Jay 37,421 Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 Without further ado, let's begin discussing the best of 2022 Here is a wikipedia lists of 2022 films to jog your memory Here is a list of the titles released by the specialty labels this year: Intrada Records 2022-01-11 James Horner Another 48 Hrs 2022-01-11 James Horner 48 Hrs 2022-03-08 Jerry Goldsmith Black Patch / The Man 2022-03-22 Craig Safan The Phantom of The Opera 2022-04-12 Jerry Goldsmith The Sand Pebbles 2022-04-19 Miklos Rozsa Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid 2022-04-19 Laurence Rosenthal Becket 2022-05-03 James Horner Jumanji 2022-05-13 John Williams SpaceCamp 2022-05-13 Craig Safan Last Starfighter 2022-05-30 Jerry Goldsmith Matinee 2022-06-14 Alan Silvestri Cat's Eye 2022-06-14 James Horner Star Trek III 2022-06-28 James Horner Willow 2022-08-16 Michael Kamen Lifeforce 2022-08-16 Henry Mancini Lifeforce 2022-10-25 Jerry Goldsmith Hollow Man 2022-11-22 Mark McKenzie Prancer: A Christmas Tale 2022-12-12 Basil Poledouris Conan The Destroyer 2022-12-12 Dimitri Tiomkin Piano Music For Stage And Screen La-La Land Records LLLCD 1572 Field of Dreams LLLCD 1577 Scarface LLLCD 1579 Star Trek: The Motion Picture LLLCD 1583 Videodrome LLLCD 1585 Cobra Kai: Season 4 LLLCD 1586 Fire In The Sky LLLCD 1587 Braveheart (Re-issue) LLLCD 1588 Top Secret! LLLCD 1589 The Lost City LLLCD 1590 Weather Man LLLCD 1591 Star Trek Collection: The Final Frontier LLLCD 1592 Beavis and Butt-head Do America LLLCD 1593 Jurassic Park LLLCD 1594 E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (Re-issue) LLLCD 1595 Patriot Games (Re-issue) LLLCD 1596 Clear and Present Danger LLLCD 1597 Flesh & Bone LLLCD 1598 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 LLLCD 1599 Overwhelm The Sky LLLCD 1600 Goldsmith at 20th Vol. 5 LLLCD 1601 First Wives Club LLLCD 1602 Beavis and Butthead Do The Universe LLLCD 1603 Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Re-issue) LLLCD 1604 Quinn Martin Vol. 4 LLLCD 1605 Cobra Kai: Season 5 LLLCD 1607 Tomorrow Never Dies LLLCD 1608 Spider-man LLLCD 1609 The Ring LLLCD 1610 The Godfather LLLCD 1611 How the Grinch Stole Christmas LLLCD 1612 Amistad LLLCD 1615 The Burbs Quartet Records 2022-05-09 Seconds (1966) - Jerry Goldsmith 2022-06-13 Cross of Iron (1977) - Ernest Gold 2022-07-01 Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974) - Jerry Fielding 2022-08-05 Red Sonja (1985) - Ennio Morricone 2022-08-05 The Day of the Dolphin (1973) - Georges Delerue 2022-10-20 The Scalphunters (1968) - Elmer Bernstein 2022-12-09 The Sicilian Clan (1969) - Ennio Morricone 2022-12-09 The Magnificent Seven Collection - Elmer Bernstein 2022-12-09 Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) - John Barry 2022-12-09 Frenzy (1972) - Ron Goodwin / Henry Mancini Varese Sarabande Records January 7 - Scream January 7 - Scream 2 January 7 - Scream 3 January 7 - Scream 4 March 11 - How To Train Your Dragon 2 March 11 - The Iron Giant May 20 - The Bourne Identity May 20 - Presumed Innocent September 16 - Rudy October 7 - Death Becomes Her October 7 - Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life November 2 - Three O'Clock High November 18 - L.A. Confidential November 18 - Mimic As always, use these categories and/or create your own! BEST SCORES OF 2022 TOP 10 BEST TRACKS OF 2022 BEST CATALOG TITLES OF 2022 FILM SCORE LABEL OF THE YEAR BEST FILMS OF 2022 BEST TV SEASONS OF 2022 SPECIFIC HIGHLIGHTS OF 2022 SPECIFIC DISAPPOINTMENTS OF 2022 Prior threads: Spoiler 2002: The Best of 2002 2003: Best Films + Scores of 2003 2004: The Best of 2004 2005: The Best of 2005 / The best of 2005 (the non-JW awards) / Proposal for JWFAN Net Music Awards 2006: Composer of the Year (2006) / Grade The Year 2006 by Various Composers / The most underrated and overlooked gem of 2006 2007: Best of 2007 2008: Looking back on 2008 / Favorite Score of 2008 / 1st Annual JWFan Award / 1st Annual JWFan Award / 1st Annual JWFan Award / JWFan award minus the JW Bias 2009: JWFan 2009 Awards 2010: The 3rd (?) Annual JWFan Awards 2011: The 4th Annual JWFan Awards 2012: THE BEST OF 2012 2013: The 6th Annual JWFan Awards - The Best Scores and Films of 2013! 2014: The 7th Annual JWFan Awards - The Best Scores and Films of 2014! 2015: The 8th Annual JWFan Awards - The Best Scores and Films of 2015! 2016: The 9th Annual JWFan Awards - The Best Scores and Films of 2016! 2017: The 10th Annual JWFan Awards - The Best Scores and Films of 2017! 2018: The 11th Annual JWFan Awards - The Best Scores and Films of 2018! 2019: The 12th Annual JWFan Awards - The Best Scores and Films of 2019! 2020: The 13th Annual JWFan Awards - The Best Scores and Films of 2020! 2021: The 14th Annual JWFan Awards - The Best Scores and Films of 2021! