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Otta Wrote:

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> For a more "epic" soundtrack (orchestral, not

> songs), I like Last of the mohicans.



The Last Of The Mohicans is the best soundtrack ever.


I bought CD's with it on & have watched the film at least 6 times. As much as I love the film, I have to watch it again & again, just for the music.


ETA My 2nd fave has to be The Good. The Bad & The Ugly

DJKillaQueen Wrote:

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> Favourite score 'Inception' or just about anything

> by Hans Zimmer. Like the score from 'Dances With

> Wolves' too.


Zimmer has been the busiest of boys, on paper. He farms a lot of the donkey work out his drones though. By all accounts - noting a basic tune down and handing it to someone else saying 'score that for me, would you?' is a regular occurrence. The 'Zimmer Score' that impressed me the most was The Thin Red Line, I think.


I'd nominate a couple of Kubricks:


The Shining has a great score / soundtrack.


2001 is my all-time fave though: if you get a chance to see/hear it in a good auditorium (I went to the BFI) the whole thing - just sounds amazing.. especially the silence.

*Bob* Wrote:

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> 2001 is my all-time fave though: if you get a

> chance to see/hear it in a good auditorium (I went

> to the BFI) the whole thing - just sounds

> amazing.. especially the silence.


Have you heard the original score which Kubrick scrapped? It's available on CD... but it's hard to imagine 2001 without the classical soundtrack...

Jeremy Wrote:

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> Have you heard the original score which Kubrick

> scrapped? It's available on CD... but it's hard to

> imagine 2001 without the classical soundtrack...


I know the story about it, but not the music itself.


The iconic classical contributions hog the limelight re 2001 but - as I say - it's really hard to appreciate how good the rest of it sounds without a decent cinematic experience.

*Bob* Wrote:

> Zimmer has been the busiest of boys, on paper. He

> farms a lot of the donkey work out his drones

> though. By all accounts - noting a basic tune down

> and handing it to someone else saying 'score that

> for me, would you?' is a regular occurrence. The

> 'Zimmer Score' that impressed me the most was The

> Thin Red Line, I think.


Didn't all the Old Masters do the same?

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