Giorgio Moroder - Cat People
Tangerine Dream - Shy People
Brad Fiedel - The Terminator
Popol Vuh - Nosferatu the Vampyre
Hans Zimmer - Beyond Rangoon

rbgws1, November 4, 2006; 5:53 PM

Besides some of the ones mentioned...

"Halloween" by John Carpenter just came to mind as well as the sequel scores and other scores by him like "Christine".

serifiot, November 4, 2006; 6:27 PM

Some of Vangelis' scores rank among the best electronic efforts in movie music; my favourite ones are THE BOUNTY, BLADE RUNNER, MISSING and, of course, CHARIOTS OF FIRE.

I'm also interested in John Carpenter's soundtracks, although the music from his last movies are not my cup of tea. My all time favourite is HALLOWEEN, and I think that ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 was highly effective. THE FOG was also a remarkable score.

I also like the way in which Jerry Goldsmith incorporated the synths into the full orchestra. LEGEND is wonderful and LINK is far superior to what many people has said.

Another favourite of mine is Edward Shearmur's K-PAX but, can it be considered an electronic based score? In actual movie music sometimes is really difficult to make that distinction...

Best regards,
Angel

angeldibujo, November 4, 2006; 8:16 PM

Starman by Jack nitzsche,I thought that was such a beautiful score.

j.w.schenk, November 4, 2006; 8:18 PM

Basic instinct- Goldsmith.
Jagged edge- Barry.
Link- Goldsmith.
Witness- Jarre.
1492- Vangelis.
Link is my absolute favourite.
who are Tangerine dream?
bottlecapcollector 5 november

patricia.griffiths610, November 4, 2006; 9:09 PM

Extreme Prejudice- Jerry Goldsmith
Event Horizon- Orbital
Leviathan (has somewhat of a synth score) also Mr. Goldsmith

To answer above:Tangerine Dream is a group that has a large following in mainstream music as well as soundtracks. They are still very popular and produced some really intense and unique soundtracks such as the above mentioned titles in previous posts. You should be able to look them up on this website.

Kim

emt8134, November 4, 2006; 11:27 PM

Das Boot, by Klaus Doldinger, along with several Vangelis works (particularly 1492, Blade Runner, Antarctica, and Chariots of Fire).

betenoir, November 5, 2006; 12:10 AM

Was never a big fan of electronic scores as I found it an easy way to compromise seriously talented composers and to use the medium to take away from serious composers. Alternatively, and over the years, some of those views have changed and I definitely sympathised with small budget productions and in particular John Carpenter. He didn't just pump out drivel but his scores, in context to the films, were enough to deliver the shocks they intended. The 80's saw a plethora of electronic scores and songs only soundtracks. Admittedly some I really liked and I am not now ashamed to admit it. These are some of my favourites:-

Basic Instinct
Gremlins
Barabbas
Midnight Express
The Shadow
Anything by Carpenter
Anything by Vangelis
Anything by Giorgio Moroder particularly Never Ending Story.

I would just like to add that one of other favourites is Damnation Alley. Although not commercially available with the electronics in it, I often watch the film for the music.

TheSaint.786, November 5, 2006; 4:01 AM

Moroder, Vangelis, Tangerine Dream, Carpenter, Goblin, Froese, Schulze, Clouser, Mansell, Uematsu, Dasent, Neo, Artemyev. i like Various titles from these composers, too many to list here.

philkws, November 5, 2006; 1:17 PM

Many great scores mentioned! Tangerine Dream and I go way back. I remember listening to Sorcerer and being hooked!

I believe the dream was founded by Edgar Froese back in the early 70's. Many fine composers did their bit (Peter Baumann/Paul Haslinger...)

Today it's Edgar Froese and his son Jerome. Recently scored some of the Imax stuff (What A Blast! Architecture In Motion).

Someone mentioned Shy People. A great score (Dancing On A White Moon) as well as the score from Thief.

I like electronic scoring when done well. I don't like the simulated electronic orchestra sound used so often as a replacement for an actuel orchestra.



victoravalentine, November 5, 2006; 5:24 PM

answer to self: tangerine dream
are the muppets who wrote the
inferior replacement score to
Legend.

patricia.griffiths610, November 5, 2006; 8:10 PM

Actually Tangerine Dream composed the American release score to Legend. Muppets they are not. As a matter of fact they are possible one of the most influencial voices in electronic music and have been for many years.

It was nothing new then nor is it now for films to have different original scores from country to country.

I didn't care for the fact the Goldsmith score was not heard on the American release of the film yet facts are facts. Tangerine Dream created much quality material over the years.

victoravalentine, November 6, 2006; 10:47 AM

I have always enjoyed electronic music. Whether it be Tomita's version of The Planets, Wakeman's Journey to The Center of The Earth, or Wendy Carlos's scores (not to mention her and Weird Al's take of Peter and The Wolf)

As to my favorite score, it changes from week to week, depends what's in the cd player this week.

Gary
NP: Outland

ragar01, November 6, 2006; 8:25 PM

Wendy Carlos (formerly Walter). She slipped my mind. The recording of her electronic music from Clockwork Orange is a beautifully wicked experience.

I remember listening to that recording one time as a summer thunderstorm was blowing in. Flashes of lightning outside the window coincided with the version of "singin' in the rain" on the recording.

victoravalentine, November 7, 2006; 11:52 AM

Tangerine Dream's contribution to Legend was one of the first bits of film music ever to stick in my ear. The best of it, unfortunately, does not appear on the album... or even the DVD's so-called "isolated score". I can see how Goldsmith loyalists would be disappointed. Actually, T. D. got shafted too. It wasn't THEIR idea to have Jon Anderson sing over their music.

Vangelis's "Opera Sauvage" (technically a soundtrack, though the original production is so obscure the album is thought of independently), I have recently decided, is a masterpiece... even if it is a little tinny.

Why is vintage synth so whiny?

THE ABYSS. I swear I can hear synthesized choir layed over the real choir, in the film version recordings.

I've never reached a conclusion on the exact degree of faked instrumentation and other trickery in Das Boot and Neverending Story. Some of it sounds totally genuine, but pitch-shifted or speed-adjusted.

zuvqwyx3, November 8, 2006; 3:58 PM

mr Knives,

Many apologies to you and all
Tangerine Dream fans all over the
planet but it was only a joke.
It was unforgivable(in my opinion)
of mr Goldsmith to replace Maurice
Jarre on 'the River wild'and John
Duprez on 'fierce creatures'.
my real anger should be vented
toward Ridley *!"#*?% scott and
sidney jay %$!*£+? sheinberg.

bottlecapcollector.

patricia.griffiths610, February 19, 2007; 8:06 PM