Directors Ten Most Amazingly-Scored Cues (No Main Titles!) (1 Viewer)

[Agee Bassett]

1. “Battle on the Ice,” Alexander Nevsky (Sergei Prokofiev)
2. “Miracle,” Lawrence of Arabia (Maurice Jarre)
3. “Andante Cantabile,” The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (Bernard Herrmann)
4. “Epilogue,” Things to Come (Arthur Bliss)
5. “The Tennis Match,” Strangers On a Train (Dimitri Tiomkin)
6. “The Ecstasy of Gold, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Ennio Morricone)
7. “The Miser’s Waltz,” The Devil and Daniel Webster (Bernard Herrmann)
8. “Harmonica Love Theme,” The Sea Wolf (Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
9. “The Barrel Chase,” Jaws (John Williams)
10. “Farewell-The Tower,” Vertigo (Bernard Herrmann)

 

[Kirk Tsai]

Wooooo, no main titles is a great rule.

I especially love The Battle On Ice and The Ecstasy of Gold (the Scene d'amour is a tie with the Finale in my book). Ten different ones that come to my mind now; they would be different the next day.

"Escape/Chase/Saying Goodbye," E.T.-The Extra Terrestrial (John Williams)
"The Creation," The Bride of Frankenstein (Franz Waxman)
"Non Nobis, Domine," Henry V (Patrick Doyle)
"Where Dreams are Born," A.I.-Artificial Intelligence (John Williams)
"Falls," The Mission (Ennio Morricone)
"The Hand of Fate I," Signs (James Newton Howard)
"Journey To The Line," The Thin Red Line (Hans Zimmer)
"I'll Never Be Hungry Again," Gone With the Wind (Max Steiner)
"Funeral Coda," Michael Collins (Elliot Goldenthal)
"The Place Where Dreams Come True," Field of Dreams (James Horner)

 

[Lew Crippen]

Two great lists, although I’m much more familiar with Agee’s.

 

[Kirk Tsai]

Goes to show that in no way can I compare my classic films knowledge with Agee's; the list reveals my younger age. There are some cues on Agee's list that I have either listened to on their own (Things To Come), or seen the movie without listening to the scores on their own (The Sea Wolf, Strangers on a Train).

Have not seen The Devil and Daniel Webster, look forward to the Criterion.

 

[Patrick McCart]

The main "love" theme for the flower girl in City Lights (used at the very end of the film) [Charles Chaplin/Alfred Newman]

North By Northwest - Overture/The Wild Chase (Bernard Herrmann)

Vertigo - Main theme (Bernard Herrmann)

Lawrence of Arabia - "Sunrise theme" (Maurice Jarre)

Pee-Wee's Big Adventure - Main theme/Breakfast theme (Danny Elfman)

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - Nautilus Theme (Paul J. Smith) [Note: Disney NEEDS to put this on CD!!!)

Goldfinger - Miami Beach cue (right after credits) (John Barry)

8 1/2 - Main theme (Nino Rota)

The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly - The Trio (Ennio Morricone)

 

[Dome Vongvises]

Pee-Wee's Big Adventure - Main theme/Breakfast theme (Danny Elfman)