Cinco Ranch Aggie said:

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Any movie where Spielberg and Williams wrote together.
Jaws
Jurassic Park
ESB
E.T.

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Spielberg had nothing to do with The Empire Strikes Back, although I generally agree with your overall point about the Williams/Spielberg collaborations.

I agree about many of the choices listed already. I would add one particular theme that Williams wrote for a Spielberg movie, Close Encounters of the Third Kind - the da-da-da-du-da (I am not musically inclined, so this is the best I can do) used during the communication between Man and Alien.

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Oh man, I was way off on that. I don't even know why I thought that. Good catch.

DUNE. !!!!!!!!

So I think the OP is asking which scores will almost any person on the street be able to easily identify the movie with and not necessarily best scores overall since that's a matter of opinion. Half of the ones listed on here so far I've never heard... So here's my list.

1) Star Wars
2) Rocky
3) Jaws
4) Indiana Jones
5) The Godfather (this is way before my time and I've never seen the movie, but I know the music anytime I hear it)
6) The 007 Movies

GasPasser97 said:

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Dances with Wolves should be considered.

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Not just considered, but best.

The Dark Knight

Ill throw in an oldie. Though i agree some good posts here.

Out of africa.



Also, gotta hit the 60-70's james bond flicks

Good bad and ugly probably on top

Star wars

Befinning of cannonball run

Smokey and the bandit east bound and down

Matrix

Star trek original t v series

Btw, thanks for the link op - needed a short break and just got chills watchijg those gb&u links.

The goat.

Man of Steel

Not mentioned yet but Game of Thrones has produced a number of amazing scores the last eight years.

Hearing the Imperial March played by the NYC Philharmonic gave me full body chills.

Where is the love for Back to the Future? Come on people.

The opening chime when the date appears on screen is iconic alone.

I've always loved Braveheart and Glory (RIP James Horner).

Other favorites not frequently mentioned : Dragon:The Bruce Lee Story (reused in about 3000 movie trailers since its release), The Rock, Point of No Return

music to play if you need to get something done but are lacking motivation

Since movies have been hit on:

Game of Thrones and Westworld both have really great scores.

Dragon really sounds like Edelman's work in "Gettysburg" which is also great. Other personal favorites: Conan the Barbarian, How to Train Your Dragon, ROTK, Fellowship of the Ring, Krull (score is way better than the film - which does have its own charm), Rudy, Glory, Stardust, and Gladiator.

Maybe some aren't considered the best, but these are some of my favorites:

Jaws
E.T.
Jurassic Park
Schindler's List
Legends of the Fall
A Beautiful Mind
Psycho
Inception
Rudy

Battlestar Galactica's (mid-2000 version) score is amazing. Something Dark is Coming is still my all-time favorite track when it comes to tv/movie music.

The composer, Bear McCreary, could be one of the next great movie/tv show composers in my opinion. Battlestar Galactica, The Walking Dead, Black Sails, Outlander, and the newest God of War video game soundtrack are all his work.

Oh, forgot another favorite -

Arnolds original conan movie.

Urban Ag said:

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Not mentioned yet but Game of Thrones has produced a number of amazing scores the last eight years.

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I was about to post how I think its a crime he never won an Emmy for his work on the show but didn't realize he finally got one last year. Still way freaking overdue.

Earl i agree. This is really about "iconic" scores. Something we all would recognize.
I like all of yours would add Casa Blanca, Good,Bad,Ugly.
But for me , and I'm old. it would be "2001 a space odyssey"

Game of Thrones
First Knight

Star Wars
Lord of the Rings
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Interstellar
Glory
Crimson Tide

PatAg said:

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music to play if you need to get something done but are lacking motivation

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