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National Film Score Day

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It can't just be because the music is great. It must establish an effective atmosphere for the movie scenes, generating the appropriate emotions in the audience in order to magnify the director's and screenplay writer's aims. So here are the top 5 film score 

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What is the best film score ever?

The Lord of the Rings-Howard Shore's soundtrack for The Lord of the Rings is without a doubt the best film score of all time. It will be difficult to find someone who does not consider this to be the finest achievement in cinema music.

There has been a total of 13 hours of music released. Some of the groups had as many as 400 musicians in them! The majority of the songs were performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Why do they call it a film score?

The original music that accompanies a film is referred to as a film score. The majority of movie music is composed by a film composer engaged in the project.

Along with sound effects and language, the movie soundtrack heightens the film's emotion by establishing an auditory ambiance for each scene.

Why is a film score important?

Modern films require scoring because it gives an extra layer to the picture, and it is one of the most important components in keeping people engaged and emotionally connected in the films themselves in a world that is so used to being inundated with information and flashing indicators.

Top 5 film scores

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
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The Lord of the Rings (2001)

In the first part, The Lord of the Rings, a shy young hobbit named Frodo Baggins inherits a simple gold ring that holds the secret to the survival–or enslavement–of the entire world.

The Fountain (2006)
The Fountain (2006)
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  • Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, Ellen McRae (Actors)
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The Fountain (2006)

Yesterday, today, tomorrow. Past, present, future. Through time and space, one man embarks on a bold 1000-year odyssey to defeat humankind's most indomitable foe: Death.

Interstellar (4K UHD)
Interstellar (4K UHD)
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  • Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain (Actors)
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Interstellar (2014)

In Earth's future, a global crop blight and second Dust Bowl are slowly rendering the planet uninhabitable. Professor Brand (Michael Caine), a brilliant NASA physicist, is working on plans to save mankind by transporting Earth's population to a new home via a wormhole.

 But first, Brand must send former NASA pilot Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) and a team of researchers through the wormhole and across the galaxy to find out which of three planets could be mankind's new home.

Star Wars: A New Hope
Star Wars: A New Hope
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  • Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher (Actors)
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Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)

The Imperial Forces — under orders from cruel Darth Vader (David Prowse) — hold Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) hostage, in their efforts to quell the rebellion against the Galactic Empire.

Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) and Han Solo (Harrison Ford), captain of the Millennium Falcon, work together with the companionable droid duo R2-D2 (Kenny Baker) and C-3PO (Anthony Daniels) to rescue the beautiful princess, help the Rebel Alliance, and restore freedom and justice to the Galaxy.

Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park
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  • Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum (Actors)
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Jurassic Park (1993)

In Steven Spielberg's massive blockbuster, paleontologists Alan Grant (Sam Neill) and Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern), and mathematician Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) are among a select group chosen to tour an island theme park populated by dinosaurs created from prehistoric DNA.

 While the park's mastermind, billionaire John Hammond (Richard Attenborough), assures everyone that the facility is safe, they find out otherwise when various ferocious predators break free and go on the hunt.

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