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Topic: 80s Decade Revisited (1980-1989)

sakman
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Just a walk through some favorites of the 80s. And some years harder to find 5! Got any suggestions?1980
Barry: Somewhere in Time
Raise the Titanic
Corigliano: Altered States
Williams: The Empire Strikes Back1981
Barry: Body Heat
Goldsmith: Outland
Sarde: Ghost Story
Williams: Raiders of the Lost Ark1982
Goldsmith: Poltergeist
The Secret of N.I.M.H.
Horner: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Poledouris: Conan the Barbarian
Williams: E.T., the Extraterrestrial1983
Goldsmith: Under Fire
Williams: The Return of the Jedi1984
Barry: The Cotton Club
Goldsmith: Supergirl
Holdridge: Splash
Williams: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
The River1985
Barry: Out of Africa
Goldsmith: Legend
Mancini: Lifeforce
Silvestri: Back to the Future1986
Horner: Aliens
Morricone: The Mission
Petit: Jean de Florette
Rosenman: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home1987
Barry: The Living Daylights
Morricone: The Untouchables
Poledouris: Robocop
Williams: Empire of the Sun
Young: Hellraiser1988
Elfman: Beetlejuice
Midnight Run
Horner: Willow
Morricone: Cinema Paradiso1989
Doyle: Henry V
Elfman: Batman
Horner: Glory
Silvestri: The Abyss
Williams: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusadeposted 03-23-2001 08:12 AM PT (US) 
JJH

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hmmm, Battle Beyond the Stars came out in 1980...
also in 1981:
Tess, Sarde
Heartbeeps, Williams
The Final Conflict, Goldsmith
Dragonslayer, North
Masada, Goldsmith
1983
Brainstorm, Horner
Krull, Horner
High Road to China, Barry
Twilight Zone: The Movie, Goldsmith
well, that's just a few...posted 03-23-2001 08:49 AM PT (US) 
Brad Wills

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Just a few more...
'80:
Dressed To Kill - Pino Donaggio
The Final Countdown - John Scott
The Elephant Man - John Morris'82:
Far too many to mention'83:
The Outsiders - Carmine Coppola
Lovesick - Phillipe Sarde
The Dead Zone - Michael Kamen'84:
Greystoke - John Scott
The Natural - Randy Newman
A Passage To India - Maurice Jarre
Gremlins - Jerry Goldsmith
Runaway - Goldsmith'85:
Return To Oz - David Shire
The Black Cauldron - Elmer Bernstein
Lifeforce - Henry Mancini
Legend - Jerry GoldsmithAny more???
posted 03-23-2001 10:18 AM PT (US) 
new york islanders

