Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) - Donald F. Glut - Book Review

[caption id="attachment_322" align="alignright" width="258"] Official Score = 1 1/2 Devils[/caption]

You know a lot of people I think tend to discount novels based on movies, I mean it is true that movies based on books are usually not as good, but can it be true that books based on movies are as good?

Well I am hear to say that some times yes they are and some times they are not...

I hate to say it, but Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back just isn't one of them... Don't get me wrong, this novel is not all that bad, the problem is, is that Donald F. Glut did not bring anything new to this story!

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="200"] This book just is not as good as the movie![/caption]

What I mean by this is the fact that he did not answer any questions that people may or may not have had about the movie, and the story was basically the same...

So well I guess if you love the movie, then you might like this, I know I did enjoy it some, despite the fact that it is not inherently original, and if you give it a try you might enjoy it as well!

 

A Major Contribution To Horror And Science Fiction Movies: The Soundtrack

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="600"] James Horner composing music for a soundtrack to a movie.[/caption]

You know I will be honest with you and say that one of the biggest contributions that the music industry has given to the world of film, rather it be on the big screen or on the small screen is the, 'Soundtrack'!

You might be asking yourself though... Well what about, 'Musicals'? Well the truth is, is that there are some great musicals out there, I am going to have to say though that Soundtracks really take the cake when it comes to the more important of contributions... There are a couple of reasons for this:

1. Universally, rather it be on the big screen or on the small screen Soundtracks compliment the movies or TV series that they are supposed to go to pretty nicely!

2. Now this is just my opinion, but almost every musical TV episode, or music based TV show that I have ever scene has always and so far from what I can tell, will always universally suck!

And this is pretty universally true for the horror & science fiction genre as well!

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Believe it or not, a truly fun soundtrack![/caption]

What I mean by this is that rather it be on the small screen or on the big screen, Soundtracks tend to play an extremely important role in the production they are connected to. A couple of great examples of this:

A: Psycho (1960): Universally, the arrangement that music composer, 'Bernard Hermann' put together for this classic horror/thriller by: Alfred Hitchcock (Vertigo) was so well made that in a lot of respects, I think with out this maestro's work, this movie would never have become the insane cultural icon that it is today!

B: Star Trek... I know, I know, I do tend to use this example an awful lot, but it is true! I mean no matter who the composer or musicians are, who are associated with the latest movie or TV series, generally speaking truly help make the movie the historic epic that we all see on the big screen!

Now those are a couple of great examples of some soundtracks that have totally helped make these Horror or Science Fiction movies the true masterpieces that they were when they first came out, and the cultural icons they are today!

And there is another side of soundtracks that I thought that I would mention here that are really important... That is the talent they bring in to work on these movies!

Rather they be composers like, 'John Williams' (Jaws), or heavy metal super stars like, 'Rob Zombie' (Halloween), producers generally bring in some truly amazing talent! A couple of examples are as follows:

John Williams' score from, Star Wars - Episode 3: A New Hope (1977):

http://youtu.be/2Mo0dSHFGPg

Rob Zombie's 'House Of 1,000 Corpses' from the movie he directed with the same title:

http://youtu.be/WT_f2UFNj3U

Charles Bernstein's famous score from, A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984):

http://youtu.be/tn_DjzN8410

The Truce At Bakura (1993) - Kathy Tyers - Book Review

[caption id="attachment_330" align="alignright" width="220"] Official Score = 2 1/2 Devils[/caption]

As times goes on, more and more people who are discovering Star Wars for the first time are discovering the, 'pre-quel' series of movies that George Lucas (Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace) started making  at the tail end of the 1990s... I find this to be a shame!

Don't get me wrong, there are more then plenty truly great moments in the pre-quel series to be had by all, but there is just nothing like watching the exploits of Luke, Leia, Han & Chewie as they travel through out the universe stopping the plans of the evil Emperor, and his side kick, 'Darth Vader'!

The reason that I mention this is because when I was in High School, I got really in to reading these novels, and enjoying the latest exploits both pre and post the time when the Rebellion has finally destroyed the evil, 'Emperor', and the latest exploits that this truly awesome team gets involved in, in their continuing struggle to restore the, 'Republic' to it's former glory!

There was one book, 'The Truce At Bakura', by: Kathy Tyers, that I found particularly interesting... Well simply put, because at the time, it was unheard of to bring, 'Imperials' together to fight alongside the Rebellion that is kicking their asses!

