The Claim
Wonderland
What Dreams May Come Rejected
Ben Hur
and now:
The Portrait Of A Lady

There might be more (The Cell, perhaps?), but those are what come to mind at the moment. Anyway I found that all of those were excellent. Actually, it's the last one on there that prompted this post.
So anyhoo, thanks again to JJ for his recommendations.

NOTE: I am not a paid endorser, but I should be.

now, on to The Cell.

this is what I thought was the very best score of last year. certainly the most original anyway. but it makes a very challenging listening experience. My recommendation is that you watch the film first and then decide. It's a pretty good film, too.

More of JJ's recommendations for John Dunham:

Harmonielehre, by John Adams

John Adams' Violin Concerto

Wojciech Kilar: Film Music. Shaun has this one, and he thinks it's awesome. So do I.

George Templeton Strong, Symphony No. 2. that's a Naxos.com webpage.

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Originally posted by JJH:

I'm always glad to hear that someone has the guts to take a chance and try to hear what I hear in music.

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Originally posted by Lancelot:
[Bbuy some Hans Zimmer....[/B]

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No, please don't do it.
Hanzim sucks!!!

All of Carter Burwell's scores
Sunshine (Maurice Jarre)

and Ben-Hur is still on the top of my next shopping list...once exams are over.

Let me recommend some Zimmer:

Thin Red Line and Beyond Rangoon.

JJ Recommends James Horner:

In Country
Fields of Dreams
The Rocketeer
Sneakers
Star Trek Dos: The Wrath of El Khano

Sneakers is probably Horner's best. Rather reminiscent of Glass in some passages, but still genuine Horner (in the positive sense).

JJ, have I bought anything based on something you recommended? I can't remember.

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Originally posted by JJH:
More of JJ's recommendations for John Dunham:

Harmonielehre, by John Adams

John Adams' Violin Concerto

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Originally posted by Shaun Rutherford:
I'd be interested in hearing what Philip Glass stuff he ripped off.

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Don't know 'bout any Glass, but by some accounts there's Beethoven in Sneakers.

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What is it with you? Recommending this everywhere you go?

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nah, it just happened to be on my mind since I remembered posting at FT.

Shaun,

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Originally posted by Shaun Rutherford:
Oh yeah, I can definately hear Beethoven's 9th in "Whistler's Rescue", but other than that.......

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Beethoven? Must have missed that. The "background" of one of the later tracks is very similar to parts of Glass' Glassworks (several parts of which are very similar to Glass' own Koyaanisqatsi).