The SHH's Best/ Most Iconic Movie Theme of All Time Tournament: NOMINATIONS

[Dark Raven]

Here is the follow up to my Best Comic Book themes tournament.

Post a list of your favourite movie themes here.

The movie itself doesn't have to be great, but the theme should be memorable and iconic. You don't even have to have seen the movie if it is a famous piece.

The piece of music/ song has to be originally written for the movie and not an existing work that is simply used as the theme (eg "Rhapsody in Blue" by George Gershwin for the movie "Manhattan" would not qualify).

The limit for your list is 16. The order does not matter. Each poster can only include a movie theme once in their list.


The more frequently a movie theme is listed by different posters, the higher its chances of getting in and its seeding.


Remember, this thread is for nominations. I will make a separate thread for the actual tournament in January.


I'm also going to limit the comic book/ superhero films allowed in since we just had a tournament for them.

There is no rush. Take your time to do your research, listen to pieces on YouTube, consider your choices and narrow down your list. If you add to/switch a film in your list, be sure to let me know just in case I miss it.

DEADLINE: December 15th

 

[Drizzle]

1. Star Wars Main Theme
2. Indiana Jones Theme
3. Jaws Theme
4. James Bond Theme
5. The Godfather Theme
6. Batman Theme (Danny Elfman)
7. Back to the Future Theme
8. Superman Theme (John Williams)
9. The Lord of the Rings - Fellowship Theme
10. Harry Potter Theme
11. The Dark Knight Theme (pretty much the last 5 minutes of music in the film)
12. The Avengers Theme
13. Terminator Theme
14. E.T. Theme
15. Jurassic Park Theme
16. Star Trek Theme (Michael Giacchino)

Unsurprisingly, John Williams makes up a lot of the list.

 

[DirtyHarry]

Damn, your post is nearly identical to my first post Raven lol.

I'll have my list in a little bit. Gotta think.

 

[DirtyHarry]

You know, I think you should consider expanding the amount of themes. PM me if you want help balancing out the brackets.

 

[MrMaooz]

1.Indiana Jones-Main Theme
2.Up-Main Theme
3.Star Wars-Main Theme
4.North by Northwest-Main Theme
5.The Good, The Bad, The Ugly-Main Theme
6.Transformers(Jablonsky)-Main Theme
7.Terminator 2-Main Theme
8.Pirates of the Caribbean-Main Theme
9.The Exorcist-Main Theme
10.Inception-Time
11.Man of Steel-Terraforming
12.Star Trek(Giachinno)-Main Theme
13.Skyfall(Adele)-Main Theme
14.War of the Worlds(2005)-Main Theme
15.Crimson Tide-Main Theme
16.Pain and Gain-Main Theme

This isn't my definitive top 16, but I wanted to change it up a little bit from other posts.

 

[Dark Raven]

Damn, your post is nearly identical to my first post Raven lol.

I'll have my list in a little bit. Gotta think.

Lol well no point reinventing the wheel.

Take your time. I hope to see some classic themes from decades ago and not just recent movies.

You know, I think you should consider expanding the amount of themes. PM me if you want help balancing out the brackets.

Well I did think of 96 contestants originally. Don't know if that would work. I thought of 128, which would work (that's the number in a Grand Slam) but that's double 64 so might be a bit much.

 

[DirtyHarry]

Im doing 250 lol

 

[Elevator Man]

Depending on the nominations I might participate in this one.

 

[Dark Raven]

Depending on the nominations I might participate in this one.

Depending on whether there are nominations, I might host this one.

 

[Bim]

Awesome, love this. I shall start attempting to narrow down my very long list , and will get back to u soon t:

 

[rks943]

1.) What Are You Going to do When You're Not Saving The World? - Hans Zimmer
2.) Theme From Jurassic Park - John Williams
3.) Gonna Fly Now - Bill Conti
4.) Halloween Theme - John Carpenter
5.) The Terminator Theme - Brad Fiedel
6.) Now We Are Free - Hans Zimmer
7.) Raiders March - John Williams
8.) Star Wars Main Title - John Williams
9.) Circle of Life - Hans Zimmer
10.) Home Alone Main Title - John Williams
11.) Star Trek - Michael Giacchino
12.) In The House/In A Heartbeat - John Murphy
13.) Arrival To Earth - Steve Jablonsky
14.) Lux Aeterna - Clint Mansell
15.) Hello Zepp - Charlie Clouser
16.) Techno Syndrome (Mortal Kombat) [7" Mix] - The Immortals

