Best Movie Theme EVER?

[Sawyer]

I’m sure we’ve all got our preferences, and as much as I revere the many works of John Williams and as undying as my love is for Elfman’s Batman theme (Giacchino’s too, but it’s still too new for me to feel comfortable going too nuts over it)…

I think my all time favorite might actually be Brad Fiedel’s Terminator theme.

 

[flickchick85]

It's Jurassic Park for me.

 

[Drizzle]

The main title theme for Star Wars was the first thing that popped into my head when I saw this thread, so that's what I'm going to go with.

 

[Dave McFly]

easily in the top 5 of all time

 

[Drizzle]

It's Jurassic Park for me.

Still probably the greatest score that never got an Oscar nomination. Of course Williams ended up winning that year for Schindler's List and it might as well have also said (and also for Jurassic Park) on the award but he should have been a double nominee in the category that year.

 

[Kane52630]

It's hard for me to pick one favorite. Terminator, Elfman's Batman, and Jurassic Park are up there in my top 5, but I gotta throw in Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard for Batman Begins.

 

[Kane52630]

Actually, I got my favorite.

My #1 pick has to be Howard Shore's LOTR.

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

I honestly would go with Back to the Future:



Just a whole different brand of epic.

 

[Drizzle]

Actually, I got my favorite.

My #1 pick has to be Howard Shore's LOTR.

This would be my # 1 if John Williams were taken out of the equation. Howard Shore has had an insane career.

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

I know we said just one but this is also in my heart:



They played this in Minus One and I literally felt it in my soul.

 

[Dave McFly]

BTTF is also in my top 5 Alan Silvestri killed with that theme and the rest of the score

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Batman 89
Superman 78
Beetlejuice
Pee Wee's Big Adventure

Those are probably my top 4.

I'm a fan of Elfman's work obviously.

 

[Sawyer]

I feel like the Coen Brothers/Carter Burwell are almost never in this kind of conversation, but they’ve given me a few dark horse picks…

 

[Dave McFly]

always liked that opening theme to Raising Arizona it's so good!

 

[Dave McFly]

while not as legendary as John Williams ICONIC Superman Theme, Hans Zimmer's take on a Superman theme is right up there

 

[Pittman4Two]

Indiana Jones.

 

[The Batman]

The James Bond theme.

Only because no one's mentioned it yet.

 

[Dave McFly]

Jerry Goldsmith's theme from Star Trek: The Motion Picture, it was so good it was later used for the opening of Star Trek: TNG and TNG films and shows based off of it like Star Trek: Picard and one bit in Lower Decks

 

[Sawyer]

Jerry Goldsmith's theme from Star Trek: The Motion Picture, it was so good it was later used for the opening of Star Trek: TNG and TNG films and shows based off of it like Star Trek: Picard and one bit in Lower Decks

As great a Trek theme as that is, it’s funny how tonally out of sync that is with The Motion Picture. It’s so lively and that movie is so… well, you know.

 

[Dave McFly]

why is this still awesome over 35 years later?

 

[Arnold Rimmer]

why is this still awesome over 35 years later?

Saw this performed live at NJPAC at Batman in Concert (one those film to concert showings). It ruled.

 

[Arnold Rimmer]

I’m sure we’ve all got our preferences, and as much as I revere the many works of John Williams and as undying as my love is for Elfman’s Batman theme (Giacchino’s too, but it’s still too new for me to feel comfortable going too nuts over it)…

I think my all time favorite might actually be Brad Fiedel’s Terminator theme.

T2 version blows that out of the water.

 

[Sawyer]

T2 version blows that out of the water.

I might agree if that version wasn’t like 12 seconds long.

 

[Arnold Rimmer]

I might agree if that version wasn’t like 12 seconds long.

Your sarcasm is terrible

 

[Sawyer]

Your sarcasm is terrible

So is life, you’ll get used to it.