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Probable Oscar® Winner	Ok, people, I need votes for the top 5 action cues of all time. Everybody suggest some, and if someone else has already suggested one of yours, vote for it anyway. Go!
posted 04-14-2001 06:02 PM PT (US)

TimT Oscar® Winner	"You Have the Power" from Dark City "Beneath the City" from Medal of Honor 2 (ok maybe not the best but for a game it is all that!) "Canyon Chase" from Idenpendence Day "Evacuation" from Idependence Day "The Storm" from I Dreamed of Africa "Attack of the Batwing" from Batman "The Battle of Hoth" from Empire Strikes Back "They Swim" from Alien Ressurection "The Phantom" from The Phantom I can't remember the names but The Mummy had some realy great music.
posted 04-14-2001 08:36 PM PT (US)

Jeron Oscar® Winner	Tauger Attack from The Mummy Ice Chase from Chain Reaction Lions Attack from The Ghost and the Darkness Gates of Zinj from Congo E Ticket from Deep Rising The Hanging from Bad Girls Arthur's Farewell from First Knight The Ravine from The Edge Vacation's Over from The River Wild The Tank from The Shadow Mountain Hunt from First Blood Pilot Over from First Blood 2 Final Battle from Rambo 3 Raisuli Attacks from The Wind and the Lion Swamp Search from U.S. Marshalls The Hijacking from Air Force One The Fire Dragon from The 13th Warrior Failed Knight from Lionheart The Big Jump from Total Recall Pot Luck from Gremlins 2 All Aboard from Executive Decision Night Life from Basic Instinct Decompression from Leviathan The Drones Attack from Insurrection Without Help from The Final Frontier The Dish from First Contact The Hunt from Planet of the Apes Bloody Floor from Hollow Man The Phantom Zone from Supergirl No Sale from King Solomon's Mines Surprise Visitor / Forced Entry from The Challenge Escape from Suburbia from Poltergeist Test Flight from Forever Young ...just to name 2 or 3. Jeron [Message edited by Jeron on 04-14-2001]
posted 04-14-2001 11:41 PM PT (US)

BMikeJ Oscar® Winner	Wow, Jeron has mostly covered all the Goldsmith ground here... Let's see what I can come up with... 1)The Battle Of Hoth, Empire Strikes Back 2)Desert Chase, Raiders Of The Lost Ark 3)The Hunt, On Dangerous Ground 4)Hot Water, Outland 5)The Final Duel, Young Sherlock Holmes
posted 04-15-2001 12:01 AM PT (US)

Probable Oscar® Winner	Boy, Jeron, you count to five real good, huh? Seriously, though, thanks for the great list. Now we'll have to see who agrees with you.
posted 04-15-2001 12:01 AM PT (US)

Jeron Oscar® Winner	Count.....what?? I like counting to twee. Animal cwackas our phun.
posted 04-15-2001 12:04 AM PT (US)

Scorro Oscar® Winner	Basil's "Klendathu Drop" would have to be on such a list.
posted 04-15-2001 01:08 AM PT (US)

Drixorial Oscar® Winner	Futile Escape - Aliens To Die For.. - The Lion King The Battle - Cutthroat Island Riding the Fire Mares - Krull Mastadge Drag - Stargate Evacuation - Independence Day NP: The Alien Trilogy - Cliff Eidelman conduc
posted 04-15-2001 04:24 AM PT (US)

Camillu Oscar® Winner	...To Die For - The Lion King The Forest Battle - ROTJ 1st half of the Last 15 minutes - ET The Chase - Sleepy Hollow Escaping the Smokers - Waterworld will think of more later.......
posted 04-15-2001 07:20 AM PT (US)

JEC Oscar® Winner	Breakout from Capricorn One.
posted 04-15-2001 07:44 AM PT (US)

Will Oscar® Winner	I'll just name those that are not mentioned: 1. Bare Island M:I-2 2. Rocket Away The Rock 3. The Chase The Rock 4. Rock House Jail The Rock 5. Furniture Face/Off 6. The Battle Continues The Phantom Menace
posted 04-15-2001 10:05 AM PT (US)

