publicist 4,643 Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Since the year is about to and and the usual Best of-polls are awaiting us i wanted to present a pre-liminary list of possible contenders for the film score category - add at your own leisure. There rarely has been a year where so many worthy additions happened in the last quarter of the year. Even more importantly, most of them for movies no one has seen (or is interested in). So i marked my choices for interesting/worthy scores to listen to before voting bold. Most of it is on Spotify. ALBION: THE ENCHANTED STALLION, George Kallis ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD, Daniel Pemberton BATTLE OF THE SEXES, Nicholas Britell BITTER HARVEST, Benjamin Wallfisch CARS 3, Randy Newman THE CIRCLE, Danny Elfman A CURE FOR WELLNESS, Benjamin Wallfisch DARKEST HOUR, Dario Marianelli THE DEATH OF STALIN, Christopher Willis DUNKIRK, Hans Zimmer THE FOUNDER, Carter Burwell GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN, Carter Burwell GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2, Tyler Bates IKARI, Ryuichi Sakamoto IT, Benjamin Wallfisch I, TONYA, Peter Nashel JANE, Philip Glass JUSTICE LEAGUE, Danny Elfman KONG: SKULL ISLAND, Henry Jackman THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE, Lorne Balfe LOGAN, Marco Beltrami LOVELESS, Evgueni & Sacha Galperine LOVING VINCENT, Clint Mansell THE MAN WHO INVENTED CHRISTMAS, Mychael Danna MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, Patrick Doyle THE POST, John Williams REBEL IN THE RYE, Bear McCreary THE RENDEZVOUS, Austin Wintory LE SECRET DE LA CHAMBRE NOIRE, Grégoire Hetzel THE SHAPE OF WATER, Alexandre Desplat THE SNOWMAN, Marco Beltrami SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING, Michael Giacchino STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI, John Williams SUBURBICON, Alexandre Desplat THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI, Carter Burwell TOKYO GHOUL, Don Davis TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT, Steve Jablonsky TULIP FEVER, Danny Elfman A UNITED KINGDOM, Patrick Doyle VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS, Alexandre Desplat VICEROY'S HOUSE, A.R. Rahman VICTORIA & ABDUL, Thomas Newman WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES, Michael Giacchino WHISKY GALORE, Patrick Doyle THE WHITE KING, Joanna Bruzdowicz WONDERSTRUCK, Carter Burwell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 The only ones I've listened to are Logan, Dunkirk and The Last Awakens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted December 26, 2017 Author Share Posted December 26, 2017 That's a recurrent problem on other film music boards, too - hardly anyone seems interested in music if it's not famous catalogue titles re-released C&C which then is slavishly dissected in spreadsheets and so on. There are several worthy (and diverse!) entries this year. And i'm hardly one to hand out false laurels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James 119 Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 List of those I listened among the above. ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD, Daniel Pemberton BATTLE OF THE SEXES, Nicholas Britell THE CIRCLE, Danny Elfman A CURE FOR WELLNESS, Benjamin Wallfisch DARKEST HOUR, Dario Marianelli IT, Benjamin Wallfisch JUSTICE LEAGUE, Danny Elfman THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE, Lorne Balfe LOGAN, Marco Beltrami MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, Patrick Doyle REBEL IN THE RYE, Bear McCreary THE SHAPE OF WATER, Alexandre Desplat SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING, Michael Giacchino STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI, John Williams SUBURBICON, Alexandre Desplat THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI, Carter Burwell TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT, Steve Jablonsky TULIP FEVER, Danny Elfman VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS, Alexandre Desplat VICTORIA & ABDUL, Thomas Newman WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES, Michael Giacchino WONDERSTRUCK, Carter Burwell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted December 26, 2017 Author Share Posted December 26, 2017 Well, so which one was the best? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James 119 Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Apes. The film is very entertaining and the music accompanies it very well. Besides being one of the best albums of the recent franchise. In second The Lat Jedi and The Shape of Water that are two great efforts of two talented composers. The two albums are great to revisit often, but still leave the feeling that they could be better. Third, Pemberton, who is proving to be a competent composer and someone who may gain more notoriety in the next few years. Fourth: Battle of the Sexes and Fifth: Victoria and Abdul (I like scores that mirror, even in a caricature, the popular music of certain regions). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted December 26, 2017 Author Share Posted December 26, 2017 The Pemberton is very entertaining, indeed. Especially for such a dire drama prospect. 'The Death of Stalin' is Shostakovich on steroids but still a marvelously entertaining piece of music, as are parts of 'Logan', the Danna, 'Loving Vincent' and 'The Rendezvous'. Check them out. James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,695 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 This was an immensely forgettable year for me. I rather liked Tokyo Ghoul, but other than that it was a couple of LEs and some non film music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted December 27, 2017 Author Share Posted December 27, 2017 As far as 'traditional' genre music goes that is certainly true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,520 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 My Top 10 webcast is coming soon, so I don't want to give away my selections just yet. But beyond the ten titles currently in my Top 10, I have about 22 extra titles that I have to weigh against the preliminary 10. But some of the titles in consideration do indeed feature on publicist's list above. James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James 119 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 On 26/12/2017 at 9:18 PM, publicist said: O Pemberton é muito divertido, na verdade. Especialmente para uma perspectiva de drama tão terrível. 'The Death of Stalin' é Shostakovich em esteróides, mas ainda uma música maravilhosamente divertida, como são partes de 'Logan', Danna, 'Loving Vincent' e 'The Rendezvous'. Verifique-os. I'll do it as soon as I can. Thanks for the suggestion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,019 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 I liked quite a few scores this year, some more than others. But I didn't love a single one. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 I feel the same way Karol. Even Dunkirk only grabs me spiritually in the last two tracks. Burwell and Beltrami impressed me a lot this year. Elfman's JL, Desplat's Shape of Water, and the surprise Don Davis offering all left my expectations only vaguely fulfilled. Zimmer/Wallfisch's two entires are solid, Dunkirk being far superior to BR2049 of course. I haven't yet heard the Glass or Sakamoto, but I'm interested. Williams seems to have squeezed more out of The Post than I expected, but it still isn't what it could have been. Wintory has to be the high point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUlyssesian 2,478 Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Weak here. Nothing really grabbed me I feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted December 29, 2017 Author Share Posted December 29, 2017 I found it surprisingly varied...not talking about grabbing, though. 'Loving Vincent' was probably the most interesting canvas, filmically. Generally, odds and ends were more convincing than whole, often diluted and overlong releases. 'Dunkirk' was effective but really the pits, musically. The Pemberton (All the Money...) and parts of 'Logan' were probably the most original in terms of major releases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 I only liked Star Wars! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,722 Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 On 26/12/2017 at 4:18 PM, publicist said: That's a recurrent problem on other film music boards There are other film music boards? Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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