LOTR (By the way, not composed by Horner) is to me a better score than Conan the Barbarian, but it all boils down to personal choice and you are of course entitled to your opinion.

There are lot of scores from the 1990s and 2000s that are better than this score (in my opinion of course). Judging by your comment, I think you are obsessing with 1982, not me.

You bring up a good point. I do feel that you are in fact saying that nothing modern (or 1990s/2000s as you put it) can even come close to Conan the Barbarian. That’s quite a strong statement… even come close. That means if you give Conan the Barbarian a 10, every score from the 1990s and 2000s has a possibility of maybe getting a 7 tops. Strong words indeed. Are you serious?

So if I understand you correctly, a score needs to be featured on ABC news and people need to write entire thesis about a score for it to be great? Maybe you should give scores a chance instead of judging them by its pedigree and status. Try some scores from 1990s or 2000s. I’ll be very surprised and a little disappointed if you didn’t find a gem among the 1000s released.

I’m glad you find LOTR pleasant though. As do I! At least we agree on something.

I know exactly what I am talking about by the way. I am saying exactly what my feelings are about this score and that’s all I can do. Am I an all-knowing expert on film scores? Of course not. Just a fan. I’m not sure that mentioning that LOTR is composed by Horner (twice) put you in the all-knowing category either to be fair

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The soundtrack to “Conan the Barbarian” is already considered by many to be a modern classic. In fact, it is proffered as one of the best pieces of classical music written in the 20th century. I’m not kidding. I have the LotR trilogy, and there’s just no way its score by Horner is superior to Conan the Barbarian. Not even in the same league. Not even close. Many consider it even to be superior to Carl Orff, Shostakovich and Prokofiev.

You’re surprised that it came from 1982? I’M surprised you think anything from the 1990s or 2000s even comes close.

I’m not saying that new things can’t be good because they’re new; I’m saying that attention to quality (meaning FILM BUDGETS FOR SCORING) has gone down.

ABC News has used this music. People have written entire theses about the Conan soundtrack and its origin in Nietztchen philosophy. Horner’s LotR’s effort is pleasant, and that’s about it.

People throw the following line out onto the internet so often, I hesitate to say it, but in this case it really is true: you really don’t know what you’re talking about.

Sorry if I come off too strong, but I really get angry when youngsters dismiss stuff just because it’s “old”. I know the author didn’t overtly do that here, but subtly he kinda did. He just happened to pick a really lousy example. It’s like a film student saying “Touch of Evil” has too long of an intro.

This is the kind of soundtrack I could listen over and over again as just music. Parts remind me of E.S. Posthumus and even a little bit of the kind of period piece music you’d hear on Star Trek’s original TV series. I just love it.

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Hannibal: I just watched the Robocop trailer yesterday and found it funny that they used parts of the T2 score, but they do that sometimes. Sorry, I’m rambling. Robocop has a very distinctive theme which doesn’t get a lot of credit. Great memories. I’ve listened to Red Dawn, but it was a while ago.

Brian: Hehe yeah, read my comment above. They use various bits of music from soundtracks in trailers. Always a bit of fun when used correctly. I like the Star Trek scores when I play RPG’s, but it’s been a while now since I last played.

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