Scores of the Year
Here are my picks for the best scores I've reviewed during the year. Due to my love of scores really taking off in 2013, years previous will consist of a top 5, and eventually just my single favorite score of that year. This list will update periodically as my collection expands. Enjoy!
Note: Years are determined by the initial issue date of score material, so reissues will still be counted as a part of the original year the score was released.
Note: Years are determined by the initial issue date of score material, so reissues will still be counted as a part of the original year the score was released.
2015
1) Star Wars: The Force Awakens2) Jupiter Ascending
3) Gamba
4) Wolf Totem
5) Tomorrowland
6) Pan
7) Jurassic World
8) Attack on Titan
9) Cinderella
10) En mai, fais ce qu'il te plaît
Composer of the Year: Michael Giacchino
2014
1) How to Train Your Dragon 2 (Review)2) Godzilla (Review)
3) Kundo: Age Of The Rampant (Review)
4) The Lego Movie (Review)
5) Need For Speed (Review)
6) Penguins of Madagascar (Review)
7) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Review)
8) The Imitation Game (Review)
9) Pompeii (Review)
10) Grand Budapest Hotel (Review)
Composer of the Year: Alexandre Desplat
2013
1) Romeo and Juliet (Review)2) Oblivion (Review)
3) Star Trek into Darkness (Review)
4) Gravity (Review)
5) Iron Man 3 (Review)
6) Africa (Review)
7) Thor: The Dark World (Review)
8) The Book Thief (Review)
9) Pacific Rim (Review)
10) The Lone Ranger (Review)
Composer of the Year: Brian Tyler
2012
1) W.E. (Review)2) Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (Review)
3) Terra Nova (Review)
4) Journey (Review)
5) John Carter (Review)
2011
1) War Horse (Review)2) The Artist (Review)
3) Super 8 (Review)
4) The Adventures of Tintin (Review)
5) Real Steel (Review)
2010
1) How to Train Your Dragon (Review)2) TRON Legacy (Review)
3) Space Battleship Yamato (Review)
4) Xenoblade Chronicles (Review)
5) Inception (Review)
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2009
1) Avatar (Review)2) Star Trek (Review)
3) Angels & Demons (Review)
4) Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Review)
5) Sherlock Holmes (Review)
2008
1) Speed Racer (Review)2) Doctor Who - Series 3 (Review)
3) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Review)
4) Quantum of Solace (Review)
5) Cloverfield (Review)
2007
1) Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Review)2) Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem (Review)
3) Lair (Review)
4) Doctor Who - Series 1 & 2 (Review)
5) Super Mario Galaxy (Review)
2006
1) Lady in the Water (Review)2) Casino Royale (Review)
3) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Review)
2005
1) King Kong (Review)2) Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (Review)
3) Memoirs of a Geisha (Review)
2004
1) The Village (Review)2) Spider-Man 2 (Review)
3) The Bourne Supremacy (Review)
2003
1) The Matrix Revolutions (Review)2) The Last Samurai (Review)
3) The Missing (Review)
2002
1) Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (Review)2) The Time Machine (Review)
3) Eight Legged Freaks (Review)
2001
1) A Beautiful Mind (Review)2) Jurassic Park III (Review)
3) A.I.
2000
1) Gladiator (Review)2) Dinosaur
3) Mission to Mars
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1999
1) Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (Review)2) Deep Blue Sea (Review)
3) Tarzan (Review)