 

[childeroland]

1. Main Theme from The Cider House Rules - Rachel Portman
2. Main Theme from The Journey of Natty Gann - James Horner
3. Main Theme (Orchard House) from Little Women (1996) - Thomas Newman
4. Raiders March (Raiders of the Lost Ark) - John Williams
5. It Really Was No Miracle - The Wizard of Oz - Harold Arlen and E.Y. "Yip" Harburg
6. Tara's Theme (Gone with the Wind) - Max Steiner
7. Main Theme from The Black Stallion Returns - George Delerue
8. Love Theme (Romeo and Juliet 1968) - Nino Rota
9. Main Theme from Chariots of Fire - Vangelis
10. Journey to the Line (The Thin Red Line) - Hans Zimmer
11. Main Theme from The Godfather - Nino Rota
12. Main Theme from The Secret Garden (1993) - Zbigniew Preisner
13. The Imperial March (The Empire Strikes Back) - John Williams
14. Main Theme from The Wizard of Oz - Herbert Stothart
15. Main Theme from Lawrence of Arabia - Maurice Jarre
16. Main Theme from Laura - David Raskin

 

[DirtyHarry]

I have 10 that are locked in, but I'll have mine tomorrow hopefully.

 

[CapedCrusader14]

I'm gonna have to think about this one, good tournament I like it.

 

[Dark Raven]

1.) What Are You Going to do When You're Not Saving The World? - Hans Zimmer
2.) Theme From Jurassic Park - John Williams
3.) Gonna Fly Now - Bill Conti
4.) Halloween Theme - John Carpenter
5.) The Terminator Theme - Brad Fiedel
6.) Now We Are Free - Hans Zimmer
7.) Raiders March - John Williams
8.) Star Wars Main Title - John Williams
9.) Circle of Life - Hans Zimmer
10.) Home Alone Main Title - John Williams
11.) Star Trek - Michael Giacchino
12.) In The House/In A Heartbeat - John Murphy
13.) Arrival To Earth - Steve Jablonsky
14.) Lux Aeterna - Clint Mansell
15.) Hello Zepp - Charlie Clouser
16.) Techno Syndrome (Mortal Kombat) [7" Mix] - The Immortals

Can you put what films some of these themes are from? Thanks.

 

[rks943]

Can you put what films some of these themes are from? Thanks.

1.) What Are You Going to do When You're Not Saving The World? - Hans Zimmer (Man of Steel)
2.) Theme From Jurassic Park - John Williams (Jurassic Park)
3.) Gonna Fly Now - Bill Conti (Rocky)
4.) Halloween Theme - John Carpenter (Halloween)
5.) The Terminator Theme - Brad Fiedel (Terminator 1)
6.) Now We Are Free - Hans Zimmer (Gladiator)
7.) Raiders March - John Williams (Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark)
8.) Star Wars Main Title - John Williams (Star Wars)
9.) Circle of Life - Hans Zimmer (The Lion King)
10.) Home Alone Main Title - John Williams (Home Alone)
11.) Star Trek - Michael Giacchino [Star Trek (2009)]
12.) In The House/In A Heartbeat - John Murphy (28 Days Later)
13.) Arrival To Earth - Steve Jablonsky [Transformers (2007)]
14.) Lux Aeterna - Clint Mansell (Requiem For A Dream)
15.) Hello Zepp - Charlie Clouser (Saw 1)
16.) Techno Syndrome (Mortal Kombat) [7" Mix] - The Immortals (Mortal Kombat)

There you go. I just did it for all of them

 

[flickchick85]

1.) Indiana Jones - Main Theme - John Williams
2.) Star Wars - Main Theme - John Williams
3.) Jurassic Park - Main Theme - John Williams
4.) E.T. - Flying Theme - John Williams
5.) Star Wars - Imperial March - John Williams
6.) Superman: The Movie - Main Theme - John Williams
7.) Batman - Main Theme - Danny Elfman
8.) Gladiator - The Battle - Hans Zimmer
9.) The Thin Red Line - Journey to the Line - Hans Zimmer
10.) The Lion King - Circle of Life - Hans Zimmer/Elton John
11.) The Lion King - King of Pride Rock - Hans Zimmer
12.) The Good, The Bad and the Ugly - Main Theme - Ennio Morricone
13.) The Fountain - Death is the Road to Awe - Clint Mansell
14.) Sunshine - Adagio in D Minor - John Murphy
15.) Pirates of the Caribbean - Drink Up Me Hearties - Klaus Badelt/Hans Zimmer
16.) Psycho - Main Theme/Suite - Bernard Herrmann

For the record, those are simply in the order I thought of them, not in order of preference.

