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The Top 10 greatest film composers according to Chat GPT...
Posted on 5/7/24 at 6:36 pm
Posted on 5/7/24 at 6:36 pm
I admit it. I'm a nerd. I listen to film scores on my Spotify on my way into work every morning. And so it's always fun to talk about who the best film composers of all-time are. I asked Chat GPT that question recently and this is what our AI overlord had to tell me. For those of you may not know of their work, I am including examples of their most iconic scores right beside their names:
1. John Williams (Star Wars)
2. Ennio Morricone (The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)
3. Hans Zimmer (Gladiator)
4. Bernard Herrmann (Psycho)
5. Max Steiner (Gone With the Wind)
6. Nino Rota (The Godfather)
7. Jerry Goldsmith (Star Trek)
8. Alexandre Desplat (The Shape of Water)
9. Howard Shore (The Lord of the Rings)
10. Thomas Newman (The Shawshank Redemption)
1. John Williams (Star Wars)
2. Ennio Morricone (The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)
3. Hans Zimmer (Gladiator)
4. Bernard Herrmann (Psycho)
5. Max Steiner (Gone With the Wind)
6. Nino Rota (The Godfather)
7. Jerry Goldsmith (Star Trek)
8. Alexandre Desplat (The Shape of Water)
9. Howard Shore (The Lord of the Rings)
10. Thomas Newman (The Shawshank Redemption)
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Posted on 5/7/24 at 6:37 pm to RollTide1987
It’s Williams and no one else. He deserves every spot up to 10.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 7:04 pm to RollTide1987
John Williams and Hans Zimmer are 1A and 1B and I don’t particularly care about which order they are put in (I would give the slight edge to zimmer)
Alan Silversti (spelling?) should be in the top 10 as well.
Alan Silversti (spelling?) should be in the top 10 as well.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 7:10 pm to RollTide1987
Hans Zimmer is the subject of a short 2022 BBC documentary called Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel that just released on Netflix. It’s less than an hour and worth checking out if you’re a fan and haven’t seen it.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 11:04 pm to RollTide1987
Bernard Herman is #1
Posted on 5/7/24 at 11:06 pm to RollTide1987
I seem to be having major eye issues. I don’t see Basil Poledoris for Conan the Barbarian
Posted on 5/7/24 at 11:36 pm to RollTide1987
No Elmer Bernstein? He should be No. 2 on that list.
From Wiki:
From Wiki:
quote:
He composed and arranged scores for over 100 film scores, including Sudden Fear (1952), The Man with the Golden Arm (1955), The Ten Commandments (1956), Sweet Smell of Success (1957), The Magnificent Seven (1960), To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), The World of Henry Orient (1964), The Great Escape (1963), Hud (1963), Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967), True Grit (1969), My Left Foot (1989), The Grifters (1990), Cape Fear (1991), Twilight (1998), and Far from Heaven (2002).
He is known for his work on the comedic films Animal House (1978), Meatballs (1979), Airplane! (1980), The Blues Brothers (1980), Stripes (1981), Trading Places (1983), Ghostbusters (1984), Spies Like Us (1985), and Three Amigos (1986).
This post was edited on 5/7/24 at 11:42 pm
Posted on 5/8/24 at 12:47 am to RollTide1987
I love the Godfather score, but has Rota done anything else of note?
Posted on 5/8/24 at 1:07 am to RollTide1987
#1 is The Maestro. Because he has the only rentable house in Tuscany.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 5:31 am to RollTide1987
Max Richter & Carter Burwell are missing
Posted on 5/8/24 at 6:41 am to RollTide1987
No James Horner? Braveheart , legends of the fall, titanic etc..
Posted on 5/8/24 at 6:50 am to RollTide1987
I’m going to give some love to Alan Menken. He really did fantastic jobs with the Disney movies during their second golden age.
Aladdin
Little Mermaid
Beauty and the Beast
Hercules
Pocahontas
Hunchback of Notre Dame
Aladdin
Little Mermaid
Beauty and the Beast
Hercules
Pocahontas
Hunchback of Notre Dame
This post was edited on 5/10/24 at 9:42 am
Posted on 5/8/24 at 8:46 am to RollTide1987
in my mind John Williams is #1. it is just insane how epic his career is.
1. Lost In Space
2. Film Adaptation of Fiddler on the Roof
3. The Poseidon Adventure
Then we get to the heavy hitters
4. Jaws- creates the theme song for all sharks for ever
5. Star Wars
6. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
7. Superman
8. Raiders of the Lost Ark
9. ET
10. Jurassic Park
11, Shindlers List
12. Harry Potter
Just madness. absolutely crazy
1. Lost In Space
2. Film Adaptation of Fiddler on the Roof
3. The Poseidon Adventure
Then we get to the heavy hitters
4. Jaws- creates the theme song for all sharks for ever
5. Star Wars
6. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
7. Superman
8. Raiders of the Lost Ark
9. ET
10. Jurassic Park
11, Shindlers List
12. Harry Potter
Just madness. absolutely crazy
Posted on 5/8/24 at 9:21 am to RollTide1987
I'd have a hard time narrowing to down to 10, but Miklós Rózsa would be on the list somewhere
Posted on 5/8/24 at 9:54 am to RollTide1987
Maurice Jarre (Dr. Zhivago, Lawrence of Arabia, and many others) should be at least top 5 imo
ETA: No one's even close to John Williams
ETA: No one's even close to John Williams
This post was edited on 5/8/24 at 9:55 am
Posted on 5/9/24 at 9:11 am to RollTide1987
No John Berry?
Posted on 5/9/24 at 5:34 pm to RollTide1987
I can't think of a better example of a film not being the same without it's composer than Interstellar with Zimmer. It still would have been a beautiful and fascinating movie but Hans Zimmer's score is what made it an experience instead of just a movie. The docking scene alone was one of the most intense things I've ever watched the first time I saw it and the overall theme was unlike anything before it
Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:43 pm to RollTide1987
Any top 10 list without James Horner is a joke.
Posted on 5/10/24 at 5:37 am to RollTide1987
Henry Mancini - Pink Panther, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Great Race, Charade, and so many others, including several Oscar winners
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