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mstrox 6,654 Posted December 27, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 27, 2022 THE FANNIES HAVE ARRIVED Naïve Old Fart, Jurassic Shark and Bayesian 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,974 Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 My Top 10. All in no particular order. I haven't seen a few films who might pop into the Top 10. Still need to "really" listen to some sclre from the last 2 months. And I haven't seen The Orville S3 completely, so that might pop into both series and scores. BEST SCORES OF 2022 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness Enola Holmes 2 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery House Of The Dragon Moon Knight Paws Of Fury The 13 Lords Of The Shogun The Batman The Rings Of Power TOP 10 BEST TRACKS OF 2022 The Book Of Boba Fett The Batman Constellation (Moon Knight) The Battle Of Love And Thunder Samurai Hank (Paws Of Fury) Númenor (Rings Of Power) The Crown Of Jahaerys (House Of The Dragon) Imperius Rex (Black Panther) The Journey Begins (Fabelmans) Andi's Theme (Glass Onion) BEST FILMS OF 2022 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Bodies Bodies Bodies Everything Everywhere All At Once Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio Scream She Said The Batman The Woman King Top Gun: Maverick BEST TV SEASONS OF 2022 Barry S3 House Of The Dragon S1 Moon Knight Only Murders In The Building S2 Severance S1 Stranger Things S4 The Boys S3 The Crown S5 The White Lotus S2 Wednesday SPECIFIC HIGHLIGHTS OF 2022 Everything Everywhere All At Once & Top Gun: Maverick were 2 films this year that blew me away when I saw them in the cinema for the first time. 2 experiences I will never forget. And McCreary's Rings Of Power. I hoped it would be good, but the quality of writing throughout 8 episodes blew me away. SPECIFIC DISAPPOINTMENTS OF 2022 Don't think I really had any I could think of right now. Jay and Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayesian 1,366 Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 Off the top of my head: BEST TV of 2022: Yellowstone S4 Moon Knight The Simpsons S34 Andor BEST MOVIES OF 2022: The Fabelmans Avatar 2 SPECIFIC DISAPPOINTMENTS: Westworld S4 She-Hulk Jurassic World: Dominion SPECIFIC HIGHLIGHTS: The third act of Avatar 2 (stunningly impressive action filmmaking) I’ll add more as I think of it. Raiders of the SoundtrArk and Jay 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,436 Posted December 28, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 28, 2022 BEST SCORES OF 2022 The Fabelmans by John Williams The Orville: New Horizons by Joel McNeely, Kevin Kaska, John Debney, Andrew Cottee Black Panther: Wakanda Forever by Ludwig Göransson Babylon by Justin Hurwitz Glass Onion by Nathan Johnson Only Muders in the Building: Season 2 by Siddhartha Khosla Don't Worry Darling by John Powell Werewolf by Night by Michael Giacchino The Rings of Power by Bear McCreary Doctor Strange in the Multivers of Madness by Danny Elfman TOP 10 BEST TRACKS OF 2022 Helena's Theme by John Williams (even though it's not for a 2022 movie) Obi-Wan by John Williams End Credit (from Obi-Wan) by John Williams The Fabelmans by John Williams Wakanda Forever by Ludwig Göransson Sirens by Ludwig Göransson We Know What You Whispers by Ludwig Göransson Herman's Hustle by Justin Hurwitz Galadriel by Bear McCreary Advanced Ballet Class by John Powell BEST CATALOG TITLES OF 2022 Amistad (25th Anniversary) by LLL Jurassic Park by LLL How to Train Your Dragon 2 by Varèse Tomorrow Never Dies by LLL SpaceCamp by Intrada Willow by Intrada Hollow Man by Intrada The 'Burbs by LLL Clear and Present Danger by LLL Presumed Innocent by Varèse FILM SCORE LABEL OF THE YEAR LLL BEST FILMS OF 2022 The Fabelmans Babylon The Outfit Top Gun: Maverick Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Glass Onion She Said Bullet Train Prey Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness BEST TV SEASONS OF 2022 The Orville: New Horizons Only Murders in the Building: Season 2 I am Groot Moon Knight The Rings of Power SPECIFIC HIGHLIGHTS OF 2022 John Williams in Vienna and in Milan (what a blessing to have assist to those historical venues) The Orville: New Horizons Only Murders in the Building (I've discovered both seasons this year and what a blast) The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special / Werewolf by Night (two surprisingly nice Marvel special) The Outfit (one of the most surprising movie I've seen in many years) SPECIFIC DISAPPOINTMENTS OF 2022 She-Hulk (or how to ruin a great character with poor writing/directing/VFX...) Obi-Wan (didn't thought that they could do worse than BoBF's vespas but apparently it's super easy barely an inconvenience) Avatar: The Way of Water (I didn't find it transcending like it could have been, too much preparations for the sequels which will be certainly better) Overall it's been a great year for music and movies/series. I obviously didn't have the time to catch everything. Bayesian, JNHFan2000 and Jay 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 Top Gun Maverick it's the best film of the year. If the academy