The 4th Annual JWFan Awards

[Koray Savas 2,259]

A little late this year. I honestly don't remember if I did it last year, of it's even the 4th time I've done it

How it works? The first step is to pick the nominations. 5 scores, everything and anything is eligible. In the past I've excluded video games and TV shows, but since then they've been tossed into the mix as well.

I'll put a time limit for 2 weeks, submissions for nominees will close on February 15th.

Also, share with us your thoughts on the following:

Score Of The Year

Album Of The Year (Composed in 2011)

Album Of The Year (Catalog Release)

Composer Of The Year

Label Of The Year

Cue Of The Year

[The Score Cleaner 9,645]

Tell me if I am doing this right:

1: Kung Fu Panda 2 (Hans Zimmer and John Powell)

2: The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword (Koji Kondo)

3: War Horse (John Williams)

4: Super 8 (Michael Giacchino)

5: Captain America: The First Avenger (Alan Silvestri)

either The Dash Across No Man's Land (War Horse), Rickshaw Chase (Kung Fu Panda 2) or More Cannons (Kung Fu Panda 2).

Composer of the Year: John Williams

Score of the Year: Kung Fu Panda 2

Album of the Year (Re Release): 1941

Album of the Year (2011): Kung Fu Panda 2

Cue of the Year: No Man's Land (War Horse), Rickshaw Chase (Kung Fu Panda 2) or More Cannons (Kung Fu Panda 2).

Label of the Year: La-La Land

[Koray Savas 2,259]

Yep.

[filmmusic 3,081]

- W.E. (Abel Korzeniowsky)

- War Horse (John Williams)

- The Adventures of Tintin (John Williams)

- Jane Eyre (Dario Marianelli)

can't think of a 5th right now.. I'll add it later..

[crocodile 9,531]

Jane Eyre (Dario Marianelli)

War Horse (John Williams)

La Ligne Droite (Patrick Doyle)

Hugo (Howard Shore)

Iris: Cirque du Soleil (Danny Elfman)

Score of the Year War Horse

Album of the Year (new score category) Super 8

Album of the Year (rerelease category) Die Hard

Composer of the Year John Williams

Label of the Year La-La Land

Cue of the Year Sir Francis and The Unicorn

Karol

[Jay 45,402]

First Annual JWFan Awards (for 2008 releases):

http://www.jwfan.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=16935

http://www.jwfan.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=16968

http://www.jwfan.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=16998

JWFan 2009 Awards:

http://www.jwfan.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=18370

Third Annual JWFan Awards (for 2010 releases):

http://www.jwfan.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=19871

I very much like the format of the 2009 awards that John put together. We should vote in all those categories for 2011 releases as well.

[Charlie Brigden 7]

1. WAR HORSE John Williams

2. THOR Patrick Doyle

3. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - GHOST PROTOCOL Michael Giacchino

4. DRIVE Cliff Martinez

5. CAPTAIN AMERICA Alan Silvestri

Score of the Year WAR HORSE

Album of the Year (new score category) THOR

Album of the Year (rerelease category) GREMLINS (FSM)

Composer of the Year John Williams

Label of the Year Intrada

Cue of the Year 'Mission: Impossible Theme (Out With A Bang Version)

[Jonesy 55]

(1) War Horse (John Williams)

(2) Super 8 (Michael Giacchino)

(3) The Adventures of Tintin (John Williams)

(4) Captain America: The First Avenger (Alan Silvestri)

(5) Priest (Christopher Young)

[Marian Schedenig 11,427]

The Adventures of Tintin (John Williams)

La Ligne Droite (Patrick Doyle)

Super 8 (Michael Giacchino)

Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Greg Edmonson)

War Horse (John Williams)

[The Score Cleaner 9,645]

Tell me if I am doing this right:

1: Kung Fu Panda 2 (Hans Zimmer and John Powell)

2: The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword (Koji Kondo)

3: War Horse (John Williams)

4: Super 8 (Michael Giacchino)

5: Captain America: The First Avenger (Alan Silvestri)

I replaced Tintin with Cap.

[Jay 45,402]

1. War Horse

2. Super 8

3. Tintin

4. Mission Impossible 4

5. The Greatest Miracle

Runners up: Source Code, Priest, Captain America

But there are many scores I haven't listened to yet including Hugo, Artist, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Real Steel, Drive, Thor, Rise of the Planet of the Apes....

[Charlie Brigden 7]

1. WAR HORSE John Williams

2. THOR Patrick Doyle

3. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - GHOST PROTOCOL Michael Giacchino

4. DRIVE Cliff Martinez

5. CAPTAIN AMERICA Alan Silvestri

Score of the Year WAR HORSE

Album of the Year (new score category) THOR

Album of the Year (rerelease category) GREMLINS (FSM)

Composer of the Year John Williams

Label of the Year Intrada

Cue of the Year 'Mission: Impossible Theme (Out With A Bang Version)

I edited like JLB suggested.

