My Favorite Scores of 2017

This year had plenty of score releases, and I’ve enjoyed quite a few. Here are my favorite scores of this year:

Honorable Mentions
Chips – Fil Eisler
The Circle – Danny Elfman
Beauty & the Beast – Alan Menken
The LEGO Batman Movie – Lorne Balfe
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle – Henry Jackman
War For the Planet of the Apes – Michael Giacchino
The Mountain Between Us – Ramin Djawadi
The Emoji Movie – Patrick Doyle
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales – Geoff Zanelli
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power – Jeff Beal

10.Captain Underpants: the First Epic Movie – Theodore Shapiro
9.Victoria & Abdul – Thomas Newman
8.The Boss Baby – Hans Zimmer
7.Baywatch – Christopher Lennertz
6.Power Rangers – Brian Tyler
5.Valerian & the City of a Thousand Planets – Alexandre Desplat
4.Thor: Ragnarok – Mark Mothersbaugh
3.xXx: Return of Xander Cage – Brian Tyler
2.Justice League – Danny Elfman
1.Spider Man: Homecoming – Michael Giacchino

What were your favorite scores this year? Leave a reply below.

Let’s say that this year for me had much more disappointments than surprises.
My favourite score of the year (and I have to say that I haven’t watched many movies…) is Marco Beltrami’s Logan.
Here are some other scores I really enjoyed (not in order of appreciation):
– Benjamin Wallfisch’s A Cure for Wellness
– Benjamin Wallfisch & Hans Zimmer’s Blade Runner 2049
– Michael Giacchino’s War for the Planet of the Apes
– Daniel Pemberton’s King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
– Rupert Gregson-Williams’ Wonder Woman

Here are some scores that I found "nice" at best. Those I half enjoyed and half didn’t like:
– Danny Elfman’s Justice League
– Jed Kurzel’s Alien: Covenant

As for John Williams’ Star Wars: The Last Jedi, I’m still "studying" it. For Episode 7, it took me countless listenings to truly appreciate and really enjoy it and I don’t know yet if I’ll end up liking The Last Jedi or not. My initial impression was mixed.

Still, I can say that none of these scores excites me as much as my favourite score from last year: Matthew Margeson’s Eddie the Eagle.
That’s a true gem for me.