MovieCues – Best Scores of 2011

*Winners are shown in bold with a ✔ next to them*

SCORE OF THE YEAR

• The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (John Williams)
• The Greatest Miracle (Mark Mackenzie)
• Hugo (Howard Shore)
• Priest (Christopher Young)
• War Horse (John Williams) ✔

COMPOSER OF THE YEAR

• Alexandre Desplat
• Patrick Doyle
• John Powell
• Christopher Young
• John Williams ✔

BEST DRAMATIC SCORE

• The Artist (Ludovic Bource)
• La Ligne Droite (Patrick Doyle)
• Jane Eyre (Dario Marianelli)
• Soul Surfer (Marco Beltrami)
• War Horse (John Williams) ✔

BEST COMEDY SCORE

• A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (William Ross)
• No Strings Attached (John Debney)
• Paul (David Arnold)
• The Rum Diary (Christopher Young)
• Your Highness (Steve Jablonsky) ✔

BEST ACTION / ADVENTURE SCORE

• Captain America: The First Avenger (Alan Silvestri) ✔
• Johnny English Reborn (Ilan Eshkeri)
• Reel Steel (Danny Elfman)
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Patrick Doyle)
• Thor (Patrick Doyle)

BEST FANTASY / SCI-FI / HORROR SCORE

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (Alexandre Desplat)
• Hugo (Howard Shore)
• Priest (Christopher Young) ✔
• Super 8 (Michael Giacchino)
• Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (Carter Burwell)

BEST SCORE FOR AN ANIMATED FILM

• The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (John Williams)
• The Greatest Miracle (Mark Mackenzie) ✔
• Kung-Fu Panda 2 (John Powell & Hans Zimmer)
• Mars Needs Moms (John Powell)
• Rio (John Powell)

BEST SINGLE CUE

• Sir Francis and the Unicorn from The Adventures of Tintin (John Williams)
• Enter The Cathedral from The Greatest Miracle (Mark Mackenzie)
• I Have Sinned from Priest (Christopher Young)
• The Invention of Dreams from Hugo (Howard Shore
• The Homecoming from War Horse (John Williams) ✔

BEST RE-RELEASE

• 1941 (John Williams) – La La Land Records
• 55 Days at Peking (Dimitri Tiomkin) – La La Land Records
• Days of Heaven (Ennio Morricone) – Film Score Monthly ✔
• Gremlins (Jerry Goldsmith) – Film Score Monthly
• Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (Leonard Rosenman) – Intrada

BEST RE-RECORDING

• Conan the Destroyer (Basil Poledouris) – Prometheus Records / Tadlow Music
• The Battle of Neretva / The Naked and the Dead (Bernard Herrmann) - Tribute Film Classics
• The Fall of the Roman Empire (Dimitri Tiomkin) – Prometheus Records / Tadlow Music ✔
• The Lord of the Rings Symphony (Howard Shore) – Howe Records
• Taras Bulba (Franz Waxman) – Tadlow Music

LABEL OF THE YEAR

• Film Score Monthly
• La La Land Records ✔
• Intrada
• Prometheus Records
• Varese Sarabande

WORST SCORE OF THE YEAR

• Conan the Barbarian (Tyler Bates)
• Contagion (Cliff Martinez)
• The Darkest Hour (Tyler Bates) ✔
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (Hans Zimmer)