This week on CINEMATIC SOUND I will be presenting the best of Jerry Goldsmith in the 80's. Due to the fact that this is a last second change in my programming I haven't had the chance to compile a list of Goldsmith's top scores of the 80's. This is where you guys come in...

If you would like to help, please post here your top 10 Jerry Goldsmith scores of the 1980's. This should help me in programming my show and spark some interesting debate as to which of his many scores in this decade are truly Goldsmith's best.

Thanks for your assistance,

Some of my fav Goldsmith scores in the 80s are:

1. Poltergeist
2. Under Fire
3. First Blood
4. Final Conflict
5. Rambo II
6. Legend
7. Hoosiers
8. Night Crossing
9. King Solomons Mines
10. Raggedy Man

Warlock (1989)
'burbs, The (1989)
Extreme Prejudice (1987)
King Solomon's Mines (1985)
Legend (1985) (European version)
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
Explorers (1985)
Under Fire (1983)
Poltergeist (1982)
Final Conflict, The (1981)
Masada (1981)

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Originally posted by JJH:
and you'll need [b]Twilight Zone the Movie, Total Recall, and The Challenge.

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Correct me if I'm wrong JJ, but I saw Total Recall around the time it was released, in Santa Monica (I was travelling the States at the time) in 1990.

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Originally posted by JJH:
well whatever.
could have sworn it was 1989, but now I remember all too well it was 1990.

so, I'm wrong for once. please for give the lack of, uh, total recall.

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NO! go to your room and listen to Goldeneye on repeat for the rest of the day!

THE FINAL CONFLICT - certainly brilliant in its thematic material. Can't quite recall if there's much "uninteresting" padding in other tracks...

POLTERGEIST - hands down 5-star marvellous.

UNDER FIRE - generally regarded as a pinnacle of Goldsmith's career. I tend to agree. Brilliant guitar scoring (and playing).

TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE - splendid, the disparate elements could have led to an uneven whole, but they don't. Inspired all round.

Almost brilliant, but just a half star off the above for me are RAMBO 2 and STAR TREK 5.

Much of his other stuff has brilliant moments, like EXTREME PREJUDICE (a VERY interesting score which I didn't like at all on first listen). Things like LIONHEART and LEGEND are, I feel, over-rated (simply meaning that I can't see what's so great about them), but if we start going in to all that, we'll be here all night.

So, here are the ten Goldsmith 80's scores that I will be featuring on my program on November 30, 2002. This list was compiled from e-mail responses and responses at filmscoremonthly.com, moviemusic.com, filmtracks.com, scorereview.com, and jwfan.net.

TOP 10 GOLDSMITH SCORE OF THE 80's

1. POLTERGEIST
2. OMEN III: THE FINAL CONFLICT
3. LEGEND
4. THE 'BURBS
5. UNDER FIRE
6. RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART II
7. MASADA
8. LIONHEART
9. STAR TREK V: THE FINAL FRONTIER
and
10. TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE

Honorable mentions go to...

- GREMLINS
- THE SECRET OF N.I.M.H.
- SUPERGIRL
- FIRST BLOOD

Thank you all again for assistance. It was much appreciated. And please join me November 30th at 12pm EST for "The Best of Jerry Goldsmith in the 80's" on C101.5 FM.

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Cheers,

-Erik Woods-
host and producer of CINEMATIC SOUND

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