Greatest Movie Soundtrack Composers Volume 1

[snakezize]

where the Hans Zimmer? , lame.

[PrinceofMacedon]

Max Steiner at 1:55 is my favorite :D

[aldernagon3]

@PrinceofMacedon

zorro!!!!!!!

[GrubGripe]

Max Steiner! The Adventures of Don Juan... CLASSIC!

[hottubjonze]

2:07

Chunk!

No it's...CAPTAIN CHUNK!!

[cvlet]

MORRICONE THE BEST

[whitesoxR1]

And where is Georges Delerue?

[MrANTONIOS383]

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[spntneous]

Alexandre Desplat is the king in my book

Thomas Newman is next in line :)

[kimble02]

And for those that may flame me for my comments, I urge you to listen to some of the classic scores and compare them to Zimmer et al. I'm not saying I don't enjoy Zimmer, Shore, Elfman... I do (Elfman and Thomas Newman among my face modern composers). But Max Steiner was taught composition by BRAHMS and MAHLER! Graduating from musical academy in 2 years instead of 4. Newman was taught by Shoenberg...The Golden Age composers were incredible composers.

[kimble02]

Tough list since you cannot include everyone worthy. Alfred Newman should be on the list for sure. He was part of the golden age along with Stieiner, Korngold, Waxman etc. I applaud you for trying to teach some of the younger generation about real artists and their works. While I enjoy the likes of Zimmer and Shore, I can compose in their styles when needed without much fuss. Trying to compose and arrange like Benny Herrmann??? Much tougher task.

[sdfADGAdgas]

Don Johnson? David Hasselhoff? Limahl?

[Penitentent]

Excellent work!!! Could you please tell me the name of the Barry piece that was played?

[cloudidogz]

Destroy All Monsters! I love it! haha...

[DOMuricu]

I know you couldn't include every major composer in one video, but leaving out Alfed Newman is still hard to believe. This man is probably more identified with film music than any other. Alex North seems to lack enough general popularity or romantic warmth musically to make most lists. Goldsmith considered him the sinlge finest of the 2nd generation of film composers.

[agnosticcc]

Can anyone please Her Majesty The Queen to give John Williams a knighthood already?

[drummerofdream]

Can you name the first song?

[proman84]

One of this things that makes this music complilation so awesome is the absense of the likes of Zimmer.

[DOMuricu]

I don't mean to offend any fans of the 3rd generation of film composers, but I have to agree with proman84. I don't know if it's a lack of focus in their training experiences or just the negative general attitude of most modern film-makers to film music, but there is a huge gulf between the quality of film music from 1930 to 1990 and what's come since (with rare exceptions). It would be extremely difficult to list just 10 scores for each decade up to 1992. Can't think of 10 great scores since

[bladrunner6]

JAMES HORNER should have got a mention.

[danw03]

@bladrunner6 agreed

[IggyTthunders]

Cowboy Bebop- Tank-Yoko Kanno

Gattaca-The Arrival- Michael Nyman

FF7-Main Theme

Shawshank Redemption-Brooks was here-Thomas Newman

My Name is King-Luis Bakalov

[Zlagie]

@elsin69 You just don't understand.....

[Zlagie]

I can't believe i'm saying this, but....Akira Ifukube is the MAN.

[MrPeterJeffrey]

I agree with many people, who say: there are many great composer in the movies history. But, i think Hans Zimmer is the world greatest. He is the best.

[MaryNRiley]

U forgot Hans Zimmer and Shirley Walker!!

[LLJtbone]

Some pretty heavy hitters on this one!

[TK42138]

Awesome compilation!

[arkilus]

omg wheres HANS ZIMMER???

[666rulerofclones]

I can think of two more: Elmer Bernstein and Howard Shore.

[jslasher1]

You forgot Elmer Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Hugo Friedhofer,.Jerome Moross, Alfred Newman, Alex North, Dimitri Tiomkin,

[jslasher1]

Thank you for including Akira Ifukube, who is sadly forgotten today.

[YoshiAngemon]

I woke up about to hear "The Adventures of Don Juan" on the radio, this morning, and all I could think of is The Goonies!

"Chunk!" "No, it's CAPTAIN Chunk!" "Ma, give me the sword. OW!!" "And Captain Chunk says Let's get the hell outta here!"

[ofri75]

very inspirig...

very nice and informative...

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[dafmurray]

Not easy to select just one short piece for each of these wonderful composers. If I'd attempted this video I'd probably never have been able to make the final selection for each. Is the Barry cue in the movie itself? I don't recognise it from OHMSS.

Also I would have added Alfred Newman and (as previously commented) Elmer Bernstein. But then where do you stop! Franz Waxman, Alex North, etc., etc.

[desertstorm07]

how could you not put HANS ZiMMER into that video? he's the best composer ever!

