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John C Winfrey

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These are the five that I like the most among the thousands I like:Village Raid from Rambo II
Twisted Abduction from Poltergeist
Breakout from Capricorn One
several action cues from Swarm
Night Crossing main themeand thousands more by many composers. Your choices?
JW.
posted 03-26-2000 05:22 PM PT (US) 
Marc Flake

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The Charge of the Light Brigade from "The Charge of the Light Brigade."Custer's Last Stand from "They Died with Thier Boots On."
The First Zulu attack from "Zulu."
The Warlord Fights from "The Warlord"
The Earth Defense Force Attacks from "The Mysterians."
The Ride of the Zaparusti from "Taras Bulba."
Arrival at Auda's Camp from "Lawrence of Arabia"
Klingon Attack from ST-TMP.
Battle of the Mounds from "Conan the Barbarian."
The Attack from "Quigley Down Under."
The Raisuli Attacks from "Wind and the Lion."
Kirk's Explosive Reply from "Star Trek II."
The Asteroid Field from "Empire Strikes Back."
Daniel's Masradge from "Stargate."
I'm sure I'm leaving some out, but that's all the time I have for now.
Marc
posted 03-26-2000 06:05 PM PT (US) 
jonathan_little
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Everything from Cutthroat Island!
posted 03-26-2000 06:57 PM PT (US) 
John C Winfrey

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Marc, many of those are my favorites too. Thanks, John.
posted 03-27-2000 01:00 PM PT (US) 
Alwin

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I'm fairly new to the score scene, so most of my picks are from recent movies.- Hummell Gets the Rockets from The Rock
- Evacuation and Burn Around the Moon from Armageddon
- The Chase from The Peacemaker
- Come in 007, Your Time is Up from TWINE
There are many others, it would be useless to list them all. Those are just the ones off the top of my head.
NP: Deep Blue Sea
posted 03-27-2000 01:29 PM PT (US) 
g

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Off the top of my head:Total Recall (Goldsmith)
- Who Am I?The Hunt for Red October (Poledouris)
- Nuclear ScamBackdraft (Zimmer)
- Fighting 17thClash of the Titans (Rosenthal)
- Main Title
- Andromeda Rescued
- End TitleDie Hard II (Kamen)
- The Runway
- SnowmobilesPredator (Silvestri)
- Jungle Trek
- Blain Gets Killed
- Pig Alarm
- The TrapWaterworld (J.N.Howard)
- Escaping the Smokers
- Helen Frees the MarinerKing Solomon's Mines (Goldsmith)
- Main TitleStarship Troopers (Poledouris)
- Klendathu Drop
- War! (unreleased)
- Bugs!
- Tango Urilla
- They Will WinLifeforce (Mancini)
- Main TitleThe Usual Suspects (Ottman)
- Payback Time
- New York's FinestJudge Dredd (Silvestri)
- Block War!Rambo: First Blood Part II (Goldsmith)
- Escape from Torture
- Village Raid/Helicopter FlightDas Boot (Doldinger)
- U96Planet of the Apes (Goldsmith)
- The SearchersAliens (Horner)
- Futile Escape
- Bishop's CountdownEraser (Silvestri)
- Dock FightUnder Siege II (Poledouris)
- Main Title
- Intruder DiscoveredPatton (Goldsmith)
- German MarchDrop Zone (Zimmer)
- Drop ZoneHard Rain (C.Young)
- The Jet Ski Chase Part ISwitchback (Poledouris)
- Train Fight (unreleased)-----------
I'm sure there's much more than that out there...
posted 03-27-2000 04:43 PM PT (US) 
James

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101 DALMATIANS (Michael Kamen)
"Pup, Pup, Pup, Pup, Puppies"THE 13TH WARRIOR (Goldsmith)
"Fire Dragon"BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD DO AMERICA (John Frizzel)
"The Freeway Incident"CUTTHROAT ISLAND (John Debney)
This score is practically one big action cue.THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
"Asteroid Field"MERLIN (Trevor Jones)
"The Walls are Whispering"MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (Bernard Herrmann)
"Escape to the Clouds"There are just too many...
James
NP - Shrunken Heads (R. Band / D. Elfman) (****) "Zombie-Mania," another great action cueposted 03-27-2000 09:30 PM PT (US) 
dantoris

