Lord of the Rings voted 'best movie soundtrack'

BBC ^ | 08.26.14

[Perdogg]

The soundtrack to the Lord of the Rings film trilogy has been deemed the best of all time, beating John Williams' 1977 Star Wars score into second place.Composer Howard Shore's accompaniment won the Classic FM listeners' accolade for the fifth consecutive year.Hans Zimmer's music to Gladiator, Schindler's List by John Williams and John Barry's soaring Out of Africa score made the top five.

[Perdogg]

I have all three of the complete soundtracks.

[Vince Ferrer]

I like 2001: A Space Odyssey. Most of the music was not written for the film, but it matches perfectly.

2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY - From Earth to the Moon - Blue Danube

Aram Khachaturian - Gayane: Adagio

[Library Lady]

Man From Snowy River
Lonesome Dove
Last of the Mohicans

[pierrem15]

The soundtrack to Last of the Mohicans directed by Mann in the 90's is the best movie soundtrack, ever.

[WalterSkinner]

..Maurice Jarre, Jerry Goldsmith, Bernard Herrmann -—geniuses whose soundtracks took their movies to another level...

[Vince Ferrer]

Superman

Superman has the best opening credits of any film.

Superman

If a movie is going to open like that, it better have an awesome movie behind it. Luckily, it did.

[dadfly]

Patton. Goldsmith.

[gorush]

How the West was Won.

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I agree that LOTR is the best. I’d put Gettyburg in second, last of the Mohicans in third, Braveheart in fourth, Gods and Generals in fifth.

[Captain Peter Blood]

One of the best movie sound tracks, top 5 no doubt, the music from the movie “The Big Country” with Gregory Peck, Carroll Baker and jean Simmons. Check that out!!!!!!!!!!

[T. P. Pole]

The way I think of it is “can you hum the tune?” I am pretty well versed in classical music, and for the life of me I could not hum any of the themes in the LOTR trilogy. And I have just watched the whole set again about a month ago.

Star Wars? Yes.

Indiana Jones? Yes.

Superman? Yes.

Baron Munchausen? (just to include non-Williams) Yes.

The Natural? Yes.

Pirates of the Caribbean? Yes.

LOTR? Nope.

[a fool in paradise]

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

So good that it plays for almost four and half minutes before anything appears on the screen.

What a score. What a film.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***Ben-Hur***

Anything by Miklos Rosza is great!
http://www.miklosrozsa.org/

Also Dimitri Tiomkin.
http://www.dimitritiomkin.com/

[Scoutdad]

Lots of good ones mentioned. I can’t argue with the choice though. I use it as background music when I work all the time. The vocals at the end of each is near inspired. I have to put Lawrence up there as well. Another that I really think is underrated is Sparticus. And how can soundtracks be mentioned and Alexander Nevsky not get mentioned?

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Anything by ELMER Bernstein.

THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (Can’t top this!)
THE 10 COMMANDMENTS (The crossing of the Red Sea is great, along with the orgy scene.)
ZULU DAWN

http://www.elmerbernstein.com/

Also, Anything by ERIC WOLFGANG KORNGOLD!
ROBIN HOOD
THE SEA HAWK
http://www.korngold-society.org/works_list.html

[StayoutdaBushesWay]

My vote goes to Braveheart.

[SeekAndFind]

For some strange reason, I've spoken to several women who found a liking to the score of the film: SOMEWHERE IN TIME.

It wasn't a huge hit when it first came out, but has since acquired a huge cult following...

The film is known for its musical score composed by John Barry. The 18th variation of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini also runs throughout the film.

[MarDav]

Check out anything by Hans Zimmer The Last Samurai, Gladiator, Inception. Some very stirring music.

[relictele]

American Graffiti!

I know, I know, original score.....