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1helluvamusicfan Oscar® Winner	Hey guys/gals, thought it would be fun to hear who they enjoy the most and what scores are their most favorite? John Williams: Empire Strikes Back, Superman, Jane Eyre Goldsmith: Rudy, Star Trek TMP, Planet of the Apes Zimmer: Crimson Tide, Thin Red Line, Beyond Ragoon Shore: LOTR: Fellowship, Big, Silence of the Lambs Shire: Return to Oz, Last Stand at Sabre River, 2010 Horner: Cocoon, Glory, Willow Silvestri: Back to the Future III, Cast Away (Theme), Father of the Bride Rozsa: Ben-Hur, Golden Voyage of Sinbad, The Jungle Book Revell: Crow, Dune, Red Planet Goldenthal: Final Fantasy, Alien 3, Titus Hermann: Citizen Kane, Jason and the Argonauts, Vertigo Isham: A River Runs Through It, Galapagos, Fire In The Sky Trevor Jones: Dark Crystal, Cleopatra, Excalibur Kamen: Iron Giant, Mr. Holland's Opus, Brazil Morricone: Nostromo, The Legend of 1900, The Mission Randy Newman: The Natural, Toy Story, Awakenings Thomas Newman: American Beauty, Road to Perdition, Green Mile Newton Howard: Dinosaur, The Postman, Snow Falling on Cedars North: 2001, Dragonslayer, Spartacus Poledouris: Conan the Barbarian, Starship Troopers, Flesh + Blood Elfman: Edward Scissor Hands, Batman, Nightmare Before Christmas Doyle: Hamlet, Henry V, Frankenstein Delerue: Steel Magnolias, Day of the Dolphin, Black Stallion Conti: Masters of the Universe, Karate Kid, Adventures of Huck Finn Broughton: The Ice Pirates, Young Sherlock Holmes, Silverado Bernstein: To Kill a Mockingbird, The Magnificent Seven, Ten Commandments Barry: Black Hole, Out of Africa, On Her Majesty's Secret Service Arnold: Lawrence of Arabia, Stargate, Independence Day Davis: The Beast, Warriors of Virtue, The Matrix Edelman: Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, Dragonheart, Gettysburgh Fenton: Blue Planet, Everafter, Shadow Lands Grusin: Goonies, 3 Days of the Condor, The Firm Jarre: Docor Zhivago, Dead Poets Society, Jesus of Nazareth Portman: Cider House Rules, Joy Luck Club, Legend of Bagger Vance Rosenman: Lord of the Rings, Fantastic Voyage, Clash of the Titans Rota: Godfather, Romeo and Juliet, Death on the Nile Tiomkin: High Noon, The Thing, The Guns of Navarone Vangelis: Chariots of Fire, 1492, Mythodea C. Young: Flowers in the Attic, Hard Rain, The Core V. Young: Around the World in 80 Days, Gullivers Travels, The Uninvited Sorry if this was a bit too long, but once you get on a roll... Thank you, Chris NP: Edward Scissorhands
posted 04-30-2003 01:13 PM PT (US)

jonathan_little Oscar® Winner	In random order, here are some of my favorites... Barry: The Black Hole, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Robin and Marian Shire: Farewell, My Lovely; Last Stand at Saber River Horner: Star Trek II, Apollo 13 Silvestri: Back to the Future, Judge Dredd Rozsa: El Cid, Sodom and Gomorrah, King of Kings Herrmann: Beneath the 12-Mile Reef, Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Vertigo, Battle of Neretva Poledouris: Conan the Barbarian, Quigley Down Under, Les Miserables Korngold: everything Waxman: Prince Valiant, Bride of Frankenstein, Taras Bulba [Message edited by jonathan_little on 04-30-2003]
posted 04-30-2003 01:34 PM PT (US)

Dinko Oscar® Winner	bored. nothing else to do. will engage in pointless listing. William Ross: The Amazing Panda Adventure, My Fellow Americans, T-Rex: Back to Cretaceous. Trevor Rabin: The Sixth Day, Gone in 60 Seconds (so sue me, I like it ), Deep Blue Sea. Basil Poledouris: Les Misérables, It's My Party, Free Willy Cliff Eidelman: Christopher Columbus, Star Trek 6, Free Willy 3. Nick Glennie-Smith: The Rock (with half a dozen other keyboard bangers), The Man in the Iron Mask. Hans Zinzer: Broken Arrow, Das Geisterhaus, True Romance, K2 William Walton/Gustav Holst: Gladiator. James Newton Howard: Waterworld, Snow Falling on Cedars, Dinosaur James Horner: I don't know, I'm still trying to differentiate them other than by the title. The Mask of Zorro, Krull, Balto. George Fenton: The Blue Planet, Dangerous Beauty, Ever After. Christopher Stone: Tale Spin, Treasure Island, The President's Man John Williams: Seven Years in Tibet, Rosewood. Jerry Goldsmith: Mulan, Ghost and the Darkness, Medicine Man. Trevor Jones: Last of the Mohicans, Dark City, Cleopatra. Patrick Doyle: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, [Est]Ouest, Hamlet. Howard Blake: The Riddle of the Sands, Alien (rejected ). Elliot Goldenthal: Titus, Alienł, Michael Collins. Dmitry Shostakovich: The Maxim Trilogy, The Fall of Berlin, Pirogov.
posted 04-30-2003 02:21 PM PT (US)

