I just found that Hans Zimmer picked his favourite film scores a year ago, I thought I would share it.
Elliot Goldenthal and Jerry Goldsmith have the most scores in Zimmer's top 40 apparently with 3 scores each. They are the only two composers with 3 scores on the list, everyone else that is included has two or one. I'm a bit surprised Morricone didn't have more scores in Zimmer's top 40 seeing he is Zimmer's #1 favourite film composer of all time.
Red Sparrow by James Newton Howard, How to Train Your Dragon by John Powell and There Will Be Blood by Jonny Greenwood are the three most recent scores on the list.
Hans Zimmer's top 40 film scores of all time (in no order):
Titus - Elliot Goldenthal
Alien 3 - Elliot Goldenthal
Frida - Elliot Goldenthal
Alien - Jerry Goldsmith
Total Recall - Jerry Goldsmith
Basic Instinct - Jerry Goldsmith
Close Encounters of the Third Kind - John Williams
Raiders of the Lost Ark - John Williams
Once Upon a Time in the West - Ennio Morricone
The Mission - Ennio Morricone
Blade Runner - Vangelis
Chariots of Fire - Vangelis
The Godfather - Nino Rota
La Dolce Vita - Nino Rota
King Kong - Max Steiner
Gone with the Wind - Max Steiner
Red Sparrow - James Newton Howard
The Sixth Sense - James Newton Howard
How to Train Your Dragon - John Powell
United 93 - John Powell
Avalon - Randy Newman
The Natural - Randy Newman
Predator - Alan Silvestri
Back to the Future - Alan Silvestri
Zulu - John Barry
The Quiller Memorandum - John Barry
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence - Ryuichi Sakamoto
The Last Emperor - Ryuichi Sakamoto
Kingdom of Heaven - Harry Gregson-Williams
The English Patient - Gabriel Yared
Modern Times - Charlie Chaplin
High Spirits - George Fenton
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg - Michel Legrand
Midnight Express - Giorgio Moroder
Léon - Éric Serra
There Will Be Blood - Jonny Greenwood
Laura - David Raksin
Taxi Driver - Bernard Herrmann
Ran - Toru Takemitsu
The Shawshank Redemption - Thomas Newman
Many good choices here, even if I disagree with some and note the omissions.
Thoughts on his choices?
Elliot Goldenthal and Jerry Goldsmith have the most scores in Zimmer's top 40 apparently with 3 scores each. They are the only two composers with 3 scores on the list, everyone else that is included has two or one. I'm a bit surprised Morricone didn't have more scores in Zimmer's top 40 seeing he is Zimmer's #1 favourite film composer of all time.
Red Sparrow by James Newton Howard, How to Train Your Dragon by John Powell and There Will Be Blood by Jonny Greenwood are the three most recent scores on the list.
Hans Zimmer's top 40 film scores of all time (in no order):
Titus - Elliot Goldenthal
Alien 3 - Elliot Goldenthal
Frida - Elliot Goldenthal
Alien - Jerry Goldsmith
Total Recall - Jerry Goldsmith
Basic Instinct - Jerry Goldsmith
Close Encounters of the Third Kind - John Williams
Raiders of the Lost Ark - John Williams
Once Upon a Time in the West - Ennio Morricone
The Mission - Ennio Morricone
Blade Runner - Vangelis
Chariots of Fire - Vangelis
The Godfather - Nino Rota
La Dolce Vita - Nino Rota
King Kong - Max Steiner
Gone with the Wind - Max Steiner
Red Sparrow - James Newton Howard
The Sixth Sense - James Newton Howard
How to Train Your Dragon - John Powell
United 93 - John Powell
Avalon - Randy Newman
The Natural - Randy Newman
Predator - Alan Silvestri
Back to the Future - Alan Silvestri
Zulu - John Barry
The Quiller Memorandum - John Barry
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence - Ryuichi Sakamoto
The Last Emperor - Ryuichi Sakamoto
Kingdom of Heaven - Harry Gregson-Williams
The English Patient - Gabriel Yared
Modern Times - Charlie Chaplin
High Spirits - George Fenton
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg - Michel Legrand
Midnight Express - Giorgio Moroder
Léon - Éric Serra
There Will Be Blood - Jonny Greenwood
Laura - David Raksin
Taxi Driver - Bernard Herrmann
Ran - Toru Takemitsu
The Shawshank Redemption - Thomas Newman
Many good choices here, even if I disagree with some and note the omissions.
Thoughts on his choices?
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