17-03-2008, 12:32
ambernector Wrote:What has to be your favourite film music from those times?
My absolute favourite score of all time has to be Ennio Morricone's The Good, The Bad and The Ugly from 1966. The two best cues are the two at the end: The Ecstasy of Gold, as Eli Wallach's character runs round and round Sad Hill Cemetary and The Trio where the three protagonists face off in a three-way duel.
Other favourites include Francis Monkman's The Long Good Friday from 1979 - you may see it listed as 1980, but that's only because it had a tortuous release - Fred Karlin's Westworld from 1973, Alfred Newman's How The West Was Won from 1962 and Alex North's Spartacus from 1960. And, although I only have one cue from it (on a compilation), Miklos Rosza's Ben Hur (1959) is a triumph of the movie music craft.
Then there are scores where I only like one or two cues. Michael Small's Klute (1971) is a good example. There's a fabulous piece of source music i.e. music the characters are supposed to be able to hear, which is very Eastern European sounding.