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Favorite background score to a dramatic moment

Please share the name of the movie.

Jan 29, 2025

Playlist

Highlights

Winner
Yorick with 18 points
Scoring
16 scored submissions imported

Submissions

  1. ElysiumKlaus Badelt, Lisa Gerrard, Gavin Greenaway, The Lyndhurst OrchestraSubmitted by Yorick
    #118 pointsFirst-time

    Commodus has been slain in a brutal final fight. As Maximus catches glimpses of Elysium he relays Marcus Aurelius's last wishes and falls to the ground. After his final words he walks the fields of Elysium, opens the door and is reunited with his family at last. The music is beautiful and bittersweet supporting this dramatic moment of triumph and the death of a great hero. The end of one of the best movies out there (that didn't really need that sequel, now did it?)

  2. T212 pointsFirst-time

    Titanic

  3. No Time for CautionHans ZimmerSubmitted by Anthony Ng
    T212 pointsFirst-time

    From Interstellar - the scene where Matt Damon blows up the space station and Matthew McConaughey has to save it. The score perfectly ratchets up the intensity along with the action while Hans Zimmer goes absolutely HAM on the organ.

  4. The Batman ThemeDanny ElfmanSubmitted by JDG
    T212 pointsFirst-time

    Batman

  5. Mission: Impossible ThemeMichael GiacchinoSubmitted by Taylor Kayatta
    T310 pointsFirst-time
  6. Charging Fort Wagner - From "Glory"James Horner, The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicholas Charles RaineSubmitted by Christopher Long
    T310 pointsFirst-time

    Glory

  7. Dream Is CollapsingHans ZimmerSubmitted by lainey3eb
    T310 pointsFirst-time

    Inception. I didn’t fully understand what was going on, but the music made me feel the intensity of dream hacking every time a horn blared. At least my ears got it!

  8. The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme)John Williams, London Symphony OrchestraSubmitted by Emily Neubauer Sugar
    T49 pointsReturning
  9. GumptionHans ZimmerSubmitted by Richelle Ashley
    T49 pointsFirst-time

    The Holiday. One of the best scenes in the movie!

  10. T49 pointsFirst-time

    Come with me if you want to live.

  11. Claudia's Theme - Version EightLennie Niehaus, Clint EastwoodSubmitted by Michael Sugar
    T58 pointsFirst-time

    Unforgiven

  12. S.T.A.Y.Hans ZimmerSubmitted by trevordglenn
    T58 pointsFirst-time
  13. The Power PlantDon DavisSubmitted by Jason
    T58 pointsFirst-time

    The Matrix. Neo awakens from his pod

  14. Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: I. Prelude. SonnenaufgangRichard Strauss, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von KarajanSubmitted by Purple Reign
    #67 pointsFirst-time

    2001: A Space Odyssey opening SUNRISE!! It’s the intergalactic anthem of the solar system!!!!

  15. #75 pointsReturning

    From the ear scene in Reservoir Dogs. Can't hear this song without thinking of that scene.

  16. O ChildrenNick Cave & The Bad SeedsSubmitted by Zach
    #83 pointsFirst-time

    Just a cool song about older people causing a mess for the young. Harry Potter 7 part1. The two heroes enjoy a moment of hope and friendship in dark times.

Favorite background score to a dramatic moment