FILM MUSIC - A Journey Into Sound
by Ian Edward Weir
Composers of film music were directly influenced by classical composers.
Gustav Holst - The Planets
Igor Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring
Richard Wagner - Magic Fire Music
John Williams
These following examples of film music by John Williams illustrate his borrowing from Holst, Stravinsky and Wagner. These are also my own personal favorites from my childhood and the music really moved beyond the screen and into my heart and soul.
Asteroid Field
Bike Chase
Planet Krypton
Ennio Morricone
Italian composer Ennio Morricone created scores for spaghetti westerns and some 500 films which has made him one of the world's most versatile and influential creators of music for the modern cinema.
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The Ecstasy of Gold
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Soundtrack Suite
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The Untouchables
M
James Horner
James Horner was an American composer, conductor and orchestrator of over 100 film scores. He was known for the integration of choral and electronic elements, and for his frequent use of motifs associated with Celtic music.
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Main Themes
John Williams
Main Themes
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Main Themes
Danny Elfman
Danny Elfman is an American composer, singer and songwriter. He was the singer-songwriter for the new wave band Oingo Boingo in the early 1980s, and has since garnered international recognition for composing over 100 feature film scores.
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Ice Dance
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Main Themes
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Main Themes
John Barry
John Barry was an English composer and conductor of film music. His music is so grand and lush. His use of strings and horns pull on the heart.
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Farewell - End Titles
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Flight Into Space
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Main Themes
Alan Silvestri is an American composer and conductor of film and television scores.
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Main Themes
John Williams
Main Themes
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Main Themes
Bernard Herrmann
Bernard Herrmann was an American composer and conductor of Russian-Jewish descent. He best known for his work in composing for films. As a conductor, he championed the music of lesser-known composers.
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Twisted Nerve
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Scene D'Amour
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Main Theme
Basil Poledouris
Basil Poledouris was an American composer, conductor, and orchestrator of film and television scores. He is best known for his long-running collaborations with directors John Milius and Paul Verhoeven. Basil makes epic scores.
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Main Themes
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Dagoth Ceremony
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Hymn To Red October
Thomas Newman
Thomas Newman is an American composer best known for his many film scores. In a career that has spanned over four decades, he has scored numerous classics. He uses piano to create haunting and emotional scores.
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Brooks Was Here
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Main Theme
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Main Theme
Hans Zimmer
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Time
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Flight
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Main Theme
Hans Zimmer is a German film score composer and record producer. Zimmer's works are notable for integrating electronic music sounds with traditional orchestral arrangements. Since the 1980s, he has composed music for over 150 films.
James Newton Howard
James Newton Howard is an American composer, conductor, and music producer. He has scored over 100 films and is the recipient of a Grammy Award, Emmy Award, and nine Academy Award nominations. He has collaborated extensively with directors M. Night Shyamalan and Francis Lawrence.
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Prologue
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First Crop Circles
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Corynorhinus
Howard Shore
Howard Shore is a Canadian composer and conductor noted for his film scores. He has composed the scores for over 80 films and won three Academy Awards. He is also a consistent collaborator with director David Cronenberg, having scored all but one of his films since 1979.
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Prologue
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One Ring to Rule Them All
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Precedent
Alexandre Deplat
Alexandre Desplat is a French film composer and conductor.
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Soundtrack Suite
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Circles
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Main Theme
Jonny Greenwood
Jonathan Greenwood is an English musician and composer. He is the lead guitarist and keyboardist of the alternative rock band Radiohead, and has written a number of film scores.
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Future Markets
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Able-Bodied Seamen
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Shasta Fay Hepworth
Jon Brion
Jon Brion is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and composer. He performed with The Excerpts, The Bats, and The Grays before becoming an established producer and film score composer.
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Main Theme
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Monday
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Chance of Rain
Hildur Guðnadóttir
Hildur Ingveldardóttir Guðnadóttir is an Icelandic musician and composer.
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Call Me Joker
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Convoy
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Bridge of Death
Quincy Jones
Quincy Delight Jones Jr. is an American record producer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer.
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Call Me Mr. Tibbs
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In Cold Blood
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Main Theme
John Carpenter is an American film director, producer, actor, screenwriter, and composer. Although Carpenter has worked with various film genres, he is associated most commonly with horror, action, and science fiction films of the 1970s and 1980s.
John Carpenter
John Williams
Main Theme
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Coming to L.A.
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Main Theme
Clint Mansell
Clinton Mansell is an English musician, singer, and composer, born in Coventry. He served as the lead singer and multi-instrumentalist of alt-rock band Pop Will Eat Itself before embarking on a career as a film score composer. Mansell moved to the United States after the dissolution of the group and started working with filmmaker Darren Aronofsky.
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The Last Man
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Lux Aeterna
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Welcome to Lunar Industries
Trevor Jones
Trevor is a South African composer of film and television scores.
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Overture
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Into The City
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Promontory
Vangelis
Vangelis is a Greek musician and composer of electronic, progressive, ambient, jazz, and orchestral music.
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Main Theme
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Introduction
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Tears In The Rain
Ramin Djawadi
Ramin Djawadi is a German score composer.
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The Thumb Print Killer
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