# best film scores **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 2, 2003, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-scores/158570 "2003-03-02T11:31:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-scores/158570/41 "2003-03-03T20:23:16Z")
The Last Temptation of Christ ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-scores/158570/42 "2003-03-06T00:47:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RawkStah \* > \*\*I’m Darth Vader, I’m the King of Hell! > But I have to answer to the Emperor. > He wants Luke Sky- > Walker for Himself, > cuz he’s strong in the Force > and he is my son. > > It takes some practice, but it will work. \*\* Which lines/words are repeated? Do the ends of the lines you’ve written correspond with the ends of the musical phrases? ---
**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-scores/158570/43 "2003-03-06T00:51:49Z")
**Batman**. It fits not only the movie, but the character perfectly. ---
**Author:** ![Philosophocles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Philosophocles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philosophocles)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-scores/158570/44 "2003-03-06T01:17:49Z")
Awwwww…Staaaaaar Waaaaaars…if they should baaaaar waaaars, please let theeeese staaaar waaaaars, stay. And hey how 'bout that nutty star wars bar…could you believe all the creatures in the-eeere, and hey, Darth Vader in that black and evil mask…did he scare you as much as he scared mee-eee-eee? ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-scores/158570/45 "2003-03-06T13:29:43Z")
…the 1930’s had some great film scores. There was a composer named Korngold, who wrote scores for MGM…you can buy them on a CD called “THE SEA HAWK”. Really beautiful music. I wonder if the movie industry of today has as much musical talent as in the past…most modern film scores don’t seem (to me) to be very well orchestrated. ---
**Author:** ![bee\_with\_an\_itch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@bee\_with\_an\_itch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bee_with_an_itch)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-scores/158570/46 "2003-03-06T13:50:39Z")
The Rock - starring Sean Connery and Nic Cage - lovely music Monty Python’s Search for the Holy Grail - great music ---
**Author:** ![annieclaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5a626/32.png) [@annieclaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/annieclaus)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-scores/158570/47 "2003-03-06T14:29:21Z")
I thought of another one: PATTON. There is a really haunting theme in there. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-scores/158570/48 "2003-03-07T05:49:05Z")
> [@](#): > > annieclaus wrote: > > I thought of another one: PATTON. There is a really haunting theme in there. Yes! A Jerry Goldsmith classic! That _Patton_ score, (especially “Winter March”) haunted me when I first heard it. It was one of the first soundtracks I ever got. I then started collecting more Goldsmith soundtracks, and the rest is history. ---
**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-scores/158570/49 "2003-03-07T05:59:17Z")
Old, obscure, but worth hunting down: _Alexander Nevsky_, 1938, directed by Sergei Eisenstein, score by Prokofiev. ---
**Author:** ![scablet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@scablet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scablet)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-scores/158570/50 "2003-03-07T06:08:00Z")
Requiem for a Dream A Clockwork Orange (though not original) Already been mentioned that I’m seconding/thirding/whatevering: Glory LOTR Blade Runner Majority of Elfman’s scores, esp. Pee Wee and Beetlejuice and Edward Scissorhands and… !!! ---
**Author:** ![kefka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@kefka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kefka)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-scores/158570/51 "2003-03-07T07:24:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Early Out \* > \*\*Old, obscure, but worth hunting down: _Alexander Nevsky_, 1938, directed by Sergei Eisenstein, score by Prokofiev. \*\* i second this… in fact, the only time i’ve ever heard prokofiev’s score was because the national symphony orchestra and washington choral society performed the score at wolftrap in vienna, virginia while the film was played on a huge screen… truly a stunning piece of music, and as this has become an en vogue way to hear music and see film, if this opportunity becomes available for this or any other piece of music in your area, i highly recommend checking it out… it’s wonderful to hear such beautiful music played live by an amazing orchestra while getting to see the film its associated with… ---
**Author:** ![AntaresJB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@AntaresJB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AntaresJB)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-scores/158570/52 "2003-03-07T07:28:40Z")
Woo, film music. I did a term paper for my Music History class on flim music. Mostly because all the other topics were taken. I like a lot of John Williams, even though my Music History prof thought he was a hack who wrote pop-classical stuff to appeal to the masses. Eh, it’s pretty! I like _Jurassic Park_ most definitely, and one that wasn’t mentioned – **Gettysburg**. :sigh: so pretty. ---
**Author:** ![hobbes730](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/97f17d/32.png) [@hobbes730](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hobbes730)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-scores/158570/53 "2003-03-24T04:17:51Z")
Anything by Eric Serra or Hans Zimmer, ESPECIALLY **The Fifth Element** and **Gladiator**. ---
**Author:** ![karomon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@karomon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/karomon)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-scores/158570/54 "2003-03-24T07:02:48Z")
Ghost in the Shell. neon genesis evangelion had a pretty mediocre score, but it was used quite effectively. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-scores/158570.md?page=2)