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- Pan's Labyrinth. Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Ivana Baquero. 372 votes. A film that transports viewers to a nightmarish realm with a touch of enchantment, Guillermo del Toro's magnum opus boasts an intricate web of fantastical elements and dark undertones.
- Coraline. Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Saunders. 280 votes. Casting a spell over viewers since its release, this stop-motion animated film transports us to a parallel universe where everything seems eerily perfect.
- Labyrinth. David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly, Toby Froud. 263 votes. A fantastical journey through an enchanting maze filled with remarkable creatures awaits audiences in this cult classic directed by Jim Henson.
- Corpse Bride. Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson. 198 votes. Venturing into the realm of matrimony gone awry, Burton's stop-motion animated film tells the story of a groom who accidentally weds a deceased bride.
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- Avatar: The Last Airbender. Jeremy Zuckerman's soundtrack for Avatar: The Last Airbender is nothing short of mastery. His main theme imbues the series' biggest moments with an unforgettable sense of awe and importance that makes the fantasy series feel more epic.
- Outlander. Outlander is another fantasy show with a fantastic soundtrack that elevates the series. Composed by Bear McCreary, Outlander's themes manage to show up at the right times, taking over in big moments that lack dialogue and taking a back seat when the situation requires it.
- The Rings Of Power. While The Rings of Power's soundtrack, composed by Bear McCreary, may not be on the same level as Peter Jackson's original trilogy, the music is still expertly composed to complement the writing and directing.
- The Witcher. Netflix's The Witcher also has a fantastic soundtrack that helps craft the aesthetic identity of the series. The Witcher's musical themes, composed by Sonya Belousova, Joseph Trapanese, and Giona Ostinelli, fit perfectly with its dark camera lenses and dim lighting, helping it achieve an overall feeling of foreboding.
- 8 Willow
- 7 Conan The Barbarian
- 6 Edward Scissorhands
- 5 The Dark Crystal
- 4 Pirates of The Caribbean: The Curse of The Black Pearl
- 3 Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone
- 2 Princess Mononoke
- 1 The Lord of The Rings: The Return of The King
Directed by Ron Howard and with a story by George Lucas, Willow is a wonderful fantasy movie that has remained underrated until very recently, now that it is getting a rebootin the form of a sequel. One of the best parts about the movie is the music score, done by the impressive James Horner. Horner had just received his first Academy Award nominat...
Conan the Barbarian is one of those iconic 1980s fantasy movies that defined the genre of the time. It also cemented the acting career of Arnold Schwarzenegger, as his first box-office hit. It's safe to say that without this movie, we might not have seen Schwarzenegger in his later iconic '80s role The Terminator just two years later. Composer Basi...
Danny Elfman and Tim Burton have an impressive career together. With Elfman scoring 16 of Burton's movies, he has become one of the most signature aspects of a Tim Burton film, and all ofhis best workis done while paired with Burton. They are one of the most celebrated director/composer duos in Hollywood. Edward Scissorhands was Burton and Elfman's...
The Dark Crystal remained a largely underrated and unknown '80s movie until recently, with its successful Netflix reboot prequel series, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. But, this movie persisted in the minds of young children who grew up in the '80s, with its compelling story, and the wonderful and impressive puppets done by the master himself...
It is perhaps impossible to think of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise without the powerful, booming, and adventurous score done by Klaus Badelt, with masterful composer Hans Zimmer working as a producer (the two would often collaborate on this and other projects). There is no other song that fits the concept of "piratical" more than the track...
The Harry Potter movie franchise is huge, as were the original books. Making such a fantasy world come to life on the big screen was an impressive undertaking, and one of the most important roles was that of the music. The world of Harry Potter has a whimsical, mysterious, and adventurous feeling to it, and there is no better composer than the magn...
Composer Joe Hisaishi and director Hayao Miyazaki are another iconic duo, working on eleven Studio Ghibli films together. Hisaishi has come to define Studio Ghibli as a studio equally as much as Miyazaki's art and stories have. Hisaishi's work on Ghibli films is always memorable and unique, and many fans revisit the music alone time and again, list...
When it comes to defining the modern fantasy genre, The Lord of the Rings trilogy has no equal. Written by the wonderful J.R.R. Tolkien, the books were a classic staple in fantasy literature long before Peter Jackson ambitiously thought of turning them into live-action movies. The anticipation for how the movies would come out, being based on such ...
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1. Suspiria. 1977 1h 32m R. 7.3 (107K) Rate. 79 Metascore. An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders. Director Dario Argento Stars Jessica Harper Stefania Casini Flavio Bucci. 2.
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Apr 16, 2013 · 13 Awesome Fantasy Songs You Need to Hear. Fantasy finally started to hit the mainstream when 2001’s The Fellowship of the Ring turned out to be an amazing film, but short of movie soundtracks ...
