

Pino Donaggio- Carrie, Tourist Trap, Blow Out, The Howling, Piranha '78...

And I like John Carpenter's, when he scores his own movies they help put you into his world.

Outside of his huge budget film scores, James Horner scored quite a few B-movies: Battle Beyond The Stars, The Hand, Wolfen, Deadly Blessing, Krull...

And more recently I've been enjoying Jeff Grace's scores for The House Of The Devil, The Inkeepers, I Sell The Dead, The Last Winter, Stake Land.

Filmfreek's photo
Thu 07/12/12 12:13 PM
Nice. Almost forgot about Goblin & Tangerine Dream. And who could forget John Carpenter's infamous Halloween score (heard as ringtones everywhere in Oct haha). Yeah. He's awesome.

Tomandandy

Filmfreek's photo
Thu 07/12/12 12:14 PM

Flash Gordon (1980)- Queen's rock score just meshes well with this movie. The rock score during the battle between Flash/The Hawkmen and Captain Ajax's space ship is freaking wicked.

Batman Begins/The Dark Knight- Not sure who did the music for these two movies. Just seems to fit with the tone of the movies.




Good picks. Queen is ALWAYS good to me. Highlander.

Filmfreek's photo
Thu 07/12/12 12:16 PM

I think Dave Grusin's score for The Goonies is exceptional! I'm one of the lucky few hundred to hold a copy of the official score soundtrack, can't believe it hasn't been released in stores!

Sleepaway Camp has a badass soundtrack! haha


Right on. Cool collector's item!

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Fri 07/13/12 04:20 PM
Richard Band- Re Animator, From Beyond Zone Troopers, Night Shadows aka Mutant, House On Sorority Row...just to name a few, he mainly scored for Empire Pictures, and later Full Moon- his brother being Charles Band.

Robert O Ragland- The Babysitter '69, Grizzly, 10 To Midnight, Q...and countless other B-flicks.

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Sun 07/15/12 03:18 PM

Flash Gordon (1980)- Queen's rock score just meshes well with this movie. The rock score during the battle between Flash/The Hawkmen and Captain Ajax's space ship is freaking wicked.



I stumbled across this a while ago, I know some people say its disrespectful to change a queen song. Also, I am not a big fan of Techno, but this song I really do enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y36PylXNABg