Hey BlueSky folks… what are your top three favorite scores for film, TV, or games?
I’ll start! These are the three I’m feeling tonight…
- Conan the Barbarian by Basil Poledouris
- Star Trek The Motion Picture by Jerry Goldsmith
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind by John Williams
I’ll start! These are the three I’m feeling tonight…
- Conan the Barbarian by Basil Poledouris
- Star Trek The Motion Picture by Jerry Goldsmith
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind by John Williams
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Charlie Brown Christmas
2. Vertigo
3. To Kill A Mockingbird
-Aliens- James Horner
-The Thing - Ennio Morricone
Wrath of Khan by James Horner
Raiders of the Lost Ark by Williams
- pirates of the Caribbean
- Batman 1985
Social Network - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
God of War - you
Tron: Legacy - Daft Punk
Batman - Danny Elfman
Star Wars by John Williams (the first record I ever owned as a child and played incessantly).
Batman by Danny Elfman (would have been here regardless of the fact that I have an Oingo Boingo tattoo).
War Horse - John Williams
How to Train Your Dragon - John Powell
Skyfall - Thomas Newman
Lord of the Rings (Howard Shore)
Escaflowne (Yoko Kanno)
The Lion King (Hans Zimmer)
TV Score (Currently):
Rings of Power
Game of Thrones (Ramin Djwadi)
Loki (Natalie Holt)
Video Games (Currently):
Journey (Austin Wintory)
Kingdom Hearts (Yoko Shimamura)
God of War
Persona Series - Shoji Meguro
Breath of the Wild - Manaka Kataoka
My top faves of his are probably Land Before Time, An American Tail, Legends of the Fall, Glory, Braveheart and Willow.
- Conan OST from Basil 100% as well
- Blade Runner - from Vangelis
- Shadow Man ( the 1999 game ) - Tim Haywood
The Last Jedi/John Williams
The Martian/Harry Gregson-Williams
Lord of the Rings Trilogy/Howard Shore
Video Games:
Hogwarts Legacy/Chuck e Meyers and J Scott Rakozy
Project Wingman/Jose Pavli
Pokémon Gold and Silver/Junichi Masuda/Go Ichinose, but I really like the Braxton Burks versions.
- The Swimmer by Marvin Hamlisch
- JFK by John Williams
News of the World - James Newton Howard
Back to the Future - Alan Silvestri
-The mission
-gladiator
-Interstellar
Tv(i didn't watch a lot but here some tracks i liked)
-the Vikings are told of ragnar's death (from vikings)
-lucrezia donati (from Da vinci's demons)
-the night king (game of thrones)
Games(im not a gamer)
-Medal Of Honor european assault
1. #Outlander S1
2. #Outlander S5
3. #Outlander S6
☺️♥️☺️♥️☺️♥️
Taxi Driver
Robinson Cruesoe
Jurassic Park (you know who)
Terminator (Brad Fiedel)
Goodfellas
Slumdog Millionaire
Only 3? I missed millers crossing, BluesBrothers, Moulin Rouge, etc etc etc.
- The Lion King – Elton John, Tim Rice & Hans Zimmer
- Civilization - Christopher Tin
Christopher Tin conducts “Baba Yetu” – his Grammy Award-winning theme song written for Civilization IV.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noneMROp_E8
Harry Potter (first three)- Williams
How the West Was Won- Newman
And many, many others. 😊
Final Fantasy 7 by Nobuo Uematsu
The Last Supper by Mark Mothersbaugh
Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence - Ryuichi Sakamoto
La Planète Sauvage - Alain Goraguer
Fargo
Baldurs Gate 3
Blade runner 1982 - Vangelis
The Crow 1994- whole soundtrack is amazing but NIN’s cover of Joy Division’s Dead Souls is spectacular
The Chronicles of Narnia Prince Caspian - Harry Gregson-Williams
The West Wing - Snuffy Walden
Yann Tiersen - Amélie
Alexandre Desplat - Julie and Julia
Batman Begins
Batman 1989
Cinema Paradiso - Ennio Morricone
Batman - Danny Elfman
Phantom Thread - Greenwood
The English Patient - Yared
Empire of the Sun- Williams
My #1 favourite honestly is God of War Ragnarok, huge love for 'Huldra Brothers' and 'A Son's Path'
but #2 after that is Stardew Valley by ConcernedApe - specifically 'Dance of the Moonlight Jellies', that entire soundtrack cures my anxiety haha
Snatch
Brokedown Palace
The X-Files, Mark Snow
Westworld, Ramin Djawadi
Avatar: The Last Airbender, Jeremy Zuckerman & Benjamin Wynn
2nd X Files theme
3rd Supernatural song
4th Superman Christopher Reeve movies theme.