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="643"] Luke, Leia & Han will find an unexpected ally when they decide to help the dying Empire save one of their garrisons![/caption]

 

Well other then that, the truth is, is this novel which tells the story of how after receiving a distress call from a distant Imperial garrison that had been meant for the Emperor... Luke Skywalker and his rebel forces, whom after the celebration of the death of the Emperor and Darth Vader & the defeat of the second Death Star before it could be built, decide to help what remains of the garrison on, 'Bakura' and stop the invasion of an Alien race!

Now the truth is, is there is nothing particularly wrong with this novel, the problem is that I think you need more then an uncommon teaming up of unlikely allies to make a great novel... And the truth is, is where as there was nothing particularly exception beyond what I mentioned before, there is also nothing particularly wrong with the novel either... To be honest it is just sort of one of those ones you read and enjoy it while you can, but in the end turns out to be pretty unmemorable afterward!

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 (2010) - Video Game Review

[caption id="attachment_325" align="alignright" width="263"] Official Score = 3 Devils[/caption]

When I first got in to the new (well for me new at the time), XBox 360, one of the first couple of games I was able to get my grubby little mits on was, 'Star Wars: The Force Unleashed' (2008)...

And where as I have to admit that this game was really hard to figure out how to control, one of the things that I will say, is that I had an awful lot of fun playing it... I mean it had a great story that incorporated some of the elements of both the original movie series and the prequel movie series... It also had some great characters that were very well created and voiced... I mean all and all that game was a lot of fun!

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="460"] The first, 'Star Wars: The Force Unleashed' was a blast, but the second one was even better... As seen above when the player is fighting, 'Darth Vader'![/caption]

The reason that I mention this is because when I got in to the sequel, I actually found it to be better... I know... I was shocked as well!
This sequel in my opinion was better developed story wise then the first one, I like the more intense character development and conflict in this one. I also liked that the universe for this one was drastically expanded... And last but not least, (I will admit that to some extent this is a little lame but it is true)... I thought the two lightsaber thing was real cool!

In the end, this game is a total blast, and if you get a chance to try it, I think you might find out why!

http://youtu.be/ChVXYSU89fs

Young Adult Horror Novels... Why They Are Fun For Adults As Well

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="604"] A great example of a fun young adult, 'horror' novel![/caption]

Young adult novels, rather they be the, 'Sweet Valley High' novels, some of the 'Star Trek' novels, or even the, 'Goosebumps' series of novels... These novels generally are written with the idea of teenagers in mind, (i,e... Leaving out a lot of the adult themes that come with novels from such authors as, 'Anne Rice' & 'Stephen King'...)

Well I am here to say that these young adult novels... Despite the fact that they generally tend not to have the size-able portions of adult themes that authors put in to their more adult novels... There are definitely a decent sized portion of young adult, 'Science Fiction' novels, and young adult, 'Horror' novels that are definitely fun!

Now don't get me wrong, Like any category, there are some good and there are some bad... And in the case of young adult novels, you will have to discover for yourself which ones you are either going to like or dislike... But there are some truly fun ones out there!

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="260"] A fun example of a young adult, 'Science Fiction' novel![/caption]

A great example of a novelized series that I found to be an awful lot of fun is the, 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer' novels... There are a couple reasons for this:

A: Despite the fact that these novels were generally written with the idea of teenagers in mind, most of the stories that I have read thus far from this series of novels, has kept to the core values of what made, 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer' a truly amazing TV series, including: genuinely cruel big bad guys, that the authors oft times go in to fun detail as Buffy and the Scooby Gang have to fight off the monsters.

B: They also have the relatively easy to kill vampire.

C: Last but not least they go in to the legitimate drama and tackle as many of the issues that they can, that people the age of Buffy and her team would normally face...

And Buffy is just one example of some of the great horror novels for young adults that are out there!

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="118"] Christopher Pike... A great author who has produced some awesome, 'young adult' horror novels![/caption]

A great example of young adult Science Fiction novels happens to be the, 'Star Wars' & 'Star Trek' series!

A couple of examples of this are:

A: In both series, the author generally does good by these 2 series by maintaining the basic overall stories of these series, really quite nicely!

B: Reading these novels and going through as we continue on with the saga of these characters in my opinion is like imagining an episode of, 'Star Trek' or a new, 'Star Wars' movie in your head as you are reading one or the other!

