My personal favorite is Harry Gregson-Williams; spy game, shrek, Kingdom of heaven.
Trevor Rabin and Hans Zimmer make some solid soundtracks as well.
Best Orchestral Soundtracks
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- KVRist
- 471 posts since 18 Mar, 2004
Could the soundtrack from Pirates of the Caribbean (Klaus Badelt) be ripped more from Hans Zimmer/Gladiator?
A total muck up.
+1 For John Williams btw.
A total muck up.
+1 For John Williams btw.
History is full of two kinds of people.
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- KVRAF
- 1644 posts since 18 Mar, 2004 from Lincoln, CA
Macross: Do You Remember Love? - Haneda Kentaro
Conan the Barbarian - Basil Poledouris
Aliens - James Horner
Somewhere In Time - John Barry
The Living Daylights - John Barry
Game orchestral score:
Hitman Contracts - Jesper Kyd
Lineage II - Bill Brown
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic - Jeremy Soule
The Longest Journey - Bjørn Arve Lagim
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty - Harry Gregson-Williams
Conan the Barbarian - Basil Poledouris
Aliens - James Horner
Somewhere In Time - John Barry
The Living Daylights - John Barry
Game orchestral score:
Hitman Contracts - Jesper Kyd
Lineage II - Bill Brown
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic - Jeremy Soule
The Longest Journey - Bjørn Arve Lagim
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty - Harry Gregson-Williams
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- angelboy
- 4586 posts since 21 Aug, 2001 from Larnaca, Cyprus
Badalamenti certainly, but there's also this guy called Jeff Beal that wrote the Carnivale soundtrack (an HBO series, don't know if you know it) and that soundtrack's unbelievably spooky and melancholic.
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- KVRer
- 6 posts since 2 Nov, 2003 from Liverpool
Sonarman -
Yes the piece in the film is the 2nd movement of the Concerto Aranjuez and in the film whilst the piece is being played live in concert at a stately home the thief played by I think Michael Cain is breaking into the building. The tension in the scene is mixed superbly with the timing and tension of the solo guitar parts. I think the film was made in the 70’s but I cannot recall who was playing the guitar or which orchestra it was. I did have a old vinyl copy of the soundtrack but that has long since been mislaid.
Mike
Yes the piece in the film is the 2nd movement of the Concerto Aranjuez and in the film whilst the piece is being played live in concert at a stately home the thief played by I think Michael Cain is breaking into the building. The tension in the scene is mixed superbly with the timing and tension of the solo guitar parts. I think the film was made in the 70’s but I cannot recall who was playing the guitar or which orchestra it was. I did have a old vinyl copy of the soundtrack but that has long since been mislaid.
Mike
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- KVRist
- 434 posts since 14 Sep, 2005
MS - Just did a quick Google search on Deadfall. The movie site IMDB claims the guitar concerto was composed and played by Renata Tarrago (?) but another site called Moviegrooves says its by John Barry...?