2024 the best film scores review
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The background music on a film can make or break the audience experience. Imagine the shower scene in Psycho without the shrieking violins or Jaws without the ominous notes thatportend the shark’s attack! Musical accompaniment helps create atmosphere for the viewer, from subtle undertones to compositions that heighten the drama.
In 100 Greatest Film Scores, authors Matt Lawson and Laurence E. MacDonald consider the finest music produced for cinema since the development of motion picture sound. Each entry includes background details about the film, biographical information about the composer, a concise analysis of the score, and a summary of the score’s impact both within the film and on cinematic history. Among the many films cited here are iconic scores for The Adventures of Robin Hood, A Beautiful Mind,The Big Country, Chariots of Fire, Citizen Kane, Edward Scissorhands, Fargo, Gonewith the Wind, The Great Escape, Jurassic Park, King Kong, Lawrence of Arabia, The Lion in Winter, North by Northwest, On the Waterfront, Out of Africa, The Pink Panther, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Vertigo, and Up.
Arranged alphabetically and featuring a photo of each movies, the entries in this volume give the reader insight into how music functions across a wide spectrum of film genres. Representing some of the greatest composers in the history of cinema including Elmer Bernstein, Bernard Herrmann, Alfred Newman, John Williams, and Hans Zimmer, 100 Greatest Film Scores will be of interest to fans of movie music everywhere.
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers; 1st edition (September 15, 2018)
Language : English
Hardcover : 336 pages
ISBN-10 : 1538103672
ISBN-13 : 978-1538103678
Item Weight : 1.92 pounds
Dimensions : 7.19 x 1.03 x 10.4 inches
Reviewer: Pauken
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Fun book for music nerds
Review: Gave this to my husband for Christmas. He had a lot of fun reading the back stories on these movie scores. Inspired us to watch some movie we hadnât seen.
Reviewer: Pepperonious Wonk
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A great start, but with some important misses
Review: This is a very great text to begin your film scores soundtrack collection. Many of the classics and scores with the highest quality are here. The Recognition and Notable Recordings sections for each entry are especially helpful. There is also an additional list of top 101-200 scores in the Appendix. However, unintentional as it may be, the list is still heavy on the orchestral underscore tradition. As a film score aficionado myself, I couldnât help but to notice at least a few scores that are definitely worth the consideration by the authors due to their quality, historical significance and influence. From the top of my head, these may include:- Midnight Express (1978) - Giorgio Moroder- Shaft (1971) - Isaac Hayes- Birdman (2014) - Antonio Sanchez- Amelie (2001) - Yann Tiersen- Enter the Dragon (1973) - Lalo Schrifin- The Legend of 1900 (1999) - Ennio Morricone- Shape of Water (2017) - Alexandre DesplatMoreover, probably due to the criteria set forth by the authors of the book, rearrangement of classics into film scores are excluded from this list. However, this seems to be a bit of a shame since there are amazing works out there - such as Manhattan (1980) and Round Midnight (1986).Overall, this is a great start for a serious film score collection, but I only wish that this is going to be the first edition!
Reviewer: Patrick Brodeur
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: The way each scores are depicted and presented is nice (short film description / context + high level review of the score). However, I would have liked to get more in depth information/anecdotes/insights regarding the score (the music) itself instead of a 'review' of it. Still interesting but in the end more an 100 acknowledgement of some personal favorites and/or unavoidable titles (anyway a definitive list would not have been possible and would have been debatable anyway)... still, feels like there's something missing... but I may be demanding as a score collector 😉