For TV: Rings of Power, of course
For games: I’m gonna cheat and say a dead heat between God of War 2018, Ghost of Tsushima, and the original Koji Kondo Legend of Zelda
Persona 5
My Hero Academia
The Batman
‘Moonraker’ - John Barry
‘Towering Inferno’ - John Williams
‘The Swarm’ - Jerry Goldsmith
The Magnificent Seven - Elmer Bernstein
The Dam Busters - Eric Coates
Honourable Mentions:
Chariots of Fire - Vangelis
Superman Theme - John Williams
Star Wars Theme - John Williams
2001: A Space Odyssey (Also Sprach Zarathustra) - Richard Strauss
-Pirates of the Caribbean by Hans Zimmer
-The Crown by Martin Phipps
-Planet Coaster by Jim Guthrie & JJ Ipsen
Movie -Terminator 2 - Brad Fiedel
Video Game - Resident Evil 2 - Masami Ueda, Shusaku Uchiyama, and Syun Nishigaki
TV - Sarah Connor Chronicles 🫨
1) Nier Automata by Keiichi Okabe
2) FFXV: Episode Ignis by Yasunori Mitsuda
3) Is a toss-up between Horizon Zero Dawn by Joris de Man, God of War: Ragnarok by yourself, and Baldur's Gate 3 by Borislav Slavov.
I listen to all soundtracks daily 😅
Would like to see it mentioned more in the replies. 😊
Film:
Silverado - Bruce Broughton
https://youtu.be/wc6baEzK6Wo?si=gurAhsCweNsdJ1ta
TV:
Stargate Atlantis - Joel Goldsmith
https://youtu.be/3joPyRPo_gU?si=snhvQbXG9oSy29ro
Animation:
Incredits from The Incredibles - Michael Giacchino
https://youtu.be/voLQroAnoLI?si=6B6jipsSmWGwJMfn
The Godfather theme
FFXIV Heavensward main theme
The Last of the Mohicans by Trevor Jones
Charlie Brown Christmas by Vince Guaraldi
Star Wars: A New Hope (of course, though almost anything John Williams could take this spot)
A Series of Unfortunate Events, the film starring Jim Carrey (still one of the most interesting listening experiences of my life)
Streets of fire
Mortal Kombat
The girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Judgment night
(Sorry can't count to 3)
Pretty much anything John Williams
The score from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Film: Giorgio Moroder’s music and score for the 1984 Metropolis
TV: Sanford and Son just for The Streetbeater. RIP Quincy Jones 🕯️
Video Game: Zombie Ate My Neighbors for Genesis and SNES
Mishima a life in four chapters
Once upon a time in the west
Sons of Steel soundtrack
The Rocketeer
Queen of the Damned
Hush - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Persona 5 - Shoji Meguro
FFVII - Nobuo Uemetsu
Back to the Future
The Godfather I and II
E.T.
