Top Film Scores: 46-34
July 25, 2007
46. The Patriot (2000), John Williams. This film evokes the spirit of American pride and courage as the founding fathers fight for their freedom. Williams aptly brings the piccollo to the forefront of his orchestration many times to give us a sense of the time period we’re in.
45. Shakespeare in Love (1998), Stephen Warbeck. This score has a wonderful theme that poignantly encompasses both the emotions of love and the artist’s inspiration (two emotions that I believe are almost the same, and thus conveyed perfectly in the singular motif of the film). One almost feels the excitement that Will Shakespeare enjoys as he creates the masterwork Romeo and Juliet. It is a feeling of heightened excitement, euphoria, like walking on air as they say. Read the rest of this entry »
