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workaluk Reman	I ask for your opinions on this subject,think about it the BEST soundtrack of 2002..... and the best composer for it's work in general.... My votes goes to JOHN WILLIAMS and for THE TWO TOWERS.........
posted 12-16-2002 02:10 PM PT (US)

TV's Frank Romulan	James Newton Howard and SIGNS...
posted 12-16-2002 03:45 PM PT (US)

Dinko Romulan	Composer: William Ross comes to mind. For: - adapting and conducting Williams without making it sound like another composer/conductor was ever involved. - composing the cute Tuck Everlasting score in a style completely different from his previous scores and showing there is still talent out there. New soundtrack: whatever. just pick at random it's bound to suck. (listening to too many Horner scores made me sound like a photocopier... ) Old soundtrack rereleases: Love Story - The World's Greatest Orchestra Plays Love Themes of Today and Yesterday. This compilation features excellent suites from film scores arranged by Arthur Harris, and performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy. Long OOP in the USA, it's a shame they won't release it domestically. But at least there's the overseas version from BMG Japan... http://www.hmv.co.jp/Product/Detail.asp?sku=115908
posted 12-16-2002 04:40 PM PT (US)

jonathan_little Romulan	I think I only bought one score from a 2002 film this year, and that's Sum of All Fears. Does that make me a bad person?
posted 12-16-2002 05:42 PM PT (US)

Richard Romulan	No. It makes you cheap.
posted 12-17-2002 01:33 AM PT (US)

ManOfSorrows Romulan	James Newton Howard Signs
posted 12-17-2002 01:46 AM PT (US)

justin boggan Romulan	ManOfsorrows, TV's Frank, both have it right. Signs. J.N.H. Just a wonderfulk score from cue to cue. And i am rarely so impressed with the score presentation. Not a single cue that i liked from the movie was missing from the cd.
posted 12-17-2002 05:45 AM PT (US)

JoeinAr Romulan	Best composer is John Williams, best score is Catch Me if you Can.
posted 12-17-2002 07:31 AM PT (US)

HAL 2000 Romulan	I won't answer best composer. That's always extremely hard for me to elaluate. But best score for me up till now is Far From Heaven, followed by Signs.
posted 12-17-2002 07:56 AM PT (US)

TimT Romulan	Best composers....James Newton Howard and John Williams. Best scores, The Chamber of Secrets, and Signs, Unfaithful....err... Every other score was just themes. But realistically, Frida and Far From Heaven would most likely be the two to gain attention.
posted 12-17-2002 08:34 AM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Romulan	I can't tell yet. I won't allow myself to listen to TTT until tonight, CMIYK isn't out here yet, I can't remember Signs very well (it's on my Christmas wishlist) and I haven't heard Frida yet (also Christmas wishlist). NP: Hell's Angels (Michael Daugherty)
posted 12-17-2002 09:10 AM PT (US)

Richard Street Romulan	Not entirely able to answer, as most of this year's CDs I don't yet have, and probably won't get for years; too many of this year's scores I've only heard in the films. I've not heard a note of TWO TOWERS yet and I don't intend to until I see the film, probably next year. Can I put in a word for one CD of 2002 that I received just yesterday: Brian Tyler's FRAILTY? Liked this one a lot. Ed Shearmur's COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO was good as well. John Williams: I suppose he'd be the composer of the year for sheer output if nothing else. In the course of eighteen months we've had AI, ATTACK OF THE CLONES, MINORITY REPORT, HARRY POTTER 1 and 2 and CATCH ME IF YOU CAN. I really liked CLONES a lot, and I found REPORT highly impressive, but I'm not crazy about it, at least not yet. POTTER 2 I've only heard in the film and CATCH hasn't come out in the UK yet anyway. To be honest, I'm more interested in a lot of the older scores emerging from the vaults (SILVER STREAK, DAY OF THE DEAD, LETHAL WEAPON, DIE HARD, ROMANCING THE STONE) than the major new ones. I'll pick up some of the current and recent biggies like FAR FROM HEAVEN, SIGNS, SUM OF ALL FEARS and STAR TREK NEMESIS as and when I can, but the greater availability means they're a lower priority than the limited editions and promos that might sell out (remember YOUNG SHERLOCK and SWORDFISH?). NP: ANGIE (Jerry Goldsmith) [Message edited by Richard Street on 12-17-2002]
posted 12-17-2002 12:09 PM PT (US)

SPQR Romulan	If only for artistic reasons, Far from Heaven of course, followed by Two Towers. Goldsmith scored with the first 5 tracks from Sum of All Fears and Nemesis was phoned in, but neither is exceptional. Williams output this year: AOTC was fun, but certainly not Oscar material; Minority Report, both film and score, were colossal bores; Chamber of Secrets...couldn't be bothered; which leaves Catch Me if You Can which I haven't heard. Nothing else this year, apart from Goldenthal's Frida maybe, struck me as remotely interesting let alone Oscar worthy.
posted 12-17-2002 02:55 PM PT (US)

Timmer Romulan	Newton Howard, Williams, Shore. Nuff said!
posted 12-17-2002 05:15 PM PT (US)

Timmer Romulan	In fact I'll narrow it down to one....Howard Shore!
posted 12-17-2002 05:40 PM PT (US)

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