Top Scores 2011: Critic's Choice
This list will be updated every month and is based on the following soundtrack review websites: Soundtrack Geek, Soundtrack Magazine, Scorenotes, Filmtracks, Movie Music UK, Scoretrack, Tracksounds, Movie Wave, MainTitles, Empire Online, BSO Spirit, Colonne Sonore, Soundtracks.pl, FSM, Gordon And The Whale, Examiner, Filmmusic.pl, Film Score Click Track, Movie Cues, Music Muse and Film, Music & Media.
Each score must have at least 3 reviews to be counted and this list doesn't include game scores since reviews are pretty much non-existent. This is the final edition of 2011, no additions will be made.
LAST UPDATED: January 16 2012
| RANK | SOUNDTRACK | COMPOSER | STATUS | SGRATING |
| 1 | La Ligne Droite | Patrick Doyle | ||
| 2 | The Greatest Miracle | Mark McKenzie | 9 | |
| 3 | Priest | Christopher Young | 10 | |
| 4 | War Horse | John Williams | NEW | 10 |
| 5 | Soul Surfer | Marco Beltrami | 10 | |
| 6 | My Week With Marilyn | Conrad Pope | NEW | |
| 7 | The Artist | Ludovic Bource | NEW | |
| 8 | Kung Fu Panda 2 | Hans Zimmer & John Powell | 9 | |
| 9 | The Adventures of Tintin | John Williams | 9 | |
| 10 | Jane Eyre | Dario Marianelli | 10 | |
| 11 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 | Alexandre Desplat | 9 | |
| 12 | The Way Back | Burkhard Dallwitz | 9 | |
| 13 | The Tree of Life | Alexandre Desplat | 7 | |
| 14 | The Skin I Live In | Alberto Iglesias | NEW | |
| 15 | Captain America: The First Avenger | Alan Silvestri | 10 | |
| 16 | Puss In Boots | Henry Jackman | 9 | |
| 17 | The Help | Thomas Newman | ||
| 18 | Hugo | Howard Shore | NEW | |
| 19 | Mars Needs Moms | John Powell | 8 | |
| 20 | Fringe Season 2 | Chris Tilton | NEW | 10 |
| 21 | Sanctum | David Hirschfelder | 8 | |
| 22 | Super 8 | Michael Giacchino | 6 | |
| 23 | Hoodwinked Too! | Murray Gold | 7 | |
| 24 | Rio | John Powell | 9 | |
| 25 | The Cape | Bear McCreary | ||
| 26 | Don't Be Afraid of the Dark | Marco Beltrami & Buck Sanders | 7 | |
| 27 | Water For Elephants | James Newton Howard | 8 | |
| 28 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | Alberto Iglesias | NEW | |
| 29 | The Conspirator | Mark Isham | 8 | |
| 30 | In Time | Craig Armstrong | NEW | |
| 31 | Reel Steel | Danny Elfman | ||
| 32 | The Ides Of March | Alexandre Desplat | NEW | |
| 33 | Arthur Christmas | Harry Gregson-Williams | NEW | |
| 34 | Winnie the Pooh | Henry Jackman | 8 | |
| 35 | Fast Five | Brian Tyler | 8 | |
| 36 | Mildred Pierce | Carter Burwell | ||
| 37 | Your Highness | Steve Jablonsky | 10 | |
| 38 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | Michael Giacchino | NEW | |
| 39 | Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes | Patrick Doyle | 7 | |
| 40 | A Better Life | Alexandre Desplat | ||
| 41 | Dream House | John Debney | ||
| 42 | The Thing | Marco Beltrami | 9 | |
| 43 | These Amazing Shadows | Peter Golub | 6 | |
| 44 | The Iron Lady | Thomas Newman | NEW | |
| 45 | Thor | Patrick Doyle | 9 | |
| 46 | Snow Flower and the Secret Fan | Rachel Portman | ||
| 47 | The Presence | Conrad Pope | ||
| 48 | The Rum Diary | Christopher Young | NEW | |
| 49 | Source Code | Chris Bacon | 6 | |
