I think the best John Williams theme has to be Jaws.
That tune IS the shark!
And to LimeLight - yay! I had a feeling NOBODY would think Ghostbusters soundtrack was cool, but yay! anyway.
I could have listed more, for instance I think the theme to Terminator 2 is just awesome.
Speaking of T2 - I love that music that plays whenever T-1000 appears. It's like a "huuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrn" noise and it's freakin awesome. T3 didn't have anything as cool as that. T3 sucks anyway.
I also like Spiderman soundtrack - I really liked Hero by Chad Kroeger, and Aerosmiths rendition of the classic Spiderman theme rocks.
Then there's Back to The Futures soundtrack. You've got "Power Of Love" by Huey Lewis, "Johnny B Goode" by Marty himself and "Double Back" by ZZ Top, and "Back In Time" - brilliant.
Also, Danny Elfman rocks. I seriously hope he returns to do the new Batman movies music - because I cant imagine a proper Batman movie without it - even the cartoon had it. He also did Beetlejuice and Tales Of The Crypt, and Sleepy Hollow, Spiderman and, erm, The Simpsons lol
oooh, fav soundtracks!!!
I love everything by John Barry - bond scores with connery, dances with wolves, chaplin, zulu, the wrong box, ipcress file, etc
bernard herrmann - hitchcock classics - north by northwest is a favourite, as is vertigo (as films AND scores)
love old scores too - Alex North's Spartacus and Cleopatra, Rozsa's Ben-Hur, Bernsteins' The Great Escape, and Tiomkin's The Alamo, Guns of Naverone, Gunfight at the ok corral!
Damn, list is endless
Best film score in the past twenty years (well, since Star Wars) has to be lord of the rings trilogy, which in plays betters J Williams' classic stuff.
I am not a fan of pop tune scores like Kill Bill. I prefer the classical touch of an orchestra.
top 10:
Spartacus
North By Northwest
You Only Live Twice
Psycho
Lord of the Rings
Star Wars
The Alamo (1960)
Vertigo
Ben Hur
Superman the movie
Originally posted by Sacrifise666
john williams has great music. not just star wars but also the patriot.
I just love that guys music. He does most of the soundtracks for Spielburg's and Lucas's movies, and has done some great musical pieces in the past. He's probably the best classical composer still alive.