Favorite Instrumental Score in an Animated Movie?

[A.Magik]

What I mean is parts of a full-length film's musical score without any lyrical accompaniment (this includes a song's theme being played without words).

Sleeping Beauty (1959)- George Bruns
The Lord of the Rings (1978)- Leonard Rosenmann
The Secret of Nimh (1981)- Jerry Goldsmith
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute (1983)- Michael Legrand
Project A-ko (1987)- Joey Carbone, Richie Zito, and Tom Asakaza
Beauty and the Beast (1991)- Alan Menken
The Lion King (1994)- Hans Zimmer
Tenchi Muyo in Love (1996)- Christopher Franke

A.Magik

[Juu-kuchi]

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie- Yoko Kanno
Esccaflowne: A Girl in Gaea- Yoko Kanno
Ah! My Goddess! The Movie- Nobuo Uematsu

I'll think of more.

[Chrono1995]

I second The Lion King.

But I'd also like to add Princess Mononoke by Joe Hisaishi.

[Johnny Cakes]

Secret of Nimh is a good choice.

I'm going to add The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

[Fone Bone]

Wizards by Andrew Belling.

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm by Shirley Walker

The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Alan Menken

[Treadwell]

Mulan by Jerry Goldsmith

[Ruffian]

Bambi - Frank Churchill, Larry Morey, Ed Plumb
Sleeping Beauty - George Bruns, adapted from Tchaikovsky's ballet
The Little Mermaid - Alan Menken
Beauty and the Beast - Alan Menken
An American Tail - James Horner
The Land Before Time - James Horner
Princess Mononoke - Joe Hisaishi
The Nightmare Before Christmas - Danny Elfman
Tarzan - Mark Mancina
Atlantis: The Lost Empire - James Newton Howard
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimmaron - Hans Zimmer

[Michael24]

"Batman: Mask of the Phantasm" - Shirley Walker
"Mulan" - Jerry Goldsmith
"The Secret of NIMH" - Jerry Goldsmith
"The Rescuers Down Under" - Bruce Broughton
"G.I. Joe: The Movie" - Robert Walsh (Okay, it's nearly all recycled from the show, but I still dig all those cues)

[SirLemming]

An American Tail - James Horner
The Secret of NIMH - Jerry Goldsmith
The Land Before Time - James Horner
The Snowman (not quite a movie, but whatever) - Howard Blake (Even though "Walking In the Air" is a lyrical song, it's the basic theme used throughout the score. And what a theme it is. Who is this Howard Blake guy anyway, and why has he vanished off the face of the Earth after writing such an amazing piece of music?!)
Escaflowne movie - Yoko Kanno & Hajime Mizoguchi
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm - Shirley Walker (Who knew someone could rival Danny Elfman's Batman music?)
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker - Kristopher Karter (Some of the most successful fusion of orchestra and techno/metal I've ever heard.)
I didn't put Prince of Egypt, Cowboy Bebop, or Nightmare Before Christmas because a lot of my favorite songs from those movies contain lyrics.

[Lord Dalek]

Tenchi Muyo in Love - Christopher Franke
Akira- Shoji Yamashiro/Geino Yamashirogumi
The End of Evangelion- Shiro Sagisu
The Lion King- Hans Zimmer/Elton John
Mononoke Hime- Joe Hisaishi.

[Classic Speedy]

I liked the score for Kiki's Delivery Service. Very Italian in some aspects.

[John Pannozzi]

Dragon Ball 10th Ann. movie

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

[Sunset Girl]

Nightmare Before Christmas- The score that plays during the credits has always been my favorite.
Hunchback of Notre Dame- The score througout the movie is rich and full and just beautiful.
The Lion King- The best part of the score is the haunting chants and Swahili vocals.
The Black Cauldron- Stirring score of a largely ignored film.
Emperor's New Groove- I love the big band-ish piece during the chase sequence; too bad they couldn't use the full cut but at least you can find it on the soundtrack CD.
Kiki's Delivery Service- Very nice score that stays with me.
Kim Possible- Ok, so it's not a movie, but I love the BGM of this show. Very hip, slightly retro, and very different from any other TV toon out there. I wish they'd release it on CD instead of that darned teeny bopper music.

[Crash]

Lion King and Anastasia are the only ones that come readilly to mind.

[Dudley]

The Land Before Time-James Horner

Everthing done by Joe Hisaishi, namely: Castle in the Sky, Nausicaa, Kiki, Totoro, and Spirited Away.

[Eibhlin]

Everthing done by Joe Hisaishi, namely: Castle in the Sky, Nausicaa, Kiki, Totoro, and Spirited Away.
Agreed, 100%

Cowboy Bebop, the Movie: Yoko Kanno
Mulan-Jerry Goldsmith

[StarScream64]

I always loved Mulan score by Jerry Goldsmith. And James Horner's score from The Land Before Time has some fond memories as well.

[Harley Quinn]

The Nightmare Before Christmas

The Triplets of Belleville

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

[SirLemming]

Almost forgot the Escaflowne movie.

[Peter Paltridge]

You know what? The score for The Brave Little Toaster has always stood out in my mind. I think the movie wouldn't have been half as good without that dramatic eerie orchestra.

[Echidna]

I love the score for the Emperors New Groove. And you can't go wrong with any music from Cowboy Bebop, so I'll go with that one too.

[Sharklady]

> The Lion King- The best part of the score is the haunting chants and Swahili vocals. <

Yes, indeed! I only wish they'd used a lot more of 'em.

