With the awards season more or less at a close, it’s time for me to announce the scores which impressed me the most last year. As per last 2018, I found parts of 2019 difficult in as much as the first half of the year was quite bereft of both films and soundtracks that I liked so thank goodness it got going for the remainder of the year!
This year I have added scores [per category] which I feel should get a mention.
FILM SCORE OF THE YEAR
Joker – Hildur Gudnadottir
CLOSE: 1917, Little Women/Star Wars/The Rise Of Skywalker
FILM COMPOSER OF THE YEAR
Bear McCreary
BREAKTHROUGH COMPOSER OF THE YEAR
Wow, McCreary’s output in 2019 was phenomenal and each score was really good: Eli/Child’s Play/Outlander [series 4]/Godzilla: King Of The Monsters/Rim Of The World/The Professor And The Mad Man/ Happy Death Day 2.
Bobby Krilic [Minsommer]
BEST DRAMA SCORE
Joker – Hildur Gudnadottir
CLOSE: The Professor And The Mad Man/A Hidden Life/Motherless Brooklyn
BEST COMEDY SCORE
Le Mystere Henri Pik – Laurent Perez Del Mar
CLOSE: Blanche Comme Neige/Dolemite Is My Name
BEST SCORE ACTION ADVENTURE/ADVENTURE/THRILLER SCORE
1917 – Thomas Newman
CLOSE: The Man Who Killed Bigfoot and Then Hitler
BEST SCIENCE FICTION SCORE
Godzilla – Bear McCreary
BEST HORROR SCORE
Midsommer – Bobby Krilic
CLOSE: Us – Michael Abels
BEST ANIMATION SCORE
How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World – John Powell
CLOSE: Miniscule: Les Mandibules Du Bout Du Monde
BEST SCORE FOR DOCUMENTARY
Our Planet – Steven Price
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR TELEVISION
Chernobyl – Hildur Gudnadottir
BEST VIDEO GAME SCORE
Erica – Austin Wintory
Close: A Plaugue Tale: Innocence
BEST ARCHIVAL RELEASE
Dial M For Murder – Dimitri Tiomkin
BEST MUSIC COMPOSITION (CUE) OF THE YEAR
The Night Window from 1917 by Thomas Newman
CLOSE: A Hidden Life from A Hidden Life
Filmic Tracks 