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Hector J. Guzman Oscar® Winner	Ok, this one is short: Which are your favorite battle and/or action music scenes? These are some of mine: The Battles from STAR WARS -The Battle of Yavin -The Battle of Hoth -Rescue from Cloud City The Battles of STAR TREK -Battle in the Mutara Nebula(Horner) -Genesis Countdown(Horner) -Open the Gates(Jerry) -Without Help(Jerry) -Let's Get out of Here(Goldsmith) -The Battle for Peace(Eidelman) -Red Alert(Jerry) -The Dish(Jerry) "The Battle for Stirling" from BRAVEHEART(Horner) The Indy Trilogy -In the Idol's Temple -Flight from Peru -Desert Chase -Escape from Venice -Scherzo -Belly of the Steel Beast "Jenny's Rescue" from THE ROCKETEER(Horner) "The Escape" and "Papa!" from A LITTLE PRINCESS(Patrick Doyle) "Attack of the Batwing" from BATMAN Jurassic Parks: -Incident at Isla Nublar -T-Rex Rescue -The Hunt Well, I'll finish this later, gotta go now... NP. THE MUMMY(Jerry Goldsmith)
posted 05-11-2000 05:54 PM PT (US)

JJH Oscar® Winner	my favorite action music is definitely the Battle of Hoth. a full 15 minuts of rock 'em sock 'em action. Williams got the most out of the orchestra that day: great orchestrations, complex rhythms, and extremely difficult parts all combines for a great piece of extended film music (there aren't too many 15 minute cues are there?). those little trumpet fanfares when Luke is attached to the AT-AT aren't easy to play! NP -- Dinosaur
posted 05-11-2000 07:50 PM PT (US)

PeterD Oscar® Winner	-- "First Zulu Appearance and Assault" from ZULU (John Barry) -- "Battle at Tantrapur" from GUNGA DIN (Alfred Newman) -- "The Rebellion" from SPARTACUS (Alex North).
posted 05-11-2000 08:45 PM PT (US)

Kris Koon Oscar® Winner	Raisuli Attacks from The Wind and the Lion. That's battle/action music, isn't it. I haven't seen the film.
posted 05-11-2000 09:19 PM PT (US)

Chase&August unregistered	"The Hijacking" - AIR FORCE ONE "The Sleeper" - EXECUTIVE DECISION "No Surrender" - FIRST KNIGHT "Ice Chase" - THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS "Main Title" - PREDATOR "The Chase" - THE ROCK "The Zepplin" - THE ROCKETEER "Harry Rides Again" & "Harry Saves the Day" - TRUE LIES All of THE MUMMY and THE PEACEMAKER. August [This message has been edited by Chase&August (edited 11 May 2000).]
posted 05-11-2000 11:06 PM PT (US)

Graham Watt Oscar® Winner	Any and all battle music from The Blue Max. What a wonderful, dauntingly complex passacaglia that is (apparently)!
posted 05-12-2000 02:01 PM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Oscar® Winner	There are many, and "Battle of Hoth" of course ranks highly among them, but one of the best hasn't been mentioned so far: "Helm's Deep" and "The Dawn Battle: Theoden's Victory" from Rosenman's Lord of the Rings score. Okay, that's two tracks, but one battle. NP: Preparing an audio CD of some MIDI files a friend of mine composed.
posted 05-12-2000 03:56 PM PT (US)

robin4 Oscar® Winner	Yes yes, all good. You can add: 13th Warrior battles Sleepy Hollow (Chase and Final Battle) Willow The Alamo Die Hard Trilogy Lethal Weapon is pretty good ("Armor Piercing Bullets" from 3) Aliens Superman TND motorcycle chase and so on and so on.
posted 05-12-2000 05:08 PM PT (US)

James Oscar® Winner	In no particular order, and with admission that I probably left out some great stuff: Pretty much any action cue in any STAR WARS score (especially the asteroid chase from EMPIRE), including McNeely's SOTE. "The Tree of Death" & "The Windmill" from SLEEPY HOLLOW. "Into the Book" from ALICE IN WONDERLAND (Hartley's version). anything from WARRIORS OF VIRTUE anything/everything from CUTTHROAT ISLAND "Klendathu Drop" from STARSHIP TROOPERS all the battle cues in FIRST KNIGHT "T-Rex Rescue & Finale" from JURASSIC PARK "Sharptooth & the Earthquake" from THE LAND BEFORE TIME "The Hunt" & "Visitor in San Diego" from THE LOST WORLD "The Walls are Whispering" from MERLIN "Escape to the Clouds" from MYSTERIOUS ISLAND "Abomination" from THE RESURRECTED "The Hunt" from PLANET OF THE APES "Battle at the Pyramid" from STARGATE "The Fire Dragon" from THE 13TH WARRIOR "Raisuli Attacks" from THE WIND AND THE LION (yes, it's battle/action music Kris... GO WATCH THE MOVIE NOW, it's a classic!) "The Phantom" from THE PHANTOM "Hijacking" from AIRE FORCE ONE and any action cue from WATERWORLD James NP - Dinosaur (*****) [This message has been edited by James (edited 12 May 2000).]
posted 05-12-2000 09:45 PM PT (US)

Will Oscar® Winner	For me, it would be: Action music: 1. Rocket Away (The Rock) 11 mins of adrenaline pumping music. 2. Tracks 2 & 3 from TWINE (Best chase music) 3. Caviar Factory (TWINE) 4. Zoom A & B (Mission: Impossible) 5. Rubbing is Racing (or whatever you call it) Days of Thunder 6. Furniture (Face/Off) Battle Music: Most of the stuff I wanted to name were already mentioned by you guys.
posted 05-13-2000 04:37 AM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Oscar® Winner	Action music, and nobody mentions Total Recall? There's something wrong here...
posted 05-13-2000 12:24 PM PT (US)

robin4 Oscar® Winner	Gladiator!!!!!!
posted 05-13-2000 02:21 PM PT (US)

logied Oscar® Winner	What, no war movie music. A good bit of film making with music can be seen in a scene from "In Love and War". Robert Wagner is about to go down a hill for help and gets out of his fox hole and the music starts as he loads up for the run. An upbeat cue starts with snare drums with music as he starts down the hill. This runaway scene is scored low key but with increased music awareness as the run continues and enemies are met, good stuff. By the way, the astroid chase in SW2 is my favorite action cue.
posted 05-14-2000 04:13 PM PT (US)

Valere Oscar® Winner	The Alamo The Blue Max Tobruk 633 Squadron Damn the Defiant Khartoum Battle of the Bulge The Devils'Brigade Battle of Britian In Harm's Way Tora,Tora,Tora! Patton The Guns of Navarone 55 Days at Peking El Cid Major Dundee The Wild Bunch All of the Star Wars Battle Music Jaws The War Lord Conan the Barbarian ZULU and a great many more! NP:The Young Lions ***/***
posted 05-14-2000 06:21 PM PT (US)

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