The Mount Rushmore of: Movie Scores

Rules

1. You may vote up to 4 entries that fit the prompt.
2. No alts.
3. No deleting or editing posts; though, editing posts shortly after you post is fine.
4. If you change your vote, clearly indicate that you are changing a previous vote. Same for adding or subtracting picks.
5. In general, if there are two picks that can be considered the same product (i.e. Sonic Adventure 2 and Sonic Adventure 2 Battle), I will combine them.
6. If a vote is vague, I will pick the first available choice that best matches the vote (i.e. "Mario" for Wii Games becomes Super Mario Galaxy).
7. I will post the parameters of each Rushmore topic. Other than that, feel free to vote however you like and based on any criteria that best fits the "Mount Rushmore" of that topic.
8. If a vote doesn't fit the topic, it will count as a blank vote.
9. You may nominate as much as you want and have an unlimited amount of seconds for established nominations.
10. Every Sunday, I'll post the schedule for next week. I will pick based on the number of nominations. Any ties will be determined by RNG.

Spreadsheet & Nominations

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aatA25pW6OsDn2RlAAGP1_GOGCMNvLLumAKckHOhtFk/edit?gid=1117984190#gid=1117984190

Last Topics Results

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/3cc668ec.png

It was interesting that every single nomination had a unique first name, so I can tally just by first name.

It's also interesting that a whole mathematical problem is dedicated to Monty Hall. It wasn't enough to cinch him a spot on the Rushmore, but he had a good run.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/23f8e9d6.png

Fruit feels like a fine choice, especially since there were votes for tarts focusing on just one specific fruit.

Last 5 Rushmores

DC Comic Runs: Green Lantern (Geoff Johns) / The Flash (Mark Waid) / Batman (Grant Morrison) / JLA (Grant Morrison)
Video Game Movies: Mortal Kombat (1995) / The Super Mario Bros. Movie / Pokemon: The First Movie / Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Beer Styles: Lager / Stout / IPA / Pilsner
Salad Ingredients: Lettuce / Dressing / Tomatoes / Croutons
Tarts: Pop / Quiche / Treacle / TBA

This Week's Rushmores

Thursday: Post-Catan Board Games
Friday: Burger Toppings
Satuday: Comic Book Villains
Sunday: SNL Cast Members

Next Themed Week: August 18 - 24 (Video Game Levels)

Today's Parameters

You must choose scores for movies.

Scores are defined as original music, almost always instrumental, specifically meant to accompany a movie.

https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/periods-genres/film-tv/best-film-scores-all-time/
https://www.watchmojo.com/articles/top-20-most-iconic-instrumental-movie-scores-of-all-time
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls070160270/
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls060980995/
https://www.afi.com/afis-100-years-of-film-scores/
https://movieweb.com/most-recognizable-movie-scores/

Star Wars
Requiem for a Dream

Star Wars
Jurassic Park
Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Lord of the Rings

Star Wars
Lord of the Rings
Gladiator
Pirates of the Caribbean

Honorable mention to stuff like Jaws and Jurassic Park, which are mostly notable for one song in particular more than the overall score

Star Wars
Jaws
Psycho
The Wizard of Oz

Star Wars
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Star Wars
The Lord of the Rings
Jaws
The Wizard of Oz

Star Wars
The Lord of the Rings
Jaws
The Godfather

Nominate:

(2+ Noms)
American Movie Directors
Animated Web Series
Baby's First Anime
Cartoon Villains
CJayC's Many Crimes
Fire Emblem Games
Movie Musicals
Movie Original Songs
US Vice Presidents
Video Game Magazines
Video Game TV Shows

(1 Nom)
Bad Mario Games
Bad Video Game Movies
Big Cats
Black Actresses
Cancelled/Forever Delayed Games
Cheat Codes
Contest Updates
Difficult Video Game Levels
Fictional Pauls
Fictional US Presidents
Fictonal Rushmores
James Bond Themes
Non-Saiyan DBZ characters
Scientists
Spoilers
TV Channels

Ace Attorney Breakdowns
Bad Sonic Games
Doctor Who Actors/Actresses
Doctor Who Companions
Letters of the Alphabet

Star Wars
Jurassic Park
Indiana Jones
Chariots of Fire

HMs: Harry Potter, Jaws

Star Wars
The Good the Bad and the Ugly
Inception
Batman (1989)

Williams, Morricone, Zimmer, Elfman

we've gotta have something Hans Zimmer in there, either Inception or Pirates of the Caribbean imo

Star Wars
Lord of the Rings
Psycho
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

strongly considered Dark Knight and even Social Network

Star Wars
Pirates of the Caribbean
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
The Wizard of Oz

Everyone is missing the best Zimmer soundtrack, and I'm lobbying you all to change your votes (Pirates is also Klaus Badelt technically. Zimmer helped wrote the themes but Badelt did the majority of composition).

