FILMIC SOUNDTRACK AWARDS 2017

2017 took it’s time to warm up that’s for sure but it did get there and of course there was the later/new year scores pushed through in time for the awards season. The category which seemed to ‘swell’ in size was TV which is hardly surprising given the cross platform ways you can watch the many channels on offer. My choices were clear cut this year with the only soul searching being between my number 1 and 2 Best Scores of the year, this did produce a lot of dithering and re-listening. Both scores painted ‘grand’ worlds and both composers reached high levels of opulence to fill the canvases. In the end the decision [partly because it was sooooo close I just had to make a decision] went to Daniel Pemberton’s score because he also wove in a twisted element to fine tune the madness of the films story. Well done Mr. Pemberton

The votes below were compiled for the International Film Music Critics Association who will be releasing the the list of nominations February 8th.

FILM SCORE OF THE YEAR

1. All The Money In The World [Daniel Pemberton]
2. Phantom Thread [Jonny Greenwood]
3. Ali’s Wedding [Nigel Westlake]
4. Murder On the Orient Express [Patrick Doyle]
5. Rebel In The Rye [Bear McCreary]

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR DRAMA

• All the Money In the World – Daniel Pemberton
• Phantom Thread – Jonny Greenwood
• Murder On the Orient Express
• Rebel In the Rye – Bear McCreary
• The Ballad of Lefty Brown – H Scott Salinas

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR COMEDY

1. Ali’s Wedding – Nigel Westlake
2. The Hitman’s Bodyguard – Atli Ovarsson
3. The Comedian – The Comedian – Terence Blanchard
4. The Meyerowitz Stories – Randy Newman
5. Wilson – Jon Brion

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLER FILM

1. Contratiemopo – Fernando Velazquez  
2. Good Time – Daniel Lopatin
3. King Arthur and the Legend of the Sword – Daniel Pemberton
4. Kings Bay – Bjonar Christoffersen & Herman Christoffosen
5. Plan de Fuga – Pascal Gaigne

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A FANTASY/SCIENCE FICTION/HORROR FILM

1. Anabelle Creation – Benjamin Wallfisch
2. The Last Warrior – George Kallis
3. Get Out – Michael Abels
4. Prevenge – Toydrum
5. Alien Covenent – Jed Kurzel

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR AN ANIMATION SCORE

1. Captain Underpants – Theordore Shapiro
2. Coco – Michael Gioachinno
3. The Lego Batman Movie – Lorne Balfe
4. Tade Jones 2: El Secreto De Rey Midas – Zavarias M. De La Riva
5. Richard the Stork – Eric Neveux

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A DOCUMENTARY

1. Blue Planet 2 – Hans Zimmer/Jacob Shea/David Fleming
2. The Putin Interviews – Jeff Beale
3. Intenet To Destroy – Serj Tankian
4. Waiting For Waldemar [though can’t see it listed here]
5. Mark Felt: the Man Who Bought Doen The Whitehouse – Daniel Pemberton

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A TV SERIES

1. Harlots – Rael Jones
2. Feud:Bette and Joan – Mac Quayle
3. The Handmaid’s Tale – Adam Jones
4. Taboo – Max Ritcher
5. Emerald City – Trevor Morris

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A VIDEO GAME OR INTERACTIVE MEDIA

1. Horizen Zero Dawn – Joris de Man/Niel Van der Lees
2. Deformers – Austin Wintory
3. Get Even – Olivier Deriviere
4. Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle – Grant Kirkhope
5. The Invisable Hours – Chris Valasco

BEST NEW ARCHIVAL RELEASE – [RE-RELEASE OR RE-RECORDING]

1. Ben Hur – Miklos Rozsa
2. Duel In the Sun – Dimitri Tiomkin
3. Puppet On A Chain – Piero Piccioni
4. On Golden Pond – Dave Grusin
5. Twister – Mark Mancina

BEST NEW ARCHIVAL RELEASE – COMPILATION

1. Horror Hammer Classics 1958- 1974 – Silva Screen
2. Live at the Barbican Debbie Wiseman – Silva Screen
3. Captain Courageous:The Franz Waxman Collection – Intrada