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Ted Oscar® Winner	Just wondering: I have 3: Conan the Barbarian (Basil Poledouris) Willow (James Horner) Braveheart (James Horner)
posted 01-20-2000 09:36 PM PT (US)

Audacity Oscar® Winner	Dragonheart (Edelman) Merlin (Jones) First Knight (Goldsmith) Willow (Horner)
posted 01-21-2000 04:47 AM PT (US)

Marc Flake Oscar® Winner	Is this a posting for the favorite Fantasy score for middle-aged movie music fans like me? NOT. My choices for fantasy films and films taking place in the Middle Ages: Conan the Barbarian Adventures of Robin Hood Warlord Henry V (by Sir William Walton) Dragonheart El Cid The Vikings Jason and the Argonauts 13th Warrior Mysterious Island The Sword and the Sorcerer Warriors and Wizards Willow Marc NP: Warlord [This message has been edited by Marc Flake (edited 21 January 2000).]
posted 01-21-2000 07:39 AM PT (US)

James Oscar® Winner	Warriors of Virtue - Don Davis Merlin - Trevor Jones Hook - John Williams First Knight - Jerry Goldsmith Alice in Wonderland - Richard Hartley Dragonworld - Richard Band Josh Kirby: Time Warrior - Chapter One: Planet of the Dino-Knights - Richard Band For the most part in that order. This is of course aside from the obvious Willow and Conan. James NP - Warriors of Virtue (*****)
posted 01-21-2000 08:20 AM PT (US)

Ed Coleman Oscar® Winner	Hi all, Dragonheart Merlin 13th Warrior Lionheart Cleopatra Ed NP - Drop Zone, HZ
posted 01-21-2000 08:28 AM PT (US)

JoeInSanDiego Oscar® Winner	Merlin 13th Warrior Lioneart Krull Willow Excalibur
posted 01-21-2000 09:17 AM PT (US)

Ted Oscar® Winner	DAAAAAAH!!! I haven't seen Krull or even heard the music... And I call myself a James Horner fan...I'm ashamed . [This message has been edited by Ted (edited 21 January 2000).]
posted 01-21-2000 06:12 PM PT (US)

Matt Oscar® Winner	Krull has awesome music. Braveheart Henry V(Doyle)-middle ages right? Willow Robin Hood:Prince of Thieves(LOVE that theme) NP: Batman(AWESOME)
posted 01-21-2000 06:34 PM PT (US)

robin4 Oscar® Winner	I love: Conan the Barbarian The 13th Warrior Willow
posted 01-22-2000 10:23 AM PT (US)

PeterD Oscar® Winner	Would add Rozsa's "Ivanhoe" to the list. . .
posted 01-22-2000 10:52 PM PT (US)

Bel366 Oscar® Winner	13th Warrior Excalibur Merlin Braveheart Ladyhawke Lionheart Krull Conan the Barbarian
posted 01-23-2000 12:42 AM PT (US)

Captain Howdy Oscar® Winner	My top three favorites are: 3. Willow (James Horner) - A classic fantasy score that showcased Horner's TRUE talents. Some of his best themes. Yes, true, many were "borrowed", but never before has he put together the borrowed music so well. 2. Merlin (Trevor Jones) - Truly excellent, textured, thematic fantasy music. The first cue is among my favorites of any score and the action music is this score is just...indescribable. 1. Conan the Barbarian (Basil Poledouris) - No explanation needed for this score. One of the best ever composed, and definatly Poledouris's carrer highlight.
posted 01-23-2000 02:05 PM PT (US)

Tom Scofield unregistered	This is just a list off the top of my head, but I would include: Just about any Miklos Rozsa score dealing with the time period, such as EL CID, IVANHOE, KNIGHTS OF THE ROUNDTABLE, etc. HENRY V -- William Walton. GOLIATH AND THE BARBARIANS -- Les Baxter THE VIKINGS -- Mario Nacimbene THE LONG SHIPS -- Dusan Radovic (sp?) THE SWORD AND THE SORCERER -- David Whitaker THE WARLORD -- Jerome Moross MARCO POLO -- Les Baxter THE VIKING QUEEN -- Gary Hughes (excellent score to unfairly maligned Hammer epic) HELEN OF TROY -- Max Steiner ATLAS -- Ronald Stein Any Italian Maciste epics with scores by Francesco De Masi or Francesco Lavagnino. NP: Marlin Skiles QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE
posted 01-23-2000 09:33 PM PT (US)

