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Boatnh8084 Oscar® Winner	What, in your opinion, would you guys consider to be music that instills a sense of wonderin the listener? Some ideas: The Kiss - Final Fantasy, Elliot Goldenthal Swimming - Waterworld, James Newton Howard Tracks 8 and 18 - American Beauty, Thomas Newman
posted 09-06-2001 09:52 PM PT (US)

Shaun Rutherford Oscar® Winner	Recently speaking, I'd have to say track 14 from Atlantis, whatever the hell it's called. Reaching further back into the past, without a doubt it's To Kill A Mockingbird. Two different kinds of wonder, I guess (Atlantis being the awe-inspiring wonder and Mockingbird the reflective childhood wonder, if that makes any sense). Shaun
posted 09-06-2001 11:14 PM PT (US)

Timmer Oscar® Winner	Yep! that made perfect sence Shaun Boatnh8084, The Kiss from FF is an awesome track. Perhaps a more reflective choice, mine is Gift Of Nature from John Barry's The Beyondness Of Things...aided by the fact that I had this on cassette while high up in the Himalaya (within 5 miles from Everest), you just don't get much more awestruck that that?!
posted 09-07-2001 03:12 AM PT (US)

Camillu Oscar® Winner	Hedwig's Theme
posted 09-07-2001 03:39 AM PT (US)

Graham Watt Oscar® Winner	Obvious one just off the top of my head: Spielberg/Williams awe-inspiring AND childlike moments of wonder Number One: CE3K, when the alien appears and does his hand signal. In fact the whole last segment of the film is pretty awe-inspiring (but the way it was in the first release, not when Neary goes inside the ship. I thought that was superfluous.)
posted 09-07-2001 07:37 AM PT (US)

Kevin Oscar® Winner	The one that still gets me after all these years is "Enterprise" from ST:TMP. Just as there's a close-up of Kirk int he travel pod, the music swells as we see the first view of the new starship in drydock. Not only is it emotional (for me) but that scene still gives me goosebumps. Kevin
posted 09-07-2001 03:32 PM PT (US)

Jeron Oscar® Winner	quote: Originally posted by Kevin: The one that still gets me after all these years is "Enterprise" from ST:TMP. Just as there's a close-up of Kirk int he travel pod, the music swells as we see the first view of the new starship in drydock. Not only is it emotional (for me) but that scene still gives me goosebumps. Kevin I concur, Kevin. A very awesome moment. I'm looking forward to re-experiencing it on the new Director's Edition DVD. As for my choice(s)... how about the Balloon Sequence (aka Ballroom Sequence) from "The Witches of Eastwick"? And regardless of orchestration, the finale track from "Dragonheart" is a definite winner.
posted 09-07-2001 03:43 PM PT (US)

Emo Oscar® Winner	ET - the entire score American Beauty- Dead Already, Arose, American Beauty, Weirdest Home Videos, Dead Again, aw heck the entire score mesmerizes me. Hook - remembering childhood Forrest Gump - Suite from Forrest Gump That's all I can think of off the top of my sick, stuffy, feverish head. [Message edited by Emo on 09-07-2001]
posted 09-07-2001 05:29 PM PT (US)

PeterK FishChip	Finally got around to getting Dinosaur (yeah, I know...) - "Finding Water" is a great cue. Listen to it over and over. Not too sappy or shabby. Hey, in Fly Away Home when Igor finally takes to the air, this is one hell of a stirring 15 seconds of music.
posted 09-07-2001 05:51 PM PT (US)

TimT Oscar® Winner	How about The Age of Magic from Merlin?
posted 09-07-2001 08:17 PM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Oscar® Winner	Many good selections here. One of my favourites is "Welcome to Jurassic Park". And regarding Hook, don't forget the magnificient "You are the Pan"! Then there are several great parts in The Final Conflict that fit this category. Also, what about "Over Bumps and Hollows" from Legend? Different, but I think it still fits here. Ooooh, and why didn't anybody mention "The Dark Side Beckons"!? Or "Binary Sunset"? Matrix has lots of wonder music, too. How come Timmer didn't mention RVW's Tallis Fantasia? Horner did something similar (though not too similar) for Sneakers. And while we're talking about classical music, I have to once again mention Anton Bruckner. One of the reasons why he's my favourite composer is that all of his music has a certain wonder aspect to it.
posted 09-08-2001 08:03 AM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Oscar® Winner	quote: Originally posted by Kevin: The one that still gets me after all these years is "Enterprise" from ST:TMP. And the flyover music!
posted 09-08-2001 11:25 AM PT (US)

