Posted on 09/13/2014 5:13:34 PM PDT by Perdogg
The soundtrack to the Lord of the Rings film trilogy has been deemed the best of all time, beating John Williams' 1977 Star Wars score into second place.Composer Howard Shore's accompaniment won the Classic FM listeners' accolade for the fifth consecutive year.Hans Zimmer's music to Gladiator, Schindler's List by John Williams and John Barry's soaring Out of Africa score made the top five.
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That finally came out on DVD.
Does have a little wang to it, though.
Pretty much agree with you there. I’ve never seen the last of the mohicans, but I bet its good. The Narnia movies by Disney also have good soundtracks.
Yes LOTR soundtrack is so beautiful. I have most of the songs (the nice ones, not the orc/mordor themes) on my mp3 player and listen to them when I walk or ride the bus to work.
To quote Patrick Swayze in Roadhouse “opinions differ”. I think LOTR soundtrack is the best.
1. It is structured like an opera with different themes, e.g The Hobbit Theme, Sarumam’s Theme, Sauron’s theme, the theme of the Elves and of Rohan.
2. The Chorals in different languages, e,g English, Old English, Sindarin, Queyna, Adûnaic, and Neo-Khuzdul.
Jaws. The Music was a character just as much as the shark or Quint.
Woody Allen’s Love and Death. The music was from Prokofiev’s Lieutenant Kijé (only Woody Allen movie worth watching)
Star Wars, LoTR and Gone with the Wind are great.
Fantasia had a great soundtrack, but, I don’t think that counts.
Anything by Elmer Bernstein
Kill Bill
Repoman, followed closely by Spinal Tap.
Benny Hill
Honorable mentions must go to these soundtracks:
Senna
Deathwish II
Streets of Fire
“Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo.”
***Jaws. The Music was a character just as much as the shark or Quint.***
If that is so then we must include the grating violins of PSYCHO!
Yes, it is fantastic.
I’ve even toyed with the idea of adapting it to a trailer/preview for a different movie I would make in my dreams!
Another surprisingly good track is “the Black Stallion”.
You have probably heard the prime theme pasted over a few shows.
LOTM is excellent. It is also clean. The only reason it should have gotten that R rating is for the heart-ripping part. Great theme music.
#26 Star Wars music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D0ZQPqeJkk
Opening fight between starship and Imperial Cruiser
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbn-Ox1XawI
John Williams music all in a cappella tribute : )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk5_OSsawz4
Mohican music was fabulous. In fact, the first time I watched the movie I got so caught up in the music I forgot to watch the movie.
Much shorter but equally as powerful was “Requiem For A Heavyweight”
Especially Animal House. It really was a huge part of the movie.
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