[Wanted]

Toonami - Joe Boyd Vigil

What? The trailer appeared in theatres, and was fully animated.

[Lonestarr]

The Secret of N.I.M.H. (Jerry Goldsmith)
Anastasia (David Newman)
Mulan (Jerry Goldsmith)
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (Shirley Walker)
The Incredibles (Michael Giacchino)
The Road to El Dorado (Hans Zimmer & John Powell)
Finding Nemo (Thomas Newman)
The Lion King (Hans Zimmer)
Lilo and Stitch (Alan Silvestri)
Atlantis: the Lost Empire (James Newton Howard)
The Sword in the Stone (George Bruns)
Ice Age (David Newman)
101 Dalmatians (George Bruns)

[Sunset Girl]

> The Lion King- The best part of the score is the haunting chants and Swahili vocals. <

Yes, indeed! I only wish they'd used a lot more of 'em.
You too? DId you ever listen to the "Rythm of the Pridelands" CD? Of course, a lot of the tracks became available on subsequent Lion King CD's.

Good stuff. :)

[Rogue_A]

The Lion King (Hans Zimmer/Elton John)
Brother Bear (Mark Mancina/Phil Collins)
Balto (James Horner/Barry Mann)
Mulan (Jerry Goldsmith)
Hunchback of Notre Dame (Alan Menken/Stephen Schwartz)
Oliver and Company (Barry Manilow/JAC Redford)
Aladdin (Alan Menken/Howard Ashman/Tim Rice)
Tarzan (Mark Mancina/Phil Collins)
101 Dalmatians (George Bruns)
Akira (Shoji Yamashiro/Geino Yamashirogumi)
Toy Story (Randy Newman)

[Behonkiss]

No mention of Iron Giant? For shame.

[Majin_Megabyte]

Inuyasha:The Castle Beyond The Looking Glass (Kaoru Wada)
Mulan (Jerry Goldsmith)
Aladdin (Alan Menken/Howard Ashman/Tim Rice)

[Conan-san]

I find the fact that no one has mentioned SouthPark: Bigger Longer and Uncut to be soul distroying.

[TimTwoFace]

-The Lion King (Hans Zimmer)
-Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (Shirley Walker)
-Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (Kristopher Carter)
-Aladdin (Hans Zimmer again...I think?)
-Nightmare Before Christmas (Danny Elfman)

There must be more, but these are the ones that totally spring out at me right now.

-Tim

[Sharklady]

Here's another: 'Watership Down.'

IMO, 'Bright Eyes' is the best part of the score, but the instrumental sections are great, too- they set the moods very effectively.

[Tom Servo]

You know what? The score for The Brave Little Toaster has always stood out in my mind. I think the movie wouldn't have been half as good without that dramatic eerie orchestra.
Just as an FYI, this score will finally be available on CD from Percepto records, you can check it out at percepto.com. Right now it is delayed, but it will soon be ready for purchase!

[Sunset Girl]

Just as an FYI, this score will finally be available on CD from Percepto records, you can check it out at percepto.com. Right now it is delayed, but it will soon be ready for purchase!
Wow, I never thought that would come out! I might buy that one.

[Baltofan]

Aladdin
Anastasia
Balto
Brother Bear
Hunchback Of Notre Dame
Lilo & Stitch
Mulan
Oliver & Co.
Prince Of Egypt
Road To El Dorado
Spirit - Stallion Of Cimarrron
The Lion King
The Smurfs & The Magic Flute (Haven´t seen it since the start of 1980´s!)

[Johnlindsey289]

Mulan.
Akira.
The Secret of NIMH.
Ghost in The Shell.
The Last Unicorn.
Aladdin.
Beauty and The Beast.
Great Mouse Detective.
Oliver and Company.
Watership Down.
Lion King.
First Land Before Time.
Princess Mononoke.
Spirited Away.

[Harley Quinn]

Has anyone here other than me actually SEEN The Triplets of Bellevue? Because I can't BELIEVE that no one else has mentioned it...

[Sunset Girl]

My local video store has it now and I've been planning to give it a look. My friend (who is not into animation like I am) saw a preview and said the music in it is awesome.

[rubberchicken]

Princess Mononoke.

[rodineisilveira]

I find the fact that no one has mentioned SouthPark: Bigger Longer and Uncut to be soul distroying.

São Paulo - SP, Brazil, February 9, 2005 (We're on the Ashes' Wednesday!).

Hello, Conan-san!

We cannot forget that South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut has its music score composed and conducted by a genius named Marc Shaiman (who made the soundtrack from the two Addams Family movies). And one of the songs featured on this South Park movie, which comes to my mind, it's Blame Canada (on the scene in which the parents [under the command of Sheila Broflovsky {the Kyle's mother}] are making the crusade against the airing of The Terrance & Philip Show [the favorite show of Stan, Kyle, Eric Cartman and Kenny], so they think that this show is too pernicious for their kids).
Well, this was what I've had to report here.
Bye-bye!

Cheers from this faithful friend who always writes 4 U,

Rodinei Campos da Silveira (from São Paulo, Brazil)

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[Ekkostar]

Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back (I thought the movie was cool when it first came out, but now it's kind of lame. The US soundtrack is still beautiful, though.)

The Lion King (Brilliant!)

Metropolis (I STILL haven't got the CD)

[Cactus Gunman]

Akira
Sprited Away
Triplets of Belleville
Metropolis
The Incredibles
Princess Mononoke
Kiki's Delivery Service