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Old 01-27-11, 10:29 AM
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I've always loved John Barry's score to King Kong '76. One of the best things about that film. It's a big score for a big monkey.
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i thought Batman Begins had a great, sweeping and memorable score. The Dark Knight wasn't too shabby either. Howard and Zimmer, i believe.
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Conan the Barbarian - Basil Poledouris
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I always thought The Dark Crystal had a great score. Didn't care for the movie, but love the score.
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Conan the Barbarian - Basil Poledouris
An excellent score. Alas, the best recording of it out there is mono and not of especially high quality.
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An excellent score. Alas, the best recording of it out there is mono and not of especially high quality.
Not true. One of the CD releases was in stereo.
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I was thinking more of "The Social Network" being in this thread. It's not orchestral, therefore 'sweeping' doesn't exactly apply to it. Epic? Not sure, since all I know of it is who came up with it but given the film it's for, epic probably wouldn't work for that kind of story. So while it may be a favorite score for some, it's not really the kind of music (we must assume) the OP is asking for.
Something can be sweeping ("of wide range or scope") without being orchestral. If anything, Reznor's score has a far more diverse array of sounds than some of the scores mentioned in this thread.

And it's certainly epic.

Give it a listen before writing it off.
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Conan the Barbarian - Basil Poledouris
My absolute favorite.

James Newton Howard's Wyatt Earp score is up there for me as well.
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The score to Restoration by James Newton Howard is fantastic:

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I love the score from Gladiator. And of course, the score and theme from Superman has always been a favourite.
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Another great one is Edward Shearmur's score for The Count Of Monte Cristo:

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The Ten Commandments - Elmer Bernstein

King of Kings - Miklos Rozsa
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John Debney - Cutthroat Island
David Arnold - Stargate
James Horner - Legends of the Fall
John Williams - Hook
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Re: Best "sweeping/epic" score
Originally Posted by scott1598
i thought Batman Begins had a great, sweeping and memorable score. The Dark Knight wasn't too shabby either. Howard and Zimmer, i believe.
I agree. Both had great scores. The Joker's theme is jarring (in a good way, though).
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Not true. One of the CD releases was in stereo.
Yeah, I think I have that one. It sounds pretty lousy.
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I really like Stephen Warbeck's score for Shakespeare in Love:

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Yeah, I think I have that one. It sounds pretty lousy.
Well that's a shame. I was looking forward to getting that one.

What exactly is wrong with it?
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Re: Best "sweeping/epic" score
Originally Posted by RocShemp
Well that's a shame. I was looking forward to getting that one.

What exactly is wrong with it?
I guess I am being too harsh. It just sounds like it was recorded in the early 1980s. It really needs a remastering or a new recording altogether. The score has so much percussion and heavy use of deep brass that a new high-fidelity recording of it would be a terrific thing to have.

I am talking about the Varèse Sarabande CD, btw.
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Vangelis score for 'Alexander' - way better than the actual movie
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Re: Best "sweeping/epic" score
Originally Posted by hasslein
I always thought The Dark Crystal had a great score. Didn't care for the movie, but love the score.


I actually don't mind the movie.

also thought the music for the Tara sequence of 'Heavy Metal' is glorious.
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Re: Best "sweeping/epic" score
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Conan the Barbarian - Basil Poledouris
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An excellent score. Alas, the best recording of it out there is mono and not of especially high quality.
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Not true. One of the CD releases was in stereo.
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Well that's a shame. I was looking forward to getting that one.

What exactly is wrong with it?
Originally Posted by jfoobar
I guess I am being too harsh. It just sounds like it was recorded in the early 1980s. It really needs a remastering or a new recording altogether. The score has so much percussion and heavy use of deep brass that a new high-fidelity recording of it would be a terrific thing to have.

I am talking about the Varèse Sarabande CD, btw.
Umm...guys:



http://www.screenarchives.com/title_...BARBARIAN-2CD/

http://www.tadlowmusic.com/2010/11/conan-the-barbarian/

This re-recording of the complete score was released back in November.
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Umm...guys:



http://www.screenarchives.com/title_...BARBARIAN-2CD/

http://www.tadlowmusic.com/2010/11/conan-the-barbarian/

This re-recording of the complete score was released back in November.


Too bad you don't get to hear the chorus in the sample video they provide:

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Re: Best "sweeping/epic" score
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Vangelis score for 'Alexander' - way better than the actual movie
So the music was better than the Theatrical Cut, Director's Cut, and The Final Cut?

Have to mention a personal fav:
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