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What are your top 5 favorite film scores?


Here are mine:

1. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (John Williams)
2. Lawrence of Arabia (Maurice Jarre)
3. Ben-Hur (Miklos Rozsa)
4. The Godfather (Nino Rota)
5. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Howard Shore)

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1. Ben-Hur (Miklos Rozsa)
2. Quo Vadis (Miklos Rozsa)
3. King of Kings (Miklos Rozsa)

4. The Godfather Part Two (Nino Rota)
5. The English Patient (Gabriel Yared)

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I absolutely adore "The Death of Petronius" cut from "Quo Vadis."

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In no particular order:

Ben-Hur 1959
Superman 1978
Vertigo 1958
On the Waterfront 1954
High Noon 1952

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Speaking of Western scores, I don't believe the original "3:10 to Yuma" score has ever been released, and it's haunting.

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1. The Passion of the Christ (John Debney)
2. Ben-Hur 1959 (Miklos Rozsa)
3. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Howard Shore)
4. Braveheart (James Horner)
5. King Kong 2005 (James Newton Howard)

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1. Song of Bernadette
2. Ben-Hur
3. King of Kings
4. Braveheart
5. The Godfather

The Song of Bernadette will surprise you....just haunting.


Wait! Wait! Where are you going? I was gonna make Espresso!

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Thought of 2 more.....
Stargate and While You Were Sleeping....


Wait! Wait! Where are you going? I was gonna make Espresso!

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1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (John Williams)
2. Star Wars (John Williams)
3. Ben-Hur (‎Miklós Rózsa)
4. The Godfather (Nino Rota)
5. Beauty and the Beast (Alan Menken)
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Cheers!

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1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (John Williams)
2. Star Wars (John Williams)
3. Ben-Hur (‎Miklós Rózsa)
4. The Godfather (Nino Rota)
5. Beauty and the Beast (Alan Menken)
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Cheers!

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1. Ben-Hur (Miklos Rozsa)
2. The Godfather (Nino Rota)
3. Lawrence of Arabia (Maurice Jarre)
4. The Vikings (Mario Nascimbene)
5. King of Kings (Miklos Rozsa)

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Song of Bernadette + How the West was Won: Alfred Newman
I cheated here.

Demetrius and the Gladiators - Franz Waxman

Becket - Laurence Rosenthal

True Grit - Elmer Berstein

Broken Arrow - Hugo Friedhofer and Alfred Newman


...and countless others, of course!

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Ben Hur
The Ten Commandments
The Age of Innocence
The Joy luck Club
End of the Affair

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