[alexalex3131]

I consider Herrmann the best, but Willams, Barry, Mancini...etc. monumental talents all.

[RogueRotting360]

Thank you for not including lazy hacks such as Hans Zimmer, James Newton-Howard, Danny Elfman and James Horner.

You need to include Ennio Moricone, George Delerue, Leonard Rosenman, Basil Poledouris and Elmer Bernstein.

[VerbalBlitzkrieg]

Barnard Herman: Psycho, Twisted Nerve, Vertigo , Obsession...

[filmforlifeordie]

wth where's hans zimmer, howard shore, and all other composers of this age?

[toco5424]

what about Joe Hisaishi, he wrote music for spirited away and princess mononoke

[ivybenson]

Thanks for great posting!

[willyschoonover]

where are danny elfman and elmer bernstein?

[01hcirich01]

Whats the song by John Williams at 1:30 ? and also the one after at 2:07 ? which I recognise from the film 'the goonies' but don't think it was originally made for that.

[zvelf]

1:30 is "The Asteroid Field" from The Empire Strikes Back. I'm not sure abot 2:07 but it sounds extremely familiar. But it also sounds like something someone modeled after Rimsky-Korsakov.

[muffinproject]

@01hcirich01 ever tried reading the info on the right?

[scottadler]

Lalo Schifrin was great, but mainly a TV guy. He did the Mannix theme, I believe.

[OriginalRocketJock]

...and a little-known TV show/movie franchise known as Mission: Impossible.

[herzali]

1-JAMES HOWERD

1-JOHN POWELL

1-JOHN WILLIAMS

... the rest come after them !

[hokuto88888]

The Japanese saves thousands of Jews during the war. There is the person who I become the politician inside in Israel, and became the minister who survived.

U.S.A. imprisoned an innocent Japanese emigrant and shut in it. The U.S. Government apologized to several years or a before Japanese emigrant formally.

[Fernando29sp]

FANTASTIC, VERY GOOD

[stcolreplover]

i love asteroid field

[titanicpiano14]

check out my rendition of the Ben Hur Love Theme. Rosza rocks! I want to be the next great film/tv composer someday, like Zimmer, Rosza, Elfman, etc. I do compose too!

[Ear4Beauty]

Russell Garcia - The Time Machine (1960)

[victorrain]

Ryuichi Sakamoto - THE LAST EMPEROR  He's great too.

[kbaugh19]

Where's Howard Shore? Lord of the Rings

[jiopsi2]

Ennio Morricone, Grand Master of movie composers.

[proman84]

Love your selections and love that you went beyond the obvious. Awesome showcase of composers.

[neolithics]

Same comment. Great choices! Looking forward to hear Rota and Bernstein in the next volume. :-)

[sturmer100]

Jerry Goldsmith - Rambo scores are very hard.

[billbillysparks]

excellent vid

[334286]

What about Michel Legrand?

[hstrhss]

it s Miklós Rózsa, not "Rosza"

[Pokernatics]

Max Steiner... wow... it steals the Show!

[ExpoFever]

love the john williams astroid field sorry for spelling but love it

[cristotupapa]

Where´s danny elfman???

[ch3rryl3m0nn]

the first one sounds pretty awesome :D

[zahropit]

good list but wher is : james horner ,thomas newman,howard Shore ,bill conti ... i hope you put them in volum 2

[000266617]

The scene with Christ on the donkey looks goofy--Christ's hair is longer than the others in the scene.

[PierceHardwood]

Zimmer has some very worthy music. ;)

[telsport]

Welcome tribute to this art

Thank you1

Tom in Utica NY

[izziecnr]

i love just john williams music! it's heart touching, so wonderfull

[greekpanther1]

SOME of my favourite composers - james newton howard, thomas newman, hans zimmer and jeremy soule.

They are at the very top of my list, not to mention a few others.

[0FindGlory]

John Barry has always been a hero of mine since I was a child - what piece of music is that opening from?

[leandro00000000007]

John barry is the best!!!

[dazzagazza6969]

@leandro00000000007 I would say John Barry and Ennio Morricone, with John Williams maybe third.

[trombonelytrombonist]

Good job picking on one of John Williams' greatest peices!

Michael Giacchino?

Hans Zimmer?

Howard Shore?

Danny freaking Elfman!!??

[SrNutritivo]

@trombonelytrombonist this video is an tribute to the old masters than the actual ones, but you´re right, are great composers anyway!

[deustomola]

@trombonelytrombonist Steve Jablonksy?

[Inkswim]

@trombonelytrombonist what was the song featured for john williams?

its driving me insane...

[arkilus]

@trombonelytrombonist u told everything

[RogueRotting360]

@trombonelytrombonist None of them are worthy. Glad he left them out.

