On today’s episode, we are presenting our long-awaited, highly anticipated TOP 20 FAVOURITE SCORES OF 2017 program.
This first part of our countdown celebrates selections 20 through to 11 featuring the film, TV and video game music of Chris Tilton, Don Davis, Benjamin Wallfisch, Bear McCreary, Randy Kerber, Jessica Curry, Naoki Sato, Alexandre Desplat, Austin Wintory and Panu Aaltio.
We’ll have part two for you sometime next week.
While I’m sure your personal best of 2017 list is very different than mine, I never expect anyone’s favourites to mirror my own, I offer you a chance to put me in my place. Please feel free to contact me or write in the comments section below with scores that I might have left off the list.
With that, enjoy the countdown!
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| Name | Artist | Album |
| The End of a National Nightmare | Aaltio, Panu | Ninety-Five (95) |
| Ready for Battle | Aaltio, Panu | Ninety-Five (95) |
| The Final Match | Aaltio, Panu | Ninety-Five (95) |
| Heroes | Aaltio, Panu | Ninety-Five (95) |
| You Can Be Anything You Want | Aaltio, Panu | Ninety-Five (95) |
| I Don’t Do Guns | Wintory, Austin | The Rendezvous |
| Strangely In Love | Wintory, Austin | The Rendezvous |
| It’s A Big Scar / Claire De Claire | Wintory, Austin | The Rendezvous |
| The Shape Of Water | Desplat, Alexandre | The Shape Of Water |
| Underwater Kiss | Desplat, Alexandre | The Shape Of Water |
| Without You | Desplat, Alexandre | The Shape Of Water |
| Rainy Day | Desplat, Alexandre | The Shape Of Water |
| Kamakura Monogatari / Main Title | Sato, Naoki | Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura |
| Goodbye | Sato, Naoki | Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura |
| Power of Imagination | Sato, Naoki | Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura |
| Kamakura Story / End Title | Sato, Naoki | Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura |
| Divide Main Theme | Tilton, Chris | Divide (Deluxe Edition) |
| Frames, Trains, and Autolabors | Tilton, Chris | Divide (Deluxe Edition) |
| Divided (Instrumental Version) | Tilton, Chris | Divide (Deluxe Edition) |
| A Lullaby of Home | Curry, Jessica | So Let Us Melt |
| The Growing of the World | Curry, Jessica | So Let Us Melt |
| Great Friends | Curry, Jessica | So Let Us Melt |
| Tokyo Ghoul Main Title | Davis, Don | Tokyo Ghoul |
| The Kaneki Metamorphosis | Davis, Don | Tokyo Ghoul |
| Anger Unlimited | Davis, Don | Tokyo Ghoul |
| To Infinity And Beyond | Davis, Don | Tokyo Ghoul |
| Hannah and Volmer | Wallfisch, Benjamin | A Cure for Wellness |
| Feuerwalzer | Wallfisch, Benjamin | A Cure for Wellness |
| Volmer's Lab | Wallfisch, Benjamin | A Cure for Wellness |
| Innocence (Theme from Rebel in the Rye) | McCreary, Bear | Rebel in the Rye |
| A True Writer | McCreary, Bear | Rebel in the Rye |
| He Was Writing | McCreary, Bear | Rebel in the Rye |
| A Choice To Be Made | Kerber, Randy | Cello |
| Hide And Seek Suite | Kerber, Randy | Cello |
| Letting Go | Kerber, Randy | Cello |
| End Credits Instrumental | Kerber, Randy | Cello |
my best music scores of 2017 & albums released in 2017 :
best cinema scores :
10/10
war for the planet of the apes – michael giacchino
beauty and the beast(deluxe edition) – alan menken
darkest hour – dario marianelli
9/10
san pietro e le basiliche papali di roma – matteo curallo
cello – randy kerber
phantom thread – jonny greenwood
the exception – ilan eshkeri
the mountain between us – ramin djawadi
viceroy’s house – a.r. rahman
sage femme – gregoire hetzel
the death of stalin – christopher willis
8/10
born in china – barnaby taylor
raffaello, il principe delle arti – matteo curallo
rebel in the rye – bear mccreary
passage to dawn – diego navarro
churchill – lorne balfe
coco – michael giacchino
jane – philip glass
red de libertad – oscar martin leanizbarrutia
earth : one amazing day – alex heffes
bernabeu – antonio fernandez ruiz
best television scores, video games scores & other albums :
10/10
la mascarade – lowie wolf hoeyberghs
seirei no mamoribito season 3 – naoki sato
rime(spanish edition) – david garcia diaz
9/10
so let us melt – jessica curry
the flying lotus – a.r. rahman
la sonata del silencio – cesar benito
onna joushu naotora vol. 1 – yoko kanno
three worlds : music from woolf works – max richter
kingdom – anna connelly
get even – olivier deriviere
fargo season 3 – jeff russo
valkyria : azure revolution – yasunori mistuda
between the dusk of a summer night – sebastian zawadzki
8/10
frontier – adam crystal
howards end – nico muhly
stellaris utopia – andreas waldetoft
What is the name of song in the beginning of your podcast? That’s the best thing I heard in a while.
If you are talking about the cue underneath my intro, it is “Kingsman Hoedown” from Kingsman: the Golden Circle. I’ll be playing the complete cue on Part II.
Would love to see the playlist, especially for the Tokyo Ghoul, loved that one. Thanks Erik for the program, my most anticipated episode every year. Gets me buying something new I wasn’t even aware of before 🙂
When Part II goes live I’ll post the playlist. However, I will tell you that I played Tokyo Ghoul Main Title, The Kaneki Metamorphosis, Anger Unlimited AND To Infinity And Beyond from TOKYO GHOUL. Thanks for listening!
Just started listening to this episode and I want to thank you, Erik, for introducing Panu Aaltio to me! I’ve never listened before and was so impressed with his “95” music that I acquired some of his other scores. Is the soundtrack to 95 available on CD to purchase?
Aaltio is an incredible talent and I’m honoured to be the one that introduced you to his fantastic work. This tells me that I’m doing my job correctly! 😉 Unfortunately, 95 is not available commercially, however, I have a feeling that it will be in the near future. Look for a label like MovieScore Media to put it out. Anyway, look around the site for other shows that feature Aaltio’s work. His magnum opus still remains TALE OF A LAKE which was my favourite score of the year last year!
Thanks for your note and happy listening!
I obtained TALE OF A FOREST, DAWN OF THE DRAGONSLAYER, and the incredibly beautiful TALE OF A LAKE, which every film music lover should own. Thanks again and keep up the fantastic work.
Take a short break, learn and feel to miss it, then comeback with with guns blazing. Maybe a new format within the show. Each week listeners can e-mail in their requests, do a few a show. With all the re-dos, do the the original then the remake, point out differences and similarities.