01-03-2019, 21:51
In a recent poll conducted by The Radio Times 'Star Wars;A New Hope (1977)' has been voted as having 'the best opening movie theme tune of all time'.The top 5 films that topped the poll was as follows;
1)Star Wars;A New Hope (1977) by John Williams
2)Lord of the Rings;Fellowship of the Ring (2001) by Howard Shore
3)Harry Potter;The Philosopher's Stone (2001) by John Williams
4)Jurassic Park (1993) by John Williams
5)The Good,The Bad & The Ugly (1966) by Ennio Morricone
I've compiled a list of my Top 5 Favourite & most iconic opening movie theme tunes below & wondered what other people's favourites were.Remember I want to keep this strictly as movie (not tv series) opening theme tunes (when the starting credits are rolling) as there is another thread for favourite songs on movie soundtracks. What's yours.
1)Superman (1978) by John Williams
2)Terminator 2;Judgement Day (1991) by Brad Fiedel
3)Top Gun (1986) by H.Faltermeyer/S.Stevens
4)Back to the Future (1985) by Alan Silvestri
5)Rocky (1976) 'Gonna Fly Now' by Bill Conti
A few other crackers;
Jaws (1975) by John Williams
Indiana Jones;Raiders of Lost Ark (1981) by John Williams
Magnificent Seven (1960) by Elmer Bernstein
Halloween (1978) by John Carpenter
Rocky 3 (1982) 'Eye of the Tiger' by Survivor.
1)Star Wars;A New Hope (1977) by John Williams
2)Lord of the Rings;Fellowship of the Ring (2001) by Howard Shore
3)Harry Potter;The Philosopher's Stone (2001) by John Williams
4)Jurassic Park (1993) by John Williams
5)The Good,The Bad & The Ugly (1966) by Ennio Morricone
I've compiled a list of my Top 5 Favourite & most iconic opening movie theme tunes below & wondered what other people's favourites were.Remember I want to keep this strictly as movie (not tv series) opening theme tunes (when the starting credits are rolling) as there is another thread for favourite songs on movie soundtracks. What's yours.
1)Superman (1978) by John Williams
2)Terminator 2;Judgement Day (1991) by Brad Fiedel
3)Top Gun (1986) by H.Faltermeyer/S.Stevens
4)Back to the Future (1985) by Alan Silvestri
5)Rocky (1976) 'Gonna Fly Now' by Bill Conti
A few other crackers;
Jaws (1975) by John Williams
Indiana Jones;Raiders of Lost Ark (1981) by John Williams
Magnificent Seven (1960) by Elmer Bernstein
Halloween (1978) by John Carpenter
Rocky 3 (1982) 'Eye of the Tiger' by Survivor.