Who is your favourite film/tv composers?
What it your favourite film theme music?
Just wondered as I'm obsessed with film composers at the moment hehe
I love Craig Armstrong, John Williams...etc
Thanks PSL

I've got a John Barry CD, although it's a long time since I listened to it. I love The Last Valley though.

Vaughan Williams: eight films from 1941 to 1949, notably "Scott of the Antarctic".

Benjamin Britten: several documentaries and one feature film.

Richard Rodney Bennett: over 20 so far, including "Far from the Madding Crowd", "Nicholas and Alexander" and "Murder on the Orient Express", for each of which he was Oscar nominated; also "Gormenghast" (TV).

My favourite piece of film music: the waltz from "Murder on the Orient Express".

Ennio Morricone - he did 'Cinema Paradiso' and also 'The Good, Bad & Ugly' What a contrast!!

Also the composer of 'Amelie' - I'm ashamed to say I don't know the name!

I think it was Yann Tiersen who did the score for Amelie but could be wrong.

Favourite composer would have to be John Williams - can't think of a favourite though - Star Wars, Superman, Jurassic Park all have to be up there though

I got a flyer today from the Halle Orchestra promoting a Tribute Concert to John Williams at the Bridgewater Hall on 31 May. It says the evening includes music from:

Star Wars
The Sea Hawk
The Philadelphia Story
The Towering Inferno
Airport
ET
Superman
Taxi Driver
Schindlers List
Close Encounters
Harry Potter & the Philosophers Stone

If anyone's interested, tickets from www.halle.co.uk or the box office 0161 907 9000.

"Richard Rodney Bennett: over 20 so far, including "Far from the Madding Crowd", "Nicholas and Alexander" and "Murder on the Orient Express", for each of which he was Oscar nominated; also "Gormenghast" (TV)."

I didn't realise Richard Rodney Bennett was a Film composer LOL. I'm playing his peice called "Four calling birds" in the grade 6 book hehe.

Amilie compositions are lovely.

I just bought the music today for Weather Storm by Craig Armstrong, it's quite hard to play although beautiful hehe

Thanks PSL

That looks really good actually - unfortunately I'm in Newbury that weekend

Shame though, I'm sure I could have bullied one of my friends into coming with me (none of my friends are really into music and it's about a three hour drive to the nearest concert hall so I have to bully them if I want to see anything this one I think would have been an easier sell)

Is Bridgewater Hall the one that used to be called GMex or something? I avoid Manchester if I can humanly avoid it (I've got no sense of direction and Manchester must be one of the easiest cities in the world to get lost in!)

The Bridgewater Hall is a beautiful place It's a purpose-built concert hall, built about 12 years ago I think, and it's superb. It's opposite GMex and car parking is really easy in the GMex car park and then just cross the road to the Bridgewater. You can't go wrong if you've driving - there are loads of signs (if you recognise the symbol) to the Bridgewater Hall and you don't go right into the city centre, it's just on the edge. It's worth going to, it's got a lovely atmosphere

Aha think I know where I am then. I was at a thing in the Marriot or Hilton (can't remember which but it was only a 2 minute walk from the GMex car park) and think I remember seeing it (as I wandered aimlessly around asking people for directions because I was lost again ).

I remember walking into a meeting at our head office 25 minutes late because I had got lost trying to find the building and then got lost again trying to find the room, my boss just looked at me in disgust and said 'you couldn't even find your a**e with two hands'

Also can't believe I missed ET off my favourite John Williams scores. One day I was driving onto site and I had classic FM on and this was playing - I had my stereo on full and the windows were open so it was blaring out, the police looked like they were going to shoot me.

Suppose it's better than the time I was driving along listening to a CD of 'Spaced Out' - The Greatest Hits of Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner. Leonard Nimoy singing The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins would be enough to get anybody shot!

Sorry - I've gone completely off topic now

If TV music counts then I absolutely adore Murry Gold's work

He writes all the music for Doctor Who.

I like Hans Zimmers' music, and the music for The Road to Perdition was lovely too (can't think of the composers name though..).

Sir Malcolm Arnold !!

Murray Gold's stuff for Doctor Who is good

I love Michael Hoenig's work for Dark Skies (Sci-Fi series from 1997).

Film-wise, Hans Zimmer did a great job with the Da Vinci Code (less interested in what he wrote for Pirates of the Carribean) and there's some very entertaining stuff from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Joby Talbot)

There'll be others, but I've forgotten them!