franz_conrad Oscar® Nominee	If I were a director and I wanted my film scored well, I would hire one of the following composers on the basis of the associated works: Wojciech Kilar: Portrait of a Lady, Pan Tadeusz, Bram Stoker's Dracula. Michael Nyman: The Piano, The Claim, Wonderland. Philip Glass: Mishima, Kundun, The Hours. Howard Shore: FOTR, TTT, The Game. Elliot Goldenthal: Michael Collins, Final Fantasy, Titus. Zimmer (and co): Thin Red Line, Hannibal, Black Hawk Down. Of course such a list can only include those who still walk this green earth. NP Unfaithful (Kaczmarek)
posted 04-30-2003 02:40 PM PT (US)

Mark Olivarez Oscar® Winner	Williams: Jaws, The Empire Strikes Back, E.T. Goldsmith: Star Trek: TMP, Night Crossing, The Blue Max Herrmann: Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, North By Northwest, Jason & The Argonauts Ifukube: Godzilla(1954), Rodan, King Kong V.S. Godzilla Barry: OHMSS, Raise The Titanic, Dances With Wolves Silvestri: Predator, Forrest Gump, The Mummy Returns Poledouris: Lonesome Dove, Conan The Barbarian, The Hunt for Red October Rosza: Ben Hur, Golden Voyage of Sinbad, King of Kings
posted 04-30-2003 04:15 PM PT (US)

reza Oscar® Winner	Elfman: hm.. hm... only three?! ... POTA, Nightmare Before Christmas, Batman Returns Williams: Schindler's List, The Empire Strikes Back, Saving Private Ryan Goldsmith: Total Recall, The Omen Poledouris: Conan the Barbarian, Starship Troopers Goldenthal: The Butcher Boy, Final Fantasy Silvestri: The Mummy Returns, Predator, The Abyss, Judge Dredd Barry: Dances with Wolves, Out of Africa, Somewhere in Time Zimmer & co.: The Rock, Backdraft, Gladiator, Metal Gear Solid 2 Shore: FOTR, TTT, Mrs. Doubtfire Trevor Jones: Last of the Mohicans, Dark City Horner: Braveheart JNH: Signs, Treasure Planet, Atlantis Arnold: Last of the Dogmen San Bao: The Road Home Hermann: Psycho, Cape Fear
posted 05-01-2003 03:36 AM PT (US)

Camillu Oscar® Winner	Williams.... ESB, ET, AOTC Elfman.... Batman, Sommersby, Edward Scissorhands Zimmer.... Thin Red Line, Lion King, Gladiator Goldenthal.... Titus, Michael Collins, Cobb Newton Howard.... Signs, Unbreakable, Dinosaur Horner.... Braveheart, Apollo 13, Glory Goldsmith.... Star Trek TMP, Mulan, Under Fire Silvestri.... Forrest Gump, Judge Dredd, Cast Away Shore.... TTT, FOTR, Silence of the Lambs Morricone.... Legend of 1900, Cinema Paradiso, The Mission Kamen.... Mr. Holland's Opus, Iron Giant, X-Men Ottman.... Usual Suspects, Cruel Intentions (rejected), Apt Pupil Arnold.... ID4, Stargate, Tomorrow Never Dies Barry.... Out of Africa, Chaplin, Dances with Wolves Doyle.... Great Expecations, Frankenstein, East-West Fenton.... Anna and the King, Dangerous Beauty, Ever After [Message edited by Camillu on 05-01-2003]
posted 05-01-2003 04:06 AM PT (US)

workaluk Oscar® Nominee	Mine are: Horner-To choose three is dificult for me,but i think it would be Aliens,Braveheart and Commando Silvestri-Predator,Delta Force and The Mummy Returns Goldsmith-The Omen,Total Recall and Rambo III Williams-Jaws,Raiders of the lost ark and all Starwars Poledouris-The two Conans,Hunt for Red October and Robocop Mancina-Speed,Speed 2 and Return To Paradise Burwell-The Jackal,Conspiracy Theory and Rob Roy Zimmer-Gladiator,Black Hawk Down and Thin Red Line Elfman-Black Beauty,Batman and Edward Scissorhands Goldenthal-Enterview W.Vampire,Sphere and Final Fantasy Newton Howard-Signs,Flatliners and Perfect Murder Tangerine Dream-Firestarter,Near Dark and Sorcerer Rabin-Armageddon,Enemy of the State and Deep Blue Sea And many more..............
posted 05-01-2003 04:27 AM PT (US)

