Hey Craig and everyone. I have not been very active this year, and I really haven't been listening to too much film music. There's been a lot going on in my personal life and I really haven't gotten that many scores down this year. I have also been cracking down on a little bit too much classical music recently, but I'll save that for another post.

I really have only heard like 15 scores this year, and many of these are just from the context of the films, so bear with me. It's hard to put together a reasonable top 10, but i've been posting these lists since 2008 and I'll be damned if 2024 is the first time I don't post something, so... here we go:

1. Helldivers 2 - Best loading screen music ever
2. Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 1 - Glad they use the themes from the tv show!
3. Megalopolis - Exciting
4. The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom - I love the scale of this one
5. Nosferatu - Violins go slurrrrrr
6. Wild Robot - Good John Powell ish?
7. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes - A nice direction for the franchise actually
8. Dune 2 - Ok not that bad but a massive step below the first one in my opinion
9. The Penguin - You can see what Mick takes from his father and also what he does on his own. This is a fun one
10. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Dumpster fire award:
World of Warcraft: Rise of the Interns Part 3 - Each new WoW score has fewer memorable themes than the last. This one is mostly a garbled mess. What a fall from grace!

Composer of the year: Wilbert Roget, II

Thank you so much Craig. Sorry for the procrastination. Thank you Vikram and Edmund and Jon and PT and Anthony and everyone else for keeping me sane. Miss you guys.

- Ethan

> 8. Dune 2 - Ok not that bad but a massive step below the first one in my opinion

I love how two submissions ago we got a Dune 2 > Dune 1 take and now we’ve balanced it out! Hahaha.

> Hey Craig and everyone. I have not been very active this year, and I
> really haven't been listening to too much film music. There's been a lot
> going on in my personal life and I really haven't gotten that many scores
> down this year. I have also been cracking down on a little bit too much
> classical music recently, but I'll save that for another post.

A post I look forward to immensely!

> I really have only heard like 15 scores this year, and many of these are
> just from the context of the films, so bear with me. It's hard to put
> together a reasonable top 10, but i've been posting these lists since 2008
> and I'll be damned if 2024 is the first time I don't post something, so...
> here we go:

All things considered you still came up with a halfway decent list I'd say haha

> 1. Helldivers 2 - Best loading screen music ever
> 2. Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 1 - Glad they use the themes from the
> tv show!
> 3. Megalopolis - Exciting
> 4. The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom - I love the scale of this one
> 5. Nosferatu - Violins go slurrrrrr
> 6. Wild Robot - Good John Powell ish?

Since you didn't rank any of the actual Powell scores...

> 7. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes - A nice direction for the franchise
> actually
> 8. Dune 2 - Ok not that bad but a massive step below the first one in my
> opinion
> 9. The Penguin - You can see what Mick takes from his father and also what
> he does on his own. This is a fun one
> 10. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

> Dumpster fire award:
> World of Warcraft: Rise of the Interns Part 3 - Each new WoW score has
> fewer memorable themes than the last. This one is mostly a garbled mess.
> What a fall from grace!

I haven't listened to one of these in a good few years but apparently I've not been missing much I guess? Shame. When Russell Brower was still involved, the WoW expansions were consistent top 10 contenders for me - and this was back in the glory days of the early 2010s when what not to put in my top 10s was actually a tough decision.

> Composer of the year: Wilbert Roget, II

Also reasonable. Only heard two out of his four scores and they were both very solid.

> Thank you so much Craig. Sorry for the procrastination. Thank you Vikram
> and Edmund and Jon and PT and Anthony and everyone else for keeping me
> sane. Miss you guys.

Likewise! You should swing by more often. Place needs more Beethoven and Wagner shitposting.

> Hey Craig and everyone. I have not been very active this year, and I
> really haven't been listening to too much film music. There's been a lot
> going on in my personal life and I really haven't gotten that many scores
> down this year. I have also been cracking down on a little bit too much
> classical music recently, but I'll save that for another post.

> I really have only heard like 15 scores this year, and many of these are
> just from the context of the films, so bear with me. It's hard to put
> together a reasonable top 10, but i've been posting these lists since 2008
> and I'll be damned if 2024 is the first time I don't post something, so...
> here we go:

> 1. Helldivers 2 - Best loading screen music ever
> 2. Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 1 - Glad they use the themes from the
> tv show!
> 3. Megalopolis - Exciting
> 4. The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom - I love the scale of this one
> 5. Nosferatu - Violins go slurrrrrr
> 6. Wild Robot - Good John Powell ish?
> 7. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes - A nice direction for the franchise
> actually
> 8. Dune 2 - Ok not that bad but a massive step below the first one in my
> opinion
> 9. The Penguin - You can see what Mick takes from his father and also what
> he does on his own. This is a fun one
> 10. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

> Dumpster fire award:
> World of Warcraft: Rise of the Interns Part 3 - Each new WoW score has
> fewer memorable themes than the last. This one is mostly a garbled mess.
> What a fall from grace!

> Composer of the year: Wilbert Roget, II

> Thank you so much Craig. Sorry for the procrastination. Thank you Vikram
> and Edmund and Jon and PT and Anthony and everyone else for keeping me
> sane. Miss you guys.

> - Ethan

I agree as full scores-albums with these 4:
Kingdom of the POTA
Avatar: TLA
Dune: Pt.2
Nosferatu

from the others i like some cues-tracks

Have missed you. Hang in there. All the best buddy

> Hey Craig and everyone. I have not been very active this year, and I
> really haven't been listening to too much film music. There's been a lot
> going on in my personal life and I really haven't gotten that many scores
> down this year. I have also been cracking down on a little bit too much
> classical music recently, but I'll save that for another post.

> I really have only heard like 15 scores this year, and many of these are
> just from the context of the films, so bear with me. It's hard to put
> together a reasonable top 10, but i've been posting these lists since 2008
> and I'll be damned if 2024 is the first time I don't post something, so...
> here we go:

> 1. Helldivers 2 - Best loading screen music ever
> 2. Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 1 - Glad they use the themes from the
> tv show!
> 3. Megalopolis - Exciting
> 4. The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom - I love the scale of this one
> 5. Nosferatu - Violins go slurrrrrr
> 6. Wild Robot - Good John Powell ish?
> 7. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes - A nice direction for the franchise
> actually
> 8. Dune 2 - Ok not that bad but a massive step below the first one in my
> opinion
> 9. The Penguin - You can see what Mick takes from his father and also what
> he does on his own. This is a fun one
> 10. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

> Dumpster fire award:
> World of Warcraft: Rise of the Interns Part 3 - Each new WoW score has
> fewer memorable themes than the last. This one is mostly a garbled mess.
> What a fall from grace!

> Composer of the year: Wilbert Roget, II

> Thank you so much Craig. Sorry for the procrastination. Thank you Vikram
> and Edmund and Jon and PT and Anthony and everyone else for keeping me
> sane. Miss you guys.

> - Ethan