SFT Oscar® Winner	Conan - The Barbarian
posted 01-24-2000 02:54 AM PT (US)

AaronR1074 Oscar® Winner	Excalibur (Can't beat the "Father" of film music, Wagner himself's Twilight of the Gods) The Princess Bride - Mark Knopflier Ever After - George Fenton (Just got this as a used CD, beautiful score!!) Braveheart - James Horner (Add this to the favorite End Titles board also ) Willow - James Horner Krull - Yet another James Horner (Am I seeing a trend here?) Dragonheart - Randy Edleman (You can blow your powered subwoofer with this one) 13th Warrior - Jerry Goldsmith Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves - Michael Kamen Three Musketeers - Michael Kamen The Man In The Iron Mask - Nick Glennie-Smith The Pagemaster - Still another James Horner! First Knight - Jerry Goldsmith ("Promise Me" is the BEST! I can't wait until my 79min bootleg comes in the mail. Woohoo!) [This message has been edited by AaronR1074 (edited 28 January 2000).]
posted 01-28-2000 11:52 AM PT (US)

dantoris Oscar® Winner	"Army of Darkness" - Joeseph LoDuca (God, I love this CD!!) "First Knight" "Beastmaster" "Conan" "The Neverending Story"
posted 01-28-2000 12:18 PM PT (US)

Sean Bires Oscar® Winner	Even though DragonHeart has been mentioned 50 or so times, I'm going to mention it anyway. Great score! Also, the TV show, "Gargoyles" (half of the episodes take place in middle-age fantasy settings)
posted 01-29-2000 09:32 AM PT (US)

James Oscar® Winner	I'll second "Gargoyles." Great music (Carl Johnson) on show.
posted 01-29-2000 01:23 PM PT (US)

Matthew Oscar® Winner	Has everyone forgotten about Jerry Goldsmith's absolutely wonderful score to the film LEGEND.
posted 01-29-2000 01:25 PM PT (US)

Mark Hatfield Oscar® Winner	LEGEND (both Tangerine Dream and Goldsmith) EXCALIBUR THE 13TH WARRIOR CONAN THE BARBARIAN THE NEVERENDING STORY DRAGONSLAYER WILLOW HOOK JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS THE SEVENTH VOYAGE OF SINBAD SINBAD AND THE EYE OF THE TIGER THE PEOPLE THAT TIME FORGOT AT THE EARTH'S CORE
posted 01-29-2000 06:36 PM PT (US)

rabbitblues Oscar® Nominee	Why hasn't anyone mentioned John Barry's (of 007 fame) The Lion in Winter? Very Medieval. Then there's that Carl Orff Carmina Burana theme (I know, classical) where you'll find O Fortuna, which is prominently used throughout Excalibur, plus HBO used it to good effect as well. [This message has been edited by rabbitblues (edited 01 February 2000).]
posted 02-01-2000 08:28 PM PT (US)

Scott Oscar® Winner	I agree with everyone and would like to add: The Dark Crystal (Trevor Jones) Scott NP:Titanic (***/***)
posted 02-02-2000 07:59 AM PT (US)

H Rocco Oscar® Winner	Nobody's mentioned: THE SECRET OF NIMH (Goldsmith) BALTO (Horner) THE BIRTH OF JAPAN (Akira Ifukube) THE GREAT BANDIT (aka LOST WORLD OF SINBAD, Masaru Sato) THE KNIGHT AND THE DRAGON (US video title STAR KNIGHT, Jose Nieto) My very favorite score in this genre is probably CONAN THE BARBARIAN.
posted 02-05-2000 04:32 PM PT (US)

scoreaholic unregistered	I'm glad that someone finally added Legend by Jerry Goldsmith's score as well as Tangerine Dreams. I would like to say that Dark Crystal is #$%^* awesome!! This is by far Trevor Jones's best score ever! Here is one really excellent fantasy score that people left out. It is David Shires score to Return to Oz. This is a cross between Superman and 1920's jazz music (a rag is made one of the themes). Very, very good. Other fantasy/middle ages scores that I like are: Braveheart Willow The Princess Bride Hook
posted 05-03-2000 08:03 AM PT (US)

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