Award wants to become relevant again it needs to crown this best picture of 2022 for too simple reasons It is the best films the most popular film of 2022 The most disappointing show of 2022 is easily Black Panther Wakanda forever What a misfire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,974 Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 I wantes to give a like to your post, but I disagree fullhearted with ypur 2nd part. Top Gun should win, but I feel Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is an incredible film, which achieves what it set out to do. But opinions will differ Raiders of the SoundtrArk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight of Ren 789 Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 It's too quiet in here, so here's my highlights of the year to see if more people want to share theirs. Not in any particular order, and some great ones were left out, because it was such a great year for movies and scores! BEST SCORES OF 2022 -Rings of Power - Bear McCreary -The Batman - Michael Giacchino -Avatar: The Way of Water - Simon Franglen -God of War: Ragnarök - Bear McCreary -House of the Dragon - Ramin Djawadi -The Northman - Robin Carolan & Sebastian Gainsborough -Las Niñas de Cristal - Iván Palomares -Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Ludwig Göransson -Enola Holmes 2 - Daniel Pemberton -Attack On Titan - Kotha Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Sawano TOP 10 BEST TRACKS OF 2022 -Siege in the Southlands (Rings of Power - Bear McCreary) -The Crown of Jaeharys (House of the Dragon - Ramin Djawadi) -Letting Go (God of War: Ragnarök - Bear McCreary) -Vengeance Has Consumed Us (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Ludwig Göransson) -From Darkness to Light (Avatar: The Way of Water - Simon Franglen) -Highway to the Anger Zone (The Batman - Michael Giacchino) -He Sought to Kill, I Sought to Protect (The Secrets of Dumbledore - James Newton Howard) -Victory Chase (Don't Worry Darling - John Powell) -Constellation (Moon Knight - Hesham Nazih) -Mane Title (Werewolf by Night - Michael Giacchino) BEST CATALOG TITLES OF 2022 -Willow - Intrada -How to Train Your Dragon 2 (Deluxe) - Varese -Spider-Man - La La Land -The Godfather - La La Land FILM SCORE LABEL OF THE YEAR -La La Land BEST FILMS OF 2022 -The Batman -The Northman -Nope -Top Gun: Maverick -As Bestas -Everything Everywhere All At Once -Decision to Leave -X -Blonde -Un Año, Una Noche BEST TV SEASONS OF 2022 -House of the Dragon (Season 1) -Stranger Things (Season 4) -Attack On Titan (The Final Season: Part 2) -Westworld (Season 4) -Euphoria (Season 2) -1899 (Season 1) -The Crown (Season 5) -The Rings of Power (Season 1) JNHFan2000 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jay 37,421 Posted December 30, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 30, 2022 2 hours ago, Knight of Ren said: It's too quiet in here, I can't speak for anybody else, but for me, I've seen so few 2022 films so far, and heard so few 2022 scores so far, I don't remotely feel ready to rank the year yet. I need a few more months to catch up bruce marshall, mstrox and enderdrag64 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Who 920 Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 I haven't seen that many movies released this year so that is a short list but here goes: BEST SCORES OF 2022 House of the Dragon S1 Westworld S4 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore Avatar: The Way of Water The Survivor Severance S1 The Fabelmans Top Gun: Maverick Death on the Nile Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Jurassic World: Dominion TOP 10 BEST TRACKS OF 2022 The Prince That Was Promised (HOTD) Knowledge (Westworld) She's Ready (Fantastic Beasts) Sanctuary (Avatar) The Story of the Cap (Survivor) Main Titles (Severance) The Journey Begins (Fabelmans) Main Titles (Maverick) Death on the Nile (Nile) Multiverse of Madness (Dr Strange) Suite Suite Dino Revenge (Jurassic World) BEST CATALOG TITLES OF 2022 The Godfather How to Train Your Dragon 2 Willow How the Grinch Stole Christmas Amistad FILM SCORE LABEL OF THE YEAR La-La Land BEST FILMS OF 2022 Avatar: The Way of Water Top: Gun Maverick The Batman BEST TV SEASONS OF 2022 House of the Dragon S1 Westworld S4 Severance S1 Reacher S1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,027 Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 BEST SCORES OF 2022: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power - Season 1 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness The Fabelmans The Batman The Pale Blue Eyes White Noise The Outfit Pearl Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Honorary mentions: Don’t Worry Darling, Moon Knight, Avatar: The Way of Water, Jurassic World: Dominion and Marvel Studios' Werewolf by Night TOP 10 BEST TRACKS OF 2022 Obi-Wan from Obi-Wan Kenobi True Creation Requires Sacrifice from The Rings of Power The Journey Begins from The Fabelmans