While I'm getting my entry on a recent scotch tasting up to cask strength, I thought I'd get in a quick list.
I mentioned in my absurdly long last post that I would put together a list of the best scores of the past few years. Specifically, I've listed here my 20 favorite scores from 2000 on. The criteria for my choices are simple: 1) how well I think the music serves the film, and 2) how much I enjoy the music apart from the film.
It should go without saying that these highly reflect my biases, since I'm pretty well incapable of thinking about music that objectively.
In alphabetical order, here we go:
Amelie by Yann Tiersenn
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
Batman Begins by Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard
Brother by Joe Hisaishi
Casino Royale by David Arnold
The Dark Knight by Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard
The Fountain by Clint Mansell
A Good Year by Marc Streitenfeld
The Incredibles by Michael Giacchino
Inside Man by Terence Blanchard
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by Howard Shore
Man on the Train by Pascal Esteve
Munich by John Williams
The Prestige by David Julyan
Road to Perdition by Thomas Newman
Shotgun Stories by Ben Nichols, Lucero, Pyramid
Sleuth by Patrick Doyle
There Will Be Blood by Jonny Greenwood
Oh, and my two favorite soundtracks? 8 Women and...of course...Once.
Read: The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Victoriana by Jess Nevins
Watch: Life on Mars (the British version; couldn't care less about the American series on the way)
Listen to: um, how about one of those scores above, yeah?
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