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The Top 10 Most Influential Scores of the Past Decade: #10
#10 – LOST(Michael Giacchino) Since its debut on September 22, 2004, ABC’s “LOST” has created a niche trend in dramatic television and has been responsible in many ways for pushing the envelope of the...
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The Top 10 Most Influential Scores of the Past Decade: #9
#9 – THE DARK KNIGHT (Hans Zimmer & James Newton-Howard) Following the success of their collaboration for Christopher Nolan’s reboot of the Batman franchise Batman Begins, Hans Zimmer and James...
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The Top 10 Most Influential Scores of the Past Decade: #8
#8 – BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (Bear McCreary) Our second entry on the list from the world of television comes from relative newcomer Bear McCreary and his truly memorable and highly conceptualized score...
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The Top 10 Most Influential Scores of the Past Decade: #7
#7 – REQUIEM FOR A DREAM(Clint Mansell) In 2000, while still a relatively unknown composer, Clint Mansell struck gold with a minimalist score for his second collaboration with director Darren...
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The Top 10 Most Influential Scores of the Past Decade: #6
#6 – THE MATRIX(Don Davis) Don Davis‘ score to the 1999 science-fiction action film THE MATRIX is a smartly constructed symphonic score that combines dark and light tones to bring the Wachowski...
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The Top 10 Most Influential Scores of the Past Decade: #5
#5 – THE PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN trilogy(Klaus Badelt/Hans Zimmer) Blaring brass, sawing strings, playful woodwinds, bombastic percussion, ghostly choirs… It’s the latest release from EastWest! Uh…...
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The Top 10 Most Influential Scores of the Past Decade: #4
#4 – THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy(Howard Shore) Howard Shore‘s Oscar-winning, Golden Globe-nominated, and Grammy Award-winning score to The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring was just the...
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The Top 10 Most Influential Scores of the Past Decade: #3
#3 – THE BOURNE IDENTITY(John Powell) Film music is a highly subjective artform. What really makes something musical in relation to a film has been changing since the days of the first “talkies”, and...
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The Top 10 Most Influential Scores of the Past Decade: #2
#2 – AMERICAN BEAUTY(Thomas Newman) A second-generation member of Hollywood’s preeminent musical dynasty, composer Thomas Newman weighs in on our countdown with the #2 most influential score of the...
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The Top 10 Most Influential Scores of the Past Decade: #1
#1 – GLADIATOR(Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard) There has been much heated discussion this week about whether Hans Zimmer can really be called an “influential” composer, but the proof seems to be in the...
View ArticleSCOREcast 23: 10 Most Influential Scores
SCOREcast No. 23 Podcast Shownotes Original Air Date: October 9, 2009 Focus: Top 10 Most Influential Scores of the Past Decade iTunes Link Rumble from the Gulag Having just wrapped our 10-day feature...
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SCOREcast No. 23 – Podcast Shownotes
SCOREcast No. 23 Podcast Shownotes Original Air Date: October 9, 2009 Focus: Top 10 Most Influential Scores of the Past DecadeiTunes Link LET’S GET READY TO RUMBLE!Having just wrapped our 10-day...
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POLL: Which Collaborator Would Help YOU the Most?
With all this talk of collaboration, we are hoping you’ve been thinking about how you can enrich the sound and scope of your scores by utilizing the abilities of others who specialize in certain areas...
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