Will Oscar® Winner	And not to forget Too Many Notes, Not Enough Rests from Drop Zone.
posted 04-15-2001 10:07 AM PT (US)

SBD Oscar® Winner	Those are a lot of good ones, but what about: "Bees Inside" from The Swarm "Block War" from Judge Dredd "Sub Battle" from The Abyss "The Clocktower" from Back to the Future
posted 04-15-2001 11:05 AM PT (US)

Richard Street Oscar® Winner	"Ship Brawl", "Saving Zereta" from KULL THE CONQUEROR (Joel Goldsmith) "Battle In The Boneyard" from CON AIR (Trevor Rabin/Mark Mancina) "Building The DeathCoaster" from ARMY OF DARKNESS (Joseph LoDuca) "The Ambush" from CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER (James Horner) "Bishop's Countdown" from ALIENS (James Horner) "Roxy Loses" (? - last track but one) from BASIC INSTINCT (Jerry Goldsmith) "Backseat Driver" from TOMORROW NEVER DIES (David Arnold) "The Chase" from THE ROCK (Hans Zimmer etc) "The Plan" (? - long track) from EXTREME PREJUDICE (Jerry Goldsmith) The last, and last but two, tracks, from TRUE LIES (Brad Fiedel) "The Runway" from DIE HARD 2 (Michael Kamen) "The Creation" from FRANKENSTEIN (Patrick Doyle) "The Hijacking" from AIR FORCE ONE (Jerry Goldsmith) "Open Door" from CHAIN REACTION (Jerry Goldsmith) "Armour Piercing Bullets" from LETHAL WEAPON 3 (Michael Kamen) "The Desert" from LETHAL WEAPON (Michael Kamen) "He's Dangerous" from A VIEW TO A KILL (John Barry) "Cadillac Freefall" from TERMINAL VELOCITY (Joel McNeely) "Love Turns Sour" from SCREAM 2 (Marco Beltrami) "Rescuing Sarah", "The Hunt" from THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK (John Williams) "This Is The Day", "Wrong Way" from RONIN (Elia Cmiral) More as I think of them. Oh...five. Dang. NP: RENAISSANCE MAN (Hans Zimmer)
posted 04-15-2001 01:58 PM PT (US)

Camillu Oscar® Winner	Here's some more: Mastadge Drag Stargate Caviar Factory The World is not Enough Barbarian Horde Gladiator Sail Barge Assault Return of the Jedi Belly of the Steel Beast IJ and the Last Crusade Lift Off/Escape to Paradise Chicken Run Of course, I'm assuming you mean action cues that sound like action cues. If you were asking about music to accompany action scenes, then there are a few quite pieces of music which fit perfectly - such as the Emperor's Death from ROTJ, the whole crash sequence from Fearless, all of Born on the 4th of July, etc. etc.
posted 04-15-2001 02:32 PM PT (US)

Probable Oscar® Winner	Great so far, folks. Keep 'em coming!
posted 04-15-2001 05:02 PM PT (US)

John F Oscar® Winner	I can't believe no one has picked a Kamen score yet! LETHAL WEAPON-coke deal, Armored piercing bullets DIE HARD-pick a cue... PREDATOR-Jungle trek THELMA AND LOUISE-Desert Chase RAMBO anyone? John F p.s. Gotta love a great action cue....
posted 04-15-2001 08:32 PM PT (US)

Scorro Oscar® Winner	Needs another Poledouris track: Battle Montage: (Farewell To The King)
posted 04-15-2001 10:16 PM PT (US)

Big Bear unregistered	Riders Of Doom - Conan The Barbarian (Poledouris) Desert Chase - Raiders Of The Lost Ark (Williams) The Asteroid Field - Empire Strikes Back (Williams) Battle In The Snow - Empire Strikes Back (Williams) The Big Jump - Total Recall (Goldsmith) No one, I mean NO ONE, writes action like Williams and Goldsmith did in the early 80's.
posted 04-16-2001 12:35 AM PT (US)

Kosh Oscar® Winner	I have to add "10% CLINT" from Alan Silvestri's THE MEXICAN, one of the finest, most exhilarating and fun action cues in recent years :) Kosh
posted 04-16-2001 09:29 AM PT (US)

