Right, I shall now jot down a few of my most inspirational pieces of music. This is rather difficult as there are so very many!
John Williams and Hans Zimmer are, in my humble opinion, the kings of film composition. Everything that they churn out is exceptional and it makes me sick at how good they are! My personal favourite John Williams score is the theme from Jurassic Park and my favourite Hans Zimmer is Gladiator.
James Horner is also a particular favourite of mine. Titanic was fabulously scored and my personal favourite of his is the score for A Beautiful Mind.
I could go on forever but I will keep this list brief; the final composer that I draw tremendous amounts of inspiration from is Bernard Herrmann. All of his works for Hitchcock are brilliant, particularly North By Northwest and Psycho. His score for Taxi Driver also demonstrates that he can compose in completely different fields and is not afraid to leap out of his comfort zone.
Other notable composers that I admire are:
James Newton-Howard - The Village
Howard Shore - Lord of the Rings
Ennio Morricone - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Jerry Goldsmith - Planet of the Apes
Danny Elfman - Batman
Vangelis - Blade Runner
Gabriel Yared - The English Patient
Michael Nyman - The Piano
Alan Silvestri - The Polar Express
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