C: The adventures that the characters have in their respective series, are both entertaining, and remain true to the forms upon which they were originally made, (Being the various TV series of, 'Star Trek' and the various movies of, 'Star Wars'.)

So the next time you are in the book store or looking for something to read on your, 'e-Reader', don't skip past the, 'young adult books' you might find one that will keep you both entertained, and maybe even at the edge of your seat as you read through it!

Star Wars (The Thrawn Trilogy Volume 2): Dark Force Rising (1992) - Timothy Zahn - Book Review

[caption id="attachment_557" align="alignright" width="307"] Official Score = 3 1/2 Devils[/caption]

Believe it or not, I have actually been a fan of Star Trek novels for quite a few years, (long before I had ever become a fan of Star Wars novels.) You see Star Trek novels, despite the perceptions of them by a lot of people. Star Trek novels, like their big or small screen representations, are novels that kind of give a positive view of humanity that from what I can see, it generally seems that humanity really believes could happen... But not just that, but it also continues the Star Trek universe in such a way that some times the movies or the TV shows couldn't expand in to... And so knowing that is the case with Star Trek novels, you would think that it would be the same thing with Star Wars novels right? Wrong... For me, for some reason I was under the preconception that Star Wars novels would not only not be fun, but that they would also be kind of cheesy as hell, and that the novels that could be closely related to an, 'Adult' novel, would be more like the young adult novels... Boy was I wrong! You see, I was given a Star Wars novel called, 'Dark Force Rising'... Now at this time I didn't know that this was a trilogy in and of it's self, but the truth is, is I found this novel to be quite fascinating... It was fun to see where, Luke, Leia, Han & the gang were at years after, Star Wars Episode 6: Return Of The Jedi (1983) ended up at...

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="607"] Luke, Leia, Han & the gang celebrating the battle that took down, ‘The Emperor’, ‘Darth Vader’ and, ‘The Death Star’.[/caption]

You see this novel is actually the second in a series of 3, and tells the story of how years after the fall of Emperor Palpatine. Darth Vader & the Death Star in, 'Return Of Jedi', A New Republic is born, and the old Empire has been routed to a small corner of the Galaxy... But during this time the last of Palpatine's major warlords, 'Grand Admiral Thrawn' has marshaled the remnants of the Imperial Military...

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Some of the, 'Imperial Navy'.[/caption]

Well in this story it turns out that the Old Republic had created a fleet of Dreadnoughts (the predecessors of the, 'Imperial Star Destroyers'... This would be a huge boon for either side if they could get their hands on them, due to the fact that despite a virus that killed the living element of these ships, that for the most part are automated and would require very little people to control! Well the good news is that Talon Karrde (A smuggler who played a major role in the previous novel and would become an important figure in the expanded universe), had found out their location years ago... The only problem is that not only does Talon know about it, but Grand Admiral Thrawn also has found out where they are and has sent a clone army after the ships! During this time Han and Lando are trying to recruit a veteran former Republic Senator who after a falling out with one of the leaders of the Rebel Alliance and later the, 'New Republic', has been fighting his own private war against the Empire... But the interesting thing is that this guy apparently seems to have control of at least some of the, 'Dreadnoughts.' And also during this time, Leia, Chewie, C3PO, and R2D2 go on a mission that will expose a plot that will help get a new race to join the, 'New Republic'... But in the end, it turns out that Grand Admiral Thrawn, whose forces seem to be growing, also now has the majority of the Dreadnoughts! And it will be up to Luke, Leia, Han and the rest of their gang to stop Grand Admiral Thrawn, before Thrawn has the chance to restore the Empire to it's former glory!

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="200"] This book is a blast, but I do recommend starting from the first in the series... It will make more sense![/caption]

In the end, this book was a total blast... I mean you maybe wondering why I mentioned this book as the first one before I mentioned Book 1... Well the truth is, is this is the first Star Wars book that I had ever read, and the truth is, is it was so good that it has given me a life long love of those novels that I still enjoy today!

Star Wars: From The Adventures Of Luke Skywalker (1976) - Alan Deane Foster And George Lucas - Book Review

[caption id="attachment_330" align="alignright" width="220"] Official Score = 2 1/2 Devils[/caption]

Now you may not think this to be the case, but it is quite true... You ever hear the old saying, 'a movie based on a novel is never as good as the book'? Well I will be honest and say that, that statement is not always true, as a matter of fact I would say that there are a few Tom Clancy novels that I have read that tended to be better in movie form then they were in book form!

