Best Scores (Soundtracks) of 2013 for Visual Media
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 2013 using the premiere date. For foreign films use the original premiere date.
The Top Ten
1 Her (Arcade Fire)
2 The Physician/Der Medicus (Ingo Ludwig Frenzel)
3 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Howard Shore)
4 Rush (Hans Zimmer)
5 The Last of Us (Gustavo Santaolalla)
6 Man of Steel (Hans Zimmer)
7 The Book Thief (John Williams)
8 Jack the Giant Slayer (John Ottman)
9 Saving Mr. Banks (Thomas Newman)
10 Evil Dead (Roque Baños)
The Contenders
11 Gravity (Steven Price)
12 Philomena (Alexandre Desplat)
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