Top 5 Action/Adventure Film Scores 2008

Posted by Jorn Tillnes

January 19, 2009

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Here are my picks for best action film score release of 2008.

5. Max Payne (Marco Beltrami & Buck Sanders)

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It’s dark and moody, just the way I like it! Marco Beltrami’s best score in a while and with the help of Buck Sanders, enters my top 5. Dark, Gritty and a lot of Payne.

4. Death Race (Paul Haslinger)

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A hard-hitting action score by Paul Haslinger which has a lot of death and race in it.

3. Bangkok Dangerous (Brian Tyler)

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An action score with feelings and a great one at that. It just about beats Eagle Eye which was also great, but I just enjoy the mix between great action and reflective cues.

2. The Dark Knight (Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard)

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What!? Not nr. 1? I know I know. Let’s just say that is one of the best scores this year and deservedly so. Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard created a masterpiece with this one. It took the good stuff from Batman Begins and added more good stuff.

1. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (Randy Edelman)

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Surprised? I am not. The movie wasn’t great, but the score is one of the best I have heard in a while. Adventurous, fun, emotional and action-filled is just few of the words I would use to describe the score to The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.