I could be wrong, but I seem to recall the only thing he hated about Alien was the fact that it was butchered by the director (bits of his similarly brilliant Freud were interpolated). If you buy the Intrada 2 cd release of Alien you'll get the WHOLE score (minus the interpolations and plus the music that wasn't put into the movie because of Ridley Scott being a dumbass). It was mostly his problems with Scott that ruined his opinion. Really, if you don't have the Intrada release, I can't recommend it strongly enough.
And kudos to the member who mentioned Lionheart, amazing score.
How about his ridiculously rejected score to Legend?
Yes, I've heard his beautifully written original score but that wasn't what I heard as a kid. I am specifically talking about the butchered one. I own that album and love his original score for it but it was a different tone to what Ridley actually wanted for his film.I could be wrong, but I seem to recall the only thing he hated about Alien was the fact that it was butchered by the director (bits of his similarly brilliant Freud were interpolated). If you buy the Intrada 2 cd release of Alien you'll get the WHOLE score (minus the interpolations and plus the music that wasn't put into the movie because of Ridley Scott being a dumbass). It was mostly his problems with Scott that ruined his opinion. Really, if you don't have the Intrada release, I can't recommend it strongly enough.
And kudos to the member who mentioned Lionheart, amazing score.
How about his ridiculously rejected score to Legend?
I love almost everything that the man has written. Love the Star Trek ones in all its iterations. Love the (unused/recently reintroduced) Alien score.
I began listening to film music when, as a child, I saw Secret of Nimh. Man, Secret of Nimh, the darker animated movie I saw until that day, was something else. Especially the music.
I think Mulan is one of the greatest score for animated films. I went to the cinema to watch it just because I saw him in the credits. I was curious about Disney's choice.
Superb and surprisingly missing from the Italian version of the OST. Funny what a small change to a pentatonic theme can do to your lacrimal ducts.The scene where they bow to her. Superb.
All the stuff posted here is great, some of it I totally missed!
LA Confidential is just so good:
Missing? Who would make that decision? Curious to know why that happened. I often play that scene just for the music (and the equivalent one from LOTR). We need more bowing in films. Its just the perfect stage for a good composer to show his/her skills.Superb and surprisingly missing from the Italian version of the OST. Funny what a small change to a pentatonic theme can do to your lacrimal ducts.