Eric Serra

Ok, so maybe own stirring up trouble mentioning the composer of the controversial "Goldeneye" score... But I really love his work. "Goldeneye" and "Bulletproof Monk" are a couple of the most original and imaginative scores I've heard in my life. (And this is coming from a lover of the lush scores of John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, Alan Silvestri, etc...) Anyone else on here have a love for Serra's music?

I like The Fifth Element but you should also listen to The Art of Noise they influenced him quite a bit.

/shrug
nope, sorry.
I actually disliked his score to The 5th Element.
but to be fair he writes in a style that just doesn't appeal to me. I find nothing original about it. The whole "world music" filmscore thing is getting tired, in my opinion.

but, this IS just my opinion.
I'll take James Newton Howard over Serra any day.

Serra's scores, to me, are very much "underscore". So they sometimes work in the film for me, but only really, the same way the sound engineer's work might work: as background noise. When his music comes to the fore, I find it mostly quite forgettable, and quite often rather inappropriate.

I'm with you on the James Newton Howard front... That guy is amazing. I do understand that Serra is somewhat of an eclectic style... To tell you the truth I hated most of his music until I started listening to more techno/world music scores and found his to be much more original than most. (Bulletproof Monk is probably my favorite Serra score. It has very memorable themes, excellent action music and a lot of great "sound effects" as well.)
To each his own though!
PS
James Newton Howard did an AMAZING job on "I Am Legend" did he not?

Surprisingly, Track (14) "The Golden Palace" on "Bulletproof Monk" remind me strongly of Goldsmith.

Originally Posted by Johnwilliamsfan

James Newton Howard did an AMAZING job on "I Am Legend" did he not?

I disliked the film (or rather, it left me cold), so in all honesty, I didn't notice the music at all.

My favourite of all J.N.H.'s scores is a toss-up between Signs and Peter Pan. They're two such radically different scores. I think Signs wins out by a narrow margin.

Actually, I didn't notice one note of JNH's score in "I Am Legend"... It was odd because I actually loved the film but honestly couldn't hear the score. The actual soundtrack recording is absolutely GORGEOUS. As far as "Signs" and "Peter Pan" I love them both. I also have to give props to "Dinosaur" for it's sheer "massive-ness" "The Fugitive" for it's atmosphere and "Waterworld" for being probably his largest score. Of course, one can't forget "The Sixth Sense" or "King Kong" either. "King Kong" remains one of my favorite examples of sheer brilliance under HUGE pressure. Wow that guy can write.