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Here's my list:1980
Empire Strikes Back (John Williams)
Saturn 3 (Elmer Bernstein)
Dressed to Kill (Pino Donnaggio)1981
Raiders of the Lost Ark (John Williams)
Outland (Jerry Goldsmith)
True Confessions (Georges Delerue)
Heartbeeps (John Williams)
Masada (Jerry Goldsmith)
Raggedy Man (Jerry Goldsmith)
Quest for Fire (Phillippe Sarde)
Ghost Story (Phillipe Sarde)
On Golden Pond
Heavy Metal
An American Werewolf In London (Elmer Bernstein)
Stripes (Elmer Bernstein)
For Your Eyes Only (Bill Conti)
The Howling (Pino Donaggio)
Blow Out (Pino Donaggio)
Wolfen (James Horner)
Dragonslayer (Alex North)
The Final Conflict (Jerry Goldsmith)
Thief (Tangerine Dream)1982
Conan the Barabarian (Basil Poledouris)
First Blood (Jerry Goldsmith)
The Challenge (Jerry Goldsmith)
E.T. (John Williams)
Star Trek 2 (James Horner)
Monsignor (John Williams)
Videodrome (Howard Shore)-
Ghandi (George Fenton and Ravi Shankar)
Tootsie (Dave Grusin)
Poltergiest (Jerry Goldsmith)
A Little Sex (Georges Delerue)
48 Hours (James Horner)
Blue Thunder (Arthur B.Rubinstein)
Victor/Victoria (Henry Mancini)
Blade Runner (Vangelis)1983
Return of the Jedi (John Williams)
Under Fire (Jerry Goldsmith)
Octopussy (John Barry)
Trading Places (Elmer Bernstein)
War Games (Arthur B.Rubinstein)
Nate And Hayes (Trevor Jones)
Krull (James Horner)
Brainstorm (James Horner)
The Lonely Guy (Jerry Goldsmith)
Scarface (Georgio Moroder)
Never Say Never Again (Michel Legrand)
Twlight Zone the Movie (Jerry Goldsmith)
Never Cry Wolf (Mark Isham)1984
Star Trek 3 (James Horner)
Beverly Hills Cop (Harold Faltermeyer)
Romancing the Stone (Alan Silvestri)
Supergirl (Jerry Goldsmith)
The River (John Williams)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (John Williams)
Top Secret! (Maurice Jarre)
Red Dawn (Basil Poledouris)
Conan the Destroyer (Basil Poledouris)
The Terminator (Brad Fiedel)1985
Rambo:First Blood Pt.2 (Jerry Goldsmith)
Back to the Future (Alan Silvestri)
Prizzi's Honor (Alex North)
A View to A Kill (John Barry)
Maxie (Georges Delerue)
Wierd Science (Ira Newborn)
Runaway (Jerry Goldsmith)
Cocoon (James Horner)
The Journey of Natty Gann (James Horner)
Spies Like Us (Elmer Bernstein)
Enemy Mine (Maurice Jarre)
The Black Cauldron (Elmer Bernstein)
The Bride (Maurice Jarre)
Pee Wee's Big Adventure (Danny Elfman)
Fandango (Alan Silvestri)
Legend (Jerry Goldsmith)
The Man With One Red Shoe (Thomas Newman)
Commando (James Horner)
The Goonies (Dave Grusin)
Flesh and Blood (Basil Poledouris)1986
Hoosiers (Jerry Goldsmith)
Top Gun (Harold Faltermeyer)
Aliens (James Horner)
Pirates (Philippe Sarde)
Highlander (Michael Kamen)
The Mission (Ennio Morricone)
The Mosquito Coast (Maurice Jarre)
Three Amigos (Elmer Bernstein)
Legal Eagels (Elmer Bernstein)
Gung Ho (Thomas Newman)1987
Lethal Weapon (Michael Kamen and Eric Clapton)
Innerspace (Jerry Goldsmith)
Extreme Prejudice (Jerry Goldsmith)
Batteries Not Included (James Horner)
Witches of Eastwick (John Williams)
Overboard (Alan Silvestri)
Predator (Alan Silvestri)
The Lost Boys (Thomas Newman)
Stakeout (Arthur B.Rubinstein)
Cherry 2000 (Basil Poledouris)1988
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Alan Silvestri)
Big (Howard Shore)
Twins (Georges Delerue and Randy Edelman)
Die Hard (Michael Kamen)
The Great Outdoors (Thomas Newman)
Midnight Run (Danny Elfman)
Tequila Sunrise (Dave Grusin)
Rain Man (Hans Zimmer)
Willow (James Horner)
Cocoon the Return (James Horner)
The Beast (Mark Isham)
Funny Farm (Elmer Bernstein)
1989
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (John Williams)
Back to the Future Pt.2 (Alan Silvestri)
Born on the Fourth of July (John Williams)
The Burbs (Jerry Goldsmith)
Steel Magnolias (Georges Delerue)
Black Rain (Hans Zimmer)
Driving Miss Daisy (Hans Zimmer)
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (James Horner)
Cookie (Thomas Newman)
Warlock (Jerry Goldsmith)
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (David Newman)
Disorganized Crime (David Newman)
Glory (James Horner)
Lethal Weapon 2 (Michael Kamen, Eric Clapton and David Sanborn)
Batman (Danny Elfman)
When Harry Met Sally (Marc Shaiman)
Slipstream (Elmer Bernstein)posted 03-23-2001 11:28 AM PT (US) 
Lancelot