The Incredibles - Michael Giacchino
My Hero Academia - Yuki Hayashi
Star Wars saga by John Williams
The Harry Potter films by John Williams, Alexander Desplat, Nicholas Hooper, and Patrick Doyle
2. Space 1999 season one theme by Barry Gray
3. Assault on Precinct 13 by John Carpenter.
Off the top of my head and not really thinking about it
Loki by Natalie Holt
Joker by Hildur Guðnadóttir
1 - Don Juan DeMarco - Michael Kamen
2 - The Godfather - Nino Rota
3 - Gone with the Wind - Max Steiner
TV:
1 - Outlander 😘
2 - My Brilliant Friend - Max Richter
3 - White Lotus - Cristobal Tapia de Veer
Amacord- Nino Rota
The Milagros Beanfield War-Dave Grusin
Fave scores?
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Escape From New York
You Only Live Twice
while not an instrumental score, can never listen to Phantom of the Paradise too much...Paul Williams
- Vertigo - Bernard Herman
Close Encounters - I sincerely believe that it's John William's pinnacle
Bram Stoker's Dracula - Wojciech Kilar
Honorable mention to Donny Darko and the Mummy 1999.
Lord of the Rings
and this one I really love cos it does a lot of interesting things:
Ludwig Goransson’s score for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- there’s actually a whole documentary about the Making Of that score on Disney+. Voices Rising, I think it’s called.
Westworld - Ramin Djawadi
The Equalizer - Stewart Copeland
Andor - Nicholas Britell
HonMen:
Arrival - Jóhann Jóhannson
Babylon 5 - Christopher Franke
Solaris - Cliff Martinez
Miami Vice - Jan Hammer
Close Encounters - John Williams
The Lord of the Rings - Howard Shore
Candyman by Philip Glass
Manhunter by Michel Rubini
Hildur Guðnadóttir -Joker
Mica Levi’s - Under the Skin Wojchiech Kilar’s - Dracula
Vangelis - Blade Runner
Forbidden Planet - Bebe and Louis Barron
The Aristocats
High Society
TV: Deadwood, Justified and recently Shogun, Scavenger’s Reign, Arcane.
Nightmare before Christmas
Lilith Diablo
Stranger Things (S1-2) - Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein
The Thing/The Hateful Eight - Ennio Morricone
Honorable Mentions
Blade Runner 2049
Dune 2
Interstellar- Hans Zimmer
(Can’t pick one)
Watchmen - Trent reznor/atticus Ross
Twin Peaks - Angelo baladamenti
Doctor who (S1-S4) - Murray gold
Movies:
TDK and TDKR - Hans Zimmer
Blade runner - vangelis
LOTR - Howard shore
- Spirited Away by Joe Hisaishi
- Interstellar by Hans Zimmer
- House of the Dragon by Ramin Djawadi
(special mention for The Crown by Gregson Williams, 3body problem by Djawadi, Across the spider-verse by Daniel Pemberton 🧡)
Byzantium (2012)
(Yeah, I’m a big Javier Navarrete fan… 😍)
- Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 1
- Life is Strange 1
2 of these are games but the scores for some games are wildly underrated
These are some of my favourites.
But i’m also a huge fan of the lotr and the trop scores.
Escape From NY - John Carpenter
Fletch - Harold Faltermeyer
(Conan is also up there!)
Castlevania SOTN
Mega Man 2
Final Fantasy VII
Dunkirk - Hans Zimmer. Great for working to a deadline.
Moon - Clint Mansell
Second: Alien/ planet of the apes
Third: Star wars a new hope.