Timmer Oscar® Winner	RVW's Tallis Fantasia
posted 09-09-2001 04:17 AM PT (US)

SBD Oscar® Winner	Ahem, tracks 4 ("The Manta Ship") and 5 ("The Psuedopod") from Alan Silvestri's The Abyss.
posted 09-09-2001 10:10 AM PT (US)

Scott Oscar® Winner	Yes, ET, especially the first cue...wow. ET and Me...wow. Yes, yes. Scott
posted 09-09-2001 11:25 AM PT (US)

Howard L Oscar® Winner	There is a single atonal (I think) burst in Goldsmith's score for the Twilight Zone episode The Big Tall Wish that has remained for me the definitive scoring of inexplicable wonder, awe, utterly baffling moment, etc. for 40 of my 45 years. The moment in Mockingbird, by the way, that Bernstein remarkably captures Jem's and Scout's wonder is when they discover the soap dolls in the knothole of the tree (Tree Treasures on the album). Another highly memorable "wonder" cue underscores Roy as he prepares to enter the ship in CE3K. Who can forget the chills when the wordless choir soars as the little aliens surround him! And the entire scene inside the ship from the Special Edition is one big fat wonder music extravaganza if ever there were. Oh, and Mr. Herrmann's Obsession is like an entire wonder score in and of itself. ************************************************************** [Message edited by Howard L on 09-09-2001]
posted 09-09-2001 12:07 PM PT (US)

Howard L Oscar® Winner	But why stop there? Ya want to instill a sense of wonder, try these ones on for size: Grand Canyon when Steve Martin stares out the window while Los Angeles wakes up in the glimmer of golden sunshine The Thing (1951) when the scientists "try to figure out the size & shape of this thing" Dances With Wolves when Dunbar, carrying the girl, reaches the top of the hill and discovers the teepees Raintree County; the Clift character rows into the bayou in search of the fabled title object Star Trek's City On the Edge of Forever after Spock asks "And where do you estimate we belong, Miss Keeler?" The Time Of Their Lives at the end when Horatio and Melody discover the curse has ended Blade Runner's Tears in Rain The Miracle Worker... ...not to mention a host of choral cues. And oh yes, you know that Twilight Zone? Try Mr. Herrmann's The Stars from The Lonely but only the original; Mr. McNeely's rerecording botched this astonishing cue. And by all means go for all the little flourishes and brushstrokes from Fred Steiner's A Hundred Yards Over The Rim; not on the soundtrack release so get the video or DVD and just watch/listen as Horn (Cliff Robertson) first sees what's over the rim. ***************************************************************** [Message edited by Howard L on 09-12-2001]
posted 09-12-2001 08:05 AM PT (US)

Ken S Oscar® Winner	John Williams' "The Landing" from THE MISSION (from AMAZING STORIES) - the gentle music that follows as the plane has landed safely; this music is truly a wondrous "hymn" for imagination - and is better, extremely more emotional than E.T.'S "The Departure". This kind of gentle music soothes a troubled, tired mind like mine right now... You can check also my topic OVER THE MOON, which concentrates on optimistic, wonderful movie music...
posted 09-12-2001 08:18 AM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Oscar® Winner	The Throne motif from Sarde's Pirates!
posted 09-12-2001 10:00 AM PT (US)

Graham Watt Oscar® Winner	Goldsmith's "The Artist Who Did Not Want To Paint". See Ken S's thread!
posted 09-13-2001 01:39 PM PT (US)

Timmer Oscar® Winner	Also check out the wonderfully sublime Gifts Of Nature on John Barry's The Beyondness Of Things! NP : this gives it away, I'm playing TBOT's right now!
posted 09-13-2001 06:06 PM PT (US)

Richard Oscar® Winner	Nocturne from The Ghost & Mrs. Muir by Herrmann. It's simply magical in a sad-ish kinda way.
posted 09-13-2001 06:31 PM PT (US)

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