Soundtrack Composers - It's A Knockout (Winner: Howard Shore)

[Talya]

James Horner and Elmer Bernstein

 

Though the Great Escape music doesn't work, but I know it anyway!

[Corki]

In between Northie's bickering with me, it is time to announce the results. And since we have ties in both, I get to cast the deciding vote. And get to annoy Northie at the same time!  ;D Because I am going to do this:

 

In the third tie, I am sticking with my original vote of Craig Armstrong, who wins 4-3. Good bye James Horner!

 

And in the fourth tie, I am going to switch and vote for Ennio Morricone, and send him through with a 4-3 victory.

[Corki]

Round 1, Tie 5

 

 

Zbigniew Preisner

Mostly known for his work with Krzysztof Kieslowski, which resulted in some of the finest and most emotional pieces of music you can find in the film industry. Worth noting is that Preisner is completely autodidact, he learned to write music by sitting at home studying his favourite composers, Paganini and Sibelius being two you can hear clear influences from in his works. His style is quite unique, and far from the hollywood-mainstream.

Links:

and

 

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David Arnold

David Arnold is an English film composer, who also does some TV work, like Little Britain. He won a Grammy Award for Independence Day. Other notable works include 5 James Bond films (Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, Die Another Day, Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace) and Stargate.

Links: Closing Credits from Independence Day and Death of Vesper from Casino Royale

 

 

Voting ends Wednesday 21st April 2010 at 11pm (BST)

[Corki]

Round 1, Tie 6

 

 

John Carpenter

John Carpenter is an American film music composer, and is most commonly associated with horror and science fiction. He also directs, screenwrites, produces, edits films. An early project won an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. Films include Halloween, Dark Star, Vampires and Ghosts of Mars.

Links: Theme from Halloween and

 

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Howard Shore

He has composed most of my favourite soundtrack music, and even though he uses many of the same themes throughout different scores, he is awesome!! Shore is a three-time winner of the Academy Award, and has also won two Golden Globe Awards and four Grammy Awards. Of his 40 film scores, Lord of the Rings is the most well known. Other films include The Silence of the Lambs, Mrs. Doubtfire and The Aviator.

Links: Concerning Hobbits from Lord of the Rings and Theme Song from The Silence of Lambs

 

 

Voting ends Wednesday 21st April 2010 at 11pm (BST)

[Krakalakachkn]

David Arnold, Howard Shore

[Majsju]

Preisner, Carpenter

[dapianoplay3r]

Arnold and shore

[North Star]

arnold and shore.

[Arrandion]

Zbigniew Preisner and Howard Shore

[Corki]

David Arnold and Howard Shore

[Corki]

Time for the results summary for ties 5 and 6.

 

David Arnold won through in tie 5, beating Zbigniew Preisner by 4 votes to 2.

 

And Howard Shore eased to a 5-1 win over John Carpenter in the 6th tie.

 

The remaining 2 ties of Round 1 are now on the way.

[Corki]

Round 1, Tie 7

 

 

Basil Poledouris

He did the soundtracks for plenty of movies, the most famous include: Robocop, The Hunt For The Red October, Conan The Destroyer, Conan The Barbarian, Return To The Blue Lagoon, Flight Of The Intruder and Red Dawn. Poledouris became renowned for his powerfully epic style of orchestral composition (often with choir) and his intricate thematic designs.

Links:

and

 

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Max Steiner

Steiner was a Vienna-born American composer, whose work spanned 5 decades. Famous scores include Gone with the Wind, A Summer Place, the original King Kong, Since You Went Away, The Informer and Casablanca. He had numerous Academy Award nominations, and won 3 times.

Links: Main Theme Music from A Summer Place and

 

 

Voting ends Thursday 22nd April 2010 at 11pm (BST)

[Corki]

Round 1, Tie 8

 

 

Alan Silvestri

Alan Silvestri is an American film score composer and conductor, and is best known for  collaborating with director Robert Zemeckis. He was 21 years old when he started his film/television composing career, and his early style is marked by a strong use of the octatonic scale, as well as an eclectic use of different notes and instruments. Scores include Van Helsing, The Polar Express, Forrest Gump, The Mummy Returns and  Who Framed Roger Rabbit. He has had two Academy Award nominations.

Links:

and Meeting Santa Claus from Polar Express

 

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John Ottman

He did the track for Superman Returns, and I absolutely love it. The music he creates portrays emotions accurately and helps put the watcher in to the characters, whether or not they are watching the film. He also did work for Fantastic Four, X-Men 2, and many others. Even more impressive, he also directs and edits screenplays along with writing scores for these films. And as far as I can remember, you can't tall it's the same composer between the different movies!

Links: Silver Savior from Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer and

 

 

Voting ends Thursday 22nd April 2010 at 11pm (BST)

[Krakalakachkn]

Poledouris, Silvestri

[Corki]

Max Steiner and Alan Silvestri

[Jeannaisais]

Steiner and Ottman

[North Star]

poledouris and silvestri

[Talya]

Basil Poledouris and John Ottman

[Corki]

With DM being down and myself being busy, it is now time to conclude these round of ties.

 

So, in tie 7, Basil Poledouris won through to Round 2 with a narrow 3-2 victory.

 

And he is joined in Round 2 by Alan Silvestri after his 3-2 win in the 8th tie.

 

The first two ties from Round 2 are on the way!

[Corki]

Round 2, Tie 1

 

 

David Arnold

David Arnold is an English film composer, who also does some TV work, like Little Britain. He won a Grammy Award for Independence Day. Other notable works include 5 James Bond films (Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, Die Another Day, Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace) and Stargate.

Links: Closing Credits from Independence Day and Death of Vesper from Casino Royale

 

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Craig Armstrong

Craig Armstrong is a Scottish composer, who also works on orchestral pieces and electronica in addition to film scores. He won a Golden Globe Award for the score to Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge!. Other notable films include Romeo+Juliet, Love Actually, Ray and The Incredible Hulk.

Links:

and World Trade Center Piano Theme from World Trade Center

 

 

Voting ends Monday 26th April 2010 at 11pm (BST)

[Corki]

Round 2, Tie 2

 

 

Ennio Morricone

Perhaps the greatest soundtrack composer of all times, definitly the most influental. He has composed and arranged scores for over 500 movies. He is still most famous for his work with Sergio Leone, in movies like A Fistful Of Dollars, The Good, The Bad & The Ugly, Once Upon A Time In The West, etc. While classicaly trained, and preferring a full orchestra, budget restrictions on his first work with Leone forced him to find other solutions, something that more or less revolutionalised how soundtracks were written. His impact reaches far outside movies, bands/artists like Muse, Erasure, The Orb, Prodigy, Mr. Bungle, Jay Z etc have all used Morricone's work, either through samples or by making covers. Morrissey had him writing the strings for his song Dear God Plesae Help Me.

Links: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Theme from The Good, The Band & The Ugly and

 

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Howard Shore

He has composed most of my favourite soundtrack music, and even though he uses many of the same themes throughout different scores, he is awesome!! Shore is a three-time winner of the Academy Award, and has also won two Golden Globe Awards and four Grammy Awards. Of his 40 film scores, Lord of the Rings is the most well known. Other films include The Silence of the Lambs, Mrs. Doubtfire and The Aviator.

Links: Concerning Hobbits from Lord of the Rings and Theme Song from The Silence of Lambs

 

 

Voting ends Monday 26th April 2010 at 11pm (BST)

[Talya]

David Arnold and Howard Shore

[Bela_theDo]

Craig Armstrong and Howard Shore

[Krakalakachkn]

Craig Armstrong, Howard Shore

[North Star]

david arnold and howard shore