Star Trek: The Motion Picture by Jerry Goldsmith
Lincoln by John Williams
The Wind Rises by Joe Hisaishi
Star Trek: Picard Season 3 by Barton and Wiedmann
Loki by Natalie Holt
“The Doomsday Machine” by Sol Kaplan
- 'Transformers' by Steve Jablonsky
- 'Man of Steel' by Hans Zimmer
- 'The Batman' by Michael Giacchino
Outlander
The West Wing
Cheesy but it worked - Dallas, Miami Vice
Gattaca (Michael Nyman)
The Expanse (Clinton Shorter)
- The Last of the Mohicans by Trevor Jones & Randy Edelman
- the entirety of PJ's Middle Earth saga by Howard Shore
- RoP by @bearmccreary.bsky.social 😉
Honorable mentions:
Thor:DW-Brian Taylor
Doctor Who-Murray Gold
Star Trek 2009-Michael Giacchino
Star Wars-John Williams
The Bourne Identity
Watchmen TV series
Run Lola Run
Lord of the Rings - Howard Shore
Destiny 2: Beyond Light Original Soundtrack - Michael Salvatori, Skye Lewin
The last one in full but especially for #DeepStoneLullaby
Guardians of the galaxy
Purple rain
2.Turbo Kid by Mathos
3.Sleepy Hollow by Danny Elfman
- Firestarter by Tangerine Dream
- Blade Runner by Vangelis
- To Live And Die In L.A. by Wang Chung
Conan The Barbarian
The Good The Bad And The Ugly - Ennio Morricone
Well....... I like best........... Hand Me Down That Can Of Beans.
The score for Last of the Mohicans got me through tough adolescent times, though I hadn’t actually seen it all the way through til about a year ago.
John Williams’ Star Wars always gets me in the throat, too.
Jurassic Park - John Williams (bonus mention for the rest of Williams's work)
The Lion King - Hand Zimmer
Close 4th for Red Dead Redemption 2
Lord of the Rings (the whole thing) (Howard Shore)
Star Wars (no cheating this time, just AOTC) (John Williams)
The Crow (Graeme Raevell)
TV
BSG reboot (no I'm not sucking up)
Loki (Natalie Holt)
Farscape (Guy Gross)
GAMES
World of Warcraft (various)
Mass Effect 3 (various)
Civ VI (various)
Mandy - Johann Johannsson
Batman Returns - Danny Elfman
Elden Ring
Hollow Knight
Outer Wilds
Sherlock Holmes movies
Barbie movies in general
Pride and prejudice (newer)
Oblivion
Tarzan
BRIDGERTON
STAR WARS.
Jamming in Jamaica (my scene)
The bratz rock angels video game.
Hercules (1982) - Pino Donaggio
Midnight Express - Georgio Moroder
Wojciech Kilar - Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Cliff Eidelman - Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Spirit Hans Zimmer
Howl’s Moving Castle Joe Hisaishi
Also love Elfman's stuff, particularly Nightmare and Scissorhands.
And really like 90% of Williams. Shit, 95%. Absolute forever legend.
Lord the Rings
Ocarina of Time
La Planète Sauvage- Alain Goraguer
Coffy- Roy Ayers
The Lion King by Hanz Zimmer
Lord Of The Rings Trilogy by Howard Shore
Stargate Movie theme
Shape of Things to Come, by you!
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan - James Horner
Battlestar Galactica - someone called Bear McCreary
The Revenant (Movie) - by Sakamoto and Alva Noto
Stray (Game) - by Yann van der Cruyssen
Phantom Thread (Movie) - by Jonny Greenwood
Blues Brothers
1776 - excellent score all but forgotten- and something we need now. About the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
To remove ourselves from the threat of a tyrant
Doctor Who - Season 5
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) (mostly for nostalgia, but it does slap)
Currently, my favorites are Fall of the House of Usher by the Newton Brothers (or anything they do in the Flanaverse).
Also am digging The Giver by Marco Beltrami and Intersteller by Hans Zimmer.
Scores are one of my favorite genres, so I always have favorites.
Romer - Maniac
Colin Stetson - Barkskins
Bensi & Jurriaans - Tokyo Vice
Final Destination Series by Shirley Walker and Brian Tyler
Due South by Jay Semko, Jack Lenz and John McCarthy
=D
The thing 1982
Nope
The Last Samurai by Hans Zimmer
The Perfect Storm by James Horner
Star Trek by Michael Giacchino
Doctor Who in general has amazing scores but Blink is a particularly favorite piece.
