Hmm...

[pookie_old]

http://www.filmmusicsociety.org/news_events/news_events.html

1. Star Wars (1977) John Williams
2. Gone With the Wind (1939) Max Steiner
3. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Maurice Jarre
4. Psycho (1960) Bernard Herrmann
5. The Godfather (1972) Nino Rota
6. Jaws (1975) John Williams
7. Laura (1944) David Raksin
8. The Magnificent Seven (1960) Elmer Bernstein
9. Chinatown (1974) Jerry Goldsmith
10. High Noon (1952) Dimitri Tiomkin
11. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) Erich Wolfgang Korngold
12. Vertigo (1958) Bernard Herrmann
13. King Kong (1933) Max Steiner
14. E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) John Williams
15. Out of Africa (1985) John Barry
16. Sunset Boulevard (1950) Franz Waxman
17. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) Elmer Bernstein
18. Planet of the Apes (1968) Jerry Goldsmith
19. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) Alex North
20. The Pink Panther (1964) Henry Mancini
21. Ben-Hur (1959) Miklos Rozsa
22. On the Waterfront (1954) Leonard Bernstein
23. The Mission (1986) Ennio Morricone
24. On Golden Pond (1981) Dave Grusin
25. How the West Was Won (1962) Alfred Newman

[Owen]

Oh those crazy AFI people. Next thing you know they'll be releasing a list of their top 100 lists.

[J.R. Hudson]

Leave it to AFI to fuck it up; it;s all politics. It;s the nly way to explain the films they leave out each year

Chariots of Fire?
Raiders of the Lost Ark?
Casablanca?
Titanic?
Braveheart?

[TC]

Perhaps I'll be strung up for this... but Lord of the Rings? I LOVE that score.

[blckhawk542]

I think Gladiator and Black Hawk Down had good music too..i wonder why they werent on the list.

[mikkowilson]

Pookie.. are you *trying* to confuse us? :P

- Mikko

[Kirk Gillock]

Notify the feds, Pookie has stolen someone's identity.

[krestofre]

Yeah, the avatar thing is freaking me out.

Anyway. Planet of the Apes?!?! I love the movie, but the score is a mess. Avant Garde ... does anyone really know what that means anyway? :laugh:

And I have to agree with TC. The Lord of the Rings scores are amazing. Just because it's newer doesn't mean it doesn't deserve recognition.

But the glaring mistake on this list is the absense of Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Chris

[yagfxg33k]

Raiders of the Lost Ark

I could not agree more. What a great theme that film has. OTOH, I do agree very strongly with the choices of Star Wars (I am not a fan of the films but the music is outstanding), Jaws - I mean here is a VERY different sonic approach to a film that is highly original and effective to the point of being a pop culture icon - And along with that one is the Psycho theme. And, finally, the Godfather - That music has become the de-facto standard for mob related media.

[kai]

I have to throw in my 2 cents... most anything by Elfman I love. Man's just crazy. Batman, Nightmare Before Christmas, Big Fish, Chicago, Spider Man, Edward Scissorhands... etc. Not to mention his TV scores (simpsons, etc).

[HorseFilms]

I have to throw in my 2 cents... most anything by Elfman I love. Man's just crazy. Batman, Nightmare Before Christmas, Big Fish, Chicago, Spider Man, Edward Scissorhands... etc. Not to mention his TV scores (simpsons, etc).

Danny Elfman kicks ass! His Sleepy Hollow score was rock solid as well.

[uhrgl]

One of my favorites is Mark Isham's score for A River Runs Through It.

[ProjX v2.0]

I have to throw in my 2 cents... most anything by Elfman I love. Man's just crazy. Batman, Nightmare Before Christmas, Big Fish, Chicago, Spider Man, Edward Scissorhands... etc. Not to mention his TV scores (simpsons, etc).

The Flash!!!!! :)

[FourStarCinema]

Another great score that was excluded is William's score for Schindler's List, which is one of my all-time favorites.

[belarussian2001]

What about John Barry's 'Dances with Wolves'?