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I must say now that I love the score to A Bridge on the River Kwai by Malcolm Arnold. I know the Colonel Bogey March is the most popular part from that film, but I must say I love the Overture and The Trek to the Bridge sections. Sir Malcolm was a wonderful melodic writer, and it is apparent in this classic World War II film.

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I'd say the Star Wars Battle Theme is a brilliant composition for a movie scene.

Shutter Island is built entirely on pre-existing contemporary concert works, and it is brilliant!

pocoallegro wrote:Shutter Island is built entirely on pre-existing contemporary concert works, and it is brilliant!

I agree. Who wrote the score for it?

No one person wrote it - apparently it contains a bunch of works already written.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shutter_Is ... ilm)#Music

Hmmmmmm... I was going to say. I didn't really understand how it could've been one composer. I didn't expect one man to be that good.

The last 10-15 minutes of E.T. (the Bicycle chase/goodbye scene)
Just Exceptional!

The use of Beethoven for the speech portion and closing of "The King's Speech" is quite appropriate and moving.

pocoallegro wrote:The use of Beethoven for the speech portion and closing of "The King's Speech" is quite appropriate and moving.

I quite agree, the soundtrack as a whole for that film (as well as most other aspects of it) was extremely well done.

I'm a fan of Patrick Doyle as a film composer. His score for Kenneth Branagh's Henry V is amazing. The most beautiful part is Crispan's Day speech scene. If anyone watched the Oscars this year, this piece was used over the Lifetime Achievement section.

I have recently read a book by Doug Adams about Howard Shore's Lord of the RIng's score. The amount of thought that went into each character/race's theme was amazing. There were usually several versions of the theme to represent different aspects to their personality - including that of the eponymous ring, which is both seductive and evil.