Who's the greatest film composer of all time?
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Nancy Morales2 said:Man, just keep your cool... honestly, it's better to just grab a warm seat and pick up a book—maybe start with something on grammar or basic etiquette... 👋
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Who's the greatest film composer of all time?
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northernotter3 said:I’m really glad Jeremy Flores4 brought up Vangelis and that legendary "Blade Runner" soundtrack. 👍
Yet, nobody seems to be mentioning another absolute genius—even if he isn't your typical classical composer... GIORGIO MORODER! 🙏
One word should be enough—Scarface! 😎
Moroder is a titan, plain and simple.
But when you only have ten spots available, you can't squeeze in every single legend...
That’s why we have our very own American Moldavach Netko Vaš ...🙂
Who's the greatest film composer of all time?
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Jeremy Flores4 said:I need to correct myself—since the window for editing the post has already closed, I have to do it this way...
Jean-Pierre Jeunet directed the film, and the score was composed by Yann Tiersen.
When I originally wrote that, it was nearly 1:00 AM—so my brain wasn't exactly firing on all cylinders—but apparently, nobody even noticed the mistake.
I caught it just now after logging back in, though credit goes to: 🙏
Who's the greatest film composer of all time?
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northernotter3 said:🙂 Mr. Fleming — an absolute amateur! Mr. Fleming — an absolute amateur! 🙂
I’m actually quite offended by that comment regarding the Star Wars films! 🙂 🙂
Alright. We're even now—so we can finally talk like civilized people. I know you have a soft spot for those Bond soundtracks. So—answer my question, since nobody else will... What's your favorite 007 soundtrack?
☕
Do you think I'm angry?
🎉
From the film On Her Majesty's Secret Service, that is my absolute favorite soundtrack; before I finally got it burned onto a disc, I actually tore through five cassette tapes just trying to listen to all my own mixes from the movie—all the instrumentals, including parts where I layered in the voices of George Lazenby and Diana Rigg... If it weren't for Burt Bacharach, Berry would be my number one...
👋
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ruggedstag84:
Well, well—it seems we’ve managed to upset Mr. Fleming. You asked for it, maestro...
YOU DIDN'T UPSET ME AND I DIDN'T ASK FOR ANYTHING, BUT I CLEARLY BUMPED INTO PEOPLE WHO HAVE ONLY SEEN A TINY FRACTION—OR NONE AT ALL—OF THE GREAT FILMS... SO THEY REALLY HAVE NO CLUE WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT
Getting to the point:
- It honestly pains me how many Oscars the composers on your list (or mine) have won, because frankly, I couldn't care less about them...
WELL, IF IT PAINS YOU THAT MUCH, WHY BRING IT UP IN THE FIRST PLACE BY CLAIMING I MADE THE LIST BASED ON OSCARS? FIRST, YOU USE IT AS AN ARGUMENT—CLAIMING JOHN WILLIAMS IS OVERRATED—AND THEN SUDDENLY IT DOESN'T MATTER. OF COURSE IT DOESN'T MATTER, NOW THAT YOU'VE RECALLED YOURSELF?😁
- I don't consider myself some grand expert; I'm just someone who appreciates a good soundtrack...
WELL, JUST SAY THAT! There's no point arguing over taste, so don't expect me to play mother and pick out music for you. Just start your own thread and praise your own soundtracks then.
Of course I know Jerry Goldsmith, but he just didn't come to mind at that moment—just like Rosz, Lalo Schifrin, Vangelis, and a million others. I only mentioned a few of my favorites. Since you could forget all about Ennio Morricone or Nino Rota, surely you can forgive me...
FORGIVEN. JUST WATCH IT NEXT TIME.😁
- I mentioned him "before Henry Mancini." If you had been reading more carefully, you would have found him right there alongside Ry Cooder.
YOU'RE THE ONE WHO INFECTED ME WITH THIS SUPERFICIAL READING... :; 😁
- I know tastes vary and there's no sense in bickering over what someone likes...