[imperialpod]

@trombonelytrombonist

I agree with Rogue, none of them up there with the best.

James Horner would be ahead of them on the list.

I'd personally add Joe Harnell for his TV work of which the Hulk scores are bona fide classics.

[1banez]

@trombonelytrombonist Maybe in next edition, but they don't fit in this list with all the great names present.

[xvxRAGNAROKxvx]

Basil Poledouris is missing...

[rosso1000]

I have some original Goldsmith LPS on ebay . type THE FINAL CONFLICT SOUNDTRACK LP to get some bargains. From top.vision

[bienlebonjour666]

J'adore tes choix!

[91musiclover]

Why are you playing Korngold's music when you are showing pictures of Max Steiner ?

[simplepetea]

where's hans zimmer ? James newton howard ?

[RogueRotting360]

Hanz Zimmer sucks, that's why he's not here.

[jUUUli008]

what is with hans zimmer???????

madagaskar2, pirates of the carribean...

[invectrum]

Yo mcmansions you should put the names of all the songs in the description, that would be so cool, I'm trying to find them but I'm having trouble doing so

[mcmansions]

Done!

[CorySuydam2010]

very good choices, my favorites are John Williams (STARWARS RULES) and Ikira Ifukube (G-Fan). Hans Zimmer would have been a great addition though.

[feanor22]

Howard Shore for the volume 2!

[jar0fdirt63]

don't forget james newton howard!

[mornnb]

Great selections, wonderful job. Except you left out Alex North, easily in the top 25. He's only one of 2 film composers to get the lifetime achievement award.

[cywiringwlad]

This really is a beautiful tribute!

[semionovao]

Will you make the Volume 2?

Because the first is a good job, congractulations.

[Gawaine687]

agreed. some greats are still missing, such as horner, zimmer, and bernstein.

[hansen855]

Whats the name of the first song?

[swordpunisher]

Leone's extreme close-up fits Morricone's themes perfectly, what a great composer.

[ijzerdraad93]

I agree very much!

[alexalex3131]

Almost positive it was "Eye Of The Needle". Perhaps he was simply reusing it. (They were reusuing everything else in that film)

[alexalex3131]

Wise to use "Eye Of Needle" track for Rozsa. Also, happy you included Mancini. Ever hear "The Ghost And Mrs. Muir"? Perhaps Herrman's best; titles and film.

[mcmansions]

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir is arguably Hermann's bet work. It's beautiful, ahunting and sad and pleasant at the same time.

The Rozsa track is from DEAD MEN DON'T WEAR PLAID, and I think captures his style really well, even in a parody/homage to his own works. There are parts of that score that would fit well on top of a sword and sandal epic as perfectly as they would on a gritty noir thriller.

[semionovao]

what's the name of this Morricone's music?

[mcmansions]

Man with a Harmonica from Once Upon a Time in the West

[semionovao]

Thank you!

[Clenella]

Nice video. You can definitely tell where Hans Zimmer got his inspiration for the track "Parlay" from At Worlds End during the Morricone segment.

[ronibudiman]

i like the way you choose the uncliche score theme for each composer, cause mostly they gave us "star wars" from JW or "malena" from EM..... creative work, keep on the good job bro....

[Mads6368]

What about Howard shore's works on LOTR? He beats all of this!

[NifDbzAvatarSpartan]

i was just about to comment, these are OK, mellowish and slightly powerful, some could be considered a little bit epic but Howard Shores work on LOTR is EPICLY EPIC!!!!!!

[Bob65001]

You have an exellent taste in music!

[rhythmruns]

I agree.

[scorpiosview]

john barry my god what a genius...

[TEMPESTSPARK]

genius

[nirvanachick05]

whats the first song called

[p0chingching]

ennio morricone is still the number 1.He's the best of all the best He's a God's sent to the music world.

[swordpunisher]

Ennio Morricone is brilliant.

[JohnMonolisan]

I like it! If you like this and electromusic, maybe you like one of my songs: john monolisan - days of future passed . Of course, it's not this level;) and sorry for the spam, but if you like my songs, please rate and comment! Thanks

[movieone67]

1.ennio morricone

2.lalo shifrin

3.isaac hayes

4. burt bachrach

[JusPrimaeNoctis]

Sorry people but Morricone is the giant among the midgets.....

[erling444]

weres is hanz zimmer dude

[dannthr]

more like where is Eric Friedhofer

[avatarnarutochuck]

Elmer Bernstein should also be here!!! How could you not forget THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, THE GREAT ESCAPE, and TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD among others?

[mcmansions]

I agree wholeheartedly, I'd love to have included Bernstein and also the vastly underrated Masaru Satoh in this video. I will eventually get around to a part II.

[avatarnarutochuck]

Dude, how could you make a montage of classic film composers without putting in Elmer Bernstein? Surely he should be part of this compilation!!!

