And an honorable mention for "Astronauts" in Armageddon.

There are plenty more I could mention, but these are the ones that came to mind first as being my favorites. What are yours?

NP-nothing (at work)

Other cues that 'really get me' are The Farewell scene from John Williams NIXON, Goldsmith's The Slaves from MASADA, Pran's Theme from the Killing Fields by Mike Oldfield, Red Route 1 from Poledouris The Hunt For Red October, The Heart Attack from Horner's BRAINSTORM!

I'll leave my list at that for now , let's see what other people come up with??!

p.s. I did the same thread as this some month's ago entitled 'what music gives you goose bumps' over on the FSM board!

- Aftermath (Deep Blue Sea)
- Fort Walton Kansas(The Rock)
- Heart of a King (The Man in the Iron Mask)

Now, that has been repalced by "Dead Air/Winning" from Basil Poledouris' "Wind."

Lots of other music gets me emotionally involved, but these are tops, in my book.

Scott
Many more.

Rozsa's El Cid, Ben Hur, Lust For Life, Time After Time

Herrmann's Fahrenheit 451

Newman's Diary of Anne Franke

North's Spartacus

Goldsmith's Star Trek 1, Artist Who Did Not Want to Paint, and Under Fire

Herrmann's Ghost and Mrs Muir

JJH, Agnes of God, One of my favorite Delerue scores.......Boy, what a missed talent!!

I am done...

"Hospital," "Freedom," "Survival" -- PAPILLON

Epilogue - JAWS 2 (next to last piece of music on the CD, title forgotten)

Birth sequence - ENEMY MINE

Guinevere produces the sword; "It is a dream I have" -- EXCALIBUR (the music is Wagner, but so what)

Long shots of the mother ship at the end of CLOSE ENCOUNTERS -- Spielberg wanted to score the WHOLE end sequence with that song from Pinocchio, but Williams fortunately managed to talk him out of it

"In Burma, soil is red. So are rocks." Main and end titles, THE BURMESE HARP (Ifukube)

"I'll see you again." Finale, SON OF GODZILLA, Masaru Sato.

The monster roars his last -- original GODZILLA, Akira Ifukube

Little boy resurrected -- end title, MAJIN STRIKES AGAIN, Akira Ifukube

Prologue to RAISE THE TITANIC, John Barry -- one of his most moving themes, over a lovely montage that doesn't mean much dramatically, yet touches me no end

Absurdly moving love theme from ORCA, Ennio Morricone

The Throne Room, STAR WARS, John Williams

"Everywhere," POWDER, Goldsmith

"Dad," THE FLY II, Christopher Young

That'll do to start ...

I think I resented E.T. at the time for pushing my buttons so thoroughly. I didn't WANT to be reminded I had emotions; I was in a bitter adolescent pseudo-Vulcan phase. I think I've never appraised the movie properly -- I saw it again about ten years ago and was absolutely stunned at how much I'd missed; who knows what I'd think of it now -- although I did then and do now adore the cue "E.T.'s Adventure on Earth." But I've never bought the expanded E.T. release (really I should -- although I only bought the official expanded CE3K because it happened to be on sale for $9 that day -- well, I'm sure I'd have caught up to it even for full price, eventually.)

I'm pretty sure you're right about how the JAWS 2 cue plays out, title-wise. I've been quite pleased recently to see how many others admit to preferring JAWS 2 to JAWS 1. Nothing WRONG with JAWS 1, I just think JAWS 2 happens to be the more interesting, exciting score and album. Can't wait for the expanded original JAWS, though.

For the record: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND is the movie that made me want to make movies. Goldsmith and Ifukube are my favorite composers of all time, but there is still no one quite like Mr. Williams.

Emotional Stuff:
Last of the Dogmen, What Dreams May Come, Forever Young, Rudy, Casper, Legends of the Fall... and of course, anything of Barry that is remotely romantic... etc.

Powerful Stuff:
Jurassic Park, Edward Scissorhands, The 13th Warrior, Cleopatra, The Edge, The Ghost and the Darkeness... G.I. Jane (really good)... etc.

Fun Stuff:
Radio Flyer, Dennis the Menace, Six Days | Seven Nights, Liar Liar...

Emotional Stuff:
Last of the Dogmen, What Dreams May Come, Forever Young, Rudy, Casper, Legends of the Fall... and of course, anything of Barry that is remotely romantic... etc.

Powerful Stuff:
Jurassic Park, Edward Scissorhands, The 13th Warrior, Cleopatra, The Edge, The Ghost and the Darkeness... G.I. Jane (really good)... etc.

Fun Stuff:
Radio Flyer, Dennis the Menace, Six Days | Seven Nights, Liar Liar...

Emotional Stuff:
Last of the Dogmen, What Dreams May Come, Forever Young, Rudy, Casper, Legends of the Fall... and of course, anything of Barry that is remotely romantic... etc.

Powerful Stuff:
Jurassic Park, Edward Scissorhands, The 13th Warrior, Cleopatra, The Edge, The Ghost and the Darkeness... G.I. Jane (really good)... etc.

Fun Stuff:
Radio Flyer, Dennis the Menace, Six Days | Seven Nights, Liar Liar...

Others:

Theme from CRIMSON TIDE
Love Theme from BRAVEHEART
End Title song from RETURN OF THE JEDI SE
Opening Credits from THE ROCK

But how could I possibly have forgotten the gorgeous Prologue from Williams' JFK? Also Williams' "The Mission" from AMAZING STORIES is, well, amazing.

"Monica" by Ennio Morricone, MARCO POLO. (A very long piece, usually paraphrased as the miniseries' end title, but also heard mainly in the first episode.)

Almost anything from UNDER FIRE, except, ironically, the love theme -- sometimes Goldsmith's conventional love themes are FAR less passionate than the rest of his thematic material -- I refer you also to THE CHALLENGE, CAPRICORN ONE and a bunch of others that illustrate this.

"Everything I Do" -- Kamen, ROBIN HOOD.

"Show Me Your Firetruck" -- Zimmer, BACKDRAFT.

"The Tanks" -- Goldsmith, TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING (which is playing right this second, otherwise I might not have thought of it, but it has the most gorgeous melting trumpets -- it's probably one of my favorite cues of his)

Now you have mentioned another score I thought I would never see, the Goldsmith-gone-Japanese score for THE CHALLENGE.

Oh sensi, please tell me this score can be purchased and point me in the right direction.

I have a studio tape (actually it seems unplayable now) of THE CHALLENGE, which I suspect is the same 15 minutes that's on the CD. I'll catch up to it when I can afford it, then say for sure.

Best I can do, pal, sorry.

(The CHALLENGE minutes, if they're the same ones I'm thinking of, are TREMENDOUS! The main title, the airport abduction, the chase through the trainyard, and the final battle. Wonderful stuff! Just wish the sound was A LOT better.)

This score mean's an awful lot to me,probably more than any other music I have!

timmer

E.T is by far one of the best emotional pieces written.

Others include:

Jurassic Park(Journey to the Island)

SPR(Hymn to the Fallen)

Hunchback of Notre Dame(Track 11 always gives me goosebumps. Anyone else like this score?)

To Kill a Mockingbird(One of the best lyrical themes written)

Well, that is enough for right now!

Later,
Aaron Collins