Best Film Score?

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 12/17/05 at 8:54pm

Whenever I see a new movie, I'm always equally excited to hear the brand new score.

So far this year (2005 movies only,) what films do YOU feel have the best/most impressive scores?

Mine pics for best scores (so far) :

Memoirs of a Geisha
Brokeback Mountain
Everything is Illuminated
Pride and Prejudice
Proof

[EvelynNesbit1906]

Posted: 12/17/05 at 8:57pm

I'll add Howl's Moving Castle to that list. Believe its score has already won an award.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 12/17/05 at 8:58pm

What exaclty IS Howl's Moving Castly?

I hear the name pop up every so often, but I don't exactly know what it is.

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 12/17/05 at 8:58pm

Batman Begins

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 12/17/05 at 8:59pm

I don't remember feeling one way or another about Batman's score...let me go listen on amazon.

Oh, I also LOVED the original music in CRASH - it was amazing.

[EvelynNesbit1906]

Posted: 12/17/05 at 9:04pm

It's an animated film by Miyzaki, the [Japanese] guy who did Spirited Away. The film is about the misadventures of this passive aggressive girl who is turned into an extremely old and unattractive woman by a spectacularly fat witch. As an old woman, she stumbles upon a flying castle with strange, spellbound inhabitants of its own.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 12/17/05 at 9:05pm

Okay, sounds interesting.

Is the movie good? Is it out on DVD?

[EvelynNesbit1906]

Posted: 12/17/05 at 9:11pm

Unfortunately its status as a [foreign] anime means that it won't be out until March, and probably not for a low price either. It came out here in June.

It is good. I loved it. Enchanting, sweet and VERY funny. A+ from me. In my top six of the year (so far) with Brokeback Mountain, Memoirs of a Geisha, Chronicles of Narnia, King Kong and Grizzly Man.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 12/18/05 at 1:28am

I really enjoyed the Goblet of Fire's score :)
A refreshing departure from the previous ones. Obviously, cuz it was a different guy.

[DG]

Posted: 12/18/05 at 1:33am

Cruel - I listen to BATMAN BEGINS regularly - VERY visceral!

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 12/18/05 at 1:34am

I'm watching that right now, actually.

I saw NARNIA tonight - the score is very disappointing - very run-of-the-mill.

[DG]

Posted: 12/18/05 at 1:37am

Not necessarily because I have no objectivity with the film's subject matter, but the MARCH OF THE PENGUINS sountrack makes me very happy.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 12/18/05 at 1:43am

I remember liking the Batman score when I was in the theater :)

And, I know this is probably overstated, but I enjoyed the Star Wars III music.

[Roninjoey]

Posted: 12/18/05 at 2:20am

I just thought I'd pipe up that Hayao Miyazaki is one of the most consistently astounding film makers, and probably the last guy turning out quality animated films. Much less traditional animation (he uses computer animation, but in a sparing, sensible way). Check out all his movies. Each and every one is worth it. Particularly Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke. As a huge fan of his, I am so dissapointed in myself for still not having seen Howl's Moving Castle!

Also a good animated flick: The Iron Giant.

And to make this pertinent, Joe Hisaishi does the scores to all of his films, and wonderful scores they are. No movie this season has had a score that really stood out in my mind, although I appreciated what they did thematically with some of the Harry Potter music. So I guess that was my favorite.

[Broadwaygirl22]

Posted: 12/18/05 at 11:52am

I liked Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire's score. I do need to see more movies though lol.

[Mandi Moo]

Posted: 12/18/05 at 11:56am

I love the score from Crash. I listen to it all the time.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 12/18/05 at 12:14pm

munk: What'd you think of NARNIA?

[popcultureboy]

Posted: 12/18/05 at 12:19pm

He reviews it on the big Narnia thread that's around here somewhere.

I used to be OBSESSED with film scores but sadly I'm not any longer. I should do something about that.

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 12/18/05 at 1:07pm

The scores for Crash and Brokeback stick out most for me, I think.