Feb 23, 2023·edited Feb 23, 2023Liked by Mike Kilgore
I see Morricone and John Barry are mentioned below. Reaching into the Vault of Time, I'd add Nino Rota, the great Italian composer who scored The Godfather and several Fellini movies including La Strada; Bernard Herrmann who scored Hitchcock's movies as Citizen Kane and several Harryhausen adventure movies; and Elmer Bernstein who contributed rousing scores for The Great Escape and The Magnificent Seven. Honorable mention: Bob Dylan, for scoring Sam Peckinpah's Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid.
Mike, great job! I would just add Ennio Morricone, the Spaghetti Western composer for Sergio Leone.
I swear, I had "The Ecstasy of Gold" here. Not sure what happened.
It's up there. You just didn't talk about him as much as you should've!
Thanks. And, you're right.
I forgot John Barry. Oof.
Barry's music for Zulu was a great theme in search of a better movie.
I see Morricone and John Barry are mentioned below. Reaching into the Vault of Time, I'd add Nino Rota, the great Italian composer who scored The Godfather and several Fellini movies including La Strada; Bernard Herrmann who scored Hitchcock's movies as Citizen Kane and several Harryhausen adventure movies; and Elmer Bernstein who contributed rousing scores for The Great Escape and The Magnificent Seven. Honorable mention: Bob Dylan, for scoring Sam Peckinpah's Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid.
That one long trumpet moment from the beginning of The Godfather. Excellent choices. Thank you!
Elmer Bernstein also did some amazing stuff. I should do a post on the Newman family too.