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 Posted:   Sep 24, 2014 - 3:01 PM   
 By:   'Lenny Bruce' Marshall   (Member)

December 2014 will mark the mid-point of the decade.

I feel that the general quality of music has definitely improved over the same period last decade.
My picks for the best scores 2010-2014:*

The cream of the crop!
WAR HORSE
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON

The best of the rest:
HATEFUL 8
THE SOCIAL NETW 8ORK
GRAVITY
THE GREAT GATSBY
INTERSTELLAR
CAPTAIN AMERICA - THE FIRST AVENGER
MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS
THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
HTTYD 2
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
INSIDE OUT
BLACK PANTHER
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
RISE OF THE GUARDIANS
LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO

Television:
GAME OF THRONES s. 2-5, 7
COPPER s.1
DEXTER s.8
MR. ROBOT
SHERLOCK s.4
WESTWORLD s.1 and 2
PHILIP K. DICK's ELECTRIC DREAMS

also liked music for , ROTPOTA, MERLIN, S, THE GHOST WRITER and more!

bruce

*Updated thru 2019

 
 Posted:   Sep 24, 2014 - 3:04 PM   
 By:   'Lenny Bruce' Marshall   (Member)

C'mon, don't be shy.
What are yer faves?
smile
brm

 
 
 Posted:   Sep 24, 2014 - 3:10 PM   
 By:   Tall Guy   (Member)

C'mon, don't be shy.
What are yer faves?
smile
brm



Bruce, are you talking about 2010 to date? Your reference to 2oO0 (heh) threw me a little...

 
 
 Posted:   Sep 24, 2014 - 3:20 PM   
 By:   BrenKel   (Member)

The Amazing Spiderman
Black Gold
For Greater Glory
War Horse
The Impossible
Shores Of Hope

Not a bad first half at all!

 
 
 Posted:   Sep 24, 2014 - 3:33 PM   
 By:   Tall Guy   (Member)

But assuming that's what you mean, not too many scores have gained traction with me at this point. However, some of my favourites are -

Kick Ass
Micmacs
Cloud Atlas

And for their use in the film more than a standalone listen -

Gravity
Inception
Rush

 
 Posted:   Sep 24, 2014 - 4:07 PM   
 By:   Jon Broxton   (Member)

God, so many. I have 1,167 scores released since 2010 in my collection. Of those, these really stand out:

- EVIL DEAD, Roque Banos
- SOUL SURFER, Marco Beltrami
- THE ARTIST, Ludovic Bource
- CZAS HONORU, Bartosz Chajdecki
- TRON LEGACY, Daft Punk
- LIFE OF PI, Mychael Danna
- HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS (BOTH PARTS), Alexandre Desplat
- THE MONUMENTS MEN, Alexandre Desplat
- ALICE IN WONDERLAND, Danny Elfman
- COPPERHEAD, Laurent Eyquem
- JOHN CARTER, Michael Giacchino
- SUPER 8, Michael Giacchino
- the DOCTOR WHO scores, Murray Gold
- O TEMPO E O VENTO, Alexandre Guerra
- CLOUD ATLAS, Tykwer/Heil/Klimek
- THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, James Horner
- BLACK GOLD, James Horner
- FOR GREATER GLORY, James Horner
- THE LAST AIRBENDER, James Newton Howard
- MALEFICENT, James Newton Howard
- HISPANIA, Federico Jusid
- ISABEL, Federico Jusid
- ESCAPE FROM TOMORROW, Abel Korzeniowski
- PENNY DREADFUL, Abel Korzeniowski
- ROMEO & JULIET, Abel Korzeniowski
- MIEL DE NARANJAS, Nuno Malo
- NO GOD NO MASTER, Nuno Malo
- JANE EYRE, Dario Marianelli
- THE GREATEST MIRACLE, Mark McKenzie
- SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN, Rachel Portman
- HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON, John Powell
- WIR WOLLTEN AUFS MEER, Nic Raine
- GRAND PIANO, Victor Reyes
- PRICELESS, Naoki Sato
- THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY, Howard Shore
- THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG, Howard Shore
- CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER, Alan Silvestri
- THE WIND GODS, Pinar Toprak
- THE IMPOSSIBLE, Fernando Velazquez
- THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN: THE SECRET OF THE UNICORN, John Williams
- THE BOOK THIEF, John Williams
- LINCOLN, John Williams
- WAR HORSE, John Williams
- PRIEST, Christopher Young
- INCEPTION, Hans Zimmer
- THE LONE RANGER, Hans Zimmer
- RUSH, Hans Zimmer

So many great scores, especially if you're willing to explore outside the Hollywood mainstream and look at scores coming from Spain, Poland, France, Japan, and the US independent markets.

