I’m a big fan of film scores, and every year or so I get a bee up my bonnet to share my favorite tracks from my collection. So! Here’s 2012’s list, conveniently categorized according to the mood you might want to evoke. Enjoy!
FUN/JOY
- WALL-E — Thomas Newman (WALL-E)
- FORBIDDEN FRIENDSHIP — John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon)
- DEAD ALREADY — Thomas Newman (American Beauty)
- DISCOMBOBULATE — Hans Zimmer (Sherlock Holmes)
- POSSIBILITY — Thomas Newman (Pay it Forward)
- FIRST DATE — Thomas Newman (WALL-E)
- TO THE STARS — Randy Edelman (Dragonheart)
ROMANTIC
- JULIETTE IS HAPPY — Niall Byrne (Cairo Time)
- YOUR HANDS ARE COLD — Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Pride & Prejudice)
- LATIKA’S THEME — AR Rahman/Suzanne D’Mello (Slumdog Millionaire)
- THE SACRIFICE — Michael Nyman (The Piano)
- DEFINE DANCING — Thomas Newman (WALL-E)
- LOVERS - FLOWER GARDEN — Kathleen Battle/Shigeru Umebayashi (House of Flying Daggers)
- MARRIED LIFE — Michael Giacchino (Up)
- TOGETHER WE WILL LIVE FOREVER — Clint Mansell (The Fountain)
HAUNTING
- IGUAZU — Gustavo Santaolalla (Babel/Deadwood/24/The Insider/Friday Night Lights)
- ANNE DREAMS OF HER CHILDHOOD — Trevor Morris (The Tudors)
- JUSTIN CALLS IRIS — Jeff Beal (Carnivale)
- GHOSTS — Thomas Newman (Road to Perdition)
- WHILE WAITING — Trent Reznor/Atticus Ross (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
- SONG FOR JESSE — Nick Cave/Warren Ellis (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford)
- PRUIT IGOE & PROPHECIES — The Philip Glass Ensemble (Watchmen)
- REVENGE — James Horner (Legends of the Fall)
TRAGIC
- LIFE AND DEATH — Michael Giacchino (Lost)
- ANY OTHER NAME — Thomas Newman (American Beauty)
- TARR AND IRINA — Alberto Iglesias (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
- ASHOKAN FAREWELL — Jay Ungar/cover by Doc and The Lady (Ken Burns’ Civil War)
- HIS NAME WAS MICHAEL — Jeff Beal (Carnivale)
- MORE PRAYS — Trevor Morris (The Tudors)
- VALLEY OF THE SHADOW — Thomas Newman (Little Women)
- ELYSIUM — Hans Zimmer/Lisa Gerrard (Gladiator)
- BROOKS WAS HERE — Thomas Newman (Shawshank Redemption)
- SYRIANA — Alexandre Desplat (Syriana)
MELLOW
- GEORGE SMILEY — Alberto Iglesias (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
- THE LUDLOWS — James Horner (Legends of the Fall)
- THEME FOR THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY — Paul Cantelon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
- MELVILLE’S GRAND ARMADA — Brian Keane (Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World)
- THE GREY HAVENS — Howard Shore (Return of the King)
- WE DON’T HAVE TO THINK LIKE THAT ANYMORE — Cliff Martinez (Solaris)
- THE ARTIFACT & THE LIVING — Michael Andrews (Donnie Darko/This American Life)
- PANORAMIC — Atticus Ross (The Book of Eli)
- TIME — Hans Zimmer (Inception)
EXCITING
- ROMANI HOLIDAY (ANTONIUS REMIX) — Hans Zimmer (Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows)
- CHANT — Hans Zimmer (Black Hawk Down)
- THE WAY OF THE SWORD — Hans Zimmer (The Last Samurai)
- AGENT OF CHAOS — Hans Zimmer/James Newton Howard (The Dark Knight)
- MOLOSSUS — Hans Zimmer/James Newton Howard (Batman Begins)
- MOMBASA — Hans Zimmer (Inception)
- WALL-E’S POD ADVENTURE — Thomas Newman (WALL-E)
- THOSE WE DON’T SPEAK OF — James Newton Howard (The Village)
- PSYCHOLOGICAL RECOVERY … 6 MONTHS [2] — Hans Zimmer (Sherlock Holmes)
EPIC
- THE END OF ALL THINGS — Howard Shore (The Return of the King)
- ROLL TIDE — Hans Zimmer (Crimson Tide)
- ISENGARD UNLEASHED — Howard Shore (The Two Towers)
- KANEDA’S DEATH, PT. 2 — John Murphy (Sunshine/Kick Ass/The Walking Dead)
- DEATH IS THE ROAD TO AWE — Clint Mansell (The Fountain)
- THE BATTLE OF KERAK — Harry Gregson-Williams (Kingdom of Heaven)
- MIND HEIST — Zack Hemsey (Inception Trailer)
- HELM’S DEEP — Howard Shore (The Two Towers)
… AND ROLL CREDITS
- SO WAS RED — Thomas Newman (Shawshank Redemption)
- THAT NEXT PLACE — Thomas Newman (Meet Joe Black)
- UNDER THE STARS — Hans Zimmer (The Lion King)
- THE GREAT WORK BEGINS — Thomas Newman (Angels in America)
- ROAD TO PERDITION — Thomas Newman (Road to Perdition)
- THE BATTLE IS NOT OVER — Jeff Beal (Carnivale)
- NOW WE ARE FREE — Hans Zimmer/Lisa Gerrard (Gladiator)
- THE RETURN OF THE KING — Howard Shore (The Return of the King)
- THE BOOK OF KELLS — Bruno Coulais (Brendan and the Secret of Kells)
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