[mcmansions]

I know!

[antrix25]

my top 5 movie songs composers:

1-alan silvestri

2-jonh williams

3-hans zimmer

4-danny elfman

5-trevor jones

[ciucinciu]

don davis is an excellent composer, his music is so magnifique:))

[jokersmanifesto]

Sorry i mean its NOT dusk at piz gloria from the bond film..please find out where its from..thanx

[jokersmanifesto]

The first soundtrack is amazing..brilliant work by John Barry..i would love to have the first soundtrack..by the way its dust at piz gloria..i checked..

[wijcik]

Very well done! Wonderful blending of pictures and audio.

[AlexSAuch]

Is this an actual CD? If it is, I would so totally by the whole volume set!

[antiochblade]

Lalo Schifrin also wrote the theme song to Kellys Heros , Mission Impossible , Mannix , Enter the Dragon with Bruce Lee and a number of Clint Eastwood movies . Hes written so many movie scores I cant even begin to remember them all . He is that good . No one has even come close to his acheivements in music for film yet hardly anyone knows this powerhouses name .

[bally28]

lalo schifrin badass bitch check his out @ 2:30...yah don't get any bad ass than that bass n beat,, bitches!

[perryhiggs]

for me ennio morricone is epic! wat a composer, you can always tell his work from a mile off!

[tristencrow]

fantastic video and well made loved hearing all those amazing movie soundtracks

[DirectorJavaun]

what video editor did you use?? plz reply!!

[alantoral]

Who is the first 45 seconds?

[NickKh]

hey, can you please share which program you used to make this video? I have Adobe Premiere, did you use it and with some kind of plug in? Thank you

[Gvieto]

Bill Conti's Rocky soundtracks were excellent. Henry Mancini was one of the best ever.

[ihateforigners]

you guys should youtube: Call of Duty 3 soundtrack. its by joel goldsmith and its FUCKIN AWESOME. And what no Band of Brothers soundtrack.

[JPearson1987]

The Williams? track at around 1:40. What film is that in? Stars wars when they navigate the meteor field?

[lsinchausti]

The Empire Strikes Back in Bespin with Lando Calrissian

[elgarak]

Yes, it's "The Asteroid Field".

[mark18709]

lalo schifrin is the best

[matteotti9matteotti]

ennio morricone it's the best!

[quarkser]

yeah, whats the name of the first song in this clip plz?

thx

[quarkser]

ah ok its John Barry - Dusk At Piz Gloria

[arkwenion]

Name First music of John Barry in this movie clips ? Please ?

[Clenella]

heh.. at first I thought the opening was from "Why So Serious" from Dark Knight... and it turned out just to be an orchestra tuning ;). And now looking back, I see Hans Zimmer wouldn't exactly be on this list.

[Ninileh]

John Williams rules! Just think of Schindler's list, ET, Starwars, Jaws, Indiana Jones...

[raylaird]

can anyone please tell me the name of the piece of music when the name when john barry pops up and ends at time 0.34

[mcmansions]

John Barry - Dusk at Piz Gloria (On Her Majesty's Secret Service)

[wigginsdesign]

Now you know how to pick them

[acaelrodri]

and Prokofiev ..

[tempusfugit68]

Michael Kamen is one of my favorites.

[jrb06e]

whats the theme that plays at the begining

[raylaird]

not sure am looking for it too

[sexy023]

what flim of name 5.00

[sexy023]

what track of name 2:22

[Nehi99]

which version of pink panther was that?

[dirtylarryuk]

Its from the second film "A shot in the dark".

[Nehi99]

thx

[aftee]

where is philip glass?

[frydrychas]

this is piece of shit ! where is: hanz zimmer, james newton hovard, james horner, ?

[tyso7540]

Jeez, he did a thing of classics. Shit, you newfags can't understand anything before 2000, can you?

[mcmansions]

Thank you.

[raylaird]

hi still cant get that piece of music on youtube any suggestions

[dirtylarryuk]

Howard, Horner, Elfman and Zimmer etc would credit the above as their influences.

[godzillagaara]

You made my day by including Akira Ifukube.

[EnemiesofTomorrow]

is that a music score to one of Ifukube-san's music, can you please send that to me, i'll give you my email address in a YouTube mail

[CultofJ]

what is the title of that particular piece of music?

[nagmat1]

Sunset over Piz Gloria, From: On Her Majesties Secret Service.

[YogaNate79]

Where is a trubute to James Horner on here? He is one of the great composers too.

[adrianstudios]

agreed

[delsol27th]

John Williams is the best. Goes perfectly with Steven Spielberg.

[ghidorah1985]

you forgot that John Williams also did Harry Potter

[Potcharadanai]

Seriously? No wonder i liked the theme song