View Poll Results: Who is/are your favorite composer(s)?

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  • John Williams (Star Wars, Harry Potter,etc.)

    15 78.95%

  • Jerry Goldsmith (Rambo, Star Trek, etc.)

    5 26.32%

  • Basil Poleduris (Red October, Starship Troopers,etc)

    2 10.53%

  • James Horner (Aliens,Star Trek, etc)

    7 36.84%

  • Graeme Revelle (Crow, Frank Herbert's DUNE,etc)

    0 0%

  • Vangelis (Chariots of Fire, Blade Runner)

    5 26.32%

  • Danny Elfman (Batman, Beetlejuice, etc.)

    2 10.53%

  • James Newton Howard (Fugitive, Outbreak,etc)

    1 5.26%

  • John Barry (The Black Hole, Dances With Wolves)

    2 10.53%

  • other

    4 21.05%
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Thread: Favorite Composer

  1. 06-15-2003, 01:39 AM #1
    General Chang
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    Favorite Composer

    My favorite film score composers would have to be Basil Poleduris (Starship Troopers, Hunt for Red October, Robocop), and John Williams (like I really need to say which films.)

    Honorable mentions would go to Jerry Goldsmith and James Horner.

    Whaddayall think?

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  2. 06-15-2003, 04:20 AM #2
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    Thumbs up

    1. John Williams (can't go wrong with Star Wars "Imperial March")
    2. Jerry Goldsmith (love his TMP and TNG piece)
    3. Dennis McCarthy (love his DS9 piece, including the later version with the "Klingon" beat added)
    4. Stu Phillips (BSG, Knight Rider, and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century)

    I sincerely hope that Ron D. Moore has tapped Stu Phillips to do the theme music for his BSG series (assuming that Glen A. Larson agrees, as he is noted as a co-composer of the music).

    P.S. Just acquired a 2-CD set of Battlestar Galactica: The A to Z of Fantasy TV Themes.
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  3. 06-15-2003, 07:28 AM #3
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    In no particular order: John Williams, Jerru Goldsmith, James Horner, Danny Elfman, and Joel Goldsmith (Kull the Conqueror).

    I especially liked Joel Goldsmith's combination of orchestra and metal-style guitar and drums on the Kull soundtrack.
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  4. 06-15-2003, 10:49 AM #4
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    Jaws, all the Star Wars movies, and my all time favorite motion picture sound track, Superman. John Williams.


    (Not to mention the Indiana Jones movies)
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  5. 06-15-2003, 11:21 AM #5
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    John Williams is not a composer; he is an arranger of other people's music, no matter what else he says. Every single theme he has written has been ripped off from another composer.

    Greatest composer? Ludwig van Beethoven.

    For movie music? Korngold, hands down.

    On the other hand Danny Elfman is pretty good, though his work with The Mystic Knights of the Oingo-Boingo was better than his film music.
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  6. 06-15-2003, 11:28 AM #6
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    Right now its Hans Zimmer, who won me over with both MI2 and the Gladiator Soundtracks (among others).

    Others include Don Davis, Joe DeLuca, Jerry Goldsmith, James Horner, Basil Poleduris, John Williams, and Brian Tyler (who did the soundtrack for Children of Dune, I believe).
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  7. 06-15-2003, 05:12 PM #7
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    Williams. Horner's non-trek stuff -- especially the Braveheart/Titanic Celtic stuff.

    The rest are good, too...
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  8. 06-15-2003, 07:36 PM #8
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    I voted for most of the above for most of the same reasons.

    I'd like to add Eric Serra (The Professional, The Fifth Element) and Patrick Doyle (Henry V, Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing) to the list. Two solid composers.

    Oh, and this guy named Howard Shore. LOTR scores, anyone?
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  9. 06-15-2003, 08:09 PM #9
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    Ennio Morricone - His soundtracks for a number of Spaghetti Westerns in the 1960's are incredible.

    Lalo Schifrin, Henry Mancini, John Williams...
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  10. 06-16-2003, 10:22 AM #10
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    Also, nobody has mentioned my favorite James Horner soundtrack, The Rocketeer.
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