Ori and the blind forest - Gareth Coker
All of the Harry Potter soundtracks (every christmas)
And the skyrim soundtrack by Jeremy Soule
Spirited Away, Joe Hisaishi
Journey, Austin Wintory
Interstellar, Hans Zimmer
Hook
Amistad
2. Anything by John Barry, RIP
3. Howard Shore, Lord of the Rings
(Yes, I'm aware who you are 😊)
Spirited away
Chrono trigger
Battlestar Galactica
Attack of the Clones
The Incredibles - Michael Giacchino
Westworld S1 - Ramin Djawadi
But was disturbed that a song I love, I Think Its Going to Rain Today is about being homeless.
"Human kindness, overflowing" is sarcasm.
It's so sad
JW probably has five of the remaining top ten, though.
August Rush
The Lion King
As for me:
For film:
Conan the Barbarian, Basil Poledouris
Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan James Horner
Superman John Williams
TV:
Robotech (1985) Ulpio Minucci
Cowboy Bebop Yoko Kanno
The Leftovers Max Richter tie with
Battlestar Galactica Bear McCreary :)
2. Rogue One by Michael Giacchino
3….. And Rings of Power by you 😅
I also really love Lauren Perez Del Mar’s “The Red Turtle” soundtrack
And Hans Zimmer’s “The Lion King” has been a lifelong favorite of mine.
Man, this is such a tough question 😂
Hannibal - Brian Reitzell
In the Mood For Love - Umebayashi Shigeru
Patriot Games - James Horner
Requiem for a Dream - Clint Mansell
The Fountain - Clint Mansell
Twin Peaks - Angelo Badalamenti
Chernobyl - Hildur Guðnadóttir
for starters.
Hans Zimmer's Interstellar
James Horner's Glory
Jerry Goldsmith's Total Recall
A bit biased, but the God of War Ragnarök OST makes my top three hehe (thank you!)
Inception's OST probably takes the last spot!
Chuck Mangione is just amazing..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxIsd1KZywQ
Twin Peaks (Original TV series) by Angelo Badalamenti
Blade Runner by Vangelis
star wars ofc, especially “across the stars” and “duel of the fates”.
game of thrones! my favorites being “the light of the seven” and “blood of my blood”.
- Lord Of The Rings Online (The whole game has amazing score based on the original trilogy)
- Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (Maybe it's my childhood talking, but whenever I hear Duel of the Fates I just want to zoom around. Instant enchantment.)
The Thin Red Line
Indiana Jones
Waiting to Exhale
Star Wars: A New Hope
Outlander, especially C&J music.
Then, I'm torn between James Bond theme OR
Magnificent 7..🙃
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmP4vLbExLs
- FLCL
- Persona 5
Sonic Frontiers - Tomoya Otani
Cowboy Bebop - Yoko Kanno
Raiders of the Lost Ark, by John Williams
Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse, by Daniel Pemberton
Umimachi Diary, by Yoko Kanno
Those are my answers today, but that can change at any time. Ask me again, tomorrow...
Lately love listening to Kris Bowers' The Wild Robot score right now (damn all these Onion cutting ninja's everywhere!)
And ofc Baldur's Gate 3 soundtrack by Borislav Slavov ❤️
Harry Potter - John Williams
Dune - Hans zimmer
https://youtu.be/_j5GgGdSwjE?si=32XWpWF6xLCOPq_v
Godzilla (1954)- Akira Ifukube
Batman (1989)- Danny Elfman
These are my choices. If I'd have to include a fourth, it'd run the entire gamut of the Mobile Suit Gundam series history and all the talented people behind that.
The Last of the Mohicans by Trevor Jones
Henry V by Patrick Doyle
Solaris (2002) - Cliff Martinez
Tron Legacy - Daft Punk
Rockford Files theme song
Soundtrack of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Superman - Jon Williams
Carrie - Pino Donaggio
The Walking Dead - Some guy named Bear, I think... 😉
Succession by Nicholas Britell
Dune by Hans Zimmer
The Mission - Ennio Morricone
Dirty Harry - Lalo Schifrin