here are some music soundtracks which I admire. i've deliberately avoided links to the music itself - the reason i admire the
soundtracks is because of what they brought to the overall production.
you can't judge how good a soundtrack is by listening to the CD!
i've included credits for composer, 'orchestrator', and director - all three roles are often critical to the music. i've only just started this page and in future hope to give anyone reading this the opportunity to comment. in the meantime if you have strong views on any of these choices... please e-mail me
i've included credits for composer, 'orchestrator', and director - all three roles are often critical to the music. i've only just started this page and in future hope to give anyone reading this the opportunity to comment. in the meantime if you have strong views on any of these choices... please e-mail me
24 (tv series)
Keifer Sutherland kills bad guys/gals in this hit realtime US drama series
director: various (2001 onwards)
composer: Sean Callery
orchestrator: Sean Callery
ANGELS IN AMERICA (two-part tv drama)
religion politics and the onset of AIDS in 1980s New York
director: Mike Nichols (2003)
composer: Thomas Newman
orchestrator: Thomas Pasatieri
BE KIND REWIND
Jack Black and Mos Def struggle to keep their video store running in this touching farce
director: Michel Gondry (2008)
composer: Jean-Michel Bernard
orchestrator: Jean-Michel Bernard
BEVERLY HILLS COP
Eddie Murphy wisecracks his way around a murder investigation in this popular 80s comedy/thriller
director: Martin Brest (1984)
composer: Harold Faltermeyer
orchestrator: Harold Faltermeyer
BITTER VICTORY
Richard Burton grapples with his demons in the deserts of World War 2
director: Nicholas Ray (1957)
composer: Maurice Leroux
orchestrator: Maurice Leroux
CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER
Harrison Ford faces up to druglords and corruption in Colombia and Washington
director: Phillip Noyce (1994)
composer: James Horner
orchestrator: Don Davis
FLASH GORDON
Sam J Jones battles Max von Sydow in this camp and colourful sci-fi romp
director: Mike Hodges (1980)
composer: Queen, Howard Blake
orchestrator: Howard Blake
FLIGHTPLAN
Jodie Foster may have lost her daughter on a plane
director: Robert Schwentke (2005)
composer: James Horner
orchestrator: James Horner, Randy Kerber, Jon Kull, Conrad Pope, Kevin Kliesch
GOLDSTONE
evil and abuse in the outback
director: Ivan Sen (2016)
composer: Ivan Sen
orchestrator: Damien Lane
HART'S WAR
Bruce Willis and Colin Farrell take different perspectives as prisoners of war
director: Gregory Hoblit (2002)
composer: Rachel Portman
orchestrator: Jeff Atmajian
INDEPENDENCE DAY
Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum fight aggressive aliens in this entertaining 90s sci-fi blockbuster
director: Roland Emmerich (1996)
composer: David Arnold
orchestrator: Nicholas Dodd
THE MISSION
Jesuits vs. the state in the jungles of South America
director: Roland Joffé (1986)
composer: Ennio Morricone
orchestrator: Ennio Morricone
OPERATION AMSTERDAM
getting diamonds out of Holland as war approaches
director: Michael McCarthy (1959)
composer: Philip Green
orchestrator: Philip Green
OSS117 CAIRO NEST OF SPIES
a James Bond - and other things - spoof
director: Michel Hazanavicius (2008)
composer: Ludovic Bource and Kamel Ech-Cheik
orchestrator: Carine Bonnefoy
RAVENOUS
Robert Carlyle and Guy Pearce look to each other for sustenance in the 19th century wilderness
director: Antonia Bird (1999)
composer: Michael Nyman, Damon Albarn
orchestrator: Michael Nyman, Damon Albarn, Gary Carpenter
STAR TREK V: THE FINAL FRONTIER
they boldly go looking for their creator
director: William Shatner (1989)
composer: Jerry Goldsmith
orchestrator: Arthur Morton
TO KILL A KING
Tim Roth splutters as Oliver Cromwell in this involving civil war drama
director: Mike Barker (2003)
composer: Richard G Mitchell
orchestrator: Richard G Mitchell
TRON LEGACY
Jeff Bridges is still inside your computer
director: Joseph Kosinski (2010)
composer: Daft Punk
orchestrator: Joseph Trapanese