My favorite compositions of
the top 10 film composers
I listened to the various compositions
produced by each one of the top 10 film music composers and finalized my
favorite piece from each of the composers. I preferred the pieces listed below
because they were the most popular and all seemed to captivate me with their
leading melodies.
John
Williams: Harry Potter Theme
Song
A mix of wonderment, surprise and danger,
John Williams did the unthinkable with the Harry Potter music -he created
his sixth iconic score for a fantasy movie franchise. This theme song is very popular,
as it’s associated with the well-known series of Harry Potter.
Maurice
Jarre: Lawrence of Arabia
Composer Maurice Jarre's
majestic score for David Lean's Lawrence of
Arabia is as epic and grand as the 1962 Oscar-winning movie
itself. Bombastic and hypnotic, balancing sweeping strings and brass with
violent percussion, Jarre (who
also conducts) holds back nothing, relying on the film's desert vistas to guide
his soaring, Middle Eastern-inspired cues into the listener's head like a
cannonball.
John
Barry: Dance with Wolves
Dances with Wolves is the original soundtrack of the 1990 Academy Award and Golden Globe winning film. Dances with Wolves produced, directed, and starring Kevin Costner. The original score and songs were composed and conducted by John Barry. John Barry won the 1991 Academy Award for Best Original Score and the 1992 Grammy Award for "Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television."
Dances with Wolves is the original soundtrack of the 1990 Academy Award and Golden Globe winning film. Dances with Wolves produced, directed, and starring Kevin Costner. The original score and songs were composed and conducted by John Barry. John Barry won the 1991 Academy Award for Best Original Score and the 1992 Grammy Award for "Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television."
James
Horner: Titanic
Titanic: Music from the Motion
Picture is the soundtrack to the film of the same name composed,
orchestrated and conducted by James Horner.
The soundtrack was released by Sony
Classical/Sony Music Soundtrax on November 18, 1997.
Elmer Bernstein: To kill a mockingbird
In contrast to the former movie's majestic
sound, Bernstein's score for Mockingbird (which won a Golden Globe Award and
was nominated for an Oscar) is appropriately subtle and nuanced, with most
tracks featuring delicate woodwind-and-string passages.
Danny
Elfman: Mission Impossible
Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture is
the official soundtrack for 1996 film, Mission: Impossible. The soundtrack was a
success, peaking at No. 16 on the Billboard 200 and
spawning the top-10 hit "Theme from Mission: Impossible"
by U2 members Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen,
Jr..
Hans
Zimmer: Pirates of the
Caribbean
The score was composed by Hans Zimmer in
2006. The soundtrack is much more experimental than the soundtrack to the first
film, Pirates of
the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, utilizing pipe organs, musical box and
electronic beats. Although the soundtrack seems to also utilize electric
guitars, Zimmer protests that no guitars were used in the
score.
James
Newton Howard: Batman begins
Batman Begins: Original Motion Picture
Soundtrack is the soundtrack
album to Christopher
Nolan's 2005 film Batman Begins.
It was released on June 15, 2005. The soundtrack drew from the film score, composed
by Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard, as well as
contributions by Ramin Djawadi, Lorne Balfe and
Mel Wesson.
Nino
Rota: Romeo and Juliet
There's a timeless innocence to Nino Rota's
theme for Franco Zeffirelli's lavish interpretation of the Shakespeare play.
It's since become a by-word for romantic angst and, perhaps unfairly, has been
used countless times in an ironic fashion on television and in other films to
lend an overwrought or hackneyed tone. But taken on its own merits and in the
context of the film, it's simple, delicate and beautiful.
Howard
Shore: Lord of the rings
The music of The Lord of the Rings film
series was composed, orchestrated, conducted and produced byHoward Shore. Shore wrote many hours of
music for The Lord of the Rings,
10 hours of which have been released in the Complete Recordings CD/DVD boxed
sets. Additional music, including alternate and unused compositions, was
released with the book The Music of the Lord of the Rings films in
2010.
References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_The_Lord_of_the_Rings_film_series
It would have been good to hear the same tracks that you had listened to. You need to think about how you can vary your delivery. Everything is all text based. In this day & age you should be using more than one means to communicate to your audience. Your information is good. It just needs lifting by using a variety of media.
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