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Did "Silverado" somehow get left out...? "Young Sherlock Holmes"?
posted 03-23-2001 02:19 PM PT (US) 
mlw
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80s k-tel:Heavy Metal, Marie Ward, Genocide, Slipstream, Black Cauldron, Saturn 3, God music from Blues Bros., Stripes, Airplane, Ghostbusters, Spies Like Us, Michael Jackson's Thriller, An American Werewolf in London (all 2 minutes!) by Bernstein; Eye of the Needle, Dead Men Don;t Wear Plaid by Rozsa; Dragonslayer, Carny, The Dead, The Penitent, Prizzi's Honor, GoodMorning Vietnam, Under the Volcano by North; Elephant Man, Ironweed, Dr. and the Devils, Haunted Honeymoon by Morris; Greystoke, Cousteau Amazon, Man on Fire, The Whistle Blower, The Final Countdown, The Shooting Party, King of the Wind, Shoot to Kill, Winter People, all by the great John Scott; The River, Born on the 4th of July, Last Crusade, Empire SB, Heartbeeps by Williams; The Kindred by D. Newman; The Natural by Randy Newman; Farewell to the King, Conan the Barbarian, Lonesome Dove, Robocop and Flesh+Blood by Poledouris; Less than Zero, Desperatley Seeking Susan, Prince of Pennsylvania, Men Don't Leave by T. Newman; Return to Oz, Short Circuit, Monkey Shines by Shire; Johnny Handsome, Southern Comfort, Streets of Fire by Cooder; Tai Pan by Jarre; Lifeforce, Without a Clue, Sunset by Mancini; Fort Saganne, Ghost Story, Quest for Fire, Manhatten Project, Pirates, and a dozen french flics by Sarde; Rampage, Cop Killer, The Island, The Professional, The Outsider, Frantic, Once upon a X in America by Morricone; The Howling, The Black Cat, Blow Out by Donaggio; Crimes of the Heart, Salvador, Queenie by Delerue; Blade Runner; The Beyond by Frizzi; Batman by Elfman; Into the Night by Ira Newborn, BB King; Dead Ringers, The Fly by Shore; Hellraiser I and II by Young; Scarface by Moroder; Sid and Nancy, Walker, Straight to Hell, Permanent Record by Joe Strummer; Altered States, Revolution by Corigliano; Prince of the City by Chihara; Frances by Barry; Lethal Weapon, Raggedy Rawney, Highlander by Kamen; Mad Max 2 by May; Last Starfighter, Remo Williams, Wolfen by Craig Safan;
Under Fire, Final Conflict, Masada, The Challenge, Poltergeist, First Blood, Secret of NIMH, Night Crossing, Twilight Zone, Gremlins, Supergirl, Runaway, Legend, Baby, Explorers, Link, Lionheart, Extreme Prejudice, Rambo III, Alien Nation, Warlock by Goldsmith
The very best: Elephant Man, Ironweed, Greystoke, Lifeforce, Under Fire, Eye of the Needle, Final Conflict, The Challenge, Heavy Metal, Revolution, Altered States, Empire SB
[Message edited by mlw on 03-23-2001][Message edited by mlw on 03-23-2001]
posted 03-23-2001 03:29 PM PT (US) 
John C Winfrey

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Sakman and other posters: all good choices. This list I am more familiar with having heard nearly all of these. Most of my choices are on the lists somewhere. The '80s was a very good decade for film music. Best, John.
posted 03-23-2001 04:14 PM PT (US) 
Timmer

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Nothing to add scorewise except to say WHAT A HEALTHY DECADE FOR GREAT SCORES?!!...I am so blessed to have been part of that!I think I've heard (and even have) most of the scores mentioned on those lists

posted 03-24-2001 05:56 AM PT (US) Old Infopop Software by UBB
