Directors Best title sequence in a movie? (1 Viewer)

[Craig S]

Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow had a nifty title sequence. It played over footage of Depp travelling in a coach across the the countryside, and the title text took on characteristics of the envrionments shown (fading in & out like fog, etc.).

 

[TommyT]

I meant the hand writing the names on the yellow pad. It's Crowe's hand doing the writing & he even erases & corrects Fran McDormand's name.

 

[Mark_Paul]

Beverly Hills Cop II (ahem)

Actually, I prefer no titles, like Die Hard 2, Predator 2, The Crow, stuff like that.

 

[Angelo.M]

I really dig the titles on Catch Me if You Can...

 

[Pete SE]

Don't forget the animated ones.

The Pink Panther films

It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World

Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines

 

[Richard_D_Ramirez]

The best title sequence in a movie? The ones which are shown after the movie ends. Yeah, I already know the name of the movie I'm watching, and I don't need to be reminded when the movie starts.

8^B

 

[Robert Floto]

Darkman

 

[Sean Campbell]

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly : those civil war photos combined with Morricone's great score really help set the mood

Vertigo: Saul Bass combined with Bernard Herrmann. Instant classic

Escape From the Planet of the Apes: Not sure exactly why I like this one - maybe the great Goldsmith score.

The Quiet Earth: A simple shot of the sun rising set to the great music of John Charles.

The Birds: No music, just sound effects as the birds fill the screen

I also love the title sequences of many of Toho's fantasy and sci-fi productions, mainly for the pounding Akira Ifukube scores. The Three Treasures is a great example.

Watership Down: More of a pre-title sequence this one. I really like the way the stylised animation of the El-ahrairah sequence dissolves into the more traditional look just before the titles.

 

[MatthewLouwrens]

It's safe to just say that any titles designed by Saul Bass should appear on this thread. Vertigo, Psycho, North by Northwest, It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World, Spartacus, Alien (uncredited), Casino, Cape Fear. Some genuinely great sequences there. As someone commented on the Saul Bass biography on the IMDb:

It has been said that once you see the opening titles to a film that Saul Bass has done, you can walk out of the theatre because you know exactly what the film's about: he has shown you the entire thing in the first minute or so.

 

[steve jaros]

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

- the opening montage of mall scenes scored by 'we got the beat' sets the mood for that film perfectly...

 

[Sean Moon]

Run Lola RUn, with the crowd forming the title, then sequeing to the credits animated
Other than that, FIGHT CLUB has the coolest opening credits ever.

 

[Steve Felix]

Sleepy Hollow: very elegant, great camerawork and music. And it's gorgeous on DVD.

2001: A Space Odyssey

Seven (Reznor!)

And almost everything else that's been mentioned.

 

[George Monroy]

Transformers: The Movie
G.I. Joe
Batman
Beetlejuice
It's a Mad Mad Mad MAd World

 

[Timothy Alexander]

Batman and Robin

With the red clouded backgrounds and the Robin and Batman logos coming together. Looked really cool and actually got me excited for the movie....



...f*ckin Schumacher.

 

[Scott Weinberg]

Yay. Nobody mentioned one of my favorites:

The Untouchables

 

[Tim Raffey]

I really like The Magnificent Ambersons, though they might've been at the end.

 

[Neil Joseph]

Spiderman, Daredevil, Contact, LOTR:FOTR, Men In Black, T2, Top Gun, Toy Story 2 are all favourites of mine.

Moving to polls

 

[Colin-H]

You can see clips of Saul Bass title sequences at http://www.saulbass.net/

If I had to pick, I'd say my favorite modern Saul Bass title sequence is Casino, and my favorite '60s sequence is Vertigo.

There are a number of good titles by Imaginary Forces (video clips here, too). They did the already mentioned Se7en, Charlie's Angels, Daredevil, and Spider-Man titles. The Island of Dr. Moreau titles are pretty incredible, as well.

 

[Tony-B]

2001
Any Bond film
Spider Man

 

[Steve Phillips]

I agree with PSYCHO and SUPERMAN, and I'll add PLANET OF THE APES and FRIDAY THE 13th PART 3 to the list. The latter of course, only because of the amazing use of 3-D.