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"The music in Shrek is an absolute fantastic expression of what film scoring can accomplish."
"And the music, particularly the music that plays in the beginning of the movie, is really memorable."
"It was insincere to repurpose the themes by Akira Ifukube because he associated them with Toho's Godzilla." - Adam Wingard
"Quentin's use of music is pretty darn remarkable. He really articulates scenes with music."
"I forgot how great the score was one of my absolute favorites with that being said what are some of your favorite scores I personally love Lord of the Rings the Dark Knight trilogy and Remember the Titans."
"Composer Basil Polidoris worked on the soundtrack for over six months generating themes for the film that were both dramatic, catchy, and vaguely military sounding."
"I think DC's definitely is winning as far as score soundtracks."
"Music complements it expertly. God, I just can't overstate how well this movie introduces and adapts Imperial March to a variety of scenes and its constant use."
"Return of the Jedi score is absolutely awe-inspiring."
"Revenge of the Sith is one of my favorite film scores in cinematic history."
"It has, in my opinion, the absolute best score in Star Wars history."
"The musical notes in it were wonderful, they had great music selection that really fed into the emotion of it all."
"Given we now offer film music as a principal study degree discipline, it made perfect sense for us to work together on this."
"The music... goes so perfectly... with the storytelling..."
"The main song from this film is so tied into the franchise that it actually just got used in the sequel and it hit the top five again decades later."
"I'm already psyched for this movie, anytime the Alan Silvestri score pops in."
"That song should have won an academy award for best song from a motion picture. It didn't get nominated. I see fire by Ed Sheeran is a powerful piece of music. I love it."
"Once you get over the fact that you’re holding this like a joystick, and adjust to the form factor then... it just works."
"Look for people who are willing to change what they've been doing for a decade because there's something better out there."
"The music in this film, yeah, yeah, yeah, yes, good, yeah, good."
"The entire score is a unique mixture of jazz swing and lounge styles and it remains the most legendary film score in comedy movie history."
"The main title also known as the godfather waltz is both haunting and nostalgic perfectly evoking the tragedy and romance of the story."
"The passing of the torch feels full circle as 'Back in Black' becomes a theme throughout the film."
"Great music oh my goodness the music the musical score for the spider-man movie wow uh I wanna go listen to the soundtrack like even as I'm talking about it's really good"
"Pop music can serve as a film's memory, instantaneously linking it with its audience."
"Songs that start diegetic but then become the score."
"This scene might be my favorite instance of film scoring ever."
"That’s because the note progression was chosen by composer John Williams as the basis for communication with alien life in the Steven Spielberg classic 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind.'"
"The soundtrack of Goodfellas was terrific... it was fitted in so seamless with the movie with the different scenes."
"Snyder opted to use pre-existing pop songs or needle drops in the movie creating a wall-to-wall musical backdrop that drives the narrative forward."
"He said I don't want anyone else to write Star Wars music for the character of Ray yeah or Daisy Ridley it's not necessary gonna be impossible going forward but if this is it for three movies for Ray yeah he has created quite a theme for her."
"Angela Lansbury, the voice of Mrs. Potts, was originally reluctant to sing the classic song "Beauty and the Beast.""
"People loved the Snyder cut and the Snyder verse."
"But it did for DC fans, as with all James Gunn's projects, the music is like another supporting character of the films."
"Interstellar was the fifth collaboration between Hans Zimmer and Christopher Nolan."
"The score he provides sounds more romantic and whimsical than John Williams's Superman theme and has more of a sense of mystical fantasy and adventure and it's just exploding with heart and passion."
"I kind of like this recap where we recreate the majesty and beauty of Planet Krypton with that John Williams epic music only to end on this."
"From the opening of this movie, where you see Maximus's hands gliding over the wheat, and you hear Lisa Gerrard from Dead Can Dance and you hear Hans Zimmer's music, and then you cut to the Battle of Germania..."
"I cannot leave this video without talking about the Danny Elfman score. That Spider-Man theme, it's up there with Batman and Superman's theme."
"The score by Danny Elfman is all sorts of iconic."
"It's refreshing to hear a high school movie with an actual score."
"The best thing about this film is the music."
"The Jaws theme was so provocative and symbolic of the shark that it saved us really."
"What one film would you watch at the Hollywood Bowl with a live orchestra playing the score? Godfather for me."
"It's perfect, it's one of the best uses of a film soundtrack."
"There's definitely a lot of great songs in this movie and they're classics for a reason."
"SpongeBob's dramatic offer to sacrifice himself is scored by 'Ecstasy of Gold,' which was written for the famous Western 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.'"
"The soundtrack is incredible, the look and feel of the movie is amazing."
"Paul heads over to Broad Street soundtrack by the final original song of the film and probably the best 'No More Lonely Nights'."
"We are not looking for a John Williams wannabe. We're looking for an artist who actually will bring and imprint something on this that makes it its own thing."
"The James Bond theme is iconic for a reason."
"The end credits song is great, maybe the best part of the film."
"The song 'Ashes' feels like it was written for the movie, but if it's ineligible for Oscars, that's interesting."
"The John Williams score is always the one aspect of these movies that is on point."
"Alan Silvestri's Avengers theme is probably one of the most iconic themes ever."
"It was John Williams that made me first of all realize that film music can be of quality and distinction."
"The main title from Vertigo is the textbook perfect example of a score."
"I love Star Wars, but I don't know if a movie has ever been elevated more by a score."
"The score is one of the most memorable parts of the film and has been sampled by multiple hip hop artists in the following decades."
"...the best film music is silent so you're not even aware of it."
"The music in this film... the songs are not a joke; they are stunning songs, they are beautifully written."
"The music literally makes this movie."
"I love the score; it's so haunting."
"The score is very ambitious. I love how many different genres they tackled with this film."
"The music in this movie was actually really good and some of it was very powerful."
"The music alone is one of the biggest things that made the original Jurassic Park the well-renowned success it was."
"There are many things about the films from Studio Ghibli that make them so iconic, but one of the things that makes them perhaps instantly recognizable is the music."
"The magical, intriguing, curious sound of the Lydian scale makes it perfect for film scoring."
"Another unsung hero of this series is the music."
"We work with one of our favorite movie composers, Elmer Bernstein, who did the theme for us and scored the pictures."
"Herrmann's next highly original score won him an Oscar."
"The power of music in a film is so strong and so beautiful."
"The undeniable best bit about this film is the music."