 

[Dark Raven]

Ok, well here's my list, which was difficult to narrow down:

1. The Magnificent Seven - Elmer Bernstein
2. Gone With the Wind (Tara's Theme) - Max Steiner
3. Lawrence of Arabia - Maurice Jarre
4. The Big Country - Jerome Moross
5. Indiana Jones March - John Williams
6. Star Wars Main Theme - John Williams
7. The Great Escape - Elmer Bernstein
8. E.T. The Extra Terrestrial - John Williams
9. The Bridge on the River Kwai March - Malcolm Arnold
10. The James Bond theme - Monty Norman
11. Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Jerry Goldsmith
12. Back to the Future - Alan Silvestri
13. Enter The Dragon - Lalo Schiffrin
14. Chariots of Fire - Vangelis
15. Eye of the Tiger (Theme from Rocky 3) - Survivor
16. The Pink Panther - Henry Mancini

 

[Dark Raven]

1.Indiana Jones-Main Theme
2.Mission:Impossible-Main Theme
3.Star Wars-Main Theme
4.North by Northwest-Main Theme
5.The Good, The Bad, The Ugly-Main Theme
6.Transformers(Jablonsky)-Main Theme
7.Terminator 2-Main Theme
8.Pirates of the Caribbean-Main Theme
9.The Exorcist-Main Theme
10.Inception-Time
11.Man of Steel-Terraforming
12.Star Trek(Giachinno)-Main Theme
13.Apocalypse Now-Flight/Ride of the Valkyries
14.War of the Worlds(2005)-Main Theme
15.Crimson Tide-Main Theme
16.Pain and Gain-Main Theme


This isn't my definitive top 16, but I wanted to change it up a little bit from other posts.

The two highlighted aren't eligible. Mission Impossible is the TV series theme used for the films. Since this isn't a TV series tournament I can't really allow it.

And Ride of the Valkyries is a classical piece of music by Richard Wagner, which was written in the 1850s, so definitely not original to Apocalypse Now (or unique to that film either).

 

[flickchick85]

The two highlighted aren't eligible. Mission Impossible is the TV series theme used for the films.

I think that might also go for for the Days of Heaven theme childeroland listed. It was Ennio Morricone's arrangement of an existing work from the 1800's. I'm only pointing this out because I almost listed it myself (stunning piece of music!), then realized it probably wasn't eligible.

 

[MrMaooz]

The two highlighted aren't eligible. Mission Impossible is the TV series theme used for the films. Since this isn't a TV series tournament I can't really allow it.

And Ride of the Valkyries is a classical piece of music by Richard Wagner, which was written in the 1850s, so definitely not original to Apocalypse Now (or unique to that film either).

Up-Main Theme
Skyfall-Main Theme(Adele)

 

[StarLord]

"The Ecstasy of Gold" (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly) - Ennio Morricone

End thread.

 

[DirtyHarry]

"The Ecstasy of Gold" (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly) - Ennio Morricone

End thread.

 

[DirtyHarry]

Here are my first 6, all Morricone.

1. Ennio Morricone - The Ecstacy of Gold (The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)
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2. Ennio Morricone - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Main Theme
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3. Ennio Morricone - The Trio (The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)
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4. Ennio Morricone - Once Upon a Time in the West Main Theme
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5. Ennio Morricone - Poverty (Once Upon a Time in America)
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6. Ennio Morricone - The Vice of Killing (For a Few Dollars More)
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All of these should be in imo, even if you have to increase the number of entries

 

[Dark Raven]

I think that might also go for for the Days of Heaven theme childeroland listed. It was Ennio Morricone's arrangement of an existing work from the 1800's. I'm only pointing this out because I almost listed it myself (stunning piece of music!), then realized it probably wasn't eligible.

Ok thanks. I didn't know about that one as I'm not familiar with the film.