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scoreguy15 unregistered	Mine is from The Peacemaker when the vocal part comes in, what about the rest of you? Clayton
posted 07-29-2001 09:47 PM PT (US)

Vladimir Oscar® Winner	I will agree with you on the Peacemaker!! i love that cd but my pick would be the next to last track on the batman score by elfman when the show the bat signal in the air and show batman on the building that track is simply AWESOME!!!! matt
posted 07-29-2001 09:55 PM PT (US)

jonathan_little Oscar® Winner	Like, Star Wars... dude! The End Titles from Poseidon Adventure do a fantastic job closing off that disc, too. Taras Bulba is another one that I feel has a very satisfying ending. Jerry usually closes out his westerns with some good stuff. The recent release of Rio Lobo has two cool endings! E. W. Korngold dics always seem to have a great ending to them.
posted 07-29-2001 11:00 PM PT (US)

Dave Oscar® Winner	The last 3 minutes or so of Desert Chase from the Raiders of the Lost Ark score. Any time I hear that I sure wanna kick the crap outa some Nazies. dave NP - AI [Message edited by Dave on 07-29-2001]
posted 07-29-2001 11:06 PM PT (US)

BMikeJ Oscar® Winner	I've always been partial to the last three cuts on King Kong Lives by John Scott. Kong's Final Battle is a powerful tribute to Gustav Holst as Kong makes one last charge against them pesky Army types. Next comes the touching Birth Of Baby Kong and Kong's Death. And then you get the beautiful Return To Borneo/End Credits which brings the album to a satisfying finish. Go, John! The Final Battle cue is short and sweet. I'm surprised it hasn't been used as trailer music yet.
posted 07-29-2001 11:18 PM PT (US)

Big Bear unregistered	The last few seconds of Chicken Run send that score off with style to spare!
posted 07-30-2001 02:25 AM PT (US)

John Dunham Oscar® Winner	The one that comes to min is Escape To India at the end of Kundun. NP: Tenchi Muyo: Daughter Of Darkness MP3
posted 07-30-2001 03:23 AM PT (US)

Timmer Oscar® Winner	We're Jungle Creatures, last track on John Barry's The Lion In Winter...rousing stuff!
posted 07-30-2001 03:27 AM PT (US)

Bulldog Oscar® Winner	LIFEFORCE, BACK TO THE FUTURE, STAR TREK-THE MOTION PICTURE, TOMORROW NEVER DIES [album, anyway]...
posted 07-30-2001 05:28 AM PT (US)

John Zimmer Oscar® Winner	The choir piece from ID4 beats al of that I love it it's probably my favorite ending. Ooh ooh and Jurrasic Park end titles.\ Np: A Fistful of Dollars (Ennio Morricone) */*** Jz
posted 07-30-2001 06:32 AM PT (US)

Quill Oscar® Winner	Michael Collins...Coda (track 18...I think) The best I've ever heard!
posted 07-30-2001 07:53 AM PT (US)

SEBULBA Oscar® Winner	I don't know. For me, it's gotta be the last few minutes of E.T. Extremely dramatic and emotional. Just listening to that last bit alone, I get such goosebumps.
posted 07-30-2001 08:10 AM PT (US)

HAL 2000 Oscar® Winner	Kiddish For The 6 Million, the final track on QBVII.
posted 07-30-2001 08:30 AM PT (US)

Big Bear unregistered	quote: Originally posted by SEBULBA: For me, it's gotta be the last few minutes of E.T. We have a winner. I agree wholeheartedly.
posted 07-30-2001 11:52 AM PT (US)

Ron Pulliam Oscar® Winner	TOO MANY GREAT CHOICES!!! One of my favorites is the finale to "Quo Vadis" -- that great choral and orchestral jubilation!
posted 07-30-2001 12:03 PM PT (US)

Hornerfan Oscar® Winner	The last minute or so of the end titles to Horner's RANSOM are quite dramatic, and a complete 180 from the rest of the tone of the score. I'd think of more, but I don't have my CDs on hand to check (I'm at work) . Mike
posted 07-30-2001 01:28 PM PT (US)

JJH Oscar® Winner	Tombstone; Broughton ends the score and CD with a full statement of the theme, which most of you know never appears in fully developed form within the film.
posted 07-30-2001 01:58 PM PT (US)

Dylan Oscar® Winner	Edward Scissorhands and Empire Strikes Back both end quite nicely. I think the End Credits for Nightmare Before Christmas is an amazing end to the CD as well. Pee-Wee's Big Adventure's score would count too.
posted 07-30-2001 02:05 PM PT (US)

scoreguy15 unregistered	I forgot one! THE FAMILY MAN! I LOVE the closing music from that movie! Clayton
posted 07-30-2001 02:12 PM PT (US)

Scott Oscar® Winner	Ditto on ET. Scott
posted 07-30-2001 02:34 PM PT (US)

