{"id":9097,"date":"2016-10-15T13:10:24","date_gmt":"2016-10-15T17:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/?p=9097"},"modified":"2016-10-26T22:41:40","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T02:41:40","slug":"movie-composers-worth-listening-to-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/movie-composers-worth-listening-to-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Movie composers worth listening to, part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This list continues from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/movie-composers-worth-listening-to-part-1\/\">part 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Klaus Badelt<\/h2>\n<p>Badelt&#8217;s one soundtrack on the list is one that I love. Upcoming work includes <strong>Ballerina<\/strong> and <strong>Warrior&#8217;s Gate<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (with Hans Zimmer)\n<ul>\n<li><em>The entire album, especially<\/em> He&#8217;s A Pirate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Christophe Beck<\/h2>\n<p>Beck wrote some brilliant music for the TV show<strong> Buffy the Vampire Slayer<\/strong>. He&#8217;s at home writing gentle flowing music and in-your-face pounding music. Upcoming work includes <strong>An Ordinary Man<\/strong> and <strong>American Made<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ant-Man\n<ul>\n<li>Theme from Ant-Man<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Buffy the Vampire Slayer\n<ul>\n<li><em>The entire album, especially<\/em> Sacrifice (alternate version, from &#8220;The Gift&#8221;)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Edge of Tomorrow\n<ul>\n<li>Find Me When You Wake Up<\/li>\n<li>Combat Training<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Frozen\n<ul>\n<li>Elsa and Anna<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Once More, With Feeling (with Joss Whedon)\n<ul>\n<li><em>The entire album, especially<\/em> Overture \/ Going Through The Motions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Paperman\n<ul>\n<li>Paperman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>RED\n<ul>\n<li>Rockets Eagerly Dispatched<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Cliff Eidelman<\/h2>\n<p>On <strong>Star Trek VI<\/strong> Eidelman was asked to go in a different direction than previous<strong> Star Trek<\/strong> soundtracks and he did so brilliantly. It&#8217;s possible he&#8217;s retired &#8212; he hasn&#8217;t scored a movie since 2012.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country\n<ul>\n<li><em>The entire album, especially<\/em> Star Trek VI Suite \/ End Credits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Trevor Jones<\/h2>\n<p>Jones&#8217; masterpiece is for a movie in which aliens are manipulating humans&#8217; memories &#8212; the music is dark, brooding, and relentless. Upcoming work includes <strong>To Tokyo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dark City\n<ul>\n<li><em>The entire album, especially<\/em> You Have The Power<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Labyrinth (with David Bowie)\n<ul>\n<li>Underground<\/li>\n<li>Magic Dance<\/li>\n<li>Chilly Down<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Michael Kamen<\/h2>\n<p>Kamen took the old song &#8220;Brazil&#8221; and brilliantly wove a soundtrack around it for Terry Gilliam. Some of his music is collected in <strong>Michael Kamen&#8217;s Opus<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brazil\n<ul>\n<li><em>The entire album, especially<\/em> Central Services\/The Office<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Don Juan DeMarco\n<ul>\n<li><em>The entire album, especially<\/em> Dona Ana<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Michael Kamen&#8217;s Opus\n<ul>\n<li>Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves<\/li>\n<li>Mr. Holland&#8217;s Opus<\/li>\n<li>Circle of Friends<\/li>\n<li>Crusoe<\/li>\n<li>The Winter Guest<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Dennis McCarthy<\/h2>\n<p>McCarthy wrote for several of the <strong>Star Trek<\/strong> TV series, wrote the theme for <strong>Deep Space Nine<\/strong>, and wrote the brilliant score for <strong>Generations<\/strong>. Given <strong>Generations<\/strong>, it&#8217;s strange that he hasn&#8217;t scored more movies. Upcoming work includes <strong>Momo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Best of Star Trek &#8211; 30th Anniversary Special!\n<ul>\n<li>Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Main Title)<\/li>\n<li>Suite from the Visitor: Rainy Night<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Star Trek: Generations\n<ul>\n<li><em>The entire album, especially<\/em> Star Trek Generations Overture<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Ennio Morricone<\/h2>\n<p>Morricone&#8217;s soundtracks will instantly transport you to the world of the movie. He scored many movies for Sergio Leone. Upcoming work includes <strong>A Rose in Winter<\/strong> and <strong>Aline &amp; Wolfe<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly)\n<ul>\n<li>Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (titoli)<\/li>\n<li>L&#8217;estasi dell&#8217;oro<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Mission\n<ul>\n<li><em>The entire album, especially<\/em> Gabriel&#8217;s Oboe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Untouchables\n<ul>\n<li>The Strength of the Righteous (Main Title)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Alan Silvestri<\/h2>\n<p>Silvestri has written some very memorable pieces, and I particularly love his music for the <strong>Back to the Future<\/strong> trilogy. He&#8217;s composed several soundtracks for Robert Zemeckis. Upcoming work includes <strong>Avengers: Infinity War<\/strong> and <strong>The Croods 2<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Abyss\n<ul>\n<li>Finale<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Avengers\n<ul>\n<li>Arrival<\/li>\n<li>The Avengers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Back to the Future\n<ul>\n<li>Back to the Future<\/li>\n<li>Back to the Future Overture<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Back to the Future Part II\n<ul>\n<li>Chicken \/ Hoverboard Chase<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Back to the Future Part III\n<ul>\n<li><em>The entire album, especially<\/em> End Credits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Captain America: The First Avenger\n<ul>\n<li>Captain America March<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Cast Away\n<ul>\n<li>End Credits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Contact\n<ul>\n<li>Awful Waste of Space<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Croods\n<ul>\n<li>Prologue<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Delta Force\n<ul>\n<li>Main Title<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Forrest Gump\n<ul>\n<li>Suite from Forrest Gump<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"header\"><span class=\"itemprop\">Tan Dun<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Tan hasn&#8217;t been very prolific as a movie composer &#8212; he mostly composes and conducts outside of the film industry. His soundtrack for <strong>Crouching Tiger<\/strong> is very different than any other on the list.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon\n<ul>\n<li><em>The entire album, especially<\/em> Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Yann Tiersen<\/h2>\n<p>Like Tan Dun, Tiersen mostly works outside the film industry &#8212; he works with a variety of instruments and styles. His <strong>Am\u00e9lie<\/strong> soundtrack is a combination of pieces he wrote previously plus some he wrote specifically for the movie.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Am\u00e9lie\n<ul>\n<li><em>The entire album, especially<\/em> Les Jours Tristes (Instrumental)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This list continues from part 1. Klaus Badelt Badelt&#8217;s one soundtrack on the list is one that I love. Upcoming work includes Ballerina and Warrior&#8217;s Gate. Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (with Hans Zimmer) The entire album, especially He&#8217;s A Pirate Christophe Beck Beck wrote some brilliant music for the TV [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[42,13,72],"class_list":["post-9097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-thoughts","tag-lists","tag-music","tag-soundtracks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9097"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9787,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9097\/revisions\/9787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}