Best Orchestral Soundtracks

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sonarman wrote:Don't get me wrong, I like John Williams. I just think he's a tad overrated.
I saw Revenge of the Thingy on DVD about a week ago (God it was crap!) but I can't remember any of the music from it. Maybe he's running out of ideas!

dont forget that a lot of the music in ROTS will have been twists on the original music from other films with the same characters
as an example lukes and anakins themes were often very similar and obviously as anakin became older and darker his theme was more vader oriented,so as for being memorable its because you already have the tunes in your mind.
anyway duel of fates from phantom menace is enough to keep him in my top ten for a few years to come :)

taxi driver is a score i revisit often too,a lot of tension in the sounds if you close your eyes you get scenes from the film 8)

halloween soundtrack is a cool one too,as are many of caroenters scores as has already been said.


hmmmm jaws too now thats a great score,that cello is so ominous :o

bladerunner
the batman score
alien
batman begins
and many more ffs what a topic :o
:ud:

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'Ringu' had an awesome soundtrack.

Scary even without the images.

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John Barry :hail:

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the village!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111

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herodotus wrote:You can't beat classics like Bernard Herrmann, Ennio Moricone and more recently, Angelo Badalamenti.
Yeah, Badalamenti is great! Certainly not the most technical composer out there, but he certainly knows how to create emotion from a track... I am still in awe of the theme song from MULHOLLAND DR. Strings only, but such beautiful composition.

I have always been a big fan of Zimmer as well... I have always dug his mixes that mix orchestral and synths together... Thin Red Line... :love:

Oh yeah... and whoever did the soundtrack for Spirited Away deserves mention too! :wink:

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www.acidplanet.com/GuruOne - Creating Evolution (I'm shameless :)

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daGuru wrote:www.acidplanet.com/GuruOne - Creating Evolution (I'm shameless :)
Dunno about that one! I get a dead link when I try to play the video... Nice picture though! :wink:

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Thx. Mirror here: http://www.angelfire.com/rock3/guruone/ (2nd link)

WARNING: Only for the brave... Experimental genre

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chief: morricone

follow ups:
henry mancini
michel legrand
george delerue
lalo schifrin
bernhard hermann

.. and many more of the old guys!

putte

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uselessmind wrote:Final Fantasy TSW, still my favourite soundtrack.
Nobui Uematsu :love: So much of the Final Fantasy Game music is stunning. I have a CD in my car of the Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children soundtrack (recorded Orchestral versions of some of the music from the game) and it easily stands up agains the best classical music around today.

Those still doubtful should check out the following pieces (sorry about the urls not working properly because they've got apostrophes in them)

http://www.ffsymphony.net/downloads/mid ... _Theme.mid

http://www.ffsymphony.net/downloads/mid ... _Theme.mid

http://www.ffsymphony.net/downloads/mid ... _Theme.mid

P.S Can someone please stick these through a decend sample-set/module and post the resulting mp3s?

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Nice one Putte. I forgot about Henry Mancini!
He's often overlooked because he's so famous for writing Pop tunes.

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I'll copy Putte's post pattern

ULTRA MASTER CHIEF: Wojciech Kilar (Nobody can get as dark as him)

Follow up (In no particular order):

Angelo Badalamenti (The moodier)
Danny Elfman (The Elfier)
Bernard Herrmann (The Genius)
Henry Mancini (The chillier)
Current favorites...

VSTi: Charlatan
Music: Bioshock Infinite OST

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mspmsp wrote:
uselessmind wrote:Final Fantasy TSW, still my favourite soundtrack.
Nobui Uematsu :love: So much of the Final Fantasy Game music is stunning.
Yes i like his stuff too,but the TSW soundtrack by Goldenthal is pretty different.
Perfect for the movie and can even stand on his own,a good balance between typical hollywood soundtrack and more atonal stuff.

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Superman (Williams) has always been my favorite.

Seriously. If you haven't sat down and listened to the soundtrack album, then you just don't know.

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Quote from MSPMSP: "P.S Can someone please stick these through a decend sample-set/module and post the resulting mp3s?"

I have asked several times... how would one do this?

For example, the QuickTime player will play General Midi stuff, but how do you easily play back a General Midi file with better sounds (if even General Midi modules like Omnisounds, etc.)

I've been offered several suggestions in the past (ie. load up 10 instances of Omnisounds, etc.), but isn't there an easier way?

BTW, this is why I think the recently announced Native Instruments program (Bandstand?) will do well.

Any ideas? Thanks!

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