[p0llux 434]

1. Ni no Kuni: Shikkoku no Madōshi - Joe Hisaishi

2. War Horse - John Williams

3. Tintin - John Williams

4. The Artist - Ludovic Bource

5. Super 8 - Michael Giacchino

Honorable mentions: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

For those unfamiliar with it, here's Ni no Kuni's main theme. It's an orchestrated video game soundtrack performed by the 90+ piece Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, unlike Skyward Sword's 50 piece. =P But Skyward Sword's OST wasn't bad at all either.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH9cMIOQXMw&hd=1

[BloodBoal 8,212]

[p0llux 434]

Wow. Sounds pretty damn good. Didn't know Hisaishi composed music for video games.

ya, it's his first effort in the video game world. He approached this game like it was a film, which was why I think everything just sounds better. Highly recommended.

[Taikomochi 1,405]

In no particular order:

W.E. - Abel Korzeniowski

Tintin - John Williams

War Horse - John Williams

The Artist - Ludovic Bource

Hugo - Howard Shore

[Koray Savas 2,259]

I very much like the format of the 2009 awards that John put together. We should vote in all those categories for 2011 releases as well.

I forgot about that. I'll add it to the main post.

[davros72 1]

May I play?

In no particular order...

Tintin (JW)

HP and the Deathly Hallows Pt 2 (Desplat)

Doctor Who Series 6 (Gold)

Captain America (Silvestri)

The Muppets (Beck)

I haven't seen nearly as many films (or heard as many soundtracks) as I might have liked to in 2011... hence my extreeeeeemely limited selection. I'm sure War Horse would have made it, if I'd been able to give it a listen or see the film, probably would replace The Muppets with it. Oh, well.

Bonus:

Favorite archive release of 2011:

Gremlins (Goldsmith) (FSM)

(Runner-up: The Black Hole (Barry) (Intrada))

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 11,938]

Album Of The Year (Composed in 2011)

Tintin was composed in 2009 or 2010, with only some tweaking in 2011.This means the score is not eligible.

[Jeff 10]

War Horse, Tintin, Super 8, and Deathly Hallows Part 2 would be on my list of nominees.

Can we have a Razzies, as well? The most distracting score for me was X-Men: First Class.

[Thor 9,337]

Top 5 scores of 2011:

1. WAR HORSE (John Williams)

2. HANNA (The Chemical Brothers)

3. JANE EYRE (Dario Marianelli)

4. DRIVE (Cliff Martinez)

5. SOUL SURFER (Marco Beltrami)

Score Of The Year - WAR HORSE (John Williams)

Album Of The Year (Composed in 2011) - DRIVE (Cliff Martinez)

Album Of The Year (Rerelease) - THE GOLDEN CHILD (Michel Colombier)

Composer Of The Year - John Williams

Label Of The Year - I have no idea

Cue Of The Year - I have no idea....maybe "Tick of the Clock" from DRIVE

[Koray Savas 2,259]

War Horse, Tintin, Super 8, and Deathly Hallows Part 2 would be on my list of nominees.

Can we have a Razzies, as well? The most distracting score for me was X-Men: First Class.

That's only four scores!

[The Score Cleaner 9,645]

Cue of the year: either The Dash Across No Man's Land (War Horse), Rickshaw Chase (Kung Fu Panda 2) or More Cannons (Kung Fu Panda 2).

[Jay 45,402]

Don't forget everyone you can go here to see all the 2011 releases from the labels so you can help decide catalog release of the year as well as label of the year:

http://www.jwfan.com...showtopic=20226

Album Of The Year (Rerelease)

Re-release of the year doesn't make sense. Stuff like "Midway", "Nightwatch", "Wolfen" or "48 Hours" were never released before. Perhaps "catalog release of the year" is more appropriate

[Jeff 10]

War Horse, Tintin, Super 8, and Deathly Hallows Part 2 would be on my list of nominees.

Can we have a Razzies, as well? The most distracting score for me was X-Men: First Class.

That's only four scores!

I didn't really have a fifth in mind, but since you pressed me for it, I'll nominate Sherlock Holmes 2 since no one else probably will.

