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Ragone
11-13-2005, 06:42 AM
I've always been a big John williams fan.. he does some wonderful movie scores.. but here lately i've been hearing alot more Hans Zimmer stuff and found it to be extremely good..


Anyone else i should know about, that perhaps i have missed?
MJ4H
11-13-2005, 08:35 AM
Yes.

Danny Elfman
James Horner
John Barry
Howard Shore
Alan Silvestri
Jerry Goldsmith

Start with those. If you need more, let me know :)

Here's a good site for film score reviews, etc.
www.filmtracks.com
MikeVic
11-13-2005, 10:55 AM
Ennio Morricone? :D
Dutch
11-13-2005, 10:57 AM
I have listened to a ton of movie music composers and most of my favorites are listed here.

Hans Zimmer is definately my favorite.
cthomer5000
11-13-2005, 11:04 AM
Mark Mothersbaugh has done outstanding work on Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.
Antmeister
11-13-2005, 11:39 AM
Hans Zimmer is good, but I am a huge fan of E.S. Posthumus. They are not really newcomers since a lot of there music is recognizable in trailers, but they have had their music in a number of movies as well. I am eagerly awaiting for a new album, but their last album was named Unearthed. You will definitely recall at least one of their songs in a movie or trailer you watched over the years.

Anyways here is a link to hear the samples and read the reviews as well:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0008191LU/102-0209395-2471320
MJ4H
11-13-2005, 11:53 AM
Ennio Morricone? :D
I was thinking he was talking about more modern guys, but I suppose any list should have Morricone and Bernard Hermann (the best, in my opinion).
ThunderingHERD
11-13-2005, 01:04 PM
Jon Brion
Vince
11-13-2005, 02:19 PM
Danny Elfman is amazing.
Schmidty
11-13-2005, 02:28 PM
John Carpenter baby!!!!111111!!!!
cthomer5000
11-13-2005, 02:50 PM
Jon Brion
Ah, another real good one i forget. I liked his score to I Heart Huckabees way better than the movie itself. Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind was also great.
MJ4H
11-13-2005, 02:54 PM
John Carpenter baby!!!!111111!!!! http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y257/Gorgonian14/smiley1.jpg
Senator
11-13-2005, 03:11 PM
Philip Glass.
Dutch
11-13-2005, 04:26 PM
John Carpenter baby!!!!111111!!!!

Isn't he a director only?

Of course Ennio Morricone did the music for the cult classic "The Thing" by John Carpenter. Which was perfect for the film.
Schmidty
11-13-2005, 04:45 PM
Isn't he a director only?

Of course Ennio Morricone did the music for the cult classic "The Thing" by John Carpenter. Which was perfect for the film.

He made up the theme to "Halloween" while dinking around on a little keyboard, and I know he's done a ton of other ones: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000118/ .

"The Thing" appears to be one of the only ones he didn't compose.
oykib
11-13-2005, 05:11 PM
Danny Elfman is amazing.

Meh.

Ain't a patch on John Williams.
Dutch
11-13-2005, 08:57 PM
He made up the theme to "Halloween" while dinking around on a little keyboard, and I know he's done a ton of other ones: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000118/ .

"The Thing" appears to be one of the only ones he didn't compose.


I did not know that. Interesting.