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Here's my favorites, as I scroll through my score collection:"Air Force One"- The Hijacking
"Air Force One" (rejected) - The Hijacking
"Alien Resurrection" - The Aliens Escape
"Broken Arrow" - Hammerhead
"ConAir" - Theme
"Deep Rising" - Hang On
"Drop Zone" - Too Many Notes, Not Enough Rests
"The Empire Strikes Back" - Battle In the Snow
"Eraser" - Kruegger Escapes
"Executive Decision" - The Sleeper
"Face/Off" - Furniture
"First Knight" - Arthur's Farewell
"Galaxy Quest" - The Battle
"Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" - Belly of the Steel Beast
"The Living Daylights" - Ice Chase
"Mission: Impossible" - Zoom A & Zoom B (ya can't have one without the other!)
"Mulan" - The Huns Attack
"The Mummy" - the ENTIRE CD!!
"On Her Majesty's Secret Service" - Battle At Piz Gloria
"Outbreak" - They're Coming
"The Peacemaker" - Chase
"Predator 2" - End Credits
"Quigley, Down Under" - The Attack
"Return of the Jedi" - The Return of the Jedi
"The Rock" - The Chase
"The Rocketeer" - The Zepplin
"The Shadow" - Chest Pains
"Soldier" - One Against Many
"Stargate" - Kasuf Returns
"Star Trek: First Contact" - Red Alert
"Star Wars" - TIE Fighter Attack
"Shadows of the Empire" - The Destruction of Xizor's Palace
"Sudden Death" - Rooftop Battle
"Titanic" - Hard to Starboard
"True Lies" - Harry Saves the Day
"Under Siege 2" - Intruder Discovered
"U.S. Marhsals" - The Front Gate
"Waterworld" - Helen Frees the MarinerAll I can think of for now, and that's just from some of the scores I have.
NP: Deep Rising - "Hang On" ***/***** (I don't care what people say, I like this one. Just plain fun!)
[This message has been edited by dantoris (edited 31 March 2000).]
posted 03-27-2000 09:51 PM PT (US) 
dantoris

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Why are my fingers so dang tired now!?NP: see above
posted 03-27-2000 09:52 PM PT (US) 
Graham Watt

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John (ad others),Yes, Jerry Goldsmith does seem to be king when scoring action. Although he has, on occasion, just let the ostinatos gallop on without really doing much with them, the best of them are magnificent examples of how to go beyond mere generic "action music."
There are tons of examples, but the ones that come to mind are:
Planet Of The Apes ("No Escape")
Papillon ("Antonio's Death")
The Cassandra Crossing ("Break-In", I think, if that's the hospital chase at the beginning of the film, which is splendidly shot and scored: a real ballet of violence!)
posted 03-29-2000 12:36 PM PT (US) 
Audacity

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Escaping the Smokers Waterworld James Newton HowardMore to come...
posted 03-29-2000 02:22 PM PT (US) 
SFT

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In my opinion, the single best action cue of all time is "Attack of the Batwing" from BATMAN...SFT
posted 03-31-2000 11:22 PM PT (US) 
PeterD

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Many of my favorites have already been mentioned, but a few more:"Sea Attack Number One" from JAWS (Williams)
The Mount Rushmore finale from NORTH BY NORTHWEST (Herrmann)
The final confrontation with Moby Dick from, er, MOBY DICK (Sainton)
"Fox Hunt" from THE LIST OF ADRIAN MESSENGER (Goldsmith)
"The Rebellion" from SPARTACUS (North)
"Battle at Tantrapur" from GUNGA DIN (Newman)
"Showdown" from HIGH NOON (Tiomkin)
"Assault on the Train and Escape" from THE WILD BUNCH (Fielding)[This message has been edited by PeterD (edited 02 April 2000).]
posted 04-02-2000 10:37 AM PT (US) 
Will

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I'll just fill in what you guys have left out:1. Show Me The Money/ Come On In 007, Your Time is Up (TWINE) Darn good adrenaline pumping music!
2. Rocket Away (The Rock)
3. Furniture (Face/Off)
4. Duel of the Fates (TPM)
5. Sail Barge Assault (RotJ)
6. Charging the Blast Doors (TPM)This could go on forever! I'll leave the rest for you guys to list down.
posted 04-06-2000 10:25 AM PT (US) 
scoreaholic
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Total Recall by Jerry Goldsmith. This is one of the best almost pure action scores I have ever heard. I would take any action cue from this and use it, but I think my favorite is Schitzoid Emblism. I have an expanded bootleg and this is where Quaid flashes back to his Mars days during his Rekall implantation trip.
One other favorite action cue is the actually three, I think. It's the first three in Masters of vthe Universe By Bill Conti. These are the cues that are during the opening credits and the fight scenes before He-Man and friends wind up on earth.
posted 05-03-2000 08:15 AM PT (US) Old Infopop Software by UBB