Despite that it is mostly true that novels that were turned in to movies tend usually to be better in written form then they are in movie form, with that said though, I hate to say it, but some times the reverse is not true (some times it is as well), but in the case of the novelization of the Star Wars movie, the movie in my opinion was better then the book!

You might be wondering why this is, I mean after all this book is based on the movie and should have the same story line and everything right? Well the truth is, is that this novel does actually have the same story line as the movie, the problem with this novel is that for me it lost the enchantment that comes with being able to envision the world that you are reading about in your imagination!

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="600"] The novelization of the movie, 'Star Wars' may not be as good, but if you haven't seen this movie yet, then it maybe a good place to start![/caption]

With all of this in mind though it is a fun book, and if you happen to have not seen the Star Wars movies yet at all... Or haven't at the very least seen the first movie in the original series, then I think you guys might find it to be interesting... Story wise this story has a lot of myth and wonder, suspense, action and heck even romance...

So if you haven't dived in to this series in movie form yet, or at the very least haven't seen the first movie yet, then check this out, you might find out that you really enjoy it... And it may even help introduce you to the movies as well!

Star Trek & Star Wars So Good, Even The Novels Deserve Attention!

You know, you wouldn't think it, but unless you're as big of a trek and Star Wars fan as I am, then you probably have not read to many of the Star Trek or Star Wars novels out there...

Now I am not talking about the Novels that are based on either series movies... No, no, I am talking about the independent novels out there with their own independent story lines, but yet still bring the same classic characters from both the big and small screens to life in your imagination!

I first discovered this wealth of novels when I was still in School when one year I started getting the Star Trek mini-series of novels titled, 'The Furies'... And you know what? I couldn't put them down!

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="206"] Book 1 of the Invasion series... A truly awesome Star Trek series![/caption]

You see, these novels span about the entire length of the Star Trek universe... It's been a while since I read those novels, but I don't believe that this expanded to the, 'New Frontier' novel series, but told the story of an ancient evil that had ruled over most (if not all) of what is now known in the Star Trek universe as the known Universe, and how they are coming back to take back their kingdom!

(I don't want to spoil the story to much since I plan on doing the reviews for these novels... But since then, reading those books, opened up a vast reservoir of novels that turned out to be truly awesome... And you know what? the same can be said for Star Wars as well!

As for Star Wars... I read a book (I am drawing a blank on the title right now), but in that Universe took place decades after the original movies (and the pre-quel) movies did.... Now that book was the second of another mini-series of the novels... Unfortunately I can't remember the exact story line for this novel, but I remember that I really enjoyed this story quite a bit!

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="263"] Believe it or not, even the novelizations of the original movie series are amazing![/caption]

Now at this point you might be wondering what sounds like should be a, 'Pre-teen Star Trek nerds' ultimate fantasy... Well simply put, these books (I haven't read all of them from either series...), but the ones that I have read are an amazing adventure, that gives one another aspect of these characters that have only ever really been seen on either the big screen or the small screen!

As a word of advice to Paramount and Disney (the owners of both franchises), check out these novels... Maybe not all, but you guys could potentially have a wealth of stories for both the big and small screens that you might not have to worry to much for years to come!

And for the rest of the world, these books are fun, and since I have started reading them I haven't regretted reading any of them, and you know what? If you decide to take a chance on them as well, then you might find that you like them as well, I know I did, and have ever since!

Star Wars: Episode 4 - A New Hope (1977) - Movie Review

[caption id="attachment_415" align="alignright" width="300"] Official Score = 4 Devils[/caption]

What can I say about the original Star Wars movie that hasn't already been said? I mean if you were born in the last decade or so, you would have heard about this movie… right?

This movie which launched such an epic franchise of movies/comics/cartoons/books as well as other forms of media that have been so exceptional and so prolific that even  George Lucas (The creator of the series) having announced after the end of Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge Of The Sith (2005) that, that was going to be all of the new, ‘Star Wars’ movies that were going to be released…With the purchase of Lucas Films and the series by Disney recently, it does appear that there is going to be a continuation of the series for a fresh young audience to enjoy!

