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His most overlooked scores?

posted 9 years ago by Maddyclassicfilms
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Which of his scores do you feel are the most overlooked compared to some of his others? I think the following deserve a lot more praise.

Jane Eyre
JFK
The Towering Inferno
The Poseidon Adventure
Hook
The Patriot
Sabrina
Empire of the Sun

Go to bed Frank or this is going to get ugly .

[–] overseas7 (3722) 4 years ago

The Patriot

[–] RoboReCop (2881) 2 years ago

Hook!

[–] Keelai (32690) 2 years ago

Earthquake
Home Alone
1984 Olympics theme

[–] e3e34ifj (1492) a year ago

his War Of The Worlds theme is very intense and probably the best thing about the movie. It's his take on the horror genre and we've only heard that from him a handful of times. Very suspenseful score.

[–] HelpMeRhonda (1157) 6 months ago

The Cowboys

[–] mikethemartian (6280) 6 months ago

Lost in Space

[–] liscarkat (17106) 5 months ago

I hear pieces from the "Star Wars" and "Indiana Jones" movies all the time, and excerpts from "Jaws" and "E.T.". But I rarely hear anything from "Empire of the Sun", which contains one of the most beautiful orchestral-choral compositions ever written, "Exsultate Justi".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5v6KNngzQs

[–] blue1981 (6956) 4 months ago

With the Indiana Jones movies the Raiders soundtrack is the most well known but I think the Temple of Doom Score and Soundtrack is better.