SEBULBA Oscar® Winner	That's 3 for E.T. That's right.
posted 07-30-2001 02:43 PM PT (US)

AaronR1074 Oscar® Winner	I liked the finale to Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves by Kamen... The fanfare there is very dramatic.
posted 07-30-2001 02:47 PM PT (US)

Timmer Oscar® Winner	Make that 4
posted 07-30-2001 02:47 PM PT (US)

Shaun Rutherford Oscar® Winner	Definately E.T., but what about Close Encounters? Now THAT is a release! Shaun
posted 07-30-2001 08:13 PM PT (US)

Stephen Lister Oscar® Winner	PAPILLON. The last track, over the shots of the abandoned penal colony, is almost at odds with the rest of the score (and the film's final upbeat image) but it acts as a satisfying coda, a musical wall of despair being built brick-by-brick ... until finally it releases us in the last few seconds. THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123. Great end title - Shire transforms the relentless main theme into a more relaxed, tension-free version before capping it with a spine-tinglingly strong ending, on an almost machine gun-like rhythm - ba-da-da-da da da da dam! Totally cool. THE BLUE MAX. Love that quiet, wistful end title, quite unexpected after so much powerhouse music. JAWS. The final cue as Scheider and Dreyfuss swim to shore is just exquisite - and very welcome. Music to heal shredded nerves! BATTLE OF THE BULGE. Another truly great end title, in which the theme gets its most satisfying work-out as the Germans plod tiredly homewards and the elderly soldier throws his rifle away and joins them with renewed dignity.
posted 07-30-2001 08:59 PM PT (US)

JJH Oscar® Winner	how stupid of me; one of my favorite scores: Dark City. listen to "You Have the Power" and be awed into silence. NP -- Cleopatra, North
posted 07-30-2001 09:25 PM PT (US)

André Lux Oscar® Winner	"Everywhere" from POWDER (Jerry Goldsmith)
posted 07-30-2001 09:39 PM PT (US)

Kross Oscar® Winner	The Finale to Titus baby! O-yeea!
posted 07-30-2001 09:48 PM PT (US)

JJH Oscar® Winner	actually, doesn't Titus end with that questionable jazz standard but otherwise, I agree. outstanding Finale. NP -- Battle of Britain, Goodwin/ Walton
posted 07-30-2001 09:59 PM PT (US)

Kross Oscar® Winner	I meant the ending of the film. On the CD there is one more track on it, the track used at the "dinner" lol. The film ends with the Finale before the credits though.
posted 07-30-2001 11:26 PM PT (US)

Bulldog Oscar® Winner	I like the mentions of THE FAMILY MAN and POWDER. Even though it's not the ending per se, I've got to mention "The Finals" from HOOSIERS [or endings from several other sports scores as well--THE NATURAL, RUDY, and FIELD OF DREAMS, to name a few].
posted 07-31-2001 05:07 AM PT (US)

Timmer Oscar® Winner	mmmm!
posted 07-31-2001 05:23 AM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Oscar® Winner	If "End Titles/End Cast" from Jaws 2 ended in the middle of the cue, without reprising the catamaran music, it would win hands down. NP: Frontiers (Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Jerry Goldsmith)
posted 07-31-2001 06:10 AM PT (US)

Quill Oscar® Winner	Scissorhands and Dark City...I second those motions...thanks for reminding me.
posted 07-31-2001 08:25 AM PT (US)

Hornerfan Oscar® Winner	quote: Originally posted by JJH: how stupid of me; one of my favorite scores: [b]Dark City. listen to "You Have the Power" and be awed into silence. NP -- Cleopatra, North[/B] Yes, JJ. Definitely this track. One of the best ever in the Jones canon. Mike NP: Rush Limbaugh
posted 07-31-2001 09:40 AM PT (US)

Ken S Oscar® Winner	The most dramatic and uplifting ending is on the Mother of All Soundtrack albums - Walt Disney's SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (-well, its latest release on cd doesn't end after the Finale, but anyway- ) Seriously speaking, there isn't a single ending that would surpass the beauty and the power of that specific Finale. But, yes, John Williams' arrangement of "When You Wish Upon a Star" on the End Credits of CLOSE ENCOUNTERS is a very magical ending to a great score, as also Williams' own ET finale.
posted 07-31-2001 03:08 PM PT (US)

Big Bear unregistered	quote: Originally posted by Hornerfan: NP: Rush Limbaugh Um... okay.
posted 07-31-2001 04:48 PM PT (US)

jonathan_little Oscar® Winner	That's a "Horner Fan" for ya...
posted 07-31-2001 07:34 PM PT (US)

JJH Oscar® Winner	yeah Mike, you need to be listening to Art Bell. dumbass.
posted 07-31-2001 08:10 PM PT (US)

DaveK Oscar® Winner	Valhalla Viking Victory.
posted 07-31-2001 08:49 PM PT (US)

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