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scoreboy13 unregistered	Hello everyone! I was just wondering, out of all of these CDs, which is the best/worst score to YOU? Armageddon Dante's Peak The Rock Daylight Backdraft Snake Eyes The Lion King Prince Of Egypt End Of Days Bad Boys Con Air NP Backdraft (Hans Zimmer)
posted 07-22-2000 06:44 PM PT (US)

TimT Oscar® Winner	from your selection: From Best to Worse Prince of Eygpt Lion King Backdraft Armageddon Dante's Peak The Rock Bad Boys Daylight Snake Eyes
posted 07-22-2000 07:14 PM PT (US)

Mark Olivarez Oscar® Winner	Well I would say the Lion King is the best and Con Air is the worst. I only own The Lion King and Armageddon and the others I've only heard in their respective movies.
posted 07-22-2000 07:15 PM PT (US)

scoreboy13 unregistered	I agree with Tim, only I would switch Bad Boys and Dante's Peak. NP Crimson Tide (hans Zimmer)
posted 07-22-2000 07:18 PM PT (US)

TimT Oscar® Winner	Oh I forgot Con Air!! I'd place that after The Rock. in my above post. NP Sweet Dreams by Eurythmics
posted 07-22-2000 07:23 PM PT (US)

H Rocco Oscar® Winner	The only scores I like AT ALL on that list are, in descending order: BACKDRAFT (excellent) THE LION KING (very good) THE PRINCE OF EGYPT (pretty good) CON AIR (good) and maybe the main title and general volcano motif from DANTE'S PEAK, but then largely just because I liked the movie, I suspect.
posted 07-22-2000 08:18 PM PT (US)

Jens Dietrich Oscar® Winner	From BEST to WORST: Snake Eyes (excellent) Dante's Peak (cool) Prince of Eygpt (weak) Daylight (very weak) Backdraft (schmalzy) The Rock (plain bad) Lion King (ultra-schmalzy) Armageddon (terrible) Bad Boys (terrible) Con Air (one of the worst scores EVER) My suggestion: Skip ALL the scores on this list and get a decent Goldsmith/Poledouris/Williams/Broughton score instead!
posted 07-23-2000 03:28 AM PT (US)

Will Oscar® Winner	From your list, I'll just list down the ones I own. Armageddon (Complete) Best (Current ranking in my list: 4) The Rock (Super Terrific!! The Best!) (Current ranking in my list: 2 behind Days of Thunder) The Lion King (good) (Current ranking in my list: 26) Prince of Egypt (ok) (Current ranking: 34) Bad Boys (good, could have been better if I had watched the movie!) (Current ranking: 19) Con Air (not my cup of tea) (Current rank: 61) Try to get your hands on the Armageddon complete promo and The Rock. They are must haves for action scores. Arguably the best from The Media Ventures gang in a Jerry Bruckheimer movie to date.
posted 07-23-2000 06:57 AM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Oscar® Winner	Here are the ones that I've heard: Armageddon - Horrible, just like the movie (which I still consider the worst movie ever made) The Rock - Horrible, just like the movie The Lion King - Good, although there's a "Horner effect": A good deal was in fact written by Mozart; I love what Zimmer made of Elton John's mediocre songs, and that's high praise, because I dislike most movie songs Con Air - Horrible, just like the movie (Bad Boys - after the 3 Bruckheimer movies above, I really didn't feel the need to watch this one ) NP: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom NP: Mulan (couldn't post this message for 30 minutes - server problems? - so Indy is already over)
posted 07-23-2000 08:43 AM PT (US)

scoreboy13 unregistered	I enjoy hearing all these different view points. And now I relize most people don't like Bruckhiemer movies/scores. Why? NP The Rock (Hans Zimmer/Nick Glennie-Smith/Harry Gregson-Williams/Bruce Fowler)
posted 07-23-2000 11:28 AM PT (US)

Scott Oscar® Winner	Here I go: From worst to best! Snake Eyes Bad Boys Con Air Armageddon Daylight End Of Days Dante's Peak The Rock Prince Of Egypt The Lion King Backdraft Scott
posted 07-23-2000 12:44 PM PT (US)

JJH Oscar® Winner	I'm just wondering why we're limited to these few CDs. My pick of this limited list is Prince of Egypt. No, it's nothing groundbreaking, but certainly enjoyable on its own terms.
posted 07-23-2000 12:52 PM PT (US)

Timmer Oscar® Winner	Yes, Prince of Egypt is o.k., but I have to say I agree with Marian's post entirely, Armagodforsaken is just about one of the worst film and score I ever heard (and I had the misfortune to listen to this more than once, due to a friend of mine who has it, and likes it!),same goes for the Rock,which is nothing more (to me,at least?!) than a tedious cauldron of notes! Quite a few people here seem to rate these scores, so tell me.....Am I missing something?! NP : Alive - JNH...damn fine score it is too!
posted 07-23-2000 05:36 PM PT (US)

scoreboy13 unregistered	ok peoples, lets go a little easy. I happen to like Armageddon and The Rock. In fact, Armageddon is my favorite score ever. As for the list, no reason for being limited. Clay G. NP Gladiator (Hans Zimmer)
posted 07-23-2000 07:41 PM PT (US)

