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Friday, September 14th, 2018 5:21 PM

Live Poll: Scores That Give You Goosebumps

You know that sensation that just starts over your neck, a cold little thrill that goes all over your living body and makes you forget for one brief moment where you are... and you just leave the film, leave the place you are... and let the music leave its movie and you just live the music, whatever that strange sentence means.

That's the power of music, that's the power of many scores that transcended their film and became something that inhabit you, they all have one thing in common, a specific moment that sends shivers down your spine and inspire your heart a cocktail of exhilarating sensation. These are the scores that give you goosebumps.

Which of these powerfully emotional scores has got the strongest effect on you?

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls029771700/

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6 years ago

And here's to give you an idea of how powerful these scores are (in parenthesis the "goosebump" moment)


Rocky (0:14): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvvDj2fnKoQ 

Time of the Gypsies (0:44): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZf00ad3G6o 

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (0:32): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfmjiFN573k 

The Right Stuff (4:38): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCblQ_fnPpc 

Love Story (2:36): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kmrb1LNjeE 

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (2:21): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWsz5xMJF6k 

Chariots of Fire (1:31): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSav51fVlKU 

Kill Bill (2:10): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qsgBF7ZIsk 

 Exodus (0:08): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEPZ1ef2g_A 

The Mission (1:04):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gonKhSIBP54 

The Message (0:02): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wqKvAavuxI 

Once Upon a Time the Revolution (2:53): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeDuO0KSAz8 

The Godfather Part II (0:40): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Owpuu-TJ5v4 

The Bicycle Thieves (7:07): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_lJbSJoIuw 

1492: Conquest of Paradise (1:44): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94dY-QxjDiE 

Once Upon a Time in America (1:50): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuyYc0gINbU 

Lawrence of Arabia (1:29): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdFwhhH2x7I 

Terms of Endearment (2:27): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnxfDuxaRzA

The Professional (1:17): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLFFCmQvZDc

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6 years ago

The Right Stuff, Chariots of Fire, Exodus, 633 Squadron, Battle of Britian, Where Eagles Dare,
Ice Station Zebra., Magnificent 7 orig

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Thanks, could you provide some links to your new suggestions and what you consider the "goosebump" moment (I'd like to experience them):)

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sorry cant do links but the whole score "wakes U up", the whole 633 Squadron gets U going along with Right Stuff.

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“Binary Sunset” and “He’s A Pirate”

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6 years ago

I have to say that "The Final Bell" gives me goosebumps more in the ending part.

Starts here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvvDj2fnKoQ&t=89s and culminates with the climax at (1:40) until the end. This always give me goosebumps.

An authentic gem.
 

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As subjective as it is, FYC:
Le samouraï (1964) by François de Roubaix (most of the score to me)
Candyman (1992) by Philip Glass (both main title and recurring theme are haunting in the best possible way)
The Terminator (1984) by Brad Fiedel (main title theme is perfect and instates a mix of dread and excitement right from the start)
Halloween (1978) by John Carpenter (I still don't know how on Earth that was written in four days) 
Blade Runner (1982) by Vangelis (for me in particular "Blade Runner Blues" which is heard as Deckard shoots Zhora) 
Christine (1983) by John Carpenter (main theme)
Taxi Driver (1976) by Bernard Herrman (that list will be incomplete without at least one score by Herrman)
Escape from New York (1981) by John Carpenter (one of the best opening themes ever)
The Running Man (1987) by Harold Faltermeyer (to say that Faltermeyer's music greatly elevates the whole movie would be an understatement of the century)
Kin-dza-dza! (1986) by Giya Kancheli (main title leaves me in what I could only describe as hysterical devastation)
Donnie Darko (2001) by Michael Andrews
Gang Related (1996) by Mickey Hart (best use of glass harmonica I have ever heard) 

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Love Blade Runner & Escape fromNY themes.

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I'll check these one by one, I deliberately left the "thriller" scores because it's not exactly the kind of goosebumps I meant, "Psycho" is quite heart-pounding but then if you add "Psycho", you've got to consider the effect the first fanfares of "Star Wars" have on audiences and then you have to add every classic fantasy / scifi / horror / thriller. The focus is really on the emotional scores but that said, if it's an emotional score from a thriller, it's eligible.

I just listened to Hans Zimmer's score of "Point of No Return" and it's quite an underrated score especially the ending.

Anyway, thanks for the suggestions, I wish there was a link with the goosebump moment so I could also experience them right away :)

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6 years ago

FYC:
Ben-Hur (1959) - Miklós Rózsa

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Still working on other suggestions, 7 spots are still left, some new inclusions might sound subjective but I'm open for new suggestions, the music can come from a thriller but the "goosebumps" effect has to be driven by an emotion other than fear or anticipation of violence (like "Psycho")

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And last but not least:

E.T the Extra-Terrestrial (0:12): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-qrMz-JAzo 

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Wow, ElMo, what a list! I knew The Mission, Lawrence of Arabia, and a few others would be on the list, but you reminded me of a few others, like Midnight Express (ahhh...), which makes the choice very difficult. Goosebumps is right! I love the intro, by the way -- it practically gives me goosebumps, too. 

May I suggest just three little edits? (They're in bold below. I unbolded the things you had in bold just here so the edits were easier to spot.)

You know that sensation that just starts in your neck, a cold little thrill that goes all over your living body and makes you forget for one brief moment where you are... and you just leave the film, leave the place you are... and let the music leave its movie and you just live the music, whatever that strange sentence means.

That's the power of music, that's the power of many scores that transcended their film and became something that inhabits you: they all have one thing in common, a specific moment that sends shivers down your spine and inspire your heart a cocktail of exhilarating sensations. These are the scores that give you goosebumps. (an "s" on the end of "inhabits" and a colon -- or semi-colon-- after "you")

Which of these powerful scores* has got the strongest effect on you?

After voting, you might discuss the list here

OSCAR WINNER Oscar nominee

*on an emotional level; another poll will be dedicated to adventurous, thrilling or heart-pounding scores à la John Williams or Bernard Herrmann (just a semi-colon, instead of a comma, after "level")

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Sorry Ruby, I just noticed that comment tonight, thanks a lot for your help :)
Seems like I'm not in good terms with colons (and semi-colons)...

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ElM.,

Thanks for making the correction.

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Shhh... don't wake anyone?

?? I don't get it

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Yippie-Ki-yay !!!

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Scores That Give You Goosebumps
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