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BOT's TOP 100 Film Scores: The Threequel: COUNTDOWN COMPLETE! (#1 Page 36!)

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WALL-E (2008)


Original Music by Thomas Newman


363 Points


2015 Placement: 70 (+26)

 

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Pixar graces the countdown with Andrew Stanton's sci-fi adventure. Thomas Newman uses a mix of orchestral and electronic elements to construct the film's music, especially as the film's setting shifts towards the Axiom. Newman's work would be nominated for Original Score at the Oscars. Certain key moments of the film were originally intended to be accompanied with licensed songs, but Newman persuaded Stanton to let him compose music for those scenes instead.

 

 

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Koyaanisqatsi (1982)


Original Music by Philip Glass


371 Points


Top 5 Placements: 2


2015 Placement: 34 (-9)
 

 

 

Next up comes Philip Glass's dense score for the experimental film about the imbalance of man and nature. Glass' music for the film is a prime example of minimalist composition, and he was one of the first composers to pioneer its use in film scores. The music from the film has taken on a bit of cult pop culture status, being used in various contexts, one relatively recent example being the final theatrical trailer for Watchmen.

 

 

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Halloween (1978)


Original Music by John Carpenter


375 Points


Top 10 Placements: 1


2015 Placement: 25 (-17)

 

 

 

John Carpenter returns with a film he directed and composed for the big screen. Carpenter's core for the music is a repeating piano melody played in 10/8 meter, which sets a very fast-paced and thrilling atmosphere for some of the film's climatic moments. The music as a whole is very moody and eerie, and while simple, is very effective at complementing the events unfolding onscreen. Carpenter composed the music for the film in three days.

 


 

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La La Land (2016)


Original Music by Justin Hurwitz


380 Points


Top 5 Placements: 2
Top 10 Placements: 1


2015 Placement: NEW
 

 

 

It seemed inevitable that this movie would show up on the countdown. La La Land is the highest-ranked newly eligible film, so there will be no more movie scores from 2015 or 2016 appearing on this countdown. Hurwitz won an Oscar for his work, which draws heavily from the musical cues and motifs he crafted for many of the film's songs. The real question is, since we're only a few months removed from the movie's release, whether the film will rise or fall in estimation between now and the next Countdown in 2019.

 

 

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Glad to see this made it.

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Koyaanisqatsi (1982)


Original Music by Philip Glass


371 Points


Top 5 Placements: 2


2015 Placement: 34 (-9)
 

 

 

Next up comes Philip Glass's dense score for the experimental film about the imbalance of man and nature. Glass' music for the film is a prime example of minimalist composition, and he was one of the first composers to pioneer its use in film scores. The music from the film has taken on a bit of cult pop culture status, being used in various contexts, one relatively recent example being the final theatrical trailer for Watchmen.

 

 

 

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Surprised by the Wall-E & North By Northwest jumps. Of course I didn't have either in my list, so that may be why. La-La Land is a fine choice for the top 40, though it's so recent that I expect it to take a drop next time we do this list.

 

As for the scores that only got a single vote. It's fitting that both Civil War & Martha Smurf would receive a single vote, since neither score is anywhere worthy of being in the top 100. Surprises the likes of Dragonheart, & The Lost World (which is a great example of a sequel score going in a different enough direction, and not relying on too much on the previous themes, like most JW sequel scores) only received one vote. I'm especially surprised that anyone voted for Where Eagles Dare, but that's great too. Also The Shining has great music, but it doesn't deserve to be in the top 100 given how like a lot of Kubrick films, it uses more pre-existing music. 

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The music in La la land is masterful.

You may not like the movie but I can't see how you wouldnt acknowledge how great the music was.

 

Warmed over Jacques Demy.  Blah. 

 

The only music in the movie I loved was the John Legend number.

 

There are so many better musicals and musical scores.  Last year alone Moana's was better.

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