Comments on: 2009 First Half Roundup Part 2: My Choice!

By: Top 15 Scores Of 2009

Top 15 Scores Of 2009 — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:03:11 +0000

[...] funny because I have been very positive this year and during my half-year roundup I had some very good words to say about the current state of film music. My average score from my [...]

By: Jorn Tillnes

Jorn Tillnes — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:19:57 +0000

Same thing happened to me! On Transformers that is. I really appreciate this score on its own. It’s stunning.

By: Laura

Laura — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 08:49:43 +0000

Loving Star Trek! I do remember the Heroes score music being good, but I’ve left that show, and don’t care enough to even get attached to the score music again.

I’ll admit on first listen, I was highly dissapointed with the Transformers score, but I think that was because I expected is to be the first score, just slightly different. Once I got over that, THEN I could fall in love with it. However, I have completely different favorites than you (Nest is pretty darn good though). My favs have to be Infinite White (although I still have no idea where it really is in the movie), Tomb of the Primes, and Matrix of Leadership (which just builds and builds and then – ARRIVAL TO EARTH! seriously epic). I also have a love affair with Forest Battle, but only because it’s the first time on the score you hear the Autobot theme. Wish the first half of the song was better.

By: Jorn Tillnes

Jorn Tillnes — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:56:26 +0000

503 is just one of many. My favorite is Black Smoke

By: Angela

Angela — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:37:38 +0000

The only decent track listening to in Angels & Demons is 503.

By: Jorn Tillnes

Jorn Tillnes — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:51:04 +0000

Yep, I quite liked Crossing Over. It’s a good score by Isham, certainly better than his 2008 efforts.

By: Timothy E. RAW

Timothy E. RAW — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:55:01 +0000

Really loving CROSSING OVER and was glad to see it listed as an honorable mention. Isham’s best in a good few years I think and I’m hoping that the score doesn’t get as ignored by people as the film did.

By: Jorn Tillnes

Jorn Tillnes — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:57:49 +0000

Not a fan of the previous Hooper HP effort? Me neither. Still, the samples seems nice and the Hedwig theme is in. Here’s hoping!

By: Jorn Tillnes

Jorn Tillnes — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:51:21 +0000

Hehe you are a hard one to please? Maybe I’m getting old, but I seem to enjoy more and more scores

By: fargo

fargo — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:36:28 +0000

I have only bought three soundtracks that have been released this year, listed in order of enjoyment:

1) Star Trek
-Had many great action cues, but two things make this my favorite score, the first being the Spock/Vulcan theme, and the second being the Courage Theme heard at the end.
2) Angels & Demons
-It’s fairly enjoyable to listen all the way through, but mostly I only listen to the tracks “503″ and “Election by Adoration”.
3) Home
-Just nice, peaceful music. Good to play while I do my accounting homework.

I’m always looking for a new soundtrack to buy, and I’ve sampled many that have come out this year, including the new Transformer and Terminator movies, as well as Coraline and Knowing, but I just couldn’t really find a track that I liked enough to persuade me into buying the whole album.

Overall I would say this year has been sorta disappointing for me in terms of soundtracks that I like, and the only score I’m really looking forward to is the new Harry Potter score by Hooper (I have a bit of nervousness about this one though, considering the previous entry Hooper made).