Robin Thompson
Active Member
So... I'm not saying this is the best score ever, but I've always had a particular soft spot for Ladyhawke by Andrew Powell (and produced by Alan Parsons). It's a product of its time and gets a bit hokey sometimes, but it's energetic and joyous and inventive and not a little rebellious - it taught me at a young age that film music doesn't have to fit into any particular box. And it's absolutely beautiful at its most delicate.
But I can't resist a long list of honorable mentions: Star Trek II, Batman, Jaws, King Kong (John Barry), Pleasantville, Starship Troopers, The Rock, The Fifth Element, Independence Day, The Land Before Time, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (seriously, John Du Prez is one of the most criminally forgotten composers of all time - see also A Fish Called Wanda). Can you tell I'm an 80s kid?
Oh and Star Wars of course, but since so many people have mentioned New Hope, let me toss my coin in for the fearsome brass and chilly, mechanical textures of Empire.
But I can't resist a long list of honorable mentions: Star Trek II, Batman, Jaws, King Kong (John Barry), Pleasantville, Starship Troopers, The Rock, The Fifth Element, Independence Day, The Land Before Time, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (seriously, John Du Prez is one of the most criminally forgotten composers of all time - see also A Fish Called Wanda). Can you tell I'm an 80s kid?
Oh and Star Wars of course, but since so many people have mentioned New Hope, let me toss my coin in for the fearsome brass and chilly, mechanical textures of Empire.
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