The Best Of Klaus Badelt

[JoeSnyderwalk]

It's a crying shame that 95% of people who know the name Klaus Badelt only associate him with the Pirates of the Caribbean score, where most of the themes were by Hans Zimmer anyway. It's true.

No, the real Klaus Badelt is the Badelt of The Time Machine and The Promise. Outside of the overrated Pirates, this guy is seriously UNDERrated.

[1RadicalOne]

I have more than the POTC score here.

(By the way, I agree that many of the themes seem originally conceived by Zimmer, but Badelt and his representatives REALLY hate it when one says that).

[JoeSnyderwalk]

Yes, and that impresses me =). But what you don't have is Badelt's The Promise. An excellent orchestral score with some great ethnic Chinese elements. Just saying, like Jablonsky's Steamboy, very much worth checking out!

And I'll bet Badelt's representatives hate it when one says that, as I'd guess Badelt's made more money off PotC than he has off all his other scores put together...

Great lists, by the way! I like how you're into the other Media Ventures composers, not just Hans Zimmer.

[1RadicalOne]

Yes, I also have a Trevor Rabin (Armageddon, Deep Blue Sea, National Treasure) and Mark Mancina (Twister, Speed).

I also have a few non-RCP composers, namely John Williams (Jurassic Park, Star Wars, Raiders), and James Horner (Avatar, Apollo 13, Titanic).

If you want a complete list, I have a playlist "Best Of..." including all these and a video with many of my favorite scores. I ran out of time, so I was forced to neglect many scores. But those are usually included in the Best Of videos.

[1RadicalOne]

I also have some Vangelis (mostly music from Cosmos), but with it not being a film score, I haven't had an excuse to air it.

[anakinmcfly]

Klaus Badelt is an awesome composer. Thanks for this! Liked your best of Mark Mancina compilation too.

[1RadicalOne]

Thank you.