At long last, it is time; as much fun as I have piecing together my Top Ten Best Films list each year, I get just as much joy out of revisiting the best in new music from the year, since film music continues to be one of the most underappreciated plaes for original music these days. For my money, these were the films that had the most memorable musical contributions that not only made their respective films better, but stand out on their own as amazing artistic creations in their own right. Let's begin.
8. 1917 (Thomas Newman)
Much like the film itself, the score for 1917 really kicks into high gear when the main characters embark on their mission and enter the utter hellscape of No Man's Land. The entire sequence of them picking their way, step by excruciating step, through wave after wave of death and destruction, was made all the more intense by the music laying on an extra layer of unease and dread about what lay around every corner.
7. The Lighthouse (Mark Korven)
What a wild, strange, bizarro, and much-needed descent into toxic, masculine madness this film was, and the booming, bleary score underlying it perfected the atmosphere. The pounding sounds of the lighthouse itself are worked into the music, boring it into out heads just as much as it bores into the detiorating mind of Robert Pattinson.
6. Star Wars, Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker (John Williams)
Alright, we all know that TROS dropped so many balls under its own feet, it slipped hard enough to fly off into the sun, Team Rocket style. However, if one part of the film never hit a wrong note (literally!), it was- what else?- John Williams giving us the very final chapter in what is not only one of the defining works of his career, but one of the best collections of music ever written. The entire Star Wars discography, every blessed bar of it, is and shall remain untouchable.
5. I Lost My Body (Dan Levy)
This amazing and wholle unique film (available on Netflix, so no excuses!) is a prime example of the incredible range of stories animation is able to tell. The music, a bizarre, synthetic, creation, mimics the strange vibes of the strange story, providing the perfect accompaniment.
4. Marriage Story (Randy Newman)
The two opening sequences of this film, parellel internal reflection of two people about to get divorced about what they originally loved about the other, showcase their respective themes for the film to come. In so many ways, it's like a reversal of the famous Up opening; rich, beautiful music overlaying a montage of a married life. Except here, it's merely the prelude to a very chaotic coming apart.
3. Parasite (Jung Jae-il)
Parasite was just about perfect in every conceivable way, and its amazing score is no exception. Like the film itself, there's not much I can say about it except, if you haven't experienced it yet for yourself, then it's time to treat yo' self.
2. Little Women (Alexandre Desplat)
Desplat has consistently turned in some of the best scores in film the past few years, and his work on Little Women is no exception. It has the feel of a classical hollywood soundtrack, with its broad, sweeping orchestral sound. It has an energy and a jump and a joi de vivre to it, not unlike the irrepressible souls of the titular women we see grow up over the course of the film. Little Women as a whole was another soaring height in the careers of Greta Gerwig and her cast, and the same can be said for Desplat and his music.
1. How To Train Your Dragon 3: The Hidden World (John Powell)
Last time around to give this franchise the praise it's long deserved, particularly the singularly astounding music provided to each film by John Powell. Listening to each film's score makes me think of times and places lost to history, tinted nostalgic memories that call to me, but that can never be fully re-created. At its height, this is that rare breed of music that makes me physically feel like I am soaring over the clouds, though my feet be firmly on the ground. The movies themselves are fun and funny, but Powell's is on another level entirely. This is the sort of artistic creation human yearning is made of.
-Noah Franc
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