With that in mind, I am very well aware of the fact that just now I have been talking about the new movie, so for the rare lot who haven’t seen this movie, this movie stars: Mark Hamill (Corvette Summer), Harrison Ford (Indiana Jones), Carrie Fisher (Hollywood Vice Squad), Peter Cushing (Dracula A.D. 1972), Alec Guinness (Bridge On The River Kwai), Anthony Daniels (Conjure), Kenny Baker (The Cage), Peter Mayhew (Dark Towers), David Prowse (A Clockwork Orange), James Earl Jones (The Hunt For Red October).

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guiness) as he faces off against Darth Vader (David Prowess) on board the Death Star in one of the first truly epic light saber battles of the entire series![/caption]

Now even though, series wise, this movie probably should have been the third sequel in the series… (Being as they did call it, ‘Episode 4’ and all, it isn't and it is so good that it actually doesn't have to be!)

You see this movie starts off the story with the evil, ‘Galactic Empire’ ruling the galaxy, and with most of the people with in this great, ‘Empire’ believing that being in the Empire was the greatest thing in the universe!

Well like all, ‘Great’ Empires, it isn't, with people being scared and intimidated in to submission and the like! Well in the case of this Empire, a dark lord, and his assistant, ‘Darth Vader’ (played by: David Prowse) and voiced by James Earl Jones) rule over many worlds.

During this time, a resistance movement has begun to form (which of course the Empire is not happy about and hunts as many people as they can down)…. One such person they hunt down is a Princess from the planet of Alderaan, by the name of Princess Leia Organa (Fisher)….

Now as Darth Vader closes in on her and attacks the Space craft that she is on, the Princess decides to send a message with her android and robot assistants, (the soon to be famed R2D2 (played by Kenny Baker), and C3PO (Played by: Anthony Daniels)) down to the planet below in an escape pod, so that they can get in touch with General Obi-Wan Kenobi (Guiness)!

Now General Kenobi is a Jedi (A powerful master protector that follows a philosophy of peace and that he can also kick ass with both his mind and a light saber when he has to!)

Once they get their though, R2D2 and C3PO are kidnapped and sold off to a farmer by the name of Owen (played by: Phil Brown), and the day after, Owen’s nephew by the name of, ‘Luke Skywalker’ (Hamill), gets them cleaned up. R2D2 goes on his mission to find Obi-Wan Kenobi (with Luke and C3PO in hot pursuit)… Once they find this old hermit though and Luke begins to get a little insight in to who his father really is, Luke goes home… Only to find out that both his Aunt and Uncle are dead!

After this, he heads off with Obi-Wan Kenobi, C3PO, R2D2, a human smuggler by the name of Han Solo (Ford) and Chewbacca (Mayhew) on an adventure that they will never forget and neither will the rest of the Galaxy (and believe me when I say that neither will you the watcher of this film either!)

Now here are just a few of the reasons that this movie is truly an epic masterpiece of cinema…
Before this movie, you would see a lot of truly campy special effects… Sometimes those campy effects were good and sometimes they were not… But in the case of this movie, a lot of the special effects that are truly modern day marvels get there humble beginnings from this movie and the series that spawned because of it!

Without George Lucas’s vision of this movie, and the work that he put in to making this movie what it ended up being, I am convinced that this movie would not be near as good as it was!

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="300"] A green, 'Luke Skywalker' (Mark Hamill) as he looks off in to the future...[/caption]

As far as acting goes… Besides the fact that everyone in this film did a fantastic job in it individually, I also thought they gelled so well that they did a really believable job in portraying the people they were and how they related to each other!

And the last thing that I thought that I should mention here is just how epic this story is in the written sense… I won’t say much beyond that expect that they really don’t make to many Science Fiction movies that have spanned as much as this anymore and I think that the difference in writing styles definitely shows in all that!

In the end, this movie is a true masterpiece, and if you haven’t seen it yet, then I would recommend it, I think you might find that you really like it!

http://youtu.be/9gvqpFbRKtQ

Star Wars: The Force Unleased (2008) - Video Game Review

[caption id="attachment_330" align="alignright" width="220"] Official Score = 2 1/2 Devils[/caption]

I will admit that I spent some time away from the video game world... So coming back in to the world of video games I found that I was a little bit of a novice, but I got to say that I was really quite impressed! The X-Box 360 is an amazing system that has taken video  games to that point where it has come very close to being a sort of controlled movie! And one of the first Video Games that I played as a novice to the X-Box 360 Was the video game, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (2008)

Based on the Star Wars movie saga, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is a video game that was released by LucasArts for PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360 consoles and on the iOS, second-generation N-Gage, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable, and Java-equipped mobile phone handhelds, and told the story of how just after the Emperor betrays the Jedi, Darth Vader decides to take on his first apprentice in the child of another Jedi...