The Lion King
Star Wars
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
... (As much as I want to put Titanic here, I have to go with a soundtrack I can do most of in my head and that is) Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl

Superman: The Movie
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
The Wizard of Oz
Star Wars

Jaws
Jurassic Park
Star Wars
Raiders of the Lost Ark

• The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
• The Godfather
• Jurassic Park
• Gone With The Wind

Herbert Stothart - The Wizard of Oz
Bernard Herrmann Psycho
Ennio Morricone The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
John Williams Star Wars

Star Wars
James Bond
Curse of the Black Pearl
Inception

Star Wars
Pirates of the Caribbean
Lord of the Rings
Harry Potter

A Lizard in a Woman's Skin
Beverly Hills Cop
Koyaanisqatsi
Uncut Gems

HMs:
Blade Runner, K-PAX, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, Moon, Naqoyqatsi, Once Upon a Time in the West, Requiem for a Dream, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Tron

sergiocornaga posted...

HMs:
Tron

Ooh, actually Tron: Legacy might be worth an HM considering it's a legit studio album by a popular music group.. not a lot of movie scores can claim that.

James Bond
Star Wars
Indiana Jones
Harry Potter

oh hm, i guess while this topic is here

Most Underrated/Personal HM - Tenet

god damn that soundtrack fucking slaps

Star Wars
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Inception
Gladiator

I think people are really sleeping on Chariots of Fire here. It may just be one song that's particularly iconic but isn't that the case with a lot of these?

Oh duh

drop Psycho
Add 2001: A Space Odyssey

gotta be here I think

Oooh, that's tempting. Especially since just the mention got the Blue Danube Waltz stuck in my head.

Star Wars
Lord of the Rings
Pirates of the Carribbean
Raiders of the Lost Ark

I think John Williams belongs on here twice. Maybe even 3 times tbh.

Isn't this topic for original scores? None of the music in 2001 is original...

Star Wars
Jaws
Harry Potter
The Wizard of Oz

Snake5555555555 posted...

Isn't this topic for original scores? None of the music in 2001 is original...

oh if its specifically just original scores then ok that makes more sense, was just thinking of scores commonly associated with their movies

drop 2001
add Psycho

scratch that!

Star Wars
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Lion King

HM to Lilo & Stitch.

Xeybozn posted...

Star Wars
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Add:
Lord of the Rings
Home Alone

Lord of the Rings
Jurassic Park
Star Wars
Gladiator

5 stars
7/10
"Two thumbs way up"
39% rotten

Oh wait this is about music?

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Spirited Away
The Garden of Words
Suzume

UltimaterializerX posted...

Instead of individual movies and splitting votes, we should all just say Hans Zimmer. Hes the undisputed GOAT anyway.

John Williams prevents that from being an undisputed category

Kenri posted...

5 stars
7/10
"Two thumbs way up"
39% rotten

Oh wait this is about music?

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thought this was initially about literal scores for movies!

Jurassic Park
The Wizard of Oz
Star Wars
Guardians of the Galaxy

Star Wars
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Chariots of Fire
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

would have agreed with The Nightmare Before Christmas, but that's a musical, which isn't really the same thing. (I assume the same is true for all the people saying The Lion King.)

The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
Backdraft
Star Wars
Lawrence of Arabia

azuarc posted...

would have agreed with The Nightmare Before Christmas, but that's a musical, which isn't really the same thing. (I assume the same is true for all the people saying The Lion King.)

Hans Zimmer won an Oscar for The Lion King's score. It's a decent pick for this even if you (correctly) ignore the "musical" songs.

The Adventures of Robin Hood
Forbidden Planet
Star Wars
Inception

Star Wars
The Godfather
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Psycho

The Lion King
Spirited Away
Star Wars
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

azuarc posted...

would have agreed with The Nightmare Before Christmas, but that's a musical, which isn't really the same thing. (I assume the same is true for all the people saying The Lion King.)

The Lion King has an incredible and iconic score imo; while the vocal songs do add to the overall package of it being one of my favourite films, so too does the score. I honestly think that Zimmer's work is at his most iconic and recognizable even separated from the Hakuna Matatas and Circle of Lifes in the world.

I feel there are far too many instances of whole series being used, like which Lord of the Rings? Star Wars is just the 1977 movie though

The Wizard of Oz
Doctor Zhivago
Psycho
Star Wars

Underleveled posted...

I think people are really sleeping on Chariots of Fire here. It may just be one song that's particularly iconic but isn't that the case with a lot of these?

To me, that's a mark I'm using to disqualify a number of scores.

Can I think of more than one or two pieces from the movie's score off the top of my head?

A lot of these, the answer is no.

Star Wars, Pirates, Lord of the Rings, Lion King, indisputably yes. Those are not top scores because they feature "the Theme from X", they are top scores because they have a whole body across the whole film that is memorable.

If you're naming a movie for one tune, then you are naming the wrong movie.