Just Desert from Thor: Love and Thunder Vengeance Has Consumed Us from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Stranger Things Will Happen from Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Zen - Grogu and the Dust Bunnies from Zen - Grogu and the Dust Bunnies A-Biosyn' We Will Go from Jurassic World Dominion Summon the Suit from Moon Knight Leaving Home from Avatar: The Way of Water BEST CATALOG TITLES OF 2022 Amistad Willow Tomorrow Never Dies Spider-Man The Hollow Man FILM SCORE LABEL OF THE YEAR La-La Land Records BEST FILMS OF 2022 Everything Everywhere All At Once Banshees of Inisherin Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio The Batman The Northman I also enjoyed Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (upon rewatch), Glass Onion and Top Gun: Maverick BEST TV SEASONS OF 2022 Better Call Saul - Season 6 Andor The Boys - Season 3 SPECIFIC HIGHLIGHTS OF 2022 Seeing The Fellowship of the Ring, Superman: The Movie and Home Alone in concert SPECIFIC DISAPPOINTMENTS OF 2022 Willow TV series score Karol Raiders of the SoundtrArk and Jay 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony 572 Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 7 hours ago, Jay said: I can't speak for anybody else, but for me, I've seen so few 2022 films so far, and heard so few 2022 scores so far, I don't remotely feel ready to rank the year yet. I need a few more months to catch up Don't say that! I was counting on this thread to list everything I'd missed! My favourite cues - in no particular order: Picasso from Confess, Fletch Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore Theme from Glass Onion Training With Zee from The Ice Age Adventures Of Buck Wild Catwoman from The Batman A-Biosyn’ We Will Go from Jurassic World Dominion Mission Perpetual from Lightyear Ms. Marvel Suite The Run (Urban Legends) from Nope Pinocchio Main Title from Pinocchio (Silvestri) And technically a 2021 piece that was only released in 2022 - Welcome Recruits from Avengers Campus at Disneyland Resort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,117 Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 BEST SCORES OF 2022 None TOP 10 BEST TRACKS OF 2022 None BEST CATALOG TITLES OF 2022 Jurassic Park FILM SCORE LABEL OF THE YEAR La-La Land Records BEST FILMS OF 2022 None BEST TV SEASONS OF 2022 None SPECIFIC HIGHLIGHTS OF 2022 The Magnificent Seven soundtrack collection / The Godfather expansion. SPECIFIC DISAPPOINTMENTS OF 2022 The mostly mediocre standard of film scoring. Edmilson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 2,292 Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 7 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: BEST SCORES OF 2022 None TOP 10 BEST TRACKS OF 2022 None BEST CATALOG TITLES OF 2022 Jurassic Park FILM SCORE LABEL OF THE YEAR La-La Land Records BEST FILMS OF 2022 None BEST TV SEASONS OF 2022 None SPECIFIC HIGHLIGHTS OF 2022 The Magnificent Seven soundtrack collection / The Godfather expansion. SPECIFIC DISAPPOINTMENTS OF 2022 The mostly mediocre standard of film scoring. Come for the bickering about compression levels, stay for the cheery reviews of the year ;-) Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Who 920 Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 32 minutes ago, Anthony said: Don't say that! I was counting on this thread to list everything I'd missed! My favourite cues - in no particular order: Picasso from Confess, Fletch Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore Theme from Glass Onion Training With Zee from The Ice Age Adventures Of Buck Wild Catwoman from The Batman A-Biosyn’ We Will Go from Jurassic World Dominion Mission Perpetual from Lightyear Ms. Marvel Suite The Run (Urban Legends) from Nope Pinocchio Main Title from Pinocchio (Silvestri) And technically a 2021 piece that was only released in 2022 - Welcome Recruits from Avengers Campus at Disneyland Resort. The Catwoman suite is really good! Reminds me a bit of Bond for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,381 Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 TOP 10 BEST TRACKS OF 2022 1. Rings of Power Main Title 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. BEST CATALOG TITLES OF 2022 Tomorrow Never Dies Amistad How to Train Your Dragon 2 Presumed Innocent SpaceCamp Spider-Man Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony 572 Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 How could I forget Alsahraa from Honor Of Kings by Desplat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Who 920 Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 10 minutes ago, Anthony said: How could I forget Alsahraa from Honor Of Kings by Desplat? Was this released or just shown in the YouTube video? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p0llux 400 Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 BEST SCORES OF 2022 MultiVersus by Stephen Barton & Gordy Haab Avatar: The Way of Water by Simon Franglen The Fabelmans by John Williams God of War Ragnarok by Bear McCreary The Rings of Power by Bear McCreary House of the Dragon by Ramin Djawadi BEST FILMS OF 2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once TÁR The Fabelmans Glass Onion Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio BEST POPCORN FILM OF 2022 Avatar: The Way of Water Top Gun: Maverick BEST TV SEASONS OF 2022 Stranger Things S4 House of the Dragon S1 Andor S1 SPECIFIC DISAPPOINTMENTS OF 2022 Blockbuster S1 Obi-Wan Kenobi S1 Babylon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave 217 Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 BEST SCORES OF 2022 -Fantastic Beasts 3 by James Newton Howard -The Batman by Michael Giacchino -House Of The Dragon: Season 1 by Ramin Djawadi -Rings Of Power: Season 1 by Bear McCreary -The Time Traveler's Wife: Season 1 by Blake Neely -Knives Out 2 by Nathan Johnson -The Orville: Season 3 by people who still haven't realeased the OST BEST TRACKS OF 2022 -The Promise (House Of The Dragon: Season 1) -Khazad-Dûm (Rings Of Power: Season 1) -Valinor (Rings Of Power: Season 1) -White Leaves (Rings Of Power: Season 1) -The Cost Of Love (Death On The Nile) -Catwoman (The Batman) -Rayn Is Dying (Batwoman: Season 2) -Into The Woods / Going For A Drive (The Time Traveler's Wife: Season 1) -The From Glass Onion (Knifes Out 2) -Fantastic Beasts: Secrets... -The Kingdom Of Dreams (The Sandman: Season 1) -Jessamy's Flight (The Sandman: Season 1) BEST CATALOG TITLES OF 2022 -Star Trek Collection: The Final Frontier FILM SCORE LABEL OF THE YEAR -La-La Land Records BEST FILMS OF 2022 -The Batman BEST TV SEASONS OF 2022 -The Orville: Season 3 -House Of The Dragon: Season 1 Jay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,505 Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 BEST SCORES OF 2022 The year haven't produced a single score I would call a "classic", but I liked Giacchino's The Batman, Elfman's Multiverse of Madness, McCreary's Rings of Power and GOW: Ragnarok, Gorannssonn's Wakanda Forever and Franglen's The Way of Water well enough. TOP 10 BEST TRACKS OF 2022 Family History by JNH from Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (the only track from that very long album I find myself returning to); Vengeance Has Consumed Us by Ludwig Gorannssonn from Black Panther 2 Leaving Home by Simon Franglen from Avatar 2 BEST CATALOG TITLES OF 2022 Willow Amistad Spider-Man Presummed Innocent SpaceCamp FILM SCORE LABEL OF THE YEAR All of them! BEST FILMS OF 2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once Avatar: The Way of Water BEST TV SEASONS OF 2022 Better Call Saul S6 Severance S1 SPECIFIC HIGHLIGHTS OF 2022 The labels thriving and releasing a lot of beloved film scores from the past (aka when film music used to be good). SPECIFIC DISAPPOINTMENTS OF 2022 As @Jurassic Shark said: The mostly mediocre standard of film scoring. Jay and Jurassic Shark 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,421 Posted December 31, 2022 Author Share Posted December 31, 2022 3 hours ago, Mr. Who said: Was this released or just shown in the YouTube video? On 13/12/2022 at 5:30 PM, Anthony said: Desplat's music for the game Honor Of Kings looks like it may have been released, but only in certain Asian territories. https://music.apple.com/cn/album/2022-千色雲中賽年-概念主題音樂-遊戲-王者榮耀-原聲帶-single/1647551382 Does anyone know how to buy it? On 15/12/2022 at 2:58 PM, Jay said: https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/alsahraa-theme-music-honor-of-kings-and-alexandre-desplat/per2x8ngxydbb Mr. Who 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,027 Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 10 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said: SPECIFIC DISAPPOINTMENTS OF 2022 The mostly mediocre standard of film scoring. That might be true but I would say the standards have improved slightly in recent years. There's definitely more colour and melody creeping back into film scoring. To give you a simple example, in 2008 we had Djawadi's Iron Man and in 2021 we had Djawadi's Eternals. Not a huge leap necessarily but an improvement for sure. 😀 Karol Jurassic Shark and HunterTech 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony 572 Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 Post deleted - I was answering a question but it's already been answered above! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,558 Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 I won't have my lists ready for quite some time yet (currently in the process of sampling more than 1000 new scores, and organizing my 2022 film list), but looking forward to reading Gloin's lists. We're kinda twin souls that way, in that our lists tend to include both the big Hollywood blockbuster stuff and the more independent arthouse/festival circuit fare. Glóin the Dark and TolkienSS 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,974 Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 More than a 1000?!?!?