| 50 | Fright Night | Ramin Djawadi | 9 | |
| 51 | The Borgias | Trevor Morris | ||
| 52 | Gnomeo & Juliet | James Newton Howard | ||
| 53 | The Eagle | Atli Orvarsson | 7 | |
| 54 | X-Men: First Class | Henry Jackman | 9 | |
| 55 | Johnny English Reborn | Ilan Eshkeri | ||
| 56 | Battle: Los Angeles | Brian Tyler | 10 | |
| 57 | Beastly | Marcelo Zarvos | 10 | |
| 58 | The Mechanic | Mark Isham | 6 | |
| 59 | The Ward | Mark Kilian | 8 | |
| 60 | Dolphin Tale | Mark Isham | ||
| 61 | Atlas Shrugged, Part 1 | Elia Cmiral | NEW | |
| 62 | A Dangerous Method | Howard Shore | ||
| 63 | The Twilight Saga; Breaking Dawn Part 1 | Carter Burwell | NEW | |
| 64 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows | Hans Zimmer | NEW | 9 |
| 65 | Scream 4 | Marco Beltrami | 8 | |
| 66 | Tall Ships: The Privateer Lynx | David James Nielsen | 8 | |
| 67 | Cars 2 | Michael Giacchino | ||
| 68 | The Lincoln Lawyer | Cliff Martinez | 8 | |
| 69 | Warrior | Mark Isham | ||
| 70 | Limitless | Paul Leonard-Morgan | 8 | |
| 71 | The Rite | Alex Heffes | 7 | |
| 72 | Being Human | Richard Wells | ||
| 73 | The Three Musketeers | Paul Haslinger | NEW | 9 |
| 74 | Moneyball | Mychael Danna | NEW | |
| 75 | In Treatment | Richard Marvin | 6 | |
| 76 | Warehouse 13: Season 2 | Edward Rogers | ||
| 77 | The Adjustment Bureau | Thomas Newman | 8 | |
| 78 | Immortals | Trevor Morris | NEW | |
| 79 | The Event | Scott Starrett | NEW | |
| 80 | Happy Feet Two | John Powell | NEW | |
| 81 | Age Of Heroes | Michael Richard Plowman | 7 | |
| 82 | Ironclad | Lorne Balfe | 8 | |
| 83 | Drive Angry | Michael Wandmacher | 7 | |
| 84 | Game of Thrones | Ramin Djawadi | ||
| 85 | Cowboys & Aliens | Harry Gregson-Williams | 6 | |
| 86 | No Strings Attached | John Debney | 9 | |
| 87 | Hop | Christopher Lennertz | 6 | |
| 88 | The Debt | Thomas Newman | NEW | |
| 89 | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | William Ross | NEW | |
| 90 | Drive | Cliff Martinez | 6 | |
| 91 | Monster Mutt | Chris Walden | 7 | |
| 92 | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | Hans Zimmer & Rodrigo y Gabriela | 6 | |
| 93 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Steve Jablonsky | 10 | |
| 94 | Mr. Popper's Penguins | Rolfe Kent | ||
| 95 | I Am Number Four | Trevor Rabin | 7 | |
| 96 | The Smurfs | Heitor Pereira | ||
| 97 | Spy Kids: All The Time In The World 4D | Carl Thiel & Robert Rodriguez | NEW | |
| 98 | Final Destination 5 | Brian Tyler | 6 | |
| 99 | Monte Carlo | Michael Giacchino | ||
| 100 | Rango | Hans Zimmer | 5 | |
| 101 | Contagion | Cliff Martinez | 4 | |
| 102 | Unknown | John Ottman & Alexander Rudd | 5 | |
| 103 | Ceremony | Eric D. Johnson | 5 | |
| 104 | I Don't Know How She Does It | Aaron Zigman | ||
| 105 | Hanna | The Chemical Brothers | 3 | |
| 106 | The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo | Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross | NEW | |
| 107 | Jig | Patrick Doyle | ||
| 108 | The Devil's Double | Christian Henson | ||
| 109 | Conan The Barbarian | Tyler Bates | 6 | |
| 110 | Green Lantern | James Newton Howard | 4 | |
| 111 | The Darkest Hour | Tyler Bates | NEW |
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