 
 Posted:   Sep 24, 2014 - 4:23 PM   
 By:   JohnnyG   (Member)

Not too bad?...


Well, I don't want to spoil this little party some people have for the last five years but...


Suppose it's 1994.

The decade so far:

- Dances with Wolves
- Schindler's List
- Jurassic Park
- Hook
- Basic Insinct
- Wyatt Earp
- Forrest Gump
- Little Women
- The Nightmare Before Xmas
- Dead Again
- Much Ado About Nothing
- Interview with the Vampire

and a few dozens more of pretty much that caliber.

--------

It is bad, you know it is...


 
 
 Posted:   Sep 24, 2014 - 4:29 PM   
 By:   OnyaBirri   (Member)

I think I have only two film albums since 2010 or 2011. Those would be:

"Haywire" by David Holmes
"The Hot Potato" by Guy Farley

I like both of those!

 
 Posted:   Sep 24, 2014 - 4:34 PM   
 By:   Ron Pulliam   (Member)

Bar none, my favorite of the decade thus far:

John Carter - Michael Giacchino

 
 Posted:   Sep 24, 2014 - 4:40 PM   
 By:   Jon Broxton   (Member)

It is bad, you know it is...

Only if you haven't been paying attention.

 
 Posted:   Sep 24, 2014 - 4:44 PM   
 By:   Jon Broxton   (Member)

"Haywire" by David Holmes
"The Hot Potato" by Guy Farley


Really? Both of those seemed to me to be scores where the composer was trying to channel 1960s John Barry or Lalo Schifrin jazz, without much success.

I can literally list 200-300 scores from the past 5 years which (IMHO) are better than these.

 
 Posted:   Sep 24, 2014 - 4:52 PM   
 By:   Thomas   (Member)

God, so many. I have 1,167 scores released since 2010 in my collection.

Do you buy all these scores or get sent copies to review?

 
 Posted:   Sep 24, 2014 - 4:55 PM   
 By:   SBD   (Member)

Yeah, okay.

The Adventures of Tintin
Alice in Wonderland
The Amazing Spider-Man
Daybreakers
Devil (okay, I could fill the list with Velazquez scores, but this one - the first I ever heard - holds a special place in my heart)
The Ghost Writer
Hugo
The Last Airbender

 
 Posted:   Sep 24, 2014 - 5:03 PM   
 By:   Jon Broxton   (Member)

Do you buy all these scores or get sent copies to review?

Both.

 
 
 Posted:   Sep 24, 2014 - 5:04 PM   
 By:   OnyaBirri   (Member)



Really? Both of those seemed to me to be scores where the composer was trying to channel 1960s John Barry or Lalo Schifrin jazz, without much success.

I can literally list 200-300 scores from the past 5 years which (IMHO) are better than these.


Your description is a ringing endorsement, at least up until the comma.

"Better" is subjective.

 
 Posted:   Sep 24, 2014 - 5:27 PM   
 By:   Jon Broxton   (Member)

"Better" is subjective.

Hence the "IMHO" smile

 
 
 Posted:   Sep 24, 2014 - 5:39 PM   
 By:   OnyaBirri   (Member)



Hence the "IMHO" smile


Oh, I thought you were calling yourself a HO. wink

 
 
 Posted:   Sep 25, 2014 - 10:59 AM   
 By:   willymcnilly   (Member)

Many decent albums, so far this decade,

These ones I've really enjoyed, in no particular order:

The Impossible
Miel de Naranjas
Star Trek Into Darkness
Summer in February
The Impossible
A Tale of a Forest
No God, No Master
Godzilla
Monuments Men
War Horse
Adventures of Tintin
The Book Thief
John Carter
Rise of the Guardians
Amaren Eskuak
Zipi Y Zape
The Desert Treasure
The Amazing Spiderman
Black Gold
Jane Eyre (Marianelli)

 
 Posted:   Sep 25, 2014 - 2:21 PM   
 By:   'Lenny Bruce' Marshall   (Member)

C'mon, don't be shy.
What are yer faves?
smile
brm



Bruce, are you talking about 2010 to date? Your reference to 2oO0 (heh) threw me a little...

sorry, didn't mean to throw you (oh, my achin' back!)
smile
brm

 
 Posted:   Sep 25, 2014 - 2:24 PM   
 By:   'Lenny Bruce' Marshall   (Member)

God, so many. I have 1,167 scores released since 2010 in my collection. Of those, these really stand out:



So many great scores, especially if you're willing to explore outside the Hollywood mainstream and look at scores coming from Spain, Poland, France, Japan, and the US independent markets.


Well, people who get review copies like yerself and Erik Woods obviously have a different perspective.
I only see and hear a fraction of the films and scores.
So, my list is really a personal view of my "favorites", not a true "best of..."
brm

 
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