OK, NOW YOU'RE JUST PRETENDING TO BE REASONABLE...
But your little theories—like "Michael Nyman is just an egoist who writes for himself and then finds eccentrics like Jane Campion or Peter Greenaway" or "Goran Bregović is just a hack pushing his folk jokes on the uneducated"... those are just nonsense.
NYMAN HIMSELF HAS STATED IN SEVERAL INTERVIEWS THAT HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THE DIRECTOR'S IDEAS, AND THAT ABOVE ALL, HE LOOKS OUT FOR HIMSELF—SO IF SOMEONE LIKES THE MUSIC, WELL, THEY CAN TAKE IT. HE SAYS HE DOESN'T ADAPT TO THE FILM AT ALL, WHICH TO ME IS JUST ABSURDITY, because film music is, by definition, applied music...
northernotter3 was probably being too kind when they called you an amateur.
THEN GO AHEAD, BE THE BIG MAN, BE THE TOUGH GUY, AND CALL ME WHATEVER YOU WANT—MAYBE FROM A DISTANCE...😍 😉😎
Well, well—it seems we’ve managed to upset Mr. Fleming. You asked for it, maestro...
YOU DIDN'T UPSET ME AND I DIDN'T ASK FOR ANYTHING, BUT I CLEARLY BUMPED INTO PEOPLE WHO HAVE ONLY SEEN A TINY FRACTION—OR NONE AT ALL—OF THE GREAT FILMS... SO THEY REALLY HAVE NO CLUE WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT
Getting to the point:
- It honestly pains me how many Oscars the composers on your list (or mine) have won, because frankly, I couldn't care less about them...
WELL, IF IT PAINS YOU THAT MUCH, WHY BRING IT UP IN THE FIRST PLACE BY CLAIMING I MADE THE LIST BASED ON OSCARS? FIRST, YOU USE IT AS AN ARGUMENT—CLAIMING JOHN WILLIAMS IS OVERRATED—AND THEN SUDDENLY IT DOESN'T MATTER. OF COURSE IT DOESN'T MATTER, NOW THAT YOU'VE RECALLED YOURSELF?😁
- I don't consider myself some grand expert; I'm just someone who appreciates a good soundtrack...
WELL, JUST SAY THAT! There's no point arguing over taste, so don't expect me to play mother and pick out music for you. Just start your own thread and praise your own soundtracks then.
Of course I know Jerry Goldsmith, but he just didn't come to mind at that moment—just like Rosz, Lalo Schifrin, Vangelis, and a million others. I only mentioned a few of my favorites. Since you could forget all about Ennio Morricone or Nino Rota, surely you can forgive me...
FORGIVEN. JUST WATCH IT NEXT TIME.😁
- I mentioned him "before Henry Mancini." If you had been reading more carefully, you would have found him right there alongside Ry Cooder.
YOU'RE THE ONE WHO INFECTED ME WITH THIS SUPERFICIAL READING... :; 😁
- I know tastes vary and there's no sense in bickering over what someone likes...
OK, NOW YOU'RE JUST PRETENDING TO BE REASONABLE...
But your little theories—like "Michael Nyman is just an egoist who writes for himself and then finds eccentrics like Jane Campion or Peter Greenaway" or "Goran Bregović is just a hack pushing his folk jokes on the uneducated"... those are just nonsense.
NYMAN HIMSELF HAS STATED IN SEVERAL INTERVIEWS THAT HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THE DIRECTOR'S IDEAS, AND THAT ABOVE ALL, HE LOOKS OUT FOR HIMSELF—SO IF SOMEONE LIKES THE MUSIC, WELL, THEY CAN TAKE IT. HE SAYS HE DOESN'T ADAPT TO THE FILM AT ALL, WHICH TO ME IS JUST ABSURDITY, because film music is, by definition, applied music...
northernotter3 was probably being too kind when they called you an amateur.
