love me a good film score

I'll pay close attention to the music from a movie when watching and then add it to a playlist later. movie/tv scores are perfect for studying or when you're trying to focus. I noticed that a lot of my favorite film scores are by the same composers. obviously you got your most famous composers like Morricone, Zimmer, Reznor, Elfman, etc. but there are a few contemporary composers that have been killing it in the past few years. these are some of my favorites:

Jonny Greenwood (of Radiohead. he's been killing it for Paul Thomas Anderson for a while now)

Jon Brion (musician behind Mac Miller's Circles. he's got some great film scores too. first heard him on Eternal Sunshine)

Emile Mosseri (newcomer but I really liked what he did on The Last Black Man in SF and Homecoming S2)

Max Richter (slow, emotional piano pieces mostly. loved his work on The Leftovers and My Brilliant Friend)

Nicolas Britell (killing it for Succession and loved his work on If Beale Street Could Talk)

Alexandre Desplat (been killing it for a while, loved his work on The Shape of Water and he really showed his range on Isle of Dogs)

recent fave

Obligatory Twin Peaks post

Ennio Morricone

Oh angelo

Bernard Herrmann
Angelo Badalamenti
Cliff Martinez
Vangelis

Cliff Martínez's score for The Knick and Too Old To Die Young

Drive too

Soundtrack wasn't even nominated

Philip Glass has done some great scores too. loved the way Sam Esmail used this song in Mr. Robot:

Alberto Iglesias from Spain has done a lot of work with Pedro Almodovar, but this is one of my favorites of his:

NO TRENT REZNOR & ATTICUS ROSS IN REPLIES

Batman 1989 theme

that Blade Runner score so iconic

gonna add those Midsommar songs to my studying playlist too

Many GOATs already named, missing some love for Mica Levi tho

too many to name here @op, peep my rym ratings tbh
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just some lesser known gems:

and a classic:

Arrival film score

Alexander Desplat, Michael Giacchino, Bobby Krlic midsommar soundtrack, Trent Rez & Atticus Ross, Johann Johannson (rip), Michael Andrew’s work on Donnie Darko is fire and I don’t even love love that movie

jerry goldsmith's masterpiece

rest of the year still has

3 Jonny Greenwood scores
4 Hans Zimmer scores (2 of which just came out)
2 Nicholas Britell scores
2 Alexandre Desplat scores

scoreheads we winning