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Philipp Standard Userer	It was some time, but when I watched HARD RAIN two years ago, I immediately noticed Christopher Young energetic and atmospheric action score. The music literally blew me away, and I immediately ordered the CD. This hasn´happened to me in quite some time now. Sure, there were great scores by the usual suspectes, but HARD RAIN was the last score, that really reminded me of how great a score can be. your last score that blew you away? Philipp np: hard rain (christopher young)
posted 05-24-2004 03:31 PM PT (US)

justin boggan Standard Userer	You're right. that is a good score. I always thought about picking that up if I found it for a good (used CD) price. For me, the last score that absolutely blew me away was James Newton Howard's SIGNS. There isn't a single cue that I hate.
posted 05-24-2004 04:11 PM PT (US)

Quill Standard Userer	Good topic...but a tough one... I would have to say Fellowship of the Ring. Now I actually prefer Two Towers from a technical and thematic standpoint, but the first foray into Shores Lord of the Rings is hard to duplicate. There have been many scores since that I have thoroughly enjoyed, but nothing that swept me away quite like the Fellowship.
posted 05-24-2004 04:42 PM PT (US)

Dinko Standard Userer	The Mists of Avalon... in 2001!
posted 05-24-2004 05:02 PM PT (US)

Shaun Rutherford Standard Userer	The Taking Of Pelham 123....in 1974. Shaun
posted 05-24-2004 10:49 PM PT (US)

Jeron Standard Userer	Stargate... in 1994! and The Ghost and the Darkness in 1996.
posted 05-24-2004 10:53 PM PT (US)

mgh Standard Userer	SIGNS by James Newton Howard, and just recently, THE GIRL WITH THE PEARL EARRING. EARRING surprised me; it is an excellent score.
posted 05-25-2004 03:49 AM PT (US)

franz_conrad Standard Userer	Angels in America - Thomas Newman
posted 05-25-2004 04:34 AM PT (US)

Mark Olivarez Standard Userer	The Empire Strikes Back, 1981.
posted 05-25-2004 06:17 AM PT (US)

Camillu Standard Userer	I don't want to sound fickle by posting something recent, but I'd have to go with Passion of the Christ. Sadly I had heard Signs before watching the film, so could not be blown away.
posted 05-25-2004 06:52 AM PT (US)

Philipp Standard Userer	Justin, you´re right. I forgot about SIGNS.
posted 05-25-2004 01:47 PM PT (US)

Hector J. Guzman Standard Userer	Jerry Goldsmith's The Mummy
posted 05-25-2004 01:49 PM PT (US)

Scorro Standard Userer	LOTR: The Two Towers followed by... LOTR: ROTK
posted 05-25-2004 04:00 PM PT (US)

joan hue Standard Userer	1999. Dinosaur and Mission to Mars lead me quickly to music store.
posted 05-25-2004 04:39 PM PT (US)

big steve Non-Standard Userer	Last score that blew me away in the theater was JERRY GOLDSMITH'S "AIR FORCE ONE."
posted 05-25-2004 05:18 PM PT (US)

TimT Standard Userer	On the Beach (1999) Christopher Gordon.
posted 05-25-2004 05:45 PM PT (US)

workaluk Standard Userer	For me was a score i listen a few months back by a guy named Henny Vrienten,very nice electronic score,somewhat in the smae vein as Tangerine Dream used to do,i really took me by surprise,i don't recall the name of the movie,but i only saw the soundtrack for sale in a dutch site,the problem was i don't know dutch,so i couldn't find the checkout link In the recent years,i would say that the last score that impressed me was without any doubt,Signs and Lord Of The Rings (all three of them) NP-Harry Potter and The Chamber OF Secrets Nuno Cunha
posted 05-26-2004 12:56 AM PT (US)

James Standard Userer	Hmm...scores that really, really blew me away? Let me see.... Return of the King in 2003 fits the bill. If Yann Tiersen's Amelie from 2001 counts I'd include that, and if it doesn't that's also the year of Glover Gill's Waking Life. And 1999 had the double-whammy of Corigliano's The Red Violin and Don Davis's The Matrix, the latter of which drastically expanded my musical tastes as I began to delve into contemporary music, searching for Davis's influences, which led me in ten thousand new directions. It feels like I'm forgetting something really important (and I'm certain I am). Of course, everyone seems to be responding with the last score to be released that blew them away. But Philip's original post talks about a score that he only first heard four years after it was written. So if the only criterion is when we heard it it and not when it was released, then I would also have to mention Christopher Young's Flowers in the Attic, Bernard Herrmann's Obsession, and Joseph Kosma's Children of Paradise. Kirk P.S. Joan, you've just reminded me that I haven't listened to Mission to Mars in quite some time. I'm going to have to go pull that one out, it is indeed a great score.
posted 05-26-2004 01:04 AM PT (US)

stalemate12 Non-Standard Userer	Probably Morricone's 'Padre Pio', 'cos I didn't expect that much when it was released, but it's by far the best score Morricone's done for many a year! Simply beautiful. And before that it must be Barry's 'Raise The Titanic'. Cheers Tom
posted 05-26-2004 04:15 AM PT (US)

John Zimmer Standard Userer	The Mummy Returns, The Chamber of Secrets, The Prisoner of Azkaban and from the clips Yared's Troy but I'll need to hear the whole thing. Jz NP: Troy (Horner)
posted 05-26-2004 05:07 AM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Standard Userer	Only yesterday: Les Rivières pourpres (The Crimson Rivers) (USA) by Bruno Coulais. It might only be really good as far as music goes (it seemed very good to me, but I have yet to get the CD). But what it does to the movie, how effectively it sets the mood for so many scenes, is on the same level as Goldsmith's Planet of the Apes.
posted 05-29-2004 08:20 AM PT (US)

jonathan_little Standard Userer	I think the latest amazing score that I have discovered is Obsession (1976), which I first heard sometime last fall.
posted 05-29-2004 06:52 PM PT (US)

Dylan Standard Userer	Amelie certainly floored me. Big Fish is another (though it didn't completely floor me until after seeing the film). Recent discoveries of older scores in the past several months: Luis Bacalov's "City of Women," Danny Elfman's demos for "Jimmy Calicut" and "Little Demons," as well as his scores for "Forbidden Zone" and "Dick Tracy." All of which really floored me. Dylan NP: Forbidden Zone (Elfman)
posted 05-29-2004 08:28 PM PT (US)

Ken S Standard Userer	Joe Hisaishi's beautiful score for SPIRITED AWAY, only two days ago. I finally rented the movie because it seemed good "partner" with the other interesting Oscar-nominated animated film I wanted to see, THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE. I had higher expectations for BELLEVILLE because of its incredibly energetic Oscar-nominated song - and perhaps that was the reason why BELLEVILLE didn't impress me much; the film was nothing so energetic as "Belleville Rendezvous" was. So -- no wonder that Hayao Miyazaki's SPIRITED AWAY really blew me away with all its heart, originality and warmth. I've had the soundtrack album for this movie, but only after seeing the film I really gave it a more thorough listen, and I was blown completely away by the power and warmth of Joe Hisaishi's music - especially the climatic "love theme" for Chihiro and Haku... I'm flying again. KEN
posted 05-30-2004 11:48 AM PT (US)

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