THEN GO AHEAD, BE THE BIG MAN, BE THE TOUGH GUY, AND CALL ME WHATEVER YOU WANT—MAYBE FROM A DISTANCE...😍 😉😎
Who's the greatest film composer of all time?
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Jeremy Flores4 said:Where on earth are they on this list?
Can you even imagine a standard Western without Ennio Morricone's music?
Nino Rota—The Godfather, Godfather, Godfather, Amarcord—and other Fellini films...
Maurice Jarre—Dead Poets Society, Dr. Zhivago...
Vangelis—Blade Runner, 1492...
Amélie by Jean-Pierre Jeunet...
Any discussion about film scores is impossible without these names. We might prefer one composer over another—but honestly, discussing film music without Rota or Vangelis is like talking about soccer without Maradona. Just thinking about The Godfather Waltz...
You clearly need a serious education in cinema; it’s obvious you only "grew up" on "Star Wars," whereas compared to those, even "Star Trek" (those first two sequels) stands as large as "Citizen Kane" or "The Third Man"—meaning you "learned" about movies through the bland music of those Lucas picture books designed to dull the masses...
Anyone who hasn't watched René Clair's "I Married a Witch" starring Veronica Lake and Fredric March, or "It Happened Tomorrow" with Dick Powell and Linda Darnell at least a hundred times—or seen "Rare Window" at least a thousand times—can't call themselves a film connoisseur; people like that should be banned and sent back to school...
You haven't even heard of these names, have you? You just cling to John Williams like a childhood security blanket, and as for that hack Michael Nyman, you probably just read his name somewhere...
The music for Amélie wasn't written by Morricone, man—it was Yann Tiersen... It's wonderful, sure, but that's just one single movie...
Who's the greatest film composer of all time?
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Nancy Morales2 said:🙂 🙂 might write a few more threads later:
"The one who only has 10 spots available..."
😱 🙂
God help me—spare me from all these uneducated, small-town types... 😢
What an idiot—and to top it off, he doesn't even like old classic films. This world is just full of morons... Honestly, maybe Santa Claus should just bring you some medication or pills, so you stop making your keyboard suffer with this garbage...
🙂
You need this—put it in your head, you little Marxist... If your mother died giving birth to you, don't go chasing after every single person you think you like...
☕
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Baphomet said:Ennio Morricone
...and honestly—which blasphemer could ever justify ignoring him in a poll?
Someone who only has ten spots to work with...
😉 😁 😎
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Force said:Is that one of ours? I don't recognize them... maybe a Japanese person? 😁
Actually, they're just a Slavonian person living in Finland...😉 🙂
Who's the greatest film composer of all time?
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Icepick said:Good grief... I knew someone would immediately start bitching about why certain composers didn't make the poll.
Can't you all just shut up and vote? Honestly—I could easily complain about the lack of Yoko Kanno too—but instead, I’ll just stay quiet and vote for Williams. 😁
:darthvader:
And I see that Bill Gates decided to be helpful by having the moderator add yet another name to the list.
Besides, isn't the very last option in the poll literally "Someone else"? 😉
Well, at least there are some literate people left on Reddit.
You clearly know how to read! 😁
Just like you said—there's an "Someone else..." option right there...👍
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Bill Gates kaže:
My vote goes to Ennio Morricone, too. And hey, if the moderator wants to add
No, you’re absolutely right...👍
Who's the greatest film composer of all time?
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finalnifantazista said:Exactly! It’s a massive oversight...
Well, that is precisely why you have the option
TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT...
I CANNOT READ YOUR MINDS—and there are way more than ten great composers out there...
Go after the web devs—tell them to add a poll for the top 100!
😉 😁 😎 🙂
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Michael Nyman isn't some genius composer—he’s more of an egoist who writes music just to satisfy himself, then finds some eccentric directors like Campion or Greenaway to play to... Then you have those pretentious "connoisseurs" in the scene who feel obligated to claim they love it, simply because it’s considered "in."
