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Step 1
What are your favorite movies? If the music bring back fond memories of the movie and is something you wouldn't mind downloading onto your MP3 player, then that's a good place to start.
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Step 2
Pick a genre. Do you like contemporary action films? Then look for scores by John Powell or Hans Zimmer. If you like dramas from the 30s and 40s, then Max Steiner and Alfred Newman fit the bill.
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Step 3
Visit the message boards on the websites below to familiarize yourself with the major players. For instance, John Williams is arguably the most famous film composer in history. And you're probably familiar with a good deal of his music (such as "Jaws," "Star Wars," and "E.T."), whether you know it or not.
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Step 4
Once you find certain composers you like, visit the sites below to see if there's a compilation album available. Compilations offer a wide scope of films and themes to whet your appetite for more.
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Step 5
Once you're hooked, you can investigate other composers from movies of the same period. Whether it's Golden Agers like Steiner, Newman or Bernard Herrmann, or Jerry Goldsmith, John Barry, and Williams from the Silver Age, these names will naturally lead you to other composers and other types of film music.
Comments
AudreyBrown said
on 1/1/2008 I salivate for anything John WIlliams, my favorite are his Indiana Jones scores, but I also love his recent work from the first Harry Potter film. Nothing can get me teary more than some good John Williams. Oh the brass...