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,558 Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 Yes. But stress on 'sampling'. That means listening to the first couple of tracks, and then skimming the rest. Unless something catches my attention, in which case I'll listen to most of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,117 Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 So about ten then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,558 Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 I will end up with ten, yes (and some runner-ups). Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Who 920 Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 41 minutes ago, Thor said: Yes. But stress on 'sampling'. That means listening to the first couple of tracks, and then skimming the rest. Unless something catches my attention, in which case I'll listen to most of it. As someone who composes music I can never read sampling as anything else than in that context or maybe food lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted December 31, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 31, 2022 SCORES Interview with the Vampire (Daniel Hart) The Book of Boba Fett (Joseph Shirley w/ themes by Ludwig Göransson) The Fabelmans (John Williams) Succession: Season 3 (Nicholas Britell) The Batman (Michael Giacchino) Avatar: The Way of Water (Simon Franglen) The Outfit (Alexandre Desplat) Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Ludwig Göransson) Special mention to Austin Wintory's Traveler: A Journey Symphony. TRACKS - The Journey Begins from The Fabelmans - Main Theme from Glass Onion - The Run (Urban Legends) from Nope - Leaving Home from Avatar: The Way of Water - Can’t Fight City Halloween / The Bat’s True Calling / Catwoman Suite from The Batman - Rigaudon / End Credits – The Raid from Succession: Season 3 - Vengeance Has Consumed Us from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - The Book of Boba Fett / The Stranger / Train Heist / The Ultimate Boon / Teacher’s Pet from The Book of Boba Fett - Are We the Sum of Our Worst Moments / The Fantasy of Happiness / Vicious from Interview with the Vampire - Galadriel / The Stranger from The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power I'm including The Book of Boba Fett and Succession: Season 3 on my lists because while both are 2021 shows, their scores were not released until 2022 and weren't on my list last year. FILMS The Fabelmans (dir. Steven Spielberg) Nope (dir. Jordan Peele) Tár (dir. Todd Field) Top Gun: Maverick (dir. Joseph Kosinski) Avatar: The Way of Water (dir. James Cameron) The Banshees of Inisherin (dir. Martin McDonagh) Ambulance (dir. Michael Bay) RRR (dir. S.S. Rajamouli) The Batman (dir. Matt Reeves) The Northman (dir. Robert Eggers) Glass Onion (dir. Rian Johnson) It's been an incredible year for populist cinema and I've enjoyed almost all of the big ones. Hoping to fill in the gaps with a few I still intend to catch in 2023, including but not limited to: White Noise (dir. Noah Baumbach), Decision to Leave (dir. Park Chan-wook), Aftersun (dir. Charlotte Wells), and The Eternal Daughter (dir. Joanna Hogg) SPECIALTY LABELS I was only able to buy Empire of the Sun from LLL this year, but I'd really like to nab Amistad and Jurassic Park soon. Thanks for another year at JWFan! Raiders of the SoundtrArk, JNHFan2000, Glóin the Dark and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,229 Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 2 hours ago, Thor said: I won't have my lists ready for quite some time yet... Heh, I've just been working on my best of 2020 list, so hope to have this year's ready before the middle of the decade... Of the bunch of 2022 films that I've seen so far, the only two which I feel sure will remain in my top ten in the long term are The Banshees of Inisherin and Tár. Joanna Hogg's The Eternal Daughter is a strong candidate too (not a promising one for Thor, though, being a sort of sequel to The Souvenir films.) So I expect at least seven of my eventual top ten, fortune permitting, will be films I haven't seen yet. Keeping their places warm at the moment are The Northman, You Are Not My Mother, Blonde, Pearl, All My Friends Hate Me, and then some two from amongst Emily the Criminal, Bones and All, The Wonder, Bodies Bodies Bodies and Catherine Called Birdy. (Missing the shortlist but still noteworthy are God's Creatures, True Things, Armageddon Time, The Outfit, Watcher, X and What Josiah Saw.) Films I'm most looking forward to seeing: Aftersun (though it's had such an insanely rapturous response it seems doomed to be disappointing!), Alcarras, All Quiet on the Western Front, Showing Up, The Quiet Girl, Decision to Leave, One Fine Morning, EO, Till, Corsage, Women Talking and The Eight Mountains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,421 Posted January 17, 2023 Author Share Posted January 17, 2023 Anybody else want to talk about their favorite scores and films of 2022? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,489 Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 No. EDIT: Discogs tell me that in 2022, I bought 25 film music releases. It's too much. EDIT: Oh, plus the 3 I'm waiting in the mail... 28, that's horrible. Jumanji SpaceCamp Matinee Willow Hollow Man Field of Dreams Videodrome Fire In The Sky Jurassic Park Patriot Games (Re-issue) Clear and Present Danger Flesh & Bone Spider-man The Godfather How the Grinch Stole Christmas Amistad How To Train Your Dragon 2 The Iron Giant Presumed Innocent Rudy Death Becomes Her Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life L.A. Confidential Star Wars Stories: Music From The Mandalorian, Rogue One, Solo Fantastic Beast: The Secrets of Dumbledore Williams: Violin Co No. 2 Williams: A Gathering of Friends Williams: The Berlin Concert (2CD) EDIT-EDIT-EDIT: I must say I'm waiting for the nominees of the IFMCA, I'll maybe make more purchases of 2022 releases in my next online orders... Jay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,974 Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 I'm going through quite some stuff again, so I might put out a new list later. Jay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,558 Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 Here are finally my top 10 favourite scores of 2022, in addition to some runner-ups: http://celluloidtunes.no/celluloid-tunes-76-the-10-best-scores-of-2022-26th-international-edition/ For those not inclined to click the link or listen, I'll post the titles here later. As well as my film list, which should be published just around the corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,558 Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 OK, a few days have passed since I posted the link to the podcast. For those too lazy to click the link, I post here my favourite 10 scores of 2022 (I reiterate again that I use Norwegian premiere dates in my work; hence why there are some 2021 titles on these lists): 1. BENEDETTA (Anne Dudley) 2. Everything Will Change (Gary Marlowe) 3. The Fabelmans (John Williams) 4. Brian and Charles (Daniel Pemberton) 5. Babysitter (Forever Pavot) 6. Three Thousand Years of Longing (Tom Holkenborg) 7. Close (Valentin Hadjadj) 8. The Princess (Martin Phipps) 9. Occhiali Neri (Arnaud Rebotini) 10. Summering (Drum & Lace) Again, you need to click the link to find out what I think of them, or hear the clips. Or use Spotify/YouTube/whatever. Honourable mentions to: Le Temps de Secret – Philip Rombi Firestarter – John Carpenter et.al. The Survivor – Hans Zimmer The Son – Hans Zimmer Le Dernier Piano – Gabriel Yared Bodies Bodies Bodies - Disasterpeace Last Film Show – Cyril Morin She Will – Clint Mansell Redeeming Love – Brian Tyler Evolution – Dascha Dauenhauer Blueback – Nigel Westlake Live is Life – Manuel Riveiro The Conversation – Dalibor Grubacevic Fucking Bornholm – Jerzy Rogiewicz La Vida Chipén – Paloma Penarrubia AI Love You – Roman Molino Dunn Best TV scores: 1. EUPHORIA [S2], Labrinth 2. LOV3 [S1], Fabio Góes 3. WILDS, THE [S2], Cliff Martinez 4. I HATE SUZIE [S2], Johnny Lloyd 5. FLEISHMAN IS IN TROUBLE [S1], Caroline Shaw Best videogame scores: 1. TUNIC, Janice "Lifeformed" Kwan and Terence Lee 2. GENSHIN IMPACT: FOREST OF JNANA AND VIDYA, Yu-Peng Chen 3. RETURN TO MONKEY ISLAND, Michael Land, Clint Bajakian & Peter McConnell 4. CITIZEN SLEEPER, Amos Roddy 5. SKELETON CREW, Richard Wilkinson Best archival release: 1. SCARFACE, Giorgio Moroder (La-La Land) 2. VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 2 & SELECTED FILM THEMES, John Williams (Deutsche Grammophon) Compilation 3. A GATHERING OF FRIENDS, John Williams (Sony) Compilation 4. THE WEATHER MAN, Hans Zimmer (La-La Land) 5. BLACK PATCH/THE MAN, Jerry Goldsmith (Intrada) Re-Recording So....on to the FILMS! You'll find my top 20 list here (along with an enquete that you need to run through Google Translate if interested): https://montages.no/2023/02/thor-joachim-hagas-topp-20-2022/ But I'll copy/paste it for the lazy among us: 1. Benedetta (Verhoeven) 2. Avatar: The Way of Water (Cameron) 3. Zero Fucks Given (Lecoustre & Marre) 4. Ennio: The Maestro (Tornatore) 5. Ambulance (Bay) 6. The Black Phone (Derrickson) 7. Settlers (Rockefeller) 8. Moonfall (Emmerich) 9. Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood (Linklater) 10. Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (del Toro) 11. The Sea Beast (Williams) 12. Top Gun: Maverick (Kosinski) 13. Spencer (Larraín) 14. Mother/Android (Tomlin) 15. The House (Roels m.fl.) 16. Red Rocket (Baker) 17. Deep Water (Lyne) 18. Prey (Trachtenberg) 19. Elvis (Luhrmann) 20. The Batman (Reeves) Honourable mentions: Dual, Into the Deep: The Submarine Murder Case, I Came By, Lamb, The Beast, Beast, Occhiali Neri, Speak No Evil. Worst movies: Interceptor, The Northman, Against the Ice, Cop Secret, The Box, Jurassic World: Dominion, Men, Everything Everywhere All At Once, Old People, The Invitation, The Weekend Away. Finally, some statistics: I listened to/sampled between 1500-2000 new 2022 scores. I saw 200 films last year, but only a measly 82 were from the actual year 2022. That's a record low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,974 Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Wonderful list. It's great to see such a different list from the usual. I try to expand what I listen and watch and you're a great example! Thor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,421 Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 4 hours ago, Thor said: RETURN TO MONKEY ISLAND, Michael Land, Clint Bajakian & Peter McConnell Wait, is there a promo of this score out there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,558 Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Just now, Jay said: Wait, is there a promo of this score out there? Not that I'm aware of, alas. But there are several YouTube videos with the music, probably ripped from the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,421 Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 Ah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,974 Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 It took a lot longer than I expected. But my final list (Top 20) of my personal favorite scores are this: The Rings Of Power - Bear McCreary God Of War: Ragnarök - Bear McCreary The Orville: New Horizons - Various Moon Knight - Hesham Nazih The Batman - Michael Giacchino House Of The Dragon - Ramin Djawadi Paws Of Fury: The Legend Of Hank - Bear McCreary Jurassic World: Dominion - Michael Giacchino The Bad Guys - Daniel Pemberton Lightyear - Michael Giacchino Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness - Danny Elfman Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore - James Newton Howard Black Panther: Wakada Forever - Ludwig Göransson Avatar: The Way Of Water Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery - Nathan Johnson Enola Holmes 2 - Daniel Pemberton Thor: Love And Thunder - Michael Giacchino & Nami Melumad The Legend Of Vox Machina - Neal Acree Strange World - Henry Jackman Les Temps Des Secrets - Philippe Rombi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,421 Posted March 9, 2023 Author Share Posted March 9, 2023 Yea the Orville question is a tough one. The show aired in 2022, but none of us could hear the music clean until March of 2023. It's unfair that anyone who did a best of 2022 list before then basically couldn't include Orville, but it also seems weird to rank Orville 3 against other 2023 scores at the end of this year. It's lose-lose, and could have been avoided if they just gave us episodic albums after each episode aired, or this 4 1/2 hour album any time between August and December JNHFan2000 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,436 Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 1 hour ago, JNHFan2000 said: It took a lot longer than I expected. But my final list (Top 20) of my personal favorite scores are this: The Rings Of Power - Bear McCreary God Of War: Ragnarök - Bear McCreary The Orville: New Horizons - Various Moon Knight - Hesham Nazih The Batman - Michael Giacchino House Of The Dragon - Ramin Djawadi Paws Of Fury: The Legend Of Hank - Bear McCreary Jurassic World: Dominion - Michael Giacchino The Bad Guys - Daniel Pemberton Lightyear - Michael Giacchino Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness - Danny Elfman Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore - James Newton Howard Black Panther: Wakada Forever - Ludwig Göransson Avatar: The Way Of Water Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery - Nathan Johnson Enola Holmes 2 - Daniel Pemberton Thor: Love And Thunder - Michael Giacchino & Nami Melumad The Legend Of Vox Machina - Neal Acree Strange World - Henry Jackman Les Temps Des Secrets - Philippe Rombi No The Fabelmans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,421 Posted March 9, 2023 Author Share Posted March 9, 2023 Other than maybe the last 3 scores on his list (I'm not familiar with them), the list looks like someone who only listens to scores with action material in them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,974 Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 That might indeed seem like it. It's not the case, but these are the scores which mostly end up on top. There's lots of scores for dramas etc. I really love, but somehow they always miss the top spots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,558 Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 2 hours ago, JNHFan2000 said: Les Temps Des Secrets - Philippe Rombi Glad to see we had ONE score in common that we liked! This score was not in my top 10, but it was in the runner-up category. JNHFan2000 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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