[indy4 160]

War Horse (Williams)

The Adventures of Tintin (Williams)

Iris (Elfman)

The Artist (Bource)

Super 8 (Giacchino)

Score Of The Year: War Horse

Album Of The Year (Composed in 2011): War Horse

Album Of The Year (Rerelease): 1941

Composer Of The Year: John Williams

Label Of The Year: La La Land

Cue Of The Year: "The Adventures of Tintin"

[Jay 45,402]

Score of the Year: War Horse

Album of the Year (New Score): Super 8 (Contained the entire score!)

Album of the Year (Old Score): 1941

Composer of the Year: Holy crap, I have to pick between Williams and Giacchino? They both had A+ years..... I gotta go with WIlliams, though.

Label of the Year: LLL, Intrada, and FSM all had huge years.....

In fact, why don't we all do a Top 5 list of catalog releases? Mine would be:

1. 1941 (LLL)

2. Medal of Honor boxset (LLL)

3. Midway (Varsese)

4. Nightwatch (FSM)

5. The Great Escape (Intrada)

... so I guess my label of the year is La-La Land!

Cue of the year: Holy fuck. Here's my top5 in no order:

1. Letting Go - Super 8

2. Dartmoor, 1912 - War Horse

3. The Evacuation of Lillian - Super 8

4. No Man's Land - War Horse

5. The Adventure Continues - Tintin

If I have to pick just one......................... shit. I guess Dartmoor, 1912. But they are all so excellent!

[Charlie Brigden 7]

Top 5 catalog:

1. GREMLINS (FSM)

2. WOLFEN (INTRADA)

3. BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, VOL. 1 (INTRADA)

4. EXPLORERS (INTRADA)

5. THE SAND PEBBLES (INTRADA)

[Koray Savas 2,259]

FILM/STAGE

Contagion - Cliff Martinez

Iris: Cirque Du Soleil - Danny Elfman

Rango - Hans Zimmer

The Tree Of Life - Alexandre Desplat

War Horse - John Williams

VIDEO GAMES

Catherine - Shoji Meguro

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Jeremy Soule

Infamous 2 - Jim Dooley, JD Mayer, Galactic and Brain

Portal 2 - Mike Morasky

Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception - Greg Edmonson

Score Of The Year - War Horse

Album Of The Year (Composed in 2011) - The Tree Of Life

Album Of The Year (Catalog Release) - 1941

Composer Of The Year - Alexandre Desplat

Label Of The Year - La-La Land Records

Cue Of The Year - "The Homecoming" from War Horse

[Taikomochi 1,405]

Cue Of The Year - I have no idea....maybe "Tick of the Clock" from DRIVE

Pretty sure that wasn't written for the film.

[Hlao-roo 390]

I vote John Williams for everything.

Thanks,

JW's Biggest Fan

[Thor 9,337]

Cue Of The Year - I have no idea....maybe "Tick of the Clock" from DRIVE

Pretty sure that wasn't written for the film.

Really? I thought it was, but now that I've done some research, I see that it's indeed a song by The Chromatics. Well, you learn something new every day.

Then I have to pick "Dartmoor, 1912" from WAR HORSE instead.

By the way, Koray, I also considered picking TREE OF LIFE, but the greatest musical pieces there were all existing classical pieces, so I didn't think it would qualify. Desplat's material are mostly binding material. But it's definitely one of, if not THE most powerful marriage of music and film in 2011.

[Ravi Krishna 124]

1. The Adventures Of Tintin (John Williams)

2. War Horse (John Williams)

3. Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, Part II (Alexandre Desplat)

4. The Artist (Ludovic Bource)

5. Kung Fu Panda 2 (Hans Zimmer, John Powell)

Score of the Year - The Adventures Of Tintin

Album of the Year (new score category) - War Horse

Album of the Year (rerelease category) - Broken Arrow, Complete

Composer of the Year - Alexandre Desplat

Label of the Year - La La Land

Cue of the Year - Zen Ball Master (Kung Fu Panda 2)

[Joe Brausam 231]

1. War Horse (Williams)

2. Captain America (Silvestri)

3. Jane Eyre (Marianelli)

4. Super 8 (Giacchino)

5. Hugo (Shore)

Score of the Year - War Horse

Album of the Year (new score category) - War Horse

Album of the Year (rerelease category) - The Fall of the Roman Empire, or if we don't count rerecordings, Bernard Herrmann at 20th Century Fox

Composer of the Year - John Williams

Label of the Year - Intrada - they got The Great Escape and The Sand Pebbles in my hands at a decent price!

Cue of the Year - "Plowing" from War Horse

And if we're counting top 5 catalog releases like Jason suggested, and I WILL count rerecordings....