John Zimmer Oscar® Winner	How about 1. Raptors (Dinosaur)Howard 2. The Battle (Cutthroat Island)Debney 3. Escape from the tavern (Willow)Horner 4. Rock house jail (The Rock)Zimmer and freinds 5. It's A Trap (Return of the Jedi) Williams Np: Mouse Hunt: (Silvestri)**** Jz
posted 04-16-2001 11:32 AM PT (US)

Camillu Oscar® Winner	Gas Station Scene from Romeo + Juliet Actually, the whole intro.
posted 04-16-2001 01:02 PM PT (US)

Stephen Lister Oscar® Winner	(sound of old fogey dragging his ancient bones up to the plate) For those among us (they know who they are) whose memories reach a little further back than the 1980s, here are some older gems (with a few modern ones thrown in to keep the young 'uns happy).... Jerry Fielding: "Assault On The Train And Escape" from THE WILD BUNCH. Jerry Goldsmith: "Bar Room Brawl" from LONELY ARE THE BRAVE. "You're A Foolish Man, Mr Flint" from OUR MAN FLINT. "Kaplan's Death" from THE CASSANDRA CROSSING. "Fire Fight" from THE CHAIRMAN. "Gut Reaction" from INNERSPACE. "Lockons" from RUNAWAY. Benjamin Frankel: "The German Tanks Emerge And Break Through", "First Tank Battle" and "The Attack On The Fuel Depot Fails And Hessler Is Killed" (phew!) from BATTLE OF THE BULGE. Ennio Morricone: "The Battle" from TWO MULES FOR SISTER SARA. Michel Legrand: "Foiled Again" from THE THREE MUSKETEERS. Mark Isham: "The Spike of Power" from COOL WORLD. Mark Mancina: "The Rescue" from SPEED. Lalo Schifrin: any of the fight cues from ENTER THE DRAGON. John Scott: "The Wrong Bet" from LIONHEART. Basil Poledouris: "Battle of the Mounds" from CONAN THE BARBARIAN. "The Invasion" and "Robert's End" from RED DAWN. Roy Budd: "The Car Chase" from FEAR IS THE KEY. Ron Grainer: "On The Tumbril" from THE OMEGA MAN. And two final words: Barry. Bond.
posted 04-16-2001 01:08 PM PT (US)

John C Winfrey Oscar® Winner	Most of these are on the above lists that Jeron and others did: 1. Breakout from Capricorn One 2. Twisted Abduction from Poltergeist 3. the action cue from Quigley Down Under with the banjo music in it-can't remember the name, great cue 4. The Razor from First Blood 5. Bees Inside from Swarm 4.
posted 04-22-2001 11:12 AM PT (US)

Reddi Oscar® Winner	1. Rock House Jail-THE ROCK (Williams/Smith/Zimmer) 2. Too Many Notes, Not Enough Rests-DROP ZONE (Zimmer) 3. Spybreak-THE MATRIX (The Propeller Heads) 4.Journey to the Line-THE THIN RED LINE (Zimmer) 5. Dual of the Fates-THE PHANTOM MENACE (Williams)
posted 04-24-2001 12:16 PM PT (US)

Widescreen Oscar® Winner	KaBoom!!! -The Hunt For Red October -Poledouris Batman To The Rescue - Batman - Elfman End of A Dream -Total Recall - Goldsmith Council Chaos - Judge Dredd- Silvestri Tauger Attack - The Mummy- Goldsmith [Message edited by Widescreen on 04-24-2001]
posted 04-24-2001 12:33 PM PT (US)

Probable Oscar® Winner	Excellent! NP: 13th Warrior (Goldsmith) **½/***
posted 04-24-2001 04:25 PM PT (US)

Cenzo Oscar® Winner	OK, I've got some. "The Pot Luck" Gremlins 2 the New Batch - Jerry Goldsmith anything from The Mummy "Cab Chase" Who Framed Roger Rabbit - Alan Silvestri "The Droid Battle" The Phantom Menace - John Williams That's all I can think of right now. Cenzo
posted 04-24-2001 11:32 PM PT (US)

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