Best and Worst Decades For Movie Soundtracks

Author: greenpenguino
Date: 19-Aug-2011, 4:57 PM

Author: greenpenguino
Time: 19-Aug-2011 4:57 PM
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Starting in the 1920's, how would you rank the decades for movie soundtracks?

Please vote for your favorite, and then vote for your least favorite. If possible, tell me how you would rate the other decades for music.

This is totally not a rip-off of Ziggy's music thread, found here.

1920's

1930's

1940's

1950's

1960's

1970's

1980's

1990's

2000's

2010's

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Author: captainsolo
Time: 19-Aug-2011 6:47 PM (Edited)
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The Golden age is the mid/late 30's through the 70's.

My vote is for the 60's mainly because of Lawrence and early John Barry.

Least favorite certainly would be the 2010's. Completely uninventive.

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Author: TV's Frink
Time: 19-Aug-2011 6:48 PM
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The 2010's just got started. I don't think they should be eligible.

Author: Ziggy Stardust
Time: 19-Aug-2011 7:41 PM
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greenpenguino said:

This is totally not a rip-off of Ziggy's music thread, found here.

I'm fine with you ripping me off paying homage to myself, as long as you show what thread of mine you are ripping off paying homage.

Author: DuracellEnergizer
Time: 19-Aug-2011 7:48 PM (Edited)
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Let's see ... The OT soundtracks came out in the 70s & 80s ... Stargate came out in the 90s ...

I can't come to a decision!

Author: Ziggy Stardust
Time: 19-Aug-2011 8:01 PM
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60's-70's

Author: The Aluminum Falcon
Time: 19-Aug-2011 8:23 PM (Edited)
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I think the best decade for movie soundtracks were the 80's since you could dance to some of them too.... I guess I also like the late 70's as well because of Jaws, Star Wars, Rocky, Halloween, Zombi, and Suspiria.

Author: RedFive
Time: 19-Aug-2011 8:56 PM
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70's for sure

Author: skyjedi2005
Time: 20-Aug-2011 10:51 PM
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When the symphonic score soundtrack was replaced with crap, that would be the worst decade.

Star Wars started the modern Renaissance of symphonic film music and brought it back from pop song tie ins to films.

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Author: Pennsylvania Jones
Time: 20-Aug-2011 11:25 PM (Edited)
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My favorite scores range from the 1980s through the 1990s. Indiana Jones Trilogy, Back to the Future, and Secret of NIMH for the 80's. Then the 1990s had Bruce Broughton's Lost in Space soundtrack. The Lost in Space movie (I say this without shame) is perhaps my favorite movie score of all time to listen to. It's not the most powerful score, but it is one of the most memorable scores I've ever heard. Just listen to this!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAPJprWG2-Y

My least favorite would have to be... Any era of movie soundtracks where orchestral music isn't used at all. Scores just don't work when there's no orchestra performing it.

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Author: doubleKO
Time: 20-Aug-2011 11:31 PM
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I need to pay more attention. I thought this was the other thread...

I also don't pay much attention to soundtracks. Tarantino's are good.

Author: EyeShotFirst
Time: 21-Aug-2011 5:41 PM
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How about this, best and worst decades excluding all John Williams scores?

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Author: TheBoost
Time: 21-Aug-2011 9:12 PM
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skyjedi2005 said:

When the symphonic score soundtrack was replaced with crap, that would be the worst decade.

Star Wars started the modern Renaissance of symphonic film music and brought it back from pop song tie ins to films.

I'm not sure that's entirely accurate. While Star Wars had its imitators, a quick glance at the films of the decade before "Star Wars" shows mostly classic orchestral scores.

A quick glance at some of the best:

Dirty Dozen-67, 2001- 68, Planet of the Apes-68, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid-68, True Grit-68, Patton-70, Airport-70, Godfather- 72, The Exorsist- 73, Young Frankenstein, Murder on the Orient Express 74, Jaws- 75, Rocky- 76, King Kong 76,

Except "The Graduate" and maybe "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" I don't know what pop songs might have given you that impression.