You could nominate anything from the genius that is John Williams with some justification, but I'm going for this.
You could nominate anything from the genius that is John Williams with some justification, but I'm going for this.
the waltz from 2001.
and I believe the music placement was almost an accident - put in as a placeholder until kubrick decided it worked perfectly.
but the opening to Star Wars might be better. might have heard it too many times to see and hear it fresh.
but generally speaking, john williams will be held in as high esteem as mozart, the beatles and keith richards/mick jagger. for the ages.
how about the soundtrack to chariots of fire?
agip wrote:
the waltz from 2001.
and I believe the music placement was almost an accident - put in as a placeholder until kubrick decided it worked perfectly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZoSYsNADtY
His use of music in A Clockwork Orange was equally brilliant.
That was just some bloke dicking about on a bontempi keyboard.
The Good, the Bad, & The Ugly soundtrack. Ennio Morricone is genius.
agip wrote:
the waltz from 2001.
and I believe the music placement was almost an accident - put in as a placeholder until kubrick decided it worked perfectly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZoSYsNADtY
That's a very good choice for number 2 or 3, and my favorite movie of all time, BTW. Number 1 would be the original James Bond theme. Nothing greater or more iconic than that, closely followed by the theme from "On Her Majesty's Secret Service". John Barry was such a genius.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LfjL9uX2legOh, my. So many great movie scores out there. It is really impossible to pick one as the best of all time.
If you are a fan of movie scores, you should check out John Corigliano's score for the movie Altered States. Corigliano also wrote the score for Revolution, with Al Pacino. After that, Corigliano became one of the most prominent composers of contemporary orchestral music in the late 20th century.
If I had to pick a best of all time, it would be Leonard Bernstein's score for On the Waterfront. That is the "I could have been a contender, I could have been somebody" movie with Marlon Brando.
The Shining is probably the best use of existing classical material in a film. Kubrick took a bunch of Penderecki and Ligetti scores and used them to create the haunting atmospherics for the film. He also used Bartok's Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta. The movie would not have been able to pull of the very slow paced scenes without the score to keep the tension moving.
"My Heart Will Go On"
Titanic
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OR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVU_89HpmY0Because neither can be separated from the movie and the movies would not have been good without the theme music.
Da da da daaaa da da daaaa da da da da da da da da daaaa da da da da da da daaaaaaa da da da da da da da da daaaaaaaa
Indiana Jones!!!!!
Not the greatest song, but I think this song is the greatest fit for a scene in a movie.
My vote goes to Sabrina:-
Sabrina Fan wrote:
My vote goes to Sabrina:-
https://youtu.be/M2VtfZDOcHQ
Winner!
this hands down
Skip ahead to 2:25 if you're a heathen.
coronaidiot wrote:
The Good, the Bad, & The Ugly soundtrack. Ennio Morricone is genius.
Agreed! This was the first film I thought of, as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1PfrmCGFnkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6tR78d0cmAMalmo with the WINNER!
Hannibal guy should’ve gone with Goodbye Horses from Silence of the Lambs.