Films Scores

Recently on a special podcast of Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo's Film Reviews a panel of experts were gathered to put together their lists of the ten greatest film scores of all time.

It was interesting to hear both classical musicians, a film critic, and a pop musician discuss their favorite songs from films ranging from Star Wars to The Magnificent Seven to Amélie. Eventually they narrowed it down to Raiders of the Lost Ark and Jaws for the number one choice. Their top ten will be played live on June 10th by the BBC Philharmonic.

Personally I like the Jaws theme better, but this may be influenced by the fact that I love the movie Jaws and I don't care for Raiders so the song just does nothing for me.

I was inspired by the podcast to compile my own top ten list, which I will post, but I did notice that most of the films I chose were from my favorite films. Is it that I have a bias for the films that I like, or do I just have that great of taste in both movies and film scores?

Let's go with the latter.

What I believe makes the most sense is that a film score is just important an element of why a movie is good or not.