Music Scores from Aerospace Movies
Which are your favourite music scores from aerospace movies?
Was yours written for the movie, or picked off the shelf?
Was the movie script: largely factual, based on fact, pure fiction, or science fiction?
The music must be evocative of flight.
Being British, I love the works of Coates, Vaughan Williams, Walton, Goodwin, et al. But I'm going to start the ball rolling by nominating an American, James Horner, and his work for Apollo 13. I now discover that he did grow up here, and studied at the Royal College of Music in London.
The best film themes become synonymous with the movie, and Apollo 13 is one of them. The script, although it takes minor liberties with the facts, is worthy of Jim Lovell's account. And Horner's music is worthy of them both. Lovell, Hanks, Howard... and Horner.
Chris
Apollo 13