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Not only that, but I feel because they added quite a bit to the story of tge second part of the music, Powell is getting more room to shine in new moments.

I share some of my favorites with yours, in no particular order:
-Sinners
-F1
-Red Sonja
-Clair Obscur
-Silksong
-Fantastic Four
-Cobra Kai
 
And from what remains of the year I'm really looking forward to:
-Now You See Me 3
-Wicked: For Good
-Zootopia 2
-Hamnet
-Scarlet
-Avatar: Fire and Ash
 
plus the second season of both Percy Jackson and Fallout

Americana still is one of my biggest surpises of the year. Incredible score with a perfect album imo.
 
I also really enjoyed Death By Lightning, Nuremberg and Ghost of Yotei.
 
Ballad of a Small Player has some amazing moments in the big grand pieces. I still feel there's still quite some music that doesn't really do anything, so I wittled the album down a bit. But I am impressed by the moments Bertelman goes all out. They're really fun!
 
At this moment, with less than 2 months to go, my favorite scores of the year are Fantastic Four, Americana, How To Train Your Dragon, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale and F1.
 
Others are Jurassic World Rebirth, Play Dirty, Sinners and The Bad Guys 2.
 
I suspect Now You See Me: Now You Don't, Wicked: For Good, Wake Up Dead Man, Avatar: Fire And Ash will get into my top 10 at the end. And very curious about Zootopia 2.

Some scores I really liked from the last couple of months:
I'm not the biggest Bertelmann fan, but Conclave and this have shown a side of him I really like. The main theme is quite memorable and I love his string and brass writing. If the movie had received better reviews I could see this score earning an Oscar nom but I don't think that will happen.
 
A different score to what Djawadi is used to. It's smaller in scale, with a heavy focus on strings and folksy guitars to represent the period, and has a couple of great themes thrown in there too. It's nothing too groundbreaking but shows a more playful side from Djawadi than what his fantasy/sci-fi efforts allow him to show.
 
A really nice little surprise. Fleming is a bit of a hit or miss for me, as I really liked his score for Damsel, but I disliked his Superman score. But this is completely different from those two, being a much more intimate and smaller score, focusing on folksy instruments, piano and a great use of vocals, with a strong main theme too.
 
Also really different to Tyler's blockbuster bombastic scores. This one's also highly dramatic and intense, but in a different style, with a strong focus on strings, and a couple of solid themes. His album presentation with the 5 part suite really helps you appreciate the score a lot more than if it was just the actual underscore of the film.
 
After a really great score by Ilan Eskheri for Ghost of Tsushima, I was afraid this score wouldn't be on the same level since its a different composer, but Toma Otowa deliverd something quite different but just as great as that one. It has a bunch of excellent themes and the real highlight is the awesome mix between traditional orchestra and japanese instruments all written in the style of an spaghetti western. Highly recommended for the people that say scores nowadays aren't as thematic and orchestral as they used to be!

Not only that, but I feel because they added quite a bit to the story of tge second part of the music, Powell is getting more room to shine in new moments.

Not only that, but I feel because they added quite a bit to the story of tge second part of the music, Powell is getting more room to shine in new moments.

Album for the live special.
 
https://music.apple.com/nz/album/wicked-one-wonderful-night-live-the-soundtrack/1849814994
 

Not only that, but I feel because they added quite a bit to the story of tge second part of the music, Powell is getting more room to shine in new moments.

OMG!!! That was incredible!!

Full article
 
https://deadline.com/2025/11/michael-giacchino-fantastic-four-first-steps-score-writing-1236609065/
 

Not only that, but I feel because they added quite a bit to the story of tge second part of the music, Powell is getting more room to shine in new moments.

Full article
 
https://deadline.com/2025/11/michael-giacchino-fantastic-four-first-steps-score-writing-1236609065/
 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQzmsE2EpgE/?igsh=MXBkbDIzbXA2dXh6YQ==
 
I think this is a snippet from the en credits! With very Powell-y trumpets

More and more people are seeing the film in press screenings etc. Seeing a lot of positive comments about the score!!

More and more people are seeing the film in press screenings etc. Seeing a lot of positive comments about the score!!

More and more people are seeing the film in press screenings etc. Seeing a lot of positive comments about the score!!

More and more people are seeing the film in press screenings etc. Seeing a lot of positive comments about the score!!

New interview with Powell. 
 
https://www.theblankmag.com/johnpowell
 
 

John Powell has just been nominated for two Grammy in the same category

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
How to Train Your Dragon – John Powell
Severance: Season 2 – Theodore Shapiro
Sinners – Ludwig Göransson
Wicked – John Powell & Stephen Schwartz
The Wild Robot – Kris Bowers
https://filmmusicreporter.com/2025/11/07/68th-grammy-awards-nominations-announced/#more-132366
 
Mindbogglingly for How To Train Your Dragon?

*I just found out Powell wasn’t nominated for Grammy for his original animated How To Train Your Dragon. So i guess this is a consolation nomination.
 

First snippet of score during a concert from Deadline
 
 
 
 

First snippet of score during a concert from Deadline
 
 
 
 

First snippet of score during a concert from Deadline
 
 
 
 

First snippet of score during a concert from Deadline