Top Film Scores of 2017 & Oscar Predictions

Posted: December 31, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News

Film Music Reporter’s Top 10 Original Scores of 2017 (in alphabetical order):

Battle of the Sexes – Nicholas Britell
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie – Theodore Shapiro
Coco – Michael Giacchino
Darkest Hour – Dario Marianelli
Ferdinand – John Powell
Phantom Thread – Jonny Greenwood
The Post – John Williams
The Shape of Water – Alexandre Desplat
Star Wars: The Last Jedi – John Williams
Wonderstruck – Carter Burwell

Oscar Predictions (in order of likelihood of receiving nomination):

The (Almost)-Locks:

The Shape of Water – Alexandre Desplat
Phantom Thread – Jonny Greenwood

The Other Frontrunners:
The Post – John Williams
Star Wars: The Last Jedi – John Williams
Dunkirk – Hans Zimmer
Darkest Hour – Dario Marianelli
Victoria & Abdul – Thomas Newman
Coco – Michael Giacchino
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Carter Burwell
Wonderstruck – Carter Burwell

The Other Possibilities:

War for the Planet of the Apes – Michael Giacchino
Blade Runner 2049 – Benjamin Wallfisch & Hans Zimmer
Jane – Philip Glass
Battle of the Sexes – Nicholas Britell
Molly’s Game – Daniel Pemberton
Lady Bird – Jon Brion
Murder on the Orient Express – Patrick Doyle
All the Money in the World – Daniel Pemberton
Mudbound – Tamir-kali
Good Time – Oneohtrix Point Never
Downsizing – Rolfe Kent
Wonder – Marcelo Zarvos
Get Out – Michael Abels
Hostiles – Max Richter
Wind River – Nick Cave & Warren Ellis

Check out a list of all scores/movies considered for our listings, as well as our top 10 movies of 2017 on the next page.

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