# Favorite movie score of all time? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 22, 2010, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-score-of-all-time/544124 "2010-06-22T14:36:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-score-of-all-time/544124/1 "2010-06-22T14:36:53Z")
Inspired by [this earlier thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=12605545&posted=1#post12605545). Some of mine: [ul] **On Her Majesty’s Secret Service** [/ul] [ul] **Dances With Wolves** [/ul] [ul] **Dr. No** [/ul] [ul] **Gladiator** [/ul] [ul] **Rome** [/ul] [ul] **The Mission** [/ul] [ul] **A.I. - Artificial Intelligence** [/ul] [ul] **Star Trek: The Motion Picture** [/ul] [ul] **Rebel Without a Cause** [/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-score-of-all-time/544124/2 "2010-06-22T14:40:01Z")
A Streetcar Named Desire Taxi Driver Chinatown Vertigo Magnificent Seven ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-score-of-all-time/544124/3 "2010-06-22T14:42:06Z")
(I should add that both movie and TV soundtracks qualify, the title of the thread notwithstanding.) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-score-of-all-time/544124/4 "2010-06-22T14:46:26Z")
\*\*Star Wars (Original/A New Hope) Raiders of the Lost Ark The Rocketeer Forbidden Planet The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad Patton \*\* That’s excluding scores with classical music, like **2001** , **Barry Lyndon** , other Stanley Kubrick films, and **Fantasia**. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-score-of-all-time/544124/5 "2010-06-22T14:46:34Z")
just off the top of my head - _North By Northwest_ - _Sneakers_ - _Sherlock Holmes_ ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-score-of-all-time/544124/6 "2010-06-22T14:52:09Z")
At the risk of sounding incredibly pretentious: **Lieutenant Kijé**. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-score-of-all-time/544124/7 "2010-06-22T14:55:07Z")
Hmm, two dozen faves off the top of my head: _King Kong_ (Steiner) _Bride of Frankenstein_ (Waxman) _Alexander Nevsky_ (Prokofiev) _Pinocchio_ (Harline/Smith/Washington) _Henry V_ (Walton) _The Ghost & Mrs. Muir_ (Herrmann) _The Red Shoes_ (Easdale) _The Big Country_ (Moross) _Anatomy of a Murder_ (Ellington) _Breakfast at Tiffany’s_ (Mancini) _Juliet of the Spirits_ (Rota) _The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly_ (Morricone) _The Lion in Winter_ (Barry) _Z_ (Theodorakis) _Two English Girls_ (Delerue) _The Taking of Pelham One Two Three_ (Shire) _The Empire Strikes Back_ (Williams) _Conan the Barbarian_ (Poledouris) _Under Fire_ (Goldsmith) _Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure_ (Burton) _Candyman_ (Glass) _Cutthroat Island_ (Debney) _American Beauty_ (T.Newman) _The Motorcycle Diaries_ (Santaolalla) ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-score-of-all-time/544124/8 "2010-06-22T14:59:21Z")
Kill Bill (which is my answer to all kinds of ‘favorite movie’ questions. But I really love that score) There Will be Blood ETA: Almost forgot the Lion King ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-score-of-all-time/544124/9 "2010-06-22T15:01:28Z")
Some of my faves are in that list, **ArchiveGuy**. Made me think of a few others: Cool Hand Luke Bullitt The Vikings Pal Joey (yes, it was a musical, but even so…) The Great Escape From TV: Peter Gunn Mannix Mr. Lucky Adventures in Paradise Air Power Checkmate ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-score-of-all-time/544124/10 "2010-06-22T15:03:07Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > Kill Bill (which is my answer to all kinds of ‘favorite movie’ questions. But I really love that score) Not a score–a soundtrack. Virtually none of the music was written for the film. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-score-of-all-time/544124/11 "2010-06-22T15:04:22Z")
The original _Casino Royale_(Burt Bacharach, Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass) ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-score-of-all-time/544124/12 "2010-06-22T15:04:36Z")
Alexander Nevsky North by Northwest Psycho The Lion in Winter Star Trek II: The Wrath on Khan Twilight Zone: The Movie ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-score-of-all-time/544124/13 "2010-06-22T15:08:01Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > Not a score–a soundtrack. Virtually none of the music was written for the film. That’s the only reason that wasn’t my first answer. It was truly brilliant music selection. Almost forgot – Ed Wood. That and NxNW tie for best opening title ever. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-score-of-all-time/544124/14 "2010-06-22T15:14:46Z")
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service You Only Live Twice South Pacific West Side Story Dances With Wolves ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-score-of-all-time/544124/15 "2010-06-22T15:16:38Z")
Betty Blue ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-score-of-all-time/544124/16 "2010-06-22T15:17:18Z")
For helping to kickstart Bossa Nova: _Black Orpheus_. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-score-of-all-time/544124/17 "2010-06-22T15:23:56Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > Not a score–a soundtrack. Virtually none of the music was written for the film. Ok. You just blew my mind. I could have sworn that RZA created music for Kill Bill. All kinds of scenes are floating through my mind that I love the music to and attributed to Rza. Funny thing is, I can’t even remember where I got such an idea from! I must have heard that he contributed to the soundtrack or something. ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-score-of-all-time/544124/18 "2010-06-22T15:28:27Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > ETA: Almost forgot the Lion King Yes! ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-score-of-all-time/544124/19 "2010-06-22T15:30:13Z")
I can’t believe I forgot **Lawrence of Arabia**. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-score-of-all-time/544124/20 "2010-06-22T15:32:19Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > Ok. You just blew my mind. I could have sworn that RZA created music for Kill Bill. All kinds of scenes are floating through my mind that I love the music to and attributed to Rza. Funny thing is, I can’t even remember where I got such an idea from! I must have heard that he contributed to the soundtrack or something. RZA did some fine music for _Ghost Dog_ which I might not have remembered before your comments. Good flic, too. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-score-of-all-time/544124.md?page=2)