Theres plenty to praise this year, and a refreshingly diverse crop of contenders for everyones year-end lists.
That extends to the craft of film scores, of which there were many worthy of note.
There was a lot of great film music this year, but these original scores moved us the most.
Adam Chitwood
9.
-Gregory Lawrence
8.
Its clean, its wholesome, its accessible, its wondrous.
-Gregory Lawrence
7.
Hey, kinda like Ma and Levee in the film!
-Gregory Lawrence
6.
Kind of a masterpiece.
Adam Chitwood
4.
Its a gorgeous and ultimately hopeful piece of music that stands tall as one of Howards best ever.
The beauty and skill with which Mosseri pulls this off makes it one of the years best.
(Zimmer was busy working on next yearsDune.)
As, as is the case with most of these things, nobody should have worried.
Even if you feel meh aboutTenet, you probably still love the score.
(This has flashes of Zimmer recording antique clock noises and incorporating them into theDunkirkscore.)
Drew Taylor
1.
And why should the music be any different?
And the music reflects this.
It, like their score forMank, challenges our assumptions on what kind of score they can provide.
It doesnt always have to be glitchy.
In fact, it can be quite moving.
Batistes compositions give the earth sections their pulse and grounds the narrative in an identifiable time and place.
The jazz music is very literally the sound of Joes heart.