Mark Olivarez Oscar® Winner	Actually Armageddon is one of my guilty pleasures. If you want to talk about a very bad score try Goldeneye.
posted 07-23-2000 08:13 PM PT (US)

André Lux Oscar® Winner	Urgh... what an awful list... What can I say? Except for "Dante's Peak", which is weak but listeneable, the rest is just... the WORST of the worst. Armageddon The Rock Daylight Backdraft Snake Eyes The Lion King Prince Of Egypt End Of Days Bad Boys Con Air The trash is their place. Well, you asked...
posted 07-23-2000 08:18 PM PT (US)

Will Oscar® Winner	Hey, GoldenEye happens to be one of my favorite scores! And The Rock used to be Movietunes favorite action score!
posted 07-23-2000 11:06 PM PT (US)

scoreboy13 unregistered	Well, WIll, you are the first person that has loved the Goldeneye score, I personally have never heard it. but I have a feeling I'd like it because I like different remixes of things. Clay G. NP Scream/Scream 2 Expanded (Marco Beltrami)
posted 07-24-2000 12:44 PM PT (US)

spango Oscar® Winner	wonderful list I hate Con Air this is the kind of trash you´ve got to listen to if you watch MI2, what the hell did Zimmer do to the fabulous MI-theme??? And why is almost everybody enthusiastic about this guy? Snake Eyes is a pretty weak Sakamoto-score but still beats the others...
posted 07-24-2000 05:19 PM PT (US)

scoreboy13 unregistered	I think everyone needs to cool down a bit. I agree, the theme to M:I-2, well, it's one of the worst things that Zimmer has done. HOWEVER, it fits the film. As for the others, they fit the film very well also! And quit dissing all the people at media ventures! Clay G. NP Scream/Scream 2 Expanded (Marco Beltrami)
posted 07-24-2000 07:56 PM PT (US)

Richard Oscar® Winner	On a whole, I really like the M:I 2 score, and while I'm not overly imporessed about the electric guitar rendition of the M:I theme, the latin guitar themes, and Lisa Gerard's vocals IMHO are excellent. Ciao!
posted 07-24-2000 08:02 PM PT (US)

scoreboy13 unregistered	I agree with Richard.
posted 07-24-2000 09:55 PM PT (US)

Shivered_McTimber Oscar® Winner	Why do you people all seem to hate "The Rock" so much? I happen to hold it as one of my all-time favorite scores. it's awesome. It's stupendous. And the movie wasn't all that bad (Except for that lousy "Rocketman" line towards the end). It was a typical silly action flick, and one that I enjoyed. The music, however was pure masterpiece. I bought the soundtrack within a week of seeing the film. So there you have it. To all that hate "the Rock", Poo to you! ~Shivered NP: "The Rock", Just to Spite Them!
posted 07-24-2000 10:33 PM PT (US)

Shivered_McTimber Oscar® Winner	quote: Originally posted by Will: [B]Hey, GoldenEye happens to be one of my favorite scores![B] Huzzah! Fellow Enjoyer of "GoldenEye"! I own that CD and have listened to it thouroughly. It's perfect for tention building Rythm and stuff. It's great! ~Shivered NP: "The Rock" Which was not a bad CD. It's actually the Best, and anyone who says otherwise, Poo to you!
posted 07-24-2000 10:39 PM PT (US)

H Rocco Oscar® Winner	Strange thing about GOLDENEYE, and this doesn't happen too often with me: I watched the movie and thought the score was thoroughly inappropriate for the movie, BUT, I also recognized I'd probably enjoy it as an album, so once I found it for cheap enough, I bought it. I was right. A peculiar dichotomy. NP: THE HAUNTING (ponytail boy)
posted 07-25-2000 01:10 AM PT (US)

Tomahawk Oscar® Nominee	My god, this is a tough one. Granted I haven't heard them all, but I think I'm gonna have to hand the title to The Rock.
posted 07-26-2000 09:37 PM PT (US)

Chris Oscar® Nominee	One of the best and most entertainig scores I've ever heard is "The Rock". I also like "Con Air" or "Daylight" (very dramatic). But I don't like "Snake Eyes" very much. As for "Goldeneye", I like a few tracks on the CD but not all of them.
posted 07-31-2000 02:50 AM PT (US)

cinema Oscar® Winner	I don't know what you guys are wacthing but i think that Jerry Bruckhiemer is the best action genere movie producer and he picks the composers that would best eluminate the movie, and i relieze that many of you "classical" score people only like the "classical" type of scores and that is what is so good about the scores in Bruckhiemer's films is that it defines a new age of movie scores which gives a great variety to movie scores.
posted 07-31-2000 12:56 PM PT (US)

scoreboy13 unregistered	RIGHT ON! Clay G. NP U-571 <Promo>
posted 08-03-2000 01:06 PM PT (US)

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