1. The Fall of the Roman Empire (Tiomkin/Prometheus)

2. Bernard Herrmann at 20th Century Fox (Varese)

3. Taras Bulba (Waxman/Tadlow)

4. The Great Escape (Bernstein/Intrada)

5. 1941 (Williams/La La Land)

[Koray Savas 2,259]

By the way, Koray, I also considered picking TREE OF LIFE, but the greatest musical pieces there were all existing classical pieces, so I didn't think it would qualify. Desplat's material are mostly binding material. But it's definitely one of, if not THE most powerful marriage of music and film in 2011.

It's the most powerful marriage of music and film since The New World

There was probably 3 minutes of Desplat in the final cut, but on album I find his "inspired by" score to work beautifully on its own.

[Richard P 5,145]

1. War Horse (Williams)

2. The Ides of March (Desplat)

3. Water for Elephants (JNH)

4. Deathly Hallows Pt 2 (Desplat)

5. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (Desplat)

I've just realised what an amazing year Desplat has had! Although really it's also in context of some really unmemorable scores generally.

Score Of The Year: War Horse

Album Of The Year (Composed in 2011): War Horse

Album Of The Year (Catalog Release): The X-Files: Volume One

Composer Of The Year: Alexandre Desplat

Label Of The Year: LaLaLand

Cue Of The Year: The Homecoming

All of the catalog releases I bought in 2011 apart from one were boxes, so that was a tough choice. But The X-Files is so impressive in the range of cues it offers.

[crocodile 9,531]

I like Tree of Life, but including it in the score category seems a bit too far-fetched since so little of it had been actually used. And I'm not sure if it would serve the film all that well. But I like it as an album.

Karol

[Richard P 5,145]

Has Malick ever used a score normally?

Everything I read about his films are how little the album resembles the film in each case.

[Koray Savas 2,259]

He hires a composer and works with them extensively during production, but ends up dumping most of their work in favor of classical music because that's usually what he writes to.

[Jay 45,402]

Koray did you find the PM "unread post" dots?

[Koray Savas 2,259]

Koray did you find the PM "unread post" dots?

Yeah, problem was I never went to "View All Messages" and just clicked on the thread from the drop down window.

[gkgyver 1,647]

War Horse (John Williams)

The Adventures Of Tintin (John Williams)

Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes (Patrick Doyle)

Cirque Du Soleil (Danny Elfman)

Hugo (Howard Shore)

Score Of The Year War Horse (Williams)

Album Of The Year (Composed in 2011) The Artist Special Edition (Ludovic Bource)

Album Of The Year (Catalog Release) Zelda 25th Anniversary Soundtrack (Kondo)

Composer Of The Year John Williams

Label Of The Year Sony Classical

Cue Of The Year The Homecoming (War Horse)

[Taikomochi 1,405]

Score Of The Year Tintin (Williams)

Album Of The Year (Composed in 2011) Tintin (Williams)

Album Of The Year (Catalog Release) The X-Files: Volume One

Composer Of The Year John Williams

Label Of The Year Sony Classical

Cue Of The Year The Adventure Continues (TIntin)

As an addendum to my previous post, which only listed my favorite scores of the year, and not these criteria.

[John Crichton 4]

Well, I never could resist year end awards. Hey everyone. Thanks to Jason for the shout out for my '09 awards, I was always happy with how I set that up. And I'd sure like the Golden Mug name to continue, was always happy with that too.

Score of the Year:

Super 8- Giacchino

The Adventures of Tintin- Williams

War Horse- Williams

Captain America- Silvestri

Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol- Giacchino

Album of the Year (new):

Super 8

Album of the Year (specialty label):

Star Trek IV (Intrada)

Medal of Honor box (LaLa)

Gremlins (FSM)

1941 (LaLa)

Up (Intrada)

Composer of the Year:

Michael Giacchino.....John Williams.....if there was ever a tie year, this is it.

Label of the Year:

Intrada

Cue of the Year:

Letting Go (Super 8)

The Evacuation of Lillian (Super 8)

Sir Francis and the Unicorn (Tintin)

No Man's Land (War Horse)

End Credits (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)

[publicist 4,650]

WAR HORSE (JW)

JANE EYRE (Dario Marianelli)

TREE OF LIFE or EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE (A. Desplat)

LA LIGNE DROITE (Patrick Doyle)

SOUL SURFER (Marco Beltrami)

[Jay 45,402]

Hey John! Glad to see you back!

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 11,938]

[John Crichton 4]

Haha! Thanks Steef. And Jay.

[Jim 6,204]

Don't be a stranger, John!

[TheUlyssesian 2,689]

Score Of The Year The Adventures Of Tintin (Williams)

Album Of The Year (Composed in 2011) The Adventures Of Tintin (Williams)

Composer Of The Year John Williams

Cue Of The Year The Pursuit Of The Falcon (The Adventures Of Tintin)