Now this child's name is, 'Stakiller' and at first would ultimately do anything that his Sith master, 'Darth Vader' asked him to do, including infiltrate the newly formed Rebel Alliance... But while on this mission, the light side of the force so to speak begins to take hold and the longer he spends with the rebels, the more and more he ends up defecting to help the Rebellion... (You could almost say that he did what Luke could never do for Anakin in the movies! )

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="533"] The dark apprentice for Darth Vader is about to get a rude awakening to the truth about his dark master![/caption]

And in the end, Starkiller will end up going after the man who was his father and trying his best to destroy him!

In the end I played this game on X-Box 360, and so I can't really  say how the game was for the other systems, but I can say this about the X-Box 360, it took me a little while to figure out the controls on this one. As for the story, it was pretty awesome... (Although if we consider the fact that the whole reason that Anakin Skywalker went over to the dark side was to protect his family... Then why through out this video game did they not get mentioned?

As for the special effects, they were obviously pretty awesome! And as for the music... Well what can I say... They did a pretty amazing job!

In the end, the only other thing that I don't really understand is why non of the characters from the prequel trilogy were not more predominantly displayed?

This video game is a hard one to get used to, but if you really work on it, trust  me when I say that it is worth the effort!

http://youtu.be/asvKQOJZXcs

Top 5 Sci-Fi Film Composers

I never really thought about it to much, but I was recently listening to a remix version of some of the classic, Star Wars music, and I got to thinking about some of the truly great compositions that some of these world famous Composers have done that have made science fiction cinema history... And you know what? I realized that there was quite a few of them!

In the end this was real tough for me to narrow down, but I thought that I would list out those that I would consider to be the top 5 movie Composers who did some truly great science fiction movie scores!

so here we got...

At number 5: David Arnold (Stargate).

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="600"] David Arnold who composed the classic music for, 'Stargate' (1994).[/caption]

Now besides working on the sound track for the classic original, 'Stargate' movie, he has also worked on the music for such movies as, Quantum Of Solace (2008), Grindhouse (2007), and Independence Day (1996).

At number 4: Brad Fiedel (The Terminator).

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="320"] Brad Fieldel - Film Composer.[/caption]

This guy has been a power house musician, having worked on both Horror and Science Fiction films as, Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1994), Fright Night (1985), Johnny Mnemonic (1995) to name a few!

At number 3: James Horner (Avatar).

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Legendary film composer, 'James Horner.'[/caption]

What can I say about this guy, he is pretty bad ass, I mean he scored some of Hollywood's most recently history making films, including: Titanic (1997) & Avatar (2009), so of course I had to include him in this list!

At number 2: Jerry Goldsmith (Star Trek: Nemesis).

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Legendary Film Composer, 'Jerry Goldsmith.'[/caption]

For me this guy is a true legend, I mean I love the work that this guy has done in both Science Fiction and Horror! Including such films as: Poltergeist (1982), The Omen (1976), Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) and Outland (1981) and that is to name just a few!

At number 1: John Williams (Raiders Of The Lost Ark).

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="576"] Legendary film composer, 'John Williams.'[/caption]

I know it sounds pretty cheesy and kind of the most obvious choice to pick for a science fiction movie composer, but some times the most obvious picks are the best, and in truth, in my opinion John Williams is by far the best most influential Science Fiction movie composer of all time, having composed some of the best music that has transcended time, such classic as the, 'Star Wars' score, the, 'Indiana Jones', score, the score for the first 2, 'Jaws' movies, 'Close Encounters Of the Third Kind', and that is a very small cross section of this guys prolific career!

Now there is a lot of other worthy composers out there that have done some truly amazing work on some truly amazing films, but in truth, these are the one's that I believe to be the best because they have helped compose music for some of the most influential Science Fiction films to come out of Hollywood!

http://youtu.be/A1OfX-0Q0tY

http://youtu.be/5WeO5ZxdCYM

http://youtu.be/xtVyu-A3vkY

http://youtu.be/s_F09jwNJtk

http://youtu.be/Jm8A9bHAaJs