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Perhaps the most famous modern example of this so-called ‘temp love’ is Stanley Kubrick’s decision to forgo Alex North’s original score for 2001: A Space Odyssey in favour of the classical music the film was edited with. It’s said that Kubrick neglected to inform North of his decision before the film’s premiere – which the latter ...
- Frozen – Christophe Beck. In Frozen, Disney animation moves back to its best form. Christophe Beck, composer for the Muppets’ recent big screen outings, wrote touching music that perfectly complemented the songs by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez.
- Interstellar – Hans Zimmer. Zimmer delivered magnificently for Interstellar, receiving an Oscar nod for his soundtrack. Painstakingly composed over two years, Zimmer visited London’s Temple Church to record its historic organ.
- Casablanca – Max Steiner. The peak of Max Steiner’s noir years, he apparently begged to drop ‘As Time Goes By’ from featuring in the film’s score, but was overruled.
- James Bond Theme – Monty Norman. The most famous guitar riff in cinema has featured in every official Bond film since Dr. No (1962), when it accompanied the opening title.
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- Sunset Boulevard
- A Streetcar Named Desire
- On The Waterfront
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A singularly haunting score by David Raskin, Laurais largely built around variations of the title song, which has an evocative lyric by Johnny Mercer. In the song, Laura is the ultimate, untouchable object of desire; in the movie she is a murdered woman with whom a police detective played by Dana Andrews becomes obsessed. So with the mix of love, s...
There couldn’t have been a better choice than Philip Glass to score an intense, psychological film about three women linked in different decades by the works of Virginia Woolf. All the hypnotic Glass trademarks are here and the circular nature of Glass’ music underlines the unseen connections between the characters, to alternately soothing and chil...
The wonder of Franz Waxman’s soundtrack to Sunset Boulevardwas that it took you inside Norma Desmond’s head, which was a cluttered place indeed. Accordingly, the score might be called one of the first mash-ups, containing snippets of jazz and popular song, along with more haunting themes that signify Norma’s insanity. Film scholars have pored over ...
A Streetcar Named Desire was one of the first mainstream films ever to have a fully jazz-based film score, as befits its New Orleans setting. But Pennsylvania-born composer Alex North was a true musical eclectic, who also studied with Aaron Copland and wrote symphonies; he famously wrote a score for 2001: A Space Odysseythat Stanley Kubrick never u...
On the Waterfront was Leonard Bernstein’s only proper movie score, not counting the famous musicals (West Side Story, Candide) that were adapted to film. Though now recognized as one of the great soundtracks, it proved a bit controversial at the time, since Bernstein envisioned the music as a crucial part of story development, a device that would i...
Jazz-associated pianist Dave Grusin is one of the more celebrated film composers of the modern era – for starters, all the non-Paul Simon music in The Graduate was his – and also the owner of the GRP label. Combining jazz, pop and New Age elements, his Golden Pondscore captures both the rustic New England setting of the film, and the bittersweet st...
The plot of High Noonbuilds slowly to its climactic gun battle, and Dimitri Tomkin’s film score is all dramatic tension, with recurring themes including a horse’s advancing hooves and the ominous melody of the title tune. With a vocal performed by Tex Ritter in the movie, the song’s percussive horse-hoof sound was actually made by a Hammond Novacho...
This was one of the later movie scores by the English composer John Barry, who’s forever associated with his James Bond soundtracks. Though a short score (only covering a half-hour of the film) it contains some of Barry’s prettiest and most melodically grabbing themes. It won Barry his second-to-last Oscar for Best Original Score (he’d win again in...
The Biblical epic Ben-Hur got a suitably grand score from Miklos Rozsa; with two-and-a-half hours of music, it was the longest score used in a film at that time. Everything about the score is larger than life, from its series of fanfares to the sweeping chariot race to the heavenly church organ that accompanies the appearance of Jesus onscreen. The...
Alfred Newman has one of the longest-running careers as a film composer, ranging from Charlie Chaplin films in the 1930s to his final project, Airport, in 1970. His score for the epic Western How the West Was Wonwas an unusual one, as it used country and folk tunes and in grand orchestral arrangements. One of the key moments was an adaptation of “G...
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Apr 3, 2024 · Aside from Emma, some of Portman’s other famous works include the scores for Chocolat, The Duchess, Mona Lisa Smile, and The Legend of Bagger Vance. 9. Joe Hisaishi. Joe Hisaishi by CityKane ( CC BY 2.0) Next is one of the most iconic anime film composers, the Japanese composer Joe Hisaishi.
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Jul 14, 2023 · 4 Magical Lord of the Rings Songs to Learn (From Hobbits to Wizards) Between Drama and Fantasy: Four Most Versatile Film Scores of Howard Shore. 2. 'Pride & Prejudice' (2005) - Dario Marianelli. Classical music creates a score that takes the viewer back in time in Pride & Prejudice.
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Mar 14, 2021 · Max Steiner. With 20 Oscar nominations logged from 1935 to 1956, three-time winner Max Steiner scored some of the most famous movies in cinematic history. Steiner wrote music for Gone With the Wind, Casablanca, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, and many more. RELATED: Casablanca & 9 Other Great Hollywood Movies From The 1940s.
Dec 2, 2008 · Waxman won the Academy Award in 1950 for Billy Wilder’s “Sunset Boulevard” and in 1951 for George Stevens’ “A Place in the Sun.”. He was the only composer to have won the award for ...
