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fmr · Post by **fmr** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 11:13 pm

whyterabbyt wrote: Fri Jan 11, 2019 4:08 pm Here's one that I always found remarkably appropriate for a rather haunting film.

Oh yeah... Gheorghe Zamfir playing the pan pipes, and Marcel Cellier accompanying at the pipe organ. What is interesting is that the music wasn't even composed for the movie. It had been released previously. The film is great too, BTW.

Zamfir would be called later to collaborate with Ennio Morricone in the (also fantastic) Cockeye's Song from "Once Upon a Time in America"

Musicisbest · Post by **Musicisbest** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 11:44 pm

2 favs are:

Blade Runner
Witness

Dasheesh · Post by **Dasheesh** » Sat Jan 12, 2019 12:39 am

Zombie Queen wrote: Fri Jan 11, 2019 10:06 pm

...and Suicide is Painless hasn't popped out yet?

Really enjoyed this one.

donkey tugger · Post by **donkey tugger** » Sat Jan 12, 2019 12:41 am

Not enough 12 string action for my liking. Best have...

Dasheesh · Post by **Dasheesh** » Sat Jan 12, 2019 12:46 am

fmr wrote: Fri Jan 11, 2019 11:08 pm Well, you didn't really define what you meant with "theme music". People seem to have assumed you were talking about movie soundtracks. Not necessarily. But if we are talking about "theme music" in movie soundtracks, I would say that Vangelis would be a serious candidate for me. Chariots of Fire, Blade Runner, 1492, all could easily qualify. I did a compilation of great movie themes in the Summer, and even excluding everything from Vangelis and Hans Zimmer (because those have a special place in my library) as well as the soundtracks from Star Wars and The Lord of Rings, I still had to force me to stop at 150 themes.

Anyway, maybe the best movie theme of all time is the theme of Tara from "Gone With the Wind" (composed by Max Steiner).

Yet nothing compares with the opening scene of "2001: A Space Odyssey". The introduction of "Also Sprach Zarathustra" from Richard Strauss, coupled with the movie scene, still gives me thrills (jump to 6:00):

Boom! Gone with the wind is giving superman a run for it's money for sure! I had been thinking about 2001, but abandoned it due to being a collection of famous scores instead of a freshly written score for a single project. Gone with the wind is wayyyyyyy up there at the top of the list tho! top shelf.

Dasheesh · Post by **Dasheesh** » Sat Jan 12, 2019 12:52 am

Jesus... 4 minutes and 22 seconds and I just went through every human emotion one can experience. How is it possible to fit all that in 4:22?

BMoore · Post by **BMoore** » Sat Jan 12, 2019 1:07 am

Y'all be crazy.
This is the best one:

The Noodlist · Post by **The Noodlist** » Sat Jan 12, 2019 1:24 am

Moved.

Dasheesh · Post by **Dasheesh** » Sat Jan 12, 2019 1:32 am

yeah, no, I'm going "gone with the wind" is my new number one. John Williams "superman" moves into the second spot.

then there is John Barry working up the charts. indecent proposal was brilliant thematic music.

woggle · Post by **woggle** » Sat Jan 12, 2019 1:34 am

So many great pieces written for TV

Dasheesh · Post by **Dasheesh** » Sat Jan 12, 2019 1:38 am

I also feel the need to devote an entire post to the works of Thomas Newman. Our modern day John Williams. A guy so prolific in his compositions and epic in the quality of his work I can't decide which is the best. So I'll throw it out there. Which is your favorite?

Road to perdition

meet Joe Black

Shawshank Redemption?

Finding Nemo?

My favorite might be Wall E

Dasheesh · Post by **Dasheesh** » Sat Jan 12, 2019 1:51 am

Oh, wait... Danny Elfman had some pretty epic scores too.

The Noodlist · Post by **The Noodlist** » Sat Jan 12, 2019 1:51 am

This one is so good it was used as a theme at least twice!

Classic, yes sir!
Wow, the growth of this thread is super fast.

Dasheesh · Post by **Dasheesh** » Sat Jan 12, 2019 1:55 am

I think Edward Scissorhands is moving up my list. Am I crazy?

Dasheesh · Post by **Dasheesh** » Sat Jan 12, 2019 1:58 am

this carpetbaggers is pretty good stuff. I'm unfamiliar with it so, not added to the list, but absolute quality!

The greatest theme music in the history of man?