and hoo, am I gonna get into deep trouble with this one; anywya, I always wanted Williams to score Batman and would have loved to see Goldsmith do Nightmare on Elm Street.

Scott

Other choices:

Home Alone(David Newman)
Ed Wood(Danny Elfman)
As Good as it Gets(John Ottman)

Please note that I like the existing scores for the films listed; this is just wishful thinking.

Joel McNeely - the "Star Wars" movies
Shirley Walker - "Batman"
Jerry Goldsmith - "Soldier"/"The Rock"/"Ronin"
John Barry - "GoldenEye"/"Tomorrow Never Dies"/"The World Is Not Enough"

I also would like to see what "The Blair Witch Project" would be like with a really good (is there any other kind) John Carpenter score.

These others are strictly out of curiosity for what these composers might have done with the same movie... not that there is ANYTHING wrong with the scores that exist.

- Star Trek:TMP (John Williams)
- Jurassic Park (Jerry Goldsmith)
- Poltergeist (Bernard Herrmann)
- Basic Instinct (John Williams)
- Dances with Wolves (John Scott)
- Schindler's List (Jerry Goldsmith)

SUPERMAN II (John Williams) I would love to see how he expanded his themes and material from the first movie

STAR TREK GENERATIONS (Jerry Goldsmith)

TITANIC (John Williams) In a book about the making of Titanic, James Cameron states that he wanted John Williams to score the movie, But somehow it ended up in Horner's hands.

as an after thought:

(but in this one case it's VERY clear that they certainly made the right decision -- all I mean is, wouldn't it be interesting?)

NP: ANNA AND THE KING (George Fenton) is coming to an end ... the music gets more intense as the album rolls along, I'm observing

Keep it together, Dantoris. Keep it together. No need to get a whole 'nother argument going. Just walk away. Walk away.

NP: FIRST KNIGHT *****/*****

Any of the last three STAR TREK movies, scored by either Basil Poledouris or Elmer Bernstein. Both are capable of profound drama and lyric beauty. Why Bernstein, who has so capably scored so many classic westerns, would NOT be called upon to score a "space western" is beyond me. As to Basil P.; think RED OCTOBER/CONAN/FLIGHT OF THE INTRUDER. Bummer.

Don't get me wrong - I both enjoy & own Goldsmith's scores for FIRST CONTACT and INSURRECTION. However (as was noted on a thread a while back, elsewhere), it may be time for some new blood in this flagging series. Sorry, Jeron!

Woulda been neat to see what Elfman might have done with the Burton SUPERMAN LIVES score, too.

Also, has anybody here ever seen a movie called DARK OF THE SUN, from about 1968, with Rod Taylor? Awesome movie, but has one of the worst scores ever written. I think Goldsmith would do a fantastic job re-scoring that flick. And since the music in the film is either really low or plays over montages with no other sounds, I'm actually making a new copy that has much better music, using from my collection: THE POSTMAN, U.S. MARSHALS, SOLDIER, JAWS, SUDDEN DEATH, among others.

NP: GALAXY QUEST *****/*****

NP - Sleepy Hollow ***1/2 / *****

Austin Powers<John Barry
Under Siege<James Newton Howard
U.S.Marshals<Christopher Young or Basil Poledouris
Kiss the Girls<Jerry Goldsmith
Event Horizon<Christopher Young
The Addams Family<Danny Elfman
The Specialist<Mark Mancina
Indepdence Day<John Williams
Aramageddon<Jerry Goldsmith
Enemy of the State<Carter Burwell
White Squall<Hans Zimmer
The Fan<Trevor Jones
Living Out Loud<Elmer Bernstein
Deep Blue Sea<Alan Silvestri
Cutthroat Island<David Arnold
Last Action Hero<Basil Poledouris
Assassins<Jerry Goldsmith
Jade<Mark Isham
Twister<Jerry Goldsmith
Batman and Robin<Basil Poledouris
A Time to Kill<Thomas Newman
Ransom<Howard Shore
Mrs.Doubtfire<Alan Silvestri
The Mask<David Newman
Out of Sight<Danny Elfman
Snake Eyes<Ennio Morricone

And just imagine what Herrmann could have done with "Touch of Evil"!!!!

How about.....

Ben-Hur : John Williams

King Kong : Basil Poledoris

Spellbound : John Barry

7th voyage of Sinbad : Jerry Golsmith

Lost Horizon : James Horner

Day the Earth Stood Still : Elmer Bernstein

All the above would be composed at the hieght of said composers power, i.e. the late 60's Barry who did OHMSS,Deadfall, the Horner who did KRULL, the Goldsmith who did The Wind and the Lion etc etc....!

John Barry - Die Hard

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Originally posted by SBD:

Alien: Resurrection - Marco Beltrami

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Ah, now that would've been good. And if only Guillermo del Toro had directed it...

How about Goldsmith, Poledouris, David Newman or Marco Beltrami (he could surely put in a modern influence if that's what Ridley Scott really wanted) on Gladiator.
Sorry, anyway, how about Jerry Goldsmith on End of Days, Tombstone, or even Alien, or Legend.

Also, David Arnold for Gladiator.

Gladiator(Jerry Goldsmith)
Matilda(John Williams)
Titanic(John Williams)
The Matrix(John Williams)
Twister(Joel McNeely)
The Phantom(John Williams)
Dinosaur(James Newton Howard)
Six Days, Seven Nights(John Williams)
Contact(the Alan Silvestri that wrote "The Abyss")
Deep Impact(James Horner of "Field of Dreams")
Jumanji(Jerry Goldsmith)
Starship Troopers(Jerry Goldsmith)
Terminator 2(Jerry Goldsmith)

Davis' score has its merits, but would have craved for this film to have Goldsmith's genius behind it.

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Originally posted by Hector J. Guzman:

These are my choices:

Dinosaur(James Newton Howard)

NP. Superman(Williams)*****

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Maybe it's just me, but I was thinking all this time he actually did do it.

Gladiator - Jerry Goldsmith or Basil Poledouris
Supergirl - John Williams
Starship Troopers - Jerry Goldsmith
Batman Forever - Danny Elfman or Shirley Walker
Batman and Robin - Danny Elfman or Shirley Walker
True Lies - John Debney or David Arnold
The English Patient - Patrick Doyle
The Terminatior 1&2 - Jerry Goldsmith or Basil Poledouris
Lost in Space - John Williams or Jerry Goldsmith

And too many others to mention.

Regards,
Sean Robert Abbey