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Your choice for single best film song/ score

posted 3 years ago by [deleted]
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If you could award best film song what would your choice be? You only get ONE choice although I'll allow for an entire film score.

Not allowed: Film scores that are composed largely of inserted pop songs. It has to be original music.

For me, it would be Brad Fiedel's Terminator theme. Played with deep percussion and brass its bombastic 3-2 beat has a "going into battle" vibe that instantly quickens my pulse. I have about five different versions in my workout set list because it never fails to amp up my energy.

Slow it down though and play it on strings or synth, and it gets this very mournful, melancholy vibe. I came across a youtube vid of some guy who played it on an acoustic guitar. It would have been perfect as the soundtrack for a Western.

It's such a versatile piece of music.

[–] rex (2808) 3 years ago

i always wondered why Post malone's sunflower wasn't a nominee at the oscars for best song

[–] DMT (4483) 3 years ago

because post malones sucks ass. he looks worse than the average face tat chain smoking homeless man u meet

[–] nyctc7 (44119) 3 years ago

I'll second Star Wars (the original one)

Ben-Hur is also a favorite https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueS07YbMeUw

[–] FentonMeiks (1349) 3 years ago

full moon entertainment had surprisingly good scores on some of their horror b movies from the 80s/90s. i'll go with Vampire Journals (1997):

main:
https://archive.org/download/cior-160-v-a-soundtrack-for-a-vampire/01%20-%20Richard%20Kosinski%20-%20Vampire%20Journals.mp3
piano scene:
https://youtu.be/ShUBGG45Um8

[–] bobbydallas (8683) 3 years ago

definitely Koyaanisqatsi

[–] Mrmojo4700 (21724) 3 years ago

My pick is Ennio Morricone’s score for Sergio Leone’s Once Upon a Time in the West (1968). Morricone’s score throughout is superb, complete with a theme for each of the main characters. The man has a huge filmography to pick from but I would say this one is the most epic.

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

Excellent choice!

This would definitely be in my top ten, probably my top three. Whenever I hear that sad main theme I always get misty eyed.

Although the Man with No Name trilogy has some excellent orchestral stuff throughout the three of them, OUATITW outshines each of them individually.

[–] Mrmojo4700 (21724) 3 years ago

I would also like to add that the scores he did for Corbucci’s films, although much different, are quite wonderful also. The Great Silence (1968) has a particularly mesmerizing opening theme.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1h1zpQkX6gA

I would say any director who had Morricone score his films was lucky indeed. He could breathe life into any scene.

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

i agree with the guy above who's username i don't wanna type out.

i used to have a morricone compilation, and i played the main theme a lot.

[–] Mrmojo4700 (21724) 3 years ago

I have a Spotify playlist that’s heavily saturated with his stuff too. It never gets old.

[–] robocat893 (16259) 3 years ago

The score in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) is absolutely amazing!

https://youtu.be/yRh-dzrI4Z4

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

LOL. I mentioned in my original post that the Terminator theme is part of my workout playlist.

This is also part of my playlist. Hearing it just naturally makes you feel more heroic!

[–] jriley555 (8557) 3 years ago

Ennio Morricone's The Good The Bad & The Ugly theme...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBixD-rTB_c

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

As good as this one is I prefer The Ecstacy of Gold from the same film.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYI09PMNazw

[–] jriley555 (8557) 3 years ago

It is beautiful too. He had a gift.

[–] DMT (4483) 3 years ago

All Star - Smash Mouth from the Shrek Movie