Bradley Oscar® Winner	OK, just adding my 2 cents... John Williams - The Empire Strikes Back, Superman, Raiders of the Lost Ark Jerry Goldsmith - The Omen, 13th Warrior, Total Recall Danny Elfman - Spider-man, Batman, The Nightmare Before Christmas Hans Zimmer - Gladiator, Crimson Tide, The Rock Randy Newman - The Natural, Toy Story, Pleasantville David Arnold - Stargate, Independence Day, The World is Not Enough James Horner - Braveheart, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, The Rocketeer John Debney - Cutthroat Island, The Emperor's New Groove, Cats and Dogs James Newton Howard - Dinosaur, Signs, Waterworld Michael Kamen - The Three Musketeers, The Iron Giant, Mr. Holland's Opus
posted 05-01-2003 06:53 AM PT (US)

Lou Goldberg Oscar® Winner	In my member profile I mention 12 composers who I rank higher than the rest. The top 3 scores, however, are often just the tip of many many scores that are brilliant by these composers... Malcolm Arnold: The Lion, The Roots of Heaven, The Key Miklos Rozsa: The Thief of Bagdad, Lust for Life, Ben-Hur Bernard Herrmann: Obsession, North by Northwest, The 3 Worlds of Gulliver Jerry Goldsmith: Star Trek-TMP, The Blue Max, Islands in the Stream Elmer Bernstein: House-After 5 Years of Living, The Ten Commandments, Heavy Metal Maurice Jarre: Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome Ennio Morricone: A Fistful of Dynamite, Once Upon A Time in the West, The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly Georges Delerue: Jules et Jim, Two English Girls, The Day of the Dolphin Jerome Moross: The Big Country, The War Lord, The Cardinal John Barry: On Her Majesty's Secret Service, You Only Live Twice, Dances With Wolves Franz Waxman: Destination Tokyo, The Spirit of St. Louis, Peyton Place Dimitri Tiomkin: Lost Horizon, The Fall of the Roman Empire, Search for Paradise -------------------- Then there are others of significance John Williams: Jaws, Jane Eyre, The Empire Strikes Back Akira Ifukube: The Saga of Anatahan, Battle in Outer Space, Atragon Leith Stevens: Destination Moon, When Worlds Collide, War of the Worlds Hugo Friedhofer: The Young Lions, The Best Years of Our Lives, One Eyed Jacks Philippe Sarde: Tess, Le Train, La Pirate Michel Legrand: Ice Station Zebra, The Three Musketeers, Wuthering Heights Max Steiner: Adventures of Don Juan, Now Voyager, The Big Sleep Alfred Newman: The Song of Bernadette, The Robe, How the West Was Won Erich Korngold: The Sea Hawk, The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Sea Wolf Henry Mancini: Hatari!, The White Dawn, The Molly McGuires Nino Rota: 8 1/2, Taming of the Shrew, Juliet of the Spirits John Addison: The Seven Percent Solution, The Charge of the Light Brigade, Smashing Time [Message edited by Lou Goldberg on 05-02-2003]
posted 05-02-2003 01:44 AM PT (US)

Alexborn007 Oscar® Winner	Horner-Star Trek II, III, and Glory Silvestri-Predator, Back to The Future Part I, Cast Away Williams-Superman, ESB, and Jurassic Park Ifukube-Godzilla (1954), Godzilla vs. Destroyer, and Destroy All Monsters Eidelman-ST6 Jarre-Lawrence of Arabia Elfman-Batman and Mission: Impossible Arnold-ID4, Stargate, and Tomorrow Never Dies I have other fav composers...but like Eidelman and Jarre, only one of their scores.
posted 05-02-2003 03:47 AM PT (US)

John Zimmer Oscar® Winner	John Williams: Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars. Jerry Goldsmith: Star Trek The Motion Picture, The Wind and The Lion, Patton. Hans Zimmer: The Lion King, The Prince of Egypt, Beyond Rangoon. Alan Silvestri: Back To The Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, The Mummy Returns. John Debney: In Pursuit of Honor, Cutthroat Island, End of Days. Basil Poledouris: Lonesome Dove, Les Miserables, RoboCop. Trevor Jones: Thirteen Days, Merlin, G.I. Jane. James Newton-Howard: Waterworld, Signs, Wyatt Earp. Danny Elfman: Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Black Beauty. Bernard Herrmann: North By Northwest, Psycho. Jz
posted 05-02-2003 04:58 AM PT (US)

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