Mine is Max Steiner, followed by bernard Herrman. Bot are inventive and prolific and have scored many a classic.
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Topic - Your favorite film score composer? - rico 11:44:04 07/28/05 (39)
- Randy Newman nt - geoff 08:47:18 08/01/05 (0)
- A big vote for Carter Burwell... - Harmonia 20:37:09 07/31/05 (0)
- Brian Eno doesn't suck... - KT88 11:29:34 07/30/05 (4)
- Re: Brian Eno doesn't suck... - Hornlover 09:39:47 08/02/05 (2)
- Ambient works - KT88 08:55:07 08/03/05 (1)
- Re: Ambient works - Hornlover 10:48:52 08/03/05 (0)
- I agree BTW... - Harmonia 19:49:01 07/31/05 (0)
- Mark Mothersbaugh. -nt- - Donald 19:35:58 07/29/05 (0)
- Korngold; still stands up - Shipguy 16:23:15 07/29/05 (1)
- Have you checked out... - Harmonia 19:11:21 07/31/05 (0)
- Shouldn't that be 'Herriman'? - PCL 09:57:20 07/29/05 (2)
- Re: Right on the two "n"''s, wrong on the "i" (nt) - rico 11:19:28 07/29/05 (1)
- You're right..my mistake. n/t - PCL 11:57:02 07/29/05 (0)
- Copeland's "Our Town," and "Red Pony" (nt) - eppis1@sbcglobal.net 08:44:56 07/29/05 (1)
- Re: Copeland's "Our Town," and "Red Pony" (nt) - Harmonia 19:28:52 07/31/05 (0)
- I don't know if Prokofiev is a "score composer", but Alex Nevsky is spectacular - Victor Khomenko 06:41:53 07/29/05 (12)
- Nevsky is at least "spectacular". - Harmonia 19:17:09 07/31/05 (1)
- Re: Nevsky is at least "spectacular". - Victor Khomenko 06:12:46 08/01/05 (0)
- "Romeo and Juliet" is a ballet, not film music... (nt) - orejones 09:45:27 07/29/05 (5)
- We are talking about films here, not ballet. (nt) - Victor Khomenko 10:33:56 07/29/05 (4)
- That´s what I thought. And "Romeo and Juliet" is still a ballet: read your post... (nt) - orejones 11:32:49 07/29/05 (3)
- But...it was also a film... - Harmonia 19:03:28 07/31/05 (2)
- it was also a very violent modern film... - KT88 19:22:01 08/01/05 (0)
- A filmed ballet is still a ballet, not a movie, even if it´s played by Ulanova and Zandov, or by Fontaine and Nureyev.. - orejones 01:39:32 08/01/05 (0)
- Yes, he's in another league... - DFaulds 07:52:22 07/29/05 (3)
- Re: Yes, he's in another league... - Victor Khomenko 14:27:46 07/29/05 (2)
- Hasn't everyone seen Nevsky? - DFaulds 14:45:54 07/29/05 (1)
- Probably not. (nt) - Victor Khomenko 16:30:41 07/29/05 (0)
- Another vote for Angelo Badalamenti - Road Warrior 06:33:42 07/29/05 (1)
- Re: Me, too... - Jeff Starrs 09:18:13 07/29/05 (0)
- Besides the very good ones mentioned, I´d dare say that Mancini was not bad, either... (nt) - orejones 03:54:29 07/29/05 (0)
- I love Elmer Bernstein... - Harmonia 21:36:57 07/28/05 (1)
- Re: I love Elmer Bernstein... - Hornlover 10:02:39 07/29/05 (0)
- Re: Your favorite film score composer? - cjfrbw 18:13:09 07/28/05 (0)
- John Williams...nt - millen 14:50:39 07/28/05 (0)
- Re: Your favorite film score composer? - jamesgarvin 13:34:47 07/28/05 (0)
- Nino Rota (nt) - Victor Khomenko 12:35:34 07/28/05 (1)
- Re: After Nino Rota, Carter Burwell - grinagog 22:13:00 07/28/05 (0)
- Herrman would make my short list - padreken 12:16:57 07/28/05 (0)