😍👋 😁 😎
😍👋 😁 😎
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ruggedstag84 said:Spot on!
The list feels a bit too safe—like they just picked the most famous or prolific names who have swept the Oscars—but I’m worried it misses the true heavy hitters:
- Angela Badalamenti—without him, David Lynch's films simply wouldn't be what they are
- Gabriel Yared—pretty common in modern cinema, but his score for Betty Blue is legendary
- Michael Nyman—if you've seen any Peter Greenway films, you already know... otherwise, Piano should be known - Zbigniew Preisner
- Zbigniew Preisner—absolute genius soundtracks for Krzysztof Kieslowski's films. Just watch the Three Colors trilogy, or Twofold Veronika, or Damage - Richard Robbins - e.g. Howards End
- Richard Robbins—take Howards End or The Remains of the Day, for instance
- Eric Serra - Leon, The Big Blue...
And where are Nino Rota, Luis Bacalov, Ren Aubry, Philip Glass...
Also, I'm genuinely curious why Bregović gets a "lol." The soundtrack for Margot is fantastic.
Too safe? Most of those first names haven't even come close to an Oscar... Herr Fritz...!
If you were truly such a connoisseur, you would have mentioned
Jerry Goldsmith and, above all else,
Henry Mancini!!!
As for Bregović, he's just the most basic hack, pushing his folksy "jokes" onto ignorant people in the West under the guise of "ethnic music"...
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Who's the greatest film composer of all time?
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northernotter3 said:Sophia Williams... what an amateur...
He paired Williams with Jaws instead of Star Wars... 😂
And where are the other legends: Ennio Morricone, Basil Poledouris, Bill Conti, Jerry Goldsmith, Klaus Doldinger...
Come on, man! The topic itself is excellent... but maybe try studying some serious film scores first...
p.s. - Is anyone actually interested in Krzysztof Komeda?
An amateur?! Well, personally, I think the music from Star Wars is— 🙂 and I'm not ashamed to say it; that whole Lucas crowd is just dumbing down the audience...
That score from "Jaws" is the only part he actually got right...
Not every piece of music has to be a masterpiece—it only matters if you actually enjoy the movie...
Even Hermann isn't always on Hitchcock's level...😎
Sex and the City
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Patrick Mendoza3 said:All you people think about is sex! 🙄
I have this movie on my hard drive—watched it three times already with different people—and honestly, it just gets better every single time. The plot, the structure, the whole construction... it’s brilliant. It isn't some gimmick where they play with time like in *Memento* or *Irreversible*; the narrative is genuinely sophisticated—layered from top to bottom—and just like the film itself suggests, there’s this one opening in the middle to make your escape...
Is there anyone else here who actually loves this for the filmmaking, rather than just the nudity and the actresses? To me, the film is simply ma-ster-ful.
By the way, directors often use nudity as a tool—to draw the general public toward a truly great piece of cinema.
Well, I love it for the film, but appreciating beauty isn't a contradiction...
It’s called synergy!!! 😎
Anyway, I can't decide right now: blonde or brunette?
🙂
Sex and the City
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Cop 663 said:Look, I get it... the movie is good, really—but if it had been maybe thirty minutes shorter, it would have been even better. As it stands, the pacing starts to drag a bit in the second half.
Penélope Cruz actually delivers a much stronger performance in Almodóvar's "Talk to Her"—she plays a role in that short black-and-white film... 😁 😁
Are you talking about her being "Amparo"? Well, fine—that character is basically just a giant anatomical joke made out of rope, isn't she?!
Who's the greatest film composer of all time?
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I decided to go with the more "recent" production instead; which means you won't find any Tom Hanks here—though feel free to add him yourselves, with or without an explanation, in your own little section... Maybe having Sakamoto involved is a bit much, but I just couldn't resist because of femme Fatale...
Sex and the City
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I'm with you on that.
He actually managed to take a forced ending and turn it into a genuinely great movie...
He actually managed to take a forced ending and turn it into a genuinely great movie...