Reply To: Prejudice of the Melodic
Two points on this.
To become a classic a score needssomething recognizable and uniquely special in some way. This can be a theme, a texture, a sound.
Most modern blockbuster scores neither have the one or the other.
Secondly, if we are honest, the most famous movie themes are so popular because they are embedded in great textures, brillantly composed and arranged.
You recognize that when you listen to cruel pop versions of famous movie themes and you think, this way this would not have become a classic.
Of course there are exceptions.