Best Scores (Soundtracks) of 2012 for Visual Media

For list criteria see below.

This list is titled "... For Visual Media" because it doesn't solely include movie scores but also scores for video games, T.V. series, documentaries, etc. I added "Soundtracks" in brackets because it's the more common term associated with it. However, since the list focuses on scores there is no need of a commercial soundtrack release in order to appear on here.

List criteria:
"Score" means music that was specifically written for a film, video game, etc. to accompany it and underline the events happening in it. For this list it means that songs are excluded, so for example, the credits for "The Lion King" would go solely to Hans Zimmer and not to Elton John.

The score has to be original which excludes titles like "Inglourious Basterds" that only use already existing music.

The media the score has been written for must have been published in 2012 using the premiere date. For foreign films use the original premiere date.

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The Top Ten
1 World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria (Various)
2 Life of Pi (Mychael Danna)
3 Lincoln (John Williams)
4 Brave (Patrick Doyle)
5 Journey (Austin Wintory)
6 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Howard Shore)
7 John Carter (Michael Giacchino)
8 Skyfall (Thomas Newman)
9 The Impossible (Fernando Velàzquez)
10 Snow White and the Huntsman (James Newton Howard)
The Contenders
11 Diablo III (Various)

Composed by Russell Brower, Derek Duke, Glenn Stafford, Joseph Lawrence, Neal Acree, Laurence Juber & Edo Guidotti

12 The Woman in Black (Marco Beltrami)
13 Sherlock - Season 2 (David Arnold & Michael Price)
14 Frankenweenie (Danny Elfman)
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