Personally, I see all these scores as one thing, and one thing only: just plain fun.

Some of the greatest scores ever written? No.

Some of the worst scores? Possibly.

Boring beyond belief? Certainly not.

Any others you'd like to add?

Awesome stuff!!

The Rock
Con Air
Face/off
Batman Beyond
Tomorrow Never Dies (Video Game Version)
The World is not Enough
The Fifth Element

And too many others to mention.

Dave

Others
Saving Private Ryan,
Nixon,
Stepmom,
Rosewood,
The Mummy,
The 13th Warrior,
Star Wars:The Phantom Menace
Stanley & Iris,
Always,
Deep Rising,
Leviathan,
Small Sodiers,
and many more.

Scott

The other extreme. Scores I hate that others seem to love.

Legends of The Fall
Braveheart
1941
Jaws 2
Armaggeddon
Last of The Mohicans

Even more controversial a choice: Eric Serra. Now, understand that I don't think his music always fits in the films he's asked to do. But I picked up the GOLDENEYE and FIFTH ELEMENT albums because I knew that, divorced from the film (and Serra's work was especially inappropriate for GOLDENEYE), I knew I would like the music on its own. (Though my favorite parts of both albums are the songs, and Serra didn't work on the GOLDENEYE song.)

The Rock
Con Air
Face/off
The World is not Enough
Armageddon
Legend (Tangerine Dream)
1492
The Bounty (Vangelis)

I never understood.

Also scores everyone loves but i dont get :

Anything prior to 1960
Anything from Miklos Rosza : talk about being overrated
Schindler's List
Dances with Wolves

CON AIR: Who knew Mancina and/or Rabin had it in them? The only Mancina/Rabin album I own to date.

Scott

I really like the Replacement Killers and Seven Years in Tibet, I have heard some negative things about these scores. I also really like Under Siege by Gary Chang, I don't know anyone else who likes that.

Stuff I don't like that others seem to love:

Alien
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Schindler's List
Titanic
Braveheart
Pretty much anything by John Barry

Let's take for instance:

The Rock
Face/Off
Armaggedon

These three scores listed above all have recieved many good reviews that I can remember. These all happen to be mediaventure scores. An explanation could be that some people do not like the combination of the more "contemperary" style with the orchestra.

Some people just enjoy, the orchestral approach. While others, seem to enjoy the more electronic approach with big themes, backed by percussion, and rhythmic strings.

Now, how many of you actually dislike the scores listed above?? I think that a good consensus will show that we actually all enjoy these scores.

Now, I must address BadWisdom's comments regarding Miklos Rozsa. If I had a dime for everytime I heard that same statement about Rozsa, I would only have a dime. But, I think you are right about him, there isn't much to him and his music... NOT!! He has only composed some of the best film music out there!!

Just to name a few: Ben-Hur, El Cid, The Thief of Baghdad... that is only a few of the great scores Rosza put out over the years.

My picks would include the following based on previous posts and reviews of these titles.

Saving Private Ryan
Goldeneye
Jumanji

These are scores that were labled "bad" by us in previous posts. I feel they are all good scores and I like all three of them!

Later,
Aaron

NP: Chill Factor(John Powell/Hans Zimmer)

Back to topic, scores that I love and others seems to hate:

- Escape from New York (Carpenter)
- Extreme Prejudice (Goldsmith)
- Midnight Run (Elfman's finest)
- Dune (Toto)
- Crash (Shore)
- The Humanoid (Morricone)
- A Pure Formality (Morricone)

Of those scores on your list, all the ones I know personally, I also like a lot. I'm glad you can get into MIDNIGHT RUN, at least. That's one of his best, I agree (although I generally like Elfman more than you do).

And EXTREME PREJUDICE is certainly in my top ten Goldsmith scores ever -- maybe even top five, if I had to do that Desert Island pruning thing. (Hmm, can't prune a desert ... must think of a better metaphor.)

But now I just discovered (to my great regret) that Rabin's "score" (did I say score? Sorry...) was just a part of all that noise going around...

Take care!

Zimmer's Backfire I mean Backdraft when it comes up on THE IRON CHEF (choo choo choo CHOO CHOO)

Fabio Frizzi's music for Fulci's The Beyond for the insanely long theme (Voci Dal Nulla) with a bunch of Italians going "nah nah nah NAH NAH NAH!!" over and over and over-- hell is this music blasting out at you from "the sea of darkness for all eternity".

>Just to name a few: Ben-Hur, El Cid, The >Thief of Baghdad... that is only a few of >the great scores Rosza put out over the >years.

Im sorry, but i just dont get any pleasure, AT ALL, in listening to these scores.

These are the scores for me that are 'Armaggedon' and 'The Rock' to many others : just noise.

Its a shame Andre u cannot enjoy the Armageddon score. I just cant get enough of it. Sure its loud, sure it has synthesizers, but at least SOMETHING happens. its not like one of these old golden age classics where after 30 odd minutes u just wonder : "what the hell am i listening to ?"

NP - Searching For Bobby Fischer (J. Horner) *****/*****

mlw,
WTF are you TALKING about? Backdraft is a masterpiece, especially track 7 and the Arsonists' Waltz, as well as Show Me Your Firetruck. Bash Zimmer again and I'll have to hurt you.

PS - Aren't you alittle off-topic here? We are talking abotu scores that we like but everyone else hates...not what you hate and everyone else likes.