Originally Posted by
Arfguy
This is a great thread idea. Music in TV and film is one of the things I really pay attention to. IMO, movies and TV can reach another level of quality based on scores and themes. I talk about this stuff all the time with my friends and it is a point of disbelief when some say that they don't really notice the music in TV and movies.
Some of my favourite movie and TV composers:
Hans Zimmer (Inception, Man of Steel, The Dark Knight)
Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Iron Man, Pacific Rim)
Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, Predator, Cast Away)
Michael Giacchino (Lost, Up, Star Trek)
Some composers whose work is so precious, but is very underrated:
Greg Edmonson of Firefly fame. I own the soundtrack of both the TV show and the movie Serenity. Greg Edmonson, IMO, understood Firefly like no one truly can. His scores throughout the episodes of Firefly is still stuff that can just be listened to over and over.
Steve Jablonsky of Transformers soundtrack fame. He wins a place as one of my favourite composers on the basis of themes like Sentinel Prime, The All-Spark and No Sacrifice, No Victory alone.
Patrick Doyle, for his work on movies like Thor and Rise of the Planet of the Apes. In fact, I felt that the music of Rise of the Planet of the Apes plays a really strong part in why I like it the most of the trilogy.
I didn't want to mention John Williams, just because he's a legend. His contribution is just on an epic level!