Reply To: FSM # 25: Favourite film scores of entire film history?
And while I’m at it, I tried to do the surrounding decades.
The 1960s:
1960 Psycho (Bernard Herrmann)
1961 El Cid (Miklós Rózsa)
1962 Lawrence of Arabia (Maurice Jarre)
1963 Cleopatra (Alex North)
1964 Marnie (Bernard Herrmann)
1965 A Patch of Blue (Jerry Goldsmith)
1966 Fantastic Voyage (Leonard Rosenman)
1967 The Flim‑Flam Man (Jerry Goldsmith)
1968 Once Upon a Time in the West (Ennio Morricone)
1969 The Wild Bunch (Jerry Fielding)
And the 1980s:
1980 The Empire Strikes Back (John Williams)
1981 Body Heat (John Barry)
1982 Blade Runner (Vangelis)
1983 Twilight Zone – The Movie (Jerry Goldsmith)
1984 Once Upon a Time in America (Ennio Morricone)
1985 Legend (Jerry Goldsmith)
1986 The Mission (Ennio Morricone)
1987 Empire of the Sun / Witches of Eastwick (John Williams)
1988 Rain Man (Hans Zimmer)
1989 Glory (James Horner)
Again, the “two scores” indicate just a